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Here are the various specs and features of the LG G4 confirmed via PCMag's Live Coverage of the G4 event available here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2483345,00.asp
Display
5.5-inch QHD IPS Quantum Display (25% brighter, 20% better colour reproduction)
Rear-Camera
16MP f/1.8 aperture Camera w/ unique colour spectrum sensor. New manual mode has shutter speed, ISO 2.0, white balance, RAW format. Laser auto-focus in .276 seconds. Camera app launches in 0.6 seconds, take picture by double-clicking on vol-down button. 2x Image-stabilization including the Z axis. "Closest we have ever come to emulating what we see with our naked eyes."
Front-Camera
8MP front-camera with "gesture-shot" launching
GUI
LG UX 4.0 "Human centric UX takes into consideration the unique needs of every user."
CPU/GPU/SoC
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 64-bit 808 Hex-Core (2+4 @ 2GHz) Processor with X10 LTE Cat 6&7 (X10LTE Modem has DL speeds of 450Mbps)
- Adreno 418 GPU (Natively captures 4k video) "20% faster than the G3". Uses special graphics RAM that puts the CPU to sleep when displaying still-frames, allows battery use reduction by up to 11%.
- 3GB Dual-channel LPDDR3 RAM @933MHz (14.9GB/s)
- 32GB Internal Memory
- MicroSD slot (Up to 2TB)
- Bluetooth 4.1
- USB 2.0
- A-GPS
- WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/b/ac
- 4k Slimport HDMI output
- NFC
Platform
Android 5.1 Lollipop w/ LG UX 4.0 "Human-centric UX"
Battery
Removable 3,000Mah battery "More than a full day on a single charge thanks to battery-use reductions"
Sensor Features
Sensor-assisted positioning for better indoor location.
Unique Device Features
- Leather backing "Glass on the back attracts fingerprints" (Plastic backing is still offered)
- Slim-arc design (Curved phone at 3000R) "Slim-arc makes it 20% more durable on drops"
- 100GB of Google Drive storage included
- LG G4 owners who drive Volkswagens can use MirrorLink for a car interface.
- LG G4 will come with a FREE extra battery and MicroSD card if you pre-order(Praise the lawd)
Event photos
Here: https://twitter.com/pcmaglive
All in all looks like a really solid successor to the G3. What do you guys think?
I had a G2, then the G3, and unless it's crazy expensive I'll pick up one of the leather back G4 models. I've tried the Droid Turbo, One M8, and S6 in between and none of them were as good as my G2/G3. Once root is released for the Verizon variant I'll be picking it up.
glad I bought a sammy s6 edge after seeing this..
Wireless charging? On the Droid-Life video when he takes off the back (2:59) you can see the copper conducting tape and thin electronic board in the backside cover = implies wireless charging out of the box.
Also, it is OIS 2.0 with them, not OIS.
No wireless charging btw..
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since stupidphones i didn get any LG phones
i liked to buy G3 because of design but reviews... i didn't like result of reviews
Now i like G4 features and design so i m w8ing for some reviews to see its performance & quality
but I think it s worthy to buy it
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no wireless charging or fingerprint scanner... disapointing
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no wireless charging or fingerprint scanner... disapointing
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Agreed.
No fingerprint scanner = FAIL
Wider dimensions = FAIL
After months of waiting for the Lg G4, and am very disappointed that I will NOT be buying the G4.
I'm hoping Samsung releases a version of the S6 with a removable battery and SD. (S6 Active?)
Yes wireless charging with Quick Circle Case
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Agreed.
No fingerprint scanner = FAIL
Wider dimensions = FAIL
After months of waiting for the Lg G4, and am very disappointed that I will NOT be buying the G4.
I'm hoping Samsung releases a version of the S6 with a removable battery and SD. (S6 Active?)
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Wow seems a little harsh. Fingerprint scanner is irrelevant to 99% of buyers but removable battery and microSD is important to much more. Samsung's interface and most everything else about the S6 is a fail. But it's cheap and made cheap so it will appeal to a lot of lemmings.
I am one that's waiting to see how the dev community is able to work with the device before I jump in and this would be my first non-HTC device in 4-5 years. On paper this has more going for it based on my needs and usage than anything else but the final decision for me will be made once the devs get their hands on it.
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So I saw this image and wondered, what is this area, NFC antenna or could it be wireless charging?
