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Android Authority
5 days ago
- Android Authority
Time is running out for these Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 pre-order deals
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Are you thinking of getting a new Samsung smartwatch? The Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic are about to launch, tomorrow, but you can still sign up for some nice pre-order offers. You will get $50-$100 in credits. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and get a free $50 credit Buy the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic and get a free $100 Amazon gift card These offers are available from Amazon, but they are a little different. With the Galaxy Watch 8, you get an Amazon credit. This means that the $50 is just deposited into your account automatically. The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic comes with a $100 Amazon gift card, which you have to manually redeem. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 40mm + $50 promotional credit Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 40mm + $50 promotional credit Brighter display, better battery life The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 offers a new 'squircle' look, with new band attachments, backed by new software, a 50% brighter display over last year's model, and a slightly larger battery. The watch is available in four configurations: a 40mm display in Wi-Fi or LTE and a 44mm display in Wi-Fi or LTE. See price at Amazon Save $50.00 With Coupon! The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 adopts a new design, with a more square bezel and circular screen that more closely resembles the Galaxy Watch Ultra's look. Love it or hate it, it certainly makes it stand out from most other smartwatches. It's also 11% thinner. While thinner, it still features an IP68 rating, so it is resistant to both water and dust. So much that it even gets a 50ATM rating, which means you can submerge it as deep as 50 meters. Additionally, it gets a MIL-STD-810H certification. In short: this thing can take a beating! Build quality aside, it is a really fun watch to use. You get a large 1.47-inch Super AMOLED panel with a whopping 3,000 nits of brightness. This is comparable to the highest-end smartwatches available. And the 480 x 480 resolution is sharp and 327ppi (pixels per inch). You'll also get a pretty nice 30-hour battery life when the always-on display feature is enabled. If you disable it, it gets extended to 40 hours. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic + $100 Amazon Gift Card Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic + $100 Amazon Gift Card Going squircle, still Classic The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic continues the Classic lineage but with a squircle redesign. Available in Wi-Fi and LTE, with a 3,000 nit display and big 445mAh battery, enjoy all of the best Samsung smartwatch software experiences in style. See price at Amazon Save $100.00 The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is fantastic, but the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is even better. Let's go over the benefits of upgrading. For starters, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic offers a more refined design that looks more like a traditional watch. The frame is made of stainless steel instead of aluminum. It also has twice as much storage, at 64GB. This one also features a rotating bezel that provides a more interesting way to interact with the smartwatch. Not everyone will deem these improvements worthy, but if you do, the $100 gift card makes this a more enticing upgrade. The retail price is $150 higher, though. Again, these offers are pre-order deals, and both smartwatches will be released tomorrow. You might want to secure your free gift card while you can!
Deccan Herald
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
Samsung Galaxy Watch8, Watch8 Classic to hit stores this week in India
Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic. Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic (left) and Watch8 (right). Credit: DH Photo/KVN Rohit
Tom's Guide
16-07-2025
- Health
- Tom's Guide
I walked 5,000 steps with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 vs Apple Watch 10 — and there's a clear winner
I just walked 5,000 steps with the new Galaxy Watch 8 Classic on my left wrist and the Apple Watch Series 10 on my right wrist to find out which flagship smartwatch is the more accurate fitness tracker. In addition to manually counting my steps during the walk as a control, I ran Strava on my smartphone for distance, climb and pace data. So, which device was produced the cleanest, most precise data in this showdown of the Apple Watch Series 10 versus Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic? Read on. But first, how do these two top-tier wearables compare? The Apple Watch Series 10 arrived in fall 2024, boasting an updated case design with a thinner and lighter profile, updated touchscreen, and faster charging. