{"id":12552,"date":"2022-08-18T14:39:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/samsung-galaxy-watch-5-review-if-it-only-had-a-better-battery\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:39:56","slug":"samsung-galaxy-watch-5-review-if-it-only-had-a-better-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/samsung-galaxy-watch-5-review-if-it-only-had-a-better-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 review: if it only had a better battery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23310395\/samsung-galaxy-watch-5-review-smartwatch-wear-os-3<\/a>
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After testing Samsung smartwatches, I\u2019m usually left with a furrowed brow, wondering what could have been. It\u2019s not because they\u2019re bad, ugly, or a pain to wear. Actually, it\u2019s the opposite. Hands down, Samsung\u2019s smartwatches are the best Android users can buy right now, and the $279.99 Galaxy Watch 5 is no exception. (Though that may change once the Google Pixel Watch arrives.) <\/strong>If Samsung would fix one \u2014 maybe<\/em> two \u2014 things, its smartwatches would make the Apple Watch yesterday\u2019s news. I was hoping to report that Samsung had finally nailed it, but for better or worse, the Watch 5 is more of the same.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mean this figuratively. The Watch 5 is nearly identical to its predecessor, the Galaxy Watch 4<\/a>. It comes in the same 40mm and 44mm sizes. Aside from a few new strap colors, it looks the same. I\u2019ve spent years reviewing nearly every smartwatch under the sun, and strap color is the only way I could spot the difference between my Watch 4 and 5 review units at a glance. <\/p>\n

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