Jan 11, 2022, 6:56 AM
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Samsung appears to have struck an essentially flawless balance between style and affordability with the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic, but if you couldn’t afford one of the world’s first two devices powered by Google’s Wear OS 3 even at their surprisingly substantial holiday discounts, now might be the time to pull the trigger.That is, if you’re on a tight budget in your search for an Android-compatible Apple Watch Series 7 rival and/or prefer the sporty look of the “regular” Galaxy Watch 4 to the decidedly more elegant design and added rotating bezel functionality of the Watch 4 Classic model.
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The absence of the aforementioned rotating bezel, by the way, doesn’t have to be viewed as a major flaw, helping Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 keep a thinner profile than the undeniably stylish but somewhat bulky Watch 4 Classic while only tipping the scales at 26 and 30 grams in 40 and 44mm sizes respectively.The internals are not very different, mind you, including everything from ECG to fall detection, blood pressure, blood oxygen, sleep, and good old fashioned heart rate monitoring technology, as well as a powerful dual-core Exynos processor, 1.5 gigs of RAM, and 16 gigs of internal storage space. On top of it all, the Galaxy Watch 4 sports a beautiful circular Super AMOLED display on which you can run all of the latest and greatest Wear OS apps.