Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm) vs Apple Watch Series 3 (38mm) Specs Comparison

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8.5
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm)
7.0
Apple Watch Series 3 (38mm)
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm) Apple Watch Series 3 (38mm)
Released · Sep 27, 2019
Released · 2017
1.2-inch · 360x360px
1.5-inch · 340x272px
1.5GB · 4GB
768GB · 16GB
247 mAh
279 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 05, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
$430

Design

Dimensions
1.57 x 1.57 x 0.43 inches
40 x 40 x 10.9 mm
1.52 x 1.31 x 0.45 inches
38.6 x 33.3 x 11.4 mm
Weight
1.31 oz / 37.0 g 1.50 oz / 42.4 g
Materials
Back: Ceramic
Frame: Stainless steel
Materials & Colors
Stainless steel: Black, Gold, Silver
Resistance
Water (up to 50 meters), Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified Water, Dust
Colors
Space Black, Silver

Display

Size
1.2-inch, 29.21% screen-to-body 1.5-inch, 55.12% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED OLED, 1000 nits
Resolution
360x360px, 424 PPI 340x272px, 290 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass DX+ Sapphire
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Scratch-resistant glass

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 9110 (10 nm) Apple S3
Processor
Dual-core
1150 MHz
Arm Cortex-A53
Dual-core
GPU
Mali-T720 MP1 PowerVR
Memory
1.5GB/4GB (eMMC)
0.75GB/4GB
768GB/16GB
Storage expansion
not expandable
OS
Tizen (4.0) watchOS (8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6.x, 5.1, 5, 4.x)
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
247 mAh, Li - Ion 279 mAh
Charging
Magnetic charging Qi wireless charging

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 4.2
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, Altimeter, Compass, Heart rate, Barometer
Location
GPS, Glonass A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Loudspeaker Loudspeaker

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26
3G Bands
5, 4, 2 1, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM eSIM

Alternative variants

non-LTE version
Memory 0.75GB
Weight 0.92 oz / 26.0 g
Materials & Colors Aluminum: Aqua black, Cloud Silver, Pink gold
Prices (MSRP) $280
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