They don't have a physical home button, where would they fit a fingerprint scanner? Besides, the one on the S6 requires a re-swipe a lot.
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glad I bought a sammy s6 edge after seeing this..
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Tell me what you like/dislike about the S6 edge...if you were to sell one to me how would you do it? I am leaning towards the G4. If you can help me with this I will tell you what features have me leaning towards the G4 and its not because I currently have a G2. I will give you a hint....having a removable battery is a plus, but not a priority (My G2's battery is not removable.) Thank you in advance..
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@ThePhoneGeek That looks very similar to the apparatus on the G2. Uncertain though, as the NFC antenna is handled alongside the wireless charging capabilities on the vs980.
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@ThePhoneGeek That looks very similar to the apparatus on the G2. Uncertain though, as the NFC antenna is handled alongside the wireless charging capabilities on the vs980.
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Yeah that's what I was thinking but thought it was interesting.
I wonder if LG will go crazy with the over-sharpening of the display again. If so I'm definitely going to pass on it.
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They don't have a physical home button, where would they fit a fingerprint scanner? Besides, the one on the S6 requires a re-swipe a lot.
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Fingerprint works extremely well on my S6, on par with the iPhone 6.
Also works with multiple fingers, in any angle.
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@ThePhoneGeek That looks very similar to the apparatus on the G2. Uncertain though, as the NFC antenna is handled alongside the wireless charging capabilities on the vs980.
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Model which was observed yesterday was korean G4 F500 named similar to G3 F460, you see, bump in index. So, F500 has only NFC antenna in the cover, and Qi supposed to reside in separately sold QuickCase, but only in korean's model. The int'national model H810 or H815 has HFC and Qi contacts so presumably it will have Qi wireless charging antenna right from the box as like as G3 had
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Fingerprint works extremely well on my S6, on par with the iPhone 6.
Also works with multiple fingers, in any angle.
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I had it for a week and it did work pretty well, but there were times it failed and I had to re-swipe
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ThePhoneGeek said:
Wow seems a little harsh. Fingerprint scanner is irrelevant to 99% of buyers but removable battery and microSD is important to much more. Samsung's interface and most everything else about the S6 is a fail. But it's cheap and made cheap so it will appeal to a lot of lemmings.
I am one that's waiting to see how the dev community is able to work with the device before I jump in and this would be my first non-HTC device in 4-5 years. On paper this has more going for it based on my needs and usage than anything else but the final decision for me will be made once the devs get their hands on it.
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Yes I saw this too, I assumed it was the wireless charging antenna but I suppose it could be the NFC too.
I honestly have no use for a finger print scanner, since I use android wear and have my watch and car as a trusted device. I don't understand why a finger print scanner is a big deal lol.
Hey all,
Last week I pre-ordered the Asus Zenwatch 2 for 170 euro's. I recently found out that Vodafone has a big sale; the LG watch R is now available for just 125 euro's. The specs are about the same so I'm in doubt. Wich one should I go for? The only thing I'm afraid of is that the support for the LG G watch R will end sooner than the support for the new Asus Zenwatch 2. What are your thoughts on this?
Greets,
swa100
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The only thing I'm afraid of is that the support for the LG G watch R will end sooner than the support for the new Asus Zenwatch 2.
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I think LG will continue to support the Watch R for a few more years. They committed to updating the G2 phone to Marshmallow. The Watch R has the same specs as the Urbane, which I expect LG will support for a couple more years. I think any Urbane update will come to the Watch R.
I read the Asus Zenphone has tons of bloatware, so it makes me wonder if the zenwatch also has it. I notice devices with more bloatware (Samsung) tend to get fewer updates. Its probably more work for the manufacturer to update and test their bloat with each Android update.
Visually the LG looks much better but hey just my opinion
Agree. Lg looks much better.
The Zen Watch 2 also has a built in speaker (not advertised) so when 6.0 comes out, it should have speakerphone support. This is really important IMO.
I have a square LG G Watch and kinda like it over the rounded ones. The interface is built around a square, so even on the rounded ones, the menus and UI looks out of place. All devices run stock Android Wear, so I doubt there will be any bloat ware on any of these. The only ones I know of are specific watch faces that come preinstalled. Android Wear OS doesn't really work without the accompanying phone app installed.