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic was just announced in early July 2025 as the higher-end option in the Galaxy Watch 8 lineup. Samsung's newest watch offerings also feature standard models, without the Classic's rotating bezel, for less cash. The latest Galaxy Watches also got a case redesign, moving away from the familiar circular face that has long been associated with the line and instead embracing the "cushion" case introduced with the Galaxy Watch Ultra last summer 2024. The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is available for preorder now, with units expected to ship to customers by the last week of July. Costing $100 more than the Apple Watch 10, the Watch 8 Classic sports a unique rotating bezel and a customizable Action button. It also offers top-notch holistic, fitness and smart features. The Series 10 is the latest Apple Watch release. It boasts a slender and lightweight case that makes it easier to wear than the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic. The Series 10 also sports a large touchscreen designed for easy viewing even at extreme angles, useful smart and safety features, and handy wellness tools. Like the Apple Watch Series 10, the Galaxy Watch 8 is jam-packed with smart features, safety tools, and holistic-focused applications. In fact, the new Samsung watch offers several promising wellness tools absent on the Series 10, including Vascular Load monitoring, Antioxidant Index testing, and a daily Energy Score out of 100 based on sleep quality and recent physical activity. That said, when it comes to tracking basic outdoor workouts, like walks, runs, hikes, and bike rides, both devices provide similar sets of post-effort metrics. They each also offer built-in GPS for pinpoint location data, onboard altimeters for precise elevation, and optical pulse sensors for continuous heart rate monitoring. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. The Series 10 has already proven to be a worthy competitor in prior walk tests and a reliable fitness wearable, both in head-to-head comparison and daily field testing, one of the main reasons it's our best smartwatch pick for 2025. So can the latest Galaxy Watch 8 Classic compete? To test the tracking accuracy of the latest devices, one goes on either wrist, the fitness tracking modes get fired up — along with Strava on my iPhone — and I set out on my merry way, counting each step. To make things a tad easier, I use an old-school tally counter to note every 100 steps taken. So, really, I'm just counting to one hundred 50 times over. By the seventh or eighth time you do it, the process becomes rather easy. Of course, a pair of the best noise-cancelling headphones helps. Find the results of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic versus Apple Watch Series 10 walk test below. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Apple Watch 10 Control Step count 5,223 steps 5,083 steps 5,000 steps (manual count) Distance 2.78 miles 2.76 miles 2.74 miles (Strava) Elevation gain 387 feet 366 feet 370 feet (Strava) Average pace 17 mins 06 secs per mile 17 mins 23 secs per mile 16 mins 59 secs per mile (Strava) Average heart rate 126 bpm 124 bpm n/a Max heart rate 158 bpm 168 bpm n/a Total calories burned 333 calories 409 calories n/a Device battery usage 9% 7% n/a The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic added 223 steps on to my 5,000 step total, compared to the Apple Watch Series 10 adding just 83 extra steps. Strava did even worse, with a total of 5,272 steps, or 272 more than my actual count. Distance data, however, lines up much more nicely. The same goes for elevation data. Living in Seattle, Washington, a rather hilly city, I'm a stickler for accurate climb tallies — I care about it more than distance — so it pleases me to see similar totals from these high-end wearables (and Strava). All three methods also record similar average paces for my walk, with Strava having me move just a bit faster than Samsung and Apple. That said, Strava provides two average pace metrics: average moving pace, shown above, and average "elapsed" or total pace, which is 17 minutes and 32 seconds. The latest Samsung models are billed as offering improved heart rate accuracy thanks to the new Dynamic Lug System, which more firmly presses the sensors to your wrist. However, from these results, it's difficult to say whether the new strap system worked as advertised. Both smartwatches calculated similar enough average heart rates, but the Apple Watch noted a higher max. Which is right? Based on my most recent walk tests along similar routes, I can't say for certain. When I tested the Apple Watch 10 vs. Garmin Forerunner 570, my max heart rate was 163 bpm and 164 bpm, respectively, but when I pitted the Apple Watch Ultra 2 vs. Garmin Venu X1, I had a max heart rate of 158 bpm and 159 bpm. Finally, when I walked 6,500 steps with the Pixel Watch 3 vs. Fitbit Charge 6, both measured my max heart rate at 164 bpm. Apple noted more calories burned than Samsung, though this is a metric I tend to ignore (and encourage others to as well), as results between devices vary tremendously based on my extensive testing. Finally, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic burned a little more battery during my roughly 45-minute walk compared to the Apple Watch Series 10. And the winner is... the Apple Watch Series 10. While both devices produced step-count totals that are well within a reasonable margin for error, the Apple Watch's results were much closer to my actual total than Samsung's. That said, across the board, the latest Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch performed admirably, churning out metrics that not only largely lineup with one another but also with Strava's data. Which devices should I test head-to-head next? Let me know in the comments below.
