Galaxy Watch 5

[mountainbikermark]

It looks like the rotating physical bezel will not be offered but the batteries will increase in size .

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 hands-on: Should you go Pro?

The Galaxy Watch 5 gets a Pro sibling, and we've tried both.

www.androidcentral.com

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[LoudRam]

I just bought the GW5. So far I love it. I'm coming from a Fossil Gen5 Garrett. I was debating whether to get a 4 or a 5 since they are almost the same watch and the 4 is cheaper but the way it worked out with the 5 being on sale, an "enhanced trade in value" of $75 (vs $20 initially) for my Gen5 from Samsung, and a 5% military discount the 5 ended up costing only $24 more than the 4. The sapphire glass and larger battery are worth that. It's paired with my S22+ so I can take advantage of every feature this watch offers. I also bought a pack of 6 different color bands from Amazon. This color is my favorite.

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[TisMyDroid]

How has your battery life been on the GW5? I have the 40mm and I've been able to squeak out 30 hours. That's with AOD off, WiFi off, raise to wake off, "hey Google"off, auto detect workout off, location off, a dark watchface with a few complications (steps, heart rate, battery & weather), NFC on, sleep monitoring on.

With my Galaxy Watch Active I would get almost 3 days. I'm not doing much different on my GW5 than I did on my GWA except that I have everything turned off on my GW5 where they were all on with my GWA. I expected to get closer to the same battery life but I assume it's most likely all the updated sensors & Wear OS on the GW5.

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[mountainbikermark]

How has your battery life been on the GW5? I have the 40mm and I've been able to squeak out 30 hours. That's with AOD off, WiFi off, raise to wake off, "hey Google"off, auto detect workout off, location off, a dark watchface with a few complications (steps, heart rate, battery & weather), NFC on, sleep monitoring on.

With my Galaxy Watch Active I would get almost 3 days. I'm not doing much different on my GW5 than I did on my GWA except that I have everything turned off on my GW5 where they were all on with my GWA. I expected to get closer to the same battery life but I assume it's most likely all the updated sensors & Wear OS on the GW5.

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Tizen was always inherently more energy efficient than Wear and they took strides to widen the gap with each update at the cost of performance in some cases . Combine that with a hungrier processor in your new watch and that's why .
On my Active 2 I used to get 3 days easily with everything that I'd ever use on . I can squeeze 2 days out of my Galaxy Watch 4 if I don't use GPS but what I've done instead is each morning when I get up I put it on the charger and take it off before leaving for work . I'm usually between 95% and 99% when I put it on .
Hope that helps and hopefully Android gurus will figure out a way to get more bang from our battery buck , though they've never seemed to attempt to do so before .

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[TisMyDroid]

Tizen was always inherently more energy efficient than Wear and they took strides to widen the gap with each update at the cost of performance in some cases . Combine that with a hungrier processor in your new watch and that's why .
On my Active 2 I used to get 3 days easily with everything that I'd ever use on . I can squeeze 2 days out of my Galaxy Watch 4 if I don't use GPS but what I've done instead is each morning when I get up I put it on the charger and take it off before leaving for work . I'm usually between 95% and 99% when I put it on .
Hope that helps and hopefully Android gurus will figure out a way to get more bang from our battery buck , though they've never seemed to attempt to do so before .

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Thanks! I almost wish I kept my GWA. I think I was a little spoiled with the 3 days battery.

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[mountainbikermark]

Thanks! I almost wish I kept my GWA. I think I was a little spoiled with the 3 days battery.

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Could be worse I suppose . I think Apple watches get about 12 hours of battery life , maybe 18 as best I remember . My middle daughter has an Apple watch and she carries a charger with her and charges it at lunch then at night .

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[LoudRam]

How has your battery life been on the GW5? I have the 40mm and I've been able to squeak out 30 hours. That's with AOD off, WiFi off, raise to wake off, "hey Google"off, auto detect workout off, location off, a dark watchface with a few complications (steps, heart rate, battery & weather), NFC on, sleep monitoring on.

With my Galaxy Watch Active I would get almost 3 days. I'm not doing much different on my GW5 than I did on my GWA except that I have everything turned off on my GW5 where they were all on with my GWA. I expected to get closer to the same battery life but I assume it's most likely all the updated sensors & Wear OS on the GW5.

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I have the 44mm and have mine set up similar to yours except I have raise to wake and location on. On time is usually 7 to 8 AM to 11 PM and then off for the night. I finish the first day with about 70% left. I usually charge it every two days. Right now it's 919 PM and I'm on my second day with 55% left. I'll charge it tonight but I might be able to get a third day out of it if I needed to.