Samsung is bringing back the Classic Galaxy Watch

29 April 2025
Rotating bezel lovers, rejoice!

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Jango5, 30 Apr 2025what are you talking about, they were the second largest sm... moreLike I said, it was difficult to implement third party stuff. Tizen was Linux, just like Android, but still had it's very own development sdk. It wasn't worth developing it further, it was too costly and ultimately good, but limited in terms of what could be added in the future. There's a reason why they swapped.

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    THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, 30 Apr 2025bring back tizen os because wear os killing the battery!Yeah true. They just messed with wear OS

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      • 30 Apr 2025

      bring back tizen os because wear os killing the battery!

        xPandamon, 30 Apr 2025They stopped development because it was very difficult to i... morewhat are you talking about, they were the second largest smartwatch seller with tizen right behind apple, they had the market share, google didn't. app devellopers would've gladly build apps for tizen rather wear os. they are not using androidTV yet developers still make apps for their TizenTV OS. It's called competition, you can't justify google's monopolistic moves.

          Anonymous, 29 Apr 2025It would be nice if they managed to restore the charging fr... moreThe sensor is too thick for it, sadly

            Jango5, 29 Apr 2025they use to have it on their watches also but google doesn&... moreThey stopped development because it was very difficult to implement third party stuff.

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              • 29 Apr 2025

              It would be nice if they managed to restore the charging from a phone.

                RealLifePhones, 29 Apr 2025They didn't sell Tizen to Google. They still use it on... morethey use to have it on their watches also but google doesn't like competition so they probably gave some millions for samsung to stop working on tizen and adapt wear os it's cheaper to samsung to stop investing in their research team when google can do it for them and plus get paid for it. google loves shutting down competition, it tried doing the same with the meta vr os, good thing zuck didn't sell out to them

                  Anonymous, 29 Apr 2025Of course rotating bezel is a big deal. Looks very cool and... moreSame here from GW3 Titanium still rocking Tizen.
                  I hope there will be a glycemic feature!

                    Jango5, 29 Apr 2025they should've never sold their tizen watch os to goog... moreThey didn't sell Tizen to Google. They still use it on their TVs and smart appliances.

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                      yalim, 29 Apr 2025samsung has a 2 year cycle of classic and ultra models. exp... moreThe Pro is also in the mix. It's more akin to a 3-ish year cycle for the premium models. Which makes sense. They're meant to last longer, they cost a lot more. It makes very little sense to release all variations every year, with minimal technology changes. The gadget blogosphere is obviously trying their hardest to deny the sanity in this, because that would mean they'd agree the elephant in the room is a cynical fraud.

                        Funny because we just hit full circle. If the design aint broken, just dont change it.

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                          • 29 Apr 2025

                          samsung has a 2 year cycle of classic and ultra models. expect a classic this year and a new ultra next year. however, they ditched wireless charging last year due to the new sensor. I hope they squeeze it this time.

                            I am still using the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic 47 mm!The "Ultra" doesn't worth the extra money,no rotating bezel and plus so bulky!

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                              Tandy, 29 Apr 2025It would be nice if Samsung improved the battery performanc... moreI think you're mixing up smartwatches with fitness bands - no smartwatch on the market has a battery life of 10+ days if it is actually being used.
                              Huawei Watch GT2 for example DID have a 14 day battery life, but that was actually a fitness band in a smartwatch form-factor, while GT3 was a proper smartwatch and the battery life dropped to like 3 days.

                                DBS, 29 Apr 2025When will Samsung learn that the "classic" is the... moreI think they'll learn it when that becomes actually true and not just an opinion from a random person on GSMArena.

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                                  • 29 Apr 2025

                                  This is not news nor surprising as Samsung returns the rotating bit every other year.

                                    they should've never sold their tizen watch os to google, samsung is just a sellout

                                      Samsung tosses a coin every year for this bezel.

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                                        • 29 Apr 2025

                                        It would be nice if Samsung improved the battery performance of their watches. To have them last at least 15 days. Nobody wants a watch that needs to be charged every day or two. If Huawei and Garmin can make a watch with a battery that lasts over 20 days, surely Samsung can too, or does it seem like they can't?

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