GSM Arena
13-07-2025
- GSM Arena
Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic in for review
Michail, 11 July 2025 The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic is the new middle ground in the Galaxy smartwatch series. It sits above the baseline Watch8 and borrows some features from the Galaxy Watch Ultra while still keeping its signature rotating bezel. There's nothing surprising inside the box, Samsung is giving you a magnetic wireless charging pad attached to a USB-C cable. Our review unit comes in Black, which has some contrasting stainless-steel elements, giving off a sharp and elegant look. It comes with the faux leather watch band, which is sadly proprietary, so you can't just swap out any old 20mm band like on the previous generations. Back to bezel. We definitely have a soft spot for physical control buttons and they just don't get better than a tactile knob like this. But there's more, Galaxy Watch8 Classic also borrows the Galaxy Watch Ultra's Quick button. It's remappable so you can assign it to all sorts of different features or shortcuts. Weirdly enough, the 46mm Watch8 Classic features a 1.32-inch AMOLED screen – the same size as the much smaller 40mm Galaxy Watch8. It's still protected by Sapphire Glass and maxes out at 3,000 nits which should be more than enough, even for bright outdoor use. Watch8 Classic gets the Exynos W1000 chip just like the vanilla and Ultra models, alongside 2GB RAM and 64GB storage. Samsung claims the 445mAh battery inside the Watch8 Classic should offer up to 40 hours with the Always-on Display (AoD) off and 30 hours with AoD on. We'll make sure to test these claims alongside the health and activity features in our detailed review. For now, you can check out our Galaxy Watch8 series hands-on for more coverage of Samsung's new smartwatches. Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic 64GB 2GB RAM € 529.00
India Today
22-05-2025
- India Today
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic leaked in full glory, design and other details revealed
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, rumoured to launch at the Galaxy Unpacked in July alongside the company's foldable smartphones, has leaked in all its glory. From the looks of it, one could say — if the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic and the Galaxy Watch Ultra had a baby, this is what it would look like. Folks over at SammyGuru, in collaboration with OnLeaks, have brought the first CAD renders of the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic smartwatch, giving us a detailed preview of what to expect. Source: OnLeaks x SammyGuru advertisementAccording to the report, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is said to retain the same button layout as the Watch Ultra model. However, the biggest change comes in the form of the rotating bezel, which was last seen two years ago on the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. Apart from this, the squircle-shaped frame does remind us of the Watch Ultra, but since the rotating bezel is making a comeback, we can't call the Watch 8 Classic a direct successor to the the past few years, Samsung seems to have alternated between its Classic and more rugged smartwatch offerings. The third and fourth generations arrived in successive years, followed by the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, which took a more outdoor-focused approach. The sixth generation marked the return of the Classic, only for Samsung to introduce the Galaxy Watch Ultra as its seventh-generation flagship last year — a clear evolution from the Watch 5 Pro. Now, with the eighth generation, all signs point to the return of the Classic line, setting the stage for the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic to take the Apart from this, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is expected to feature a 1.5-inch display — probably an AMOLED panel, just like the Galaxy Watch models from previous years. The dimensions are said to be approximately 46 x 46.5 x 14.2mm. According to a separate report by SammyGuru, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic was listed with model numbers SM-L500 (Bluetooth) and SM-L505 (LTE), suggesting there would be two variants of the upcoming smartwatch. When it comes to endurance, the Watch 8 Classic is rumoured to feature a 435mAh battery, which is bigger than the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic's 425mAh unit, but much smaller than the 590mAh battery of the Watch Ultra. The rotating bezel could be the likely reason for the smaller battery inside the Watch 8 Classic, as its inclusion will take up extra internal get to know more details about the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in the coming months, as we approach its launch. Stay tuned to India Today Tech for all the latest on Samsung's next-generation smartwatch.