Owning a LG G Watch, here are some of the important things to consider:
1. Almost every Android wear watch has the same internals. Some have WiFi and bigger batteries.
2. AMOLED is important for battery saving during ambient mode. However, my LG G Watch sips battery.
3. WiFi is a gimmick. I never found any reason to have WiFi outside of extending the range of the connection. Also a battery hog.
4. Charging method is very important. You will be charging these about every night, so you'd want one with a Wireless or Magnetic (something easy).
5. Waterproof. If I can't reply to emails, text, and phone calls via my watch while in the pool, then it is not worthwhile.
6. Speaker. Might sound like a gimmick but once you have a watch, you aren't tied to your phone as much = leaving it docked more. If you are at home upstairs and phone downstairs rings, it sucks. If youre hands are full, also very nice. While driving, awesome. While swimming, bliss.
The G Watch R has exactly the same hardware as the Urbane, so even if LG stops supporting the G Watch R (which could happen, when we see how much time they took to upgrade the G Watch R after the Urbane ...), the community will probably make the urbane updates available for the G watch R.
The Zenwatch 2 has a speaker, which will be very useful on the next release of Android Wear, but has a square screen ...
IMHO, this is about speaker vs round screen, not about updates.
I can already confirm that LG has stopped production for LG G watch R.
Personally i own one and i can tell for sure it is worth the price you have mentioned.
Asus is not a bad option but LG G R will give you a very traditional feel.
I am really wondering even if speaker option comes with next update how practical is it to answer calls through watch?
Anyone using smartwatch? Share Experiences and thoughts here.
I am thinking of buying G Watch Urbane
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/481/790/669.jpg
Go for it. You will be a BOSS. Seriously, it will change your life.
Have been think about getting one for a while, but they are pretty expensive in Australia and I would personally wait a little bit longer for the technology to mature.
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I use a asus zenwatch.
It is very usefull for some things.
When you get messages/calls at work you can have a quick look if its important.
Maps navigation (walk) you dont need to look at your Smartphone anymore.
Music skip Songs
OK Google feature: Send whatsapp to... (When driving), reminder, translator....
I have a G Watch.
Having a smart watch is pretty usefull when you recieve messages or calls, u can look at the watch and see or respond without turning on your phone.
Also u have maps and other apps that are pretty usefull..... If u are a runner is great!
At the end is a watch with smart capabilities... Time and date plus the basics of the phone...
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Anyone using smartwatch? Share Experiences and thoughts here.
I am thinking of buying G Watch Urbane
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I am using Pebble Steel, which is based on the original Pebble watch. The value and functionality is fantastic. First of all, it looks good and performs extremely well as a watch. I picked it for just $100 around holidays, and at that price it's worth the money even if it did not have any "smart"watch functionality. Some good points about it:
1. Great as a watch. The time always stays in sync with network time. There are about a gazillion good looking watch faces you can download.
2. Delivers notifications from the phone (calls, messages, etc)
3. Weather and battery charge display on many popular watch faces.
4. Will last 7-10 days on one battery charge
5. waterproof
6. Android compatible (of course)
7. Cheap
8. Many many free apps.
Poor points:
1 bit "color" display is very readable and saves you battery, but some people want a color display.
I think the activity/fitness tracking features are a bit gimmicky.
The newer versions of Pebble are worth checking out.
Don't know why are all smartwatches are so expensive???
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Don't know why are all smartwatches are so expensive???
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you can find pebbles on swappa for typically less than $100, plus the pebble classic dropped to $100 MSRP
pebbles are awesome, I rock the steel and it's great, the battery life is ridiculous and it does notifications really well (music control is nice too)
they don't bite off more than they can chew like some other smartwatches
I highly recommend an asus zenwatch 2, it only costs $130 on (or at) bestbuy and has specs similar to "flagship" smartwatches. The only thing it doesnt have is a heart rate monitor. It also is one of the only smartwatches with a speaker, whenever google adds functionality for a speaker on android wear.
I wish those watches weren't so expensive
yes I do ,moto 360
I have an ASUS Zenwatch 2 and can highly recommend it!
It is available on Amazon and at Best Buy, etc. for $129 with the brown band (which actually isn't terrible), but I also picked up a steel 22mm milanese band for $11 and it looks great!
I'm using an Asus Zenwatch. It's very useful for eg answering whatsapp.
