Apple Watch Series 2 (42mm) vs Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (44mm) Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (44mm)
Apple Watch Series 2 (42mm) Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (44mm)
Released · September 2016
Released · Sep 27, 2019
1.6-inch · 390x312px
1.4-inch · 360x360px
0.5GB · 8GB
1.5GB · 4GB
334 mAh
340 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 05, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
$450

Design

Dimensions
1.67 x 1.31 x 0.45 inches
42.5 x 33.3 x 11.4 mm
1.73 x 1.73 x 0.43 inches
44 x 44 x 10.9 mm
Weight
1.85 oz / 52.4 g 1.31 oz / 42.0 g
Materials
Frame: Stainless steel
Materials & Colors
Stainless steel: Black, Gold, Silver
Resistance
Water Water (up to 50 meters), Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Colors
Silver, Black

Display

Size
1.6-inch, 60.71% screen-to-body 1.4-inch, 32.74% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 1000 nits Super AMOLED
Resolution
390x312px, 303 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 1.5GB/4GB (eMMC)
0.750GB/4GB
Storage expansion
not expandable not expandable
OS
watchOS (6.x, 5.1, 5, 4.x, 3.x) Tizen (4.0)
Compatible devices
Samsung smartphone, Android smartphone (Android 5.0 and above with 1.5GB RAM and above), iPhone 5 and above or iOS 9.0 and above

Battery

Type
334 mAh 340 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Magnetic charging Magnetic 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
Other
NFC NFC

Multimedia

Speakers
Loudspeaker

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66
3G Bands
5, 4, 2
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM

Alternative variants

With aluminum frame
Weight 1.21 oz / 34.2 g
Materials Frame: Aluminum
non-LTE version
Memory 0.750GB
Weight 1.06 oz / 30.0 g
Materials & Colors Aluminum: Aqua black, Cloud Silver, Pink gold
Prices (MSRP) $300
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