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Galaxy Watch (42mm) vs Galaxy Watch 3 (41mm) vs Galaxy Watch (46mm) vs Galaxy Watch 3 (45mm)

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General Information

  • Model Name

    Galaxy Watch (42mm)

    Galaxy Watch 3 (41mm)

    Galaxy Watch (46mm)

    Galaxy Watch 3 (45mm)

  • Model type

    Wearable

    Wearable

    Wearable

    Wearable

  • Colors

    Black (Black)
    Rose Gold (Rose Gold)

    Silver (Silver)
    Bronze (Bronze)

    Silver (Silver)

    Silver (Silver)
    Black (Black)
    Titanium (Titanium)

  • Announced

    2018, August

    2020, July

    2018, August

    2020, July

  • Released

    2018, August

    2020, August

    2018, August

    2020, August

Physical specifications

  • Dimensions

    Watch: 41.9 x 45.7 x 12.7 mm

    Watch: 42.5 x 41.0 x 11.3 mm

    Watch: 46 x 49 x 13 mm

    Watch: 46.2 x 45.0 x 11.1 mm

  • Weights

    49g

    48.2g

    63g

    53.8g
    43g

  • IP rating

    5ATM + IP68 / MIL-STD-810G

    5ATM + IP68 / MIL-STD-810G

    5ATM + IP68 / MIL-STD-810G

    5ATM + IP68 / MIL-STD-810G

Operating system

  • Operating system

    Tizen Based Wearable OS 4.0

    Tizen Based Wearable OS 5.5

    Tizen Based Wearable OS 4.0

    Tizen Based Wearable OS 5.5

Networks

  • Networks

    3G
    4G

    4G

    3G
    4G

    4G

  • eSIM support

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

Display

  • Kind

    Main Display

  • Technology

    Circular Super AMOLED

    Circular Super AMOLED

    Circular Super AMOLED

    Circular Super AMOLED

  • Size

    1.2 inch / 30.48 mm

    1.2 inch / 30.2 mm

    1.3 inch / 33.02 mm

    1.4 inch / 35.56 mm

  • Resolution

    / 360x360 pixels

    / 360x360 pixels

    / 360x360 pixels

    / 360x360 pixels

  • Pixel density

    278 PPI

    278 PPI

Processors

Memory

  • RAM/ROM sizes

    768 MB RAM with 4 GB ROM
    1.5 GB RAM with 4 GB ROM

    1 GB RAM with 8 GB ROM

    768 MB RAM with 4 GB ROM
    1.5 GB RAM with 4 GB ROM

    1 GB RAM with 8 GB ROM

Sensors

  • Accelerometer

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

  • Ambient Light

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    No

  • Barometer

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

  • Electrical Heart sensor

    No

    Yes

    No

    Yes

  • Gyro sensor

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

  • HRM

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    No

  • Light Sensor

    No

    Yes

    No

    Yes

  • Optical Heart Rate sensor

    No

    Yes

    No

    Yes

Connectivity

  • Location technology

    GPS
    Glonass

    BeiDou
    GPS
    Glonass
    Galileo

    GPS
    Glonass

    BeiDou
    GPS
    Glonass
    Galileo

  • Wi-Fi

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

  • NFC

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

  • Bluetooth Version

    4.2

    5.0

    4.2

    5.0

Battery

  • Standard battery capacity

    270mAh

    247mAh

    472mAh

    340mAh

  • Removable battery

    No

    No

    No

    No

  • Wireless fast charging

    Yes