I have a Samsung Gear LIVE, pretty useful for the notification (but I use some filter)
I have the LG G Watch the original I snagged it for $100. Best thing I've done. It's mostly to learn to leave my phone alone in my pocket. I can't talk through the watch which is really fine with me, you can use a Bluetooth headset for music and phone calls so no biggie. I have two phones so I also have a second watch the LG G Watch R for my LG G3. Just remember that you can't pair more than one phone to the watch.
Quick text and email replies, start apps while driving eg: navigate to x location, start music, call B contact. That's what the watch does best. No heart rate monitor, not an accurate pedometer it will get better!
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I had a zenwatch. Worked fine with my G2. But after a few days i sold it. In a few years i'll get interested again. For now i don't find it useful.
Using Pebble Time. You can find discussions about pebble vs. other (android wear) watches on reddit.
Extremely happy with my watch. It's not pricey as other watches, 150$ and you get one week battery life.
I'm using the LG Urbane. It's nice but the phone's battery sure has taken a hit (even though I use it less).
LG Watch R and yes, love it
I'm interested in the Urbane 2 if it can be used as a wifi hotspot but I can't find any references about it anywhere.
I have two sim cards, one that I use as my main phone number and the other one with unlimited data for wireless connectivity when needed. I carry two devices now and it would be more convenient to me if one of them was the watch.
Thanks for any help.
Watches usually had small battery. I don't think it'll last long as hotspot.
I don't need it to last long. Only for a few minutes at a time and 8-10 hours per day.
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Anyone knows if it is actually supported or not? Someone who owns the Urbane 2?
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Anyone knows if it is actually supported or not? Someone who owns the Urbane 2?
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Nothing on the watch itself. If you can find an app for wear or that has wear support then I don't see why not. The main bug bear with this watch is the lack of cellular supporting apps, hopefully a change that will come through with AW 2.0.
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Nothing on the watch itself. If you can find an app for wear or that has wear support then I don't see why not. The main bug bear with this watch is the lack of cellular supporting apps, hopefully a change that will come through with AW 2.0.
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Ok, thanks. Hopefully AW 2.0 will address the issue.
Hi with the LG Watch Sport out, the LG Urbane 2 is dropping price, now around $170-$190 region for mint/new.
I was wondering if anyone knows, tried succeeded/failed on using the watch as a Wifi or BT hotspot, so say I had the watch, say a tablet, and a USB battery to keep the watch running longer, with the phone acting as hotspot for the tablet to get to the internet via the watch?
Does anybody have any information on the matter?
My cellular contract gives 5GB free and I too cannot
use my LG Urbane 2 as a Hot Spot.
Yiannis
I'm interested in this as well (Urbane 2 LTE here) as with Sprint, I can't talk and data at the same time - like it's friggin' 2008 or something. So in those situations when I'm in a conference call on the road and I want to pull up some message, it'd be nice to pop on the watch's hotspot, phone connects to it while in the call, and voila, data & call. Might burn through my ~35% end-of-day battery reserve, but worth it.
Unfortunately I don't think it's possible for an app to be able to provide this functionality... it might be hidden in the Android Wear OS, though (most of it coming from Android itself), but just needs a trigger. My watch's carrier (Ting) supports hotspot functionality on everything, so it'd be supported by the carrier and everything, if it could just be activated...
I want to lose the smartphone - or at least move it to my wrist. Like many others, I have a Laptop PC, a tablet, a smartphone and bluetooth headsets. O, yes, and a heart pulse monitor chest strap (It is NOT a bra!). An Eco-system of things that, need to be programmed, configured, charged, connected and synched.
I would love to replace that with a combined PC tablet and a capable Smartwatch (and the headsets, of course).
Today, there is no-one to provide me with the components I need. The latest Smartwatches seem to be only lacking a little programming (HotSpot and fitness apps that synch across platforms) and battery capacity. Nearly there!
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I want to lose the smartphone - or at least move it to my wrist. Like many others, I have a Laptop PC, a tablet, a smartphone and bluetooth headsets. O, yes, and a heart pulse monitor chest strap (It is NOT a bra!). An Eco-system of things that, need to be programmed, configured, charged, connected and synched.
I would love to replace that with a combined PC tablet and a capable Smartwatch (and the headsets, of course).
Today, there is no-one to provide me with the components I need. The latest Smartwatches seem to be only lacking a little programming (HotSpot and fitness apps that synch across platforms) and battery capacity. Nearly there!
