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

Availability

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

Design

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

Display

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

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 9110 (10 nm)	Apple S2 (16 nm)
Processor
Dual-core 1150 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Dual-core 780 MHz Cortex-A7
GPU
Mali-T720 MP1	PowerVR G6200
Memory
1GB/8GB (eMMC)	0.5GB/8GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Tizen	watchOS (6.x, 5.1, 5, 4.x, 3.x)
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
340 mAh, Li - Ion	273 mAh
Charging
Qi wireless charging	Magnetic charging

Connectivity & Features

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

Multimedia

Speakers
Loudspeaker	Loudspeaker

Cellular

Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
eSIM

Alternative variants

non-LTE version

Prices (MSRP)	$430 | €447

With aluminum frame

Weight	0.99 oz / 28.2 g
Materials	Frame: Aluminum

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