| Product |
Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic
|
Apple Watch 42mm (1st gen)
|
| Battery |
| Charging |
10W wireless |
Wireless |
| Type |
Li-Ion 445 mAh |
Li-Ion 250 mAh (0.94 Wh), non-removable |
| Body |
| Build |
Glass front (Sapphire crystal), stainless steel frame |
Glass front (Sapphire crystal), ceramic/sapphire crystal back, stainless steel frame |
| Dimensions |
46.4 x 46 x 10.6 mm (1.83 x 1.81 x 0.42 in) |
42 x 35.9 x 10.5 mm (1.65 x 1.41 x 0.41 in) |
| SIM |
eSIM |
No |
| Weight |
63.5 g (2.26 oz) |
50 g body (2.82 oz) |
| |
Rotating bezel
MIL-STD-810H compliant*
IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 50m/5ATM)
ECG certified
Blood pressure monitor
*does not guarantee ruggedness or use in extreme conditions |
IPX7 water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes |
| Camera |
| |
No |
No |
| Comms |
| Bluetooth |
5.3, A2DP, LE |
4.0, LE |
| NFC |
Yes |
Yes |
| Positioning |
GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS |
No |
| Radio |
No |
No |
| USB |
No |
No |
| WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| Display |
| Protection |
Sapphire crystal |
Sapphire crystal glass |
| Resolution |
438 x 438 pixels (~327 ppi density) |
390 x 312 pixels (~303 ppi density) |
| Size |
1.34 inches |
1.65 inches |
| Type |
Super AMOLED, 3000 nits (peak) |
Retina OLED, 450 nits (peak) |
| |
- |
3D Touch display |
| Features |
| Sensors |
Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate, barometer, altimeter, compass, SpO2, temperature (skin), BioActive, antioxidant index |
Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate |
| |
- |
Natural language commands and dictation |
| Launch |
| Announced |
2025, July 09 |
2014, September. Released 2015, April |
| Status |
Available. Released 2025, July 25 |
Discontinued |
| Memory |
| Card slot |
No |
No |
| Internal |
64GB 2GB RAM |
8GB 512MB RAM |
| Misc |
| Colors |
Black, White |
Stainless Steel/Red, White, Brown/Black/Blue/Marine Blue Buckle, Blue/Stone/White/Storm Gray Leather Loop, Silver/Space Black Milanese Loop, Link Bracelet, Space Black Stainless Steel/Black, Black Link Bracelet, Pearl Woven Nylon |
| Models |
SM-L500, SM-L505U |
A1554 |
| SAR |
1.04 W/kg (head) 0.41 W/kg (body) |
- |
| SAR EU |
0.03 W/kg (head) 0.67 W/kg (body) |
- |
| Network |
| 2G bands |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
N/A |
| 3G bands |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 |
- |
| 4G bands |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 40, 66, 71 |
- |
| EDGE |
- |
No |
| GPRS |
- |
No |
| Speed |
HSPA, LTE |
- |
| Technology |
GSM / HSPA / LTE |
No cellular connectivity |
| Platform |
| Chipset |
Exynos W1000 (3 nm) |
Apple S1 (28 nm) |
| CPU |
Penta-core |
520 MHz Cortex-A7 |
| GPU |
Mali-G68 |
PowerVR SGX543 |
| OS |
Android Wear OS 6, One UI 8 Watch |
watchOS 1.0, upgradable to watchOS 4.3.2 |
| Sound |
| 3.5mm jack |
No |
No |
| Loudspeaker |
Yes |
Yes |