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Once I got an LTE capable tablet, paying the extra but the cellular networks are financially penalizing tablets, for no valid reason other than greed. So that means I got phone SIMs, in fact two phone SIMS, an ATT and a T-Mobile. I currently have both in a dual-SIM phone. I also have a Truphone incoming-free and expensive data so if I do want to spend a brief time without a phone I just enable the watch SIM and get hit with say 15c of cost. That is tolerable.
The smartwatches are suffering from small battery so you cannot really make them replace the phone.
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Great post. . . . .
What's your opinion?
I think it looks good!
If you have problems with it, feel free to say!
How to enable temperature options?
Beso said:
How to enable temperature options?
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Watch 5 Pro-temperature sensor option missing?
So got the watch yesterday and so far it's ok,.A little unimpressed by the lack of rotating dial. But going through all the sensor options there is no menu for body temperature even though the sensor is there. Does anyone know where the sensor options are? Or is this just another incomplete...
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Watch 5 Pro-temperature sensor option missing?
So got the watch yesterday and so far it's ok,.A little unimpressed by the lack of rotating dial. But going through all the sensor options there is no menu for body temperature even though the sensor is there. Does anyone know where the sensor options are? Or is this just another incomplete...
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This thread is not available in my country..... NO COMMENT LIKE IF PEOPLE LIVE IS US ARE WORTH MORE THAN PEOPLE LEAVE IN EU.... SHAME
Beso said:
This thread is not available in my country..... NO COMMENT LIKE IF PEOPLE LIVE IS US ARE WORTH MORE THAN PEOPLE LEAVE IN EU.... SHAME
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"Theres no option for the temperature sensors yet. Samsung say it wont be long before its available but are apparently waiting for regulatory clearance."
I'm from the EU too, to be exact, i'm from Hungary. this is available for me..weird (i'm not using any VPN)
I got my Watch 5 yesterday and it seems good. According to Samsung product info, this model is mostly an incremental upgrade to the Watch4 and includes improved heart rate monitoring, slightly longer battery life, and slightly upgraded glass type.
One odd thing I noticed: When I adb to the watch the prompt says:
heartbl:/ $
I thought that is kind of strange.
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One odd thing I noticed: When I adb to the watch the prompt says:
heartbl:/ $
I thought that is kind of strange.
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heartbl is the codename of the watch
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heartbl is the codename of the watch
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Yep I see it in getprop:
[ro.product.model]: [SM-R910]
[ro.product.name]: [heartblue]
I was initially concerned 'heartbl' might mean 'heartbleed' which would be an odd name to use. Then again heartbleed, spectre, meltdown, etc. do have a cool ring to them. It would be interesting if a company used CPU vulnerabilities for a product naming scheme.
After wearing the Watch 5 for a couple days it definitely feels like a nicer fit on the wrist. It feels like with the updated shape of the watch bottom that it sits more snugly on the wrist and doesn't move around as much. I see how this could improve heart rate monitoring.
The Watch 5 performs and feels better than my prior watches!
Cheers
It's like wearing a DVD Player on my watch, since I can't activate must needed functions such as NFC payments because of region locks with CSC... Until I find a solution for this, this is basically walking around with a somewhat expensive watch like a Garmin but with 20% of battery time.
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I think it looks good!
If you have problems with it, feel free to say!
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I came from the Galaxy S3 Frontier and my Watch 5 is soooo much better all around. It's lighter and I like the improved voice interactions using Google Assistant (instead of the horrible Bixby). I'm glad they went away with Tizen. Google's Wear OS opens up more possibilities.
So far I like it, for some reason Samsung pay was eating up 1/4 of it's battery and I didn't even have it set up. I uninstalled it using the Galaxy watch 4 debloat instructions and my battery life got substantially better. Right now "Samsung Text to speech engine" and "Find my mobile" apps are the biggest drains, but the battery life, even with the Samsung pay totally blew my old fossil watch out of the water. This watch is better than it in every way.
I picked the watch 5 pro when I got my Pixel 7 pro. I was gonna get the pixel watch but it's too small for my taste. I love the watch 5 pro...2 days battery is sweet.... AOD on always ...
I got a brand new grey Titanium 5 Pro for £250 in the UK through a friend who got it free with a Samsung TV. He decided to stick with the Garmin watch he already had so didn't even open the Watch 5 Pro. Bargain.
