Galaxy Watch Active 4 could have a 5nm SoC, flat screen, slimmer bezels

The Galaxy Watch Active 4 will reportedly abandon the 2.5D glass panel covering the circular display, and instead it will feature a flat 2D panel, which begs the question of what will happen to the virtual bezel.

The physical (non-moving) bezel surrounding the active area of the display will be narrower, and the frame / chassis might be built from titanium alloy.

Samsung might finally be ready to introduce a new chipset

Samsung's been using the 10nm-based Exynos 9110 chipset for its entire smartwatch lineup ever since the original Galaxy Watch was introduced in 2018. The company has released several smartwatch models under the Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Watch Active brandings, all of which were powered by the same silicon.

The company might now finally be ready to switch to a newer solution, and although details are missing, the source claims that the upcoming wearable chipset will be manufactured on a 5nm process. This should make the SoC more powerful, but more importantly, it should improve energy efficiency and could contribute to increased battery life on a single charge.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 will presumably boast the same 5nm silicon and share other hardware similarities with the Active variant, though it will probably retain a physical rotating bezel.