Apple Watch Series 2 (38mm) vs Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 (45mm) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Aug 05, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$480 | €496

Design

Dimensions
1.52 x 1.31 x 0.45 inches 38.6 x 33.3 x 11.4 mm	1.82 x 1.77 x 0.44 inches 46.2 x 45 x 11.1 mm
Weight
1.48 oz / 41.9 g	1.90 oz / 53.8 g
Materials
Frame: Stainless steel
Materials & Colors
	Stainless steel: Mystic silver, Mystic black Titanium: Mystic black
Resistance
Water	Water (up to 50 meters), Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Colors
Silver, Black

Display

Size
1.5-inch, 55.12% screen-to-body	1.4-inch, 30.42% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 1000 nits	Super AMOLED
Resolution
340x272px, 290 PPI	360x360px, 364 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass DX+
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Apple S2 (16 nm)	Samsung Exynos 9110 (10 nm)
Processor
Dual-core 780 MHz Cortex-A7	Dual-core 1150 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
PowerVR G6200	Mali-T720 MP1
Memory
0.5GB/8GB	1GB/8GB (eMMC)
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
watchOS (6.x, 5.1, 5, 4.x, 3.x)	Tizen
Compatible devices
	Android 5.0 or later and with more than 1.5GB of RAM iPhone 5 or later models with iOS 9.0 or later

Battery

Type
273 mAh	340 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Magnetic charging	Qi wireless charging

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart rate, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart rate, Barometer, ECG, Ambient light sensor
Location
Glonass, Galileo	GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
NFC	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Speakers
Loudspeaker	Loudspeaker

Cellular

Data Speed
	LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
	eSIM

Alternative variants

With aluminum frame

Weight	0.99 oz / 28.2 g
Materials	Frame: Aluminum

non-LTE version

Prices (MSRP)	$430 | €447

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