And it's fantastic. I'm coming from a Huawei Watch GT2 so despite the good battery life the Samsung has, it's not a patch on th GT2 from which I got over 10 days. But that stupidly long battery life came with a cost, namely little in the way of features and zero app support. The 5 Pro is the best compromise.
Today will be day 1 with the GW5 with D-Buckle 44mm. I set it up last night and wore it on my left wrist all night and my old Fitbit Charge 4 on my right to see how close the sleep tracking is. C4 had 82 as my sleep score and the GW5 80 so I think they are close. So far I am impressed with the GW5. I still have a ton of things to learn and setup on it but I can already tell that I am going to get a lot of use out of it. The display is fantastic and so easy to see out in very bright sunshine. Will follow-up after a week or so of use.
I am from the USA east coast but I now live in South America in Colombia in the Andes Mountains.
Horrible Setup for non Samsung devices.
took me about 4h to set it up on a Xiaomi 12S Ultra.
1. Can't connect to the phone via wearables. Tried all available workarounds, nothing worked. Last try was trying older versions of Wearables app, that did it for me.
2. Couldn't activate eSIM: Your phone needs an active SIM card to activate an eSIM to the watch.
Obviously the phone has an active SIM and is Connected to the internet via LTE/5G. Didn't find any solution for that, other than reset watch, digging out my old Samung, switch SIM to that, activate eSIM, switch SIM back to 12S Ultra, and reset and reconnect the watch to the 12S Ultra again.
The option in wearables app still gives the SIM not active on phone error, but the eSIM still is active on the watch, and mobile data still works.
It's annoying AF. But other than the atrocious setup I'm happy so far.
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Horrible Setup for non Samsung devices.
took me about 4h to set it up on a Xiaomi 12S Ultra.
1. Can't connect to the phone via wearables. Tried all available workarounds, nothing worked. Last try was trying older versions of Wearables app, that did it for me.
2. Couldn't activate eSIM: Your phone needs an active SIM card to activate an eSIM to the watch.
Obviously the phone has an active SIM and is Connected to the internet via LTE/5G. Didn't find any solution for that, other than reset watch, digging out my old Samung, switch SIM to that, activate eSIM, switch SIM back to 12S Ultra, and reset and reconnect the watch to the 12S Ultra again.
The option in wearables app still gives the SIM not active on phone error, but the eSIM still is active on the watch, and mobile data still works.
It's annoying AF. But other than the atrocious setup I'm happy so far.
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Please see my LTE activation guide which may help.
Following this guide for wrist size I decided to swap my 44mm wifi model for a 40mm LTE. Really like the 40mm size. Not sure if the tradeoff in battery life will be acceptable but in terms of wearability for my ~16.5 cm wrist the 40mm seems a lot better. I can see myself sleeping with the 40mm watch on my wrist all night whereas the 44mm just seemed to big and bulky to want to use it as a sleep tracker.
A couple things were confusing about setting up the LTE service: 1) The EID is what the customer support rep for my mobile provider wanted when she asked for the SIM. Technically it's called an ESIM but for purposes of activation they consider it a SIM; 2) You have enable a special settings mode in the Galaxy Wearable app to enable "Current QR TestMode" under "Test ESIM Feature". I created a post about this.
As far as battery life, I just switched the font color of basic dashboard to pure white, against a pure black background, which makes it possible to turn down the display brightness a lot. Hopefully that will help extend the battery life.
One minor issue I have is that on the curved complications with the digital dashboard face the font sizes are too tiny for my vision. I really have to squint to read them. I wish that the curved complications had larger fonts.
One last comment: when making an LTE call the call quality was surprisingly excellent. I was able to have a conversation via the watch even while using my hands for other things. The other party said the call quality on their side was excellent.
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So far I like it, for some reason Samsung pay was eating up 1/4 of it's battery and I didn't even have it set up. I uninstalled it using the Galaxy watch 4 debloat instructions and my battery life got substantially better. Right now "Samsung Text to speech engine" and "Find my mobile" apps are the biggest drains, but the battery life, even with the Samsung pay totally blew my old fossil watch out of the water. This watch is better than it in every way.
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Good to know about Samsung Pay. I also don't use it but am afraid to debloat since even seemingly unnecessary apps could destabilize the watch if they're uninstalled. It might be safer to disable apps first and if there are no stability issues then they can be uninstalled later.