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Samsung Electronics Galaxy Watch Active vs SAMSUNG SM-R830

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Samsung Electronics Galaxy Watch ActiveSAMSUNG SM-R830
Title Samsung Galaxy Watch Active (40mm, GPS, Bluetooth), Black (US Version)Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 (Silicon Strap + Aluminum Bezel) Bluetooth - International (Aqua Black, R830-40mm)
Model Samsung Electronics
Galaxy Watch Active
SAMSUNG
SM-R830

Basic Info

Suggested Price $169.00$214.00
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Release Jul 2019Jun 2019

Overview

DescriptionReach fitness goals with this Samsung Galaxy Watch Active smart watch. Featuring advanced workout tracking, this smart watch helps optimize workouts and monitors your progress by tracking up to 40 exercises. This Samsung Galaxy Watch Active smart watch monitors your heart and sends real-time alerts in the event of irregular activity.Stay updated on fitness progress with this Samsung Galaxy Fit fitness smartwatch. The watch automatically detects your activities and sleep with a continuous battery that lasts up to a week on a single charge. This Samsung Galaxy Fit fitness smartwatch seamlessly integrates the vibrant AMOLED display within its slim profile.
Top Features
  • Track your way to real results: Automatically detects up to 6 exercises, while tracking up to 39 more, right from your wrist
  • Resolve to rest better; Helps you analyze your sleep patterns and encourages you to wind down to keep you refreshed and at your best; Compatible devices: Samsung Smartphone, Non Samsung Android Smartphone(Android OS 5.0 and above RAM 1.5GB and above), iOS 9.0 and above iPhone 5 and above
  • Sends you real time alerts if ever detecting a high or low heart rate, so you can be more proactive about your heart health
  • Expand your Galaxy; Sync with your phone to stream your playlist, get notifications and more, right on your wrist
  • Thin; Light; Durable a thin, lightweight and durable swim ready design comes in a variety of colors and interchangeable bands
  • Lasts for days: Go non stop with a long lasting battery that lasts for days on a single charge
  • Better insights to reach your fitness goals get more out of every mile thanks to built-in pace coaching on the Galaxy Watch Active2. Its advanced sensors keep your pace to help you better achieve your run goals.
  • Comfortably sleek the Galaxy Watch Active2 is light enough to wear anywhere comfortably. 20mm fluoroelastomer Band
  • Keep your beat. You can see if your heart rate is where you want it with Galaxy Watch Active2. Get automatically alerted if your watch detects a high or a low heart rate.4 **4this Device and related software are not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, Mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease.
  • Level up your downtime. Galaxy Watch active2’s built-in sleep tracker offers valuable insights on how to get a better night’s sleep. It also monitors your stress level and helps you recently with the integrated calm app.4 **4this Device and related software are not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, Mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease.
  • Battery built for endurance The Galaxy Watch active2’s long-lasting battery can go for more than a Day5 on a single charge, and you can always get a quick boost from your compatible Galaxy phone with wireless power share.6 **6works with Qi compatible Samsung devices (compatibility with non-samsung Qi devices not guaranteed); speed and power efficiency of charge varies by device and may be restricted by cases or COVERS.

Reviews

Walmart Rating3.7 (out of 23 reviews)3.6 (out of 178 reviews)
BestBuy Rating4.5 (out of 5890 reviews)4.2 (out of 483 reviews)
Latest Reviews

samsung active watch
Rating: 5
Great watch my wife loves it. She is still figuring a few things out but over all she rely loves all the functions of it
by Freddie on 2020-04-30T17:00:00


Rating: 5

by Keisha on 2020-08-07T17:00:00

Love this watch!
Rating: 5
I always wanted to upgrade to a real smartwatch from a basic fitness tracker I had gotten for free a while back. So, when I had the option to get one with my S20 Ultra pre-order, I jumped at the chance! I'm really happy with it. The size is great for me at 40mm. I went with the rose gold option as I really like rose gold jewelry. It not only looks great but works great. I have no issues with it connecting to my phone or using it. I really like all the watch face options as well as all the apps I can use. I love how I can get notified from the apps on my phone on my watch. I have A LOT of trouble sleeping and being able to track my sleep is a great thing. The fitness options are great too. I love how customizable it is. I'm still getting the hang of it but I'm very happy with it so far!
by LindsayDD on 2020-03-19T17:00:00

Gift
Rating: 5
My mother absolutely loves her new watch! Great features, reasonable price.
by Ashley on 2020-08-17T17:00:00


Rating: 4
I love how easy it was to set the watch up. its very customizable. I can get a lot of different watch faces and also add widgets. It synced effortlessly to my Note 9 and its light on my wrist. The only thing I dont like is not being able to make or receive calls on it.
by Tameli on 2019-03-29T17:00:00

Like it a lot
Rating: 4
i wish a smaller face size was available. 40mm is a little big for my liking but that is just my preference. the only negative is the battery life. it needs to be charged every day and a half to 2 days. devices i've had in the past have usually lasted twice as long on a charge.
by Brellas mom on 2020-08-02T17:00:00

Rear glass plate came off completely
Rating: 1
today i woke up and found that the rear glass plate of my galaxy watch active came off exposing the internals of the watch. i'm very careful with my devices, i never washed my hands with the watch on it. i'm extremely disappointed because the warranty has expired recently.
by reaver2006 on 2020-07-31T17:00:00

Terrible battery life
Rating: 1
After many tries at adjusting various features to reduce battery usage it was evident it came no where close to the advertised 80 hour battery life for even the basic functions. I even tried contacting Samsung for help on this issue which was pretty much useless. The reason I bought it was to replace my Fitbit, and mainly so I could listen to Spotify when running. It was between this watch and the new Fitbit equivalent but since I had a Samsung S9 I thought the they would be more compatible and it would be a seamless type of experience. Quite the opposite. The Bluetooth keeps cutting out and has to reconnect. If I keep the watch 1 or 2 feet from my ear pods it is OK, anything further it keeps dropping the connection. I bought because I thought they would be good fit with my Samsung phone. I am now turned off by everything that's Samsung. I am ditching their phone and TV's for better quality and customer service. Be warned people, their products and quality as well as their customer service has really taken a turn for the worst anymore, look somewhere else.
by Mark on 2020-08-15T17:00:00

Battery
Rating: 1
The battery absolutely sucks on the watch ,it also drains the battery on my phone , I closed out as many as as I could and didn't help, won't even make a full day on a single charge, most likely I'll be returning
by Jilly on 2020-01-11T16:00:00

Glossy coating on the band starts peeling!
Rating: 1
I bought this 1 month ago and the glossy coating on the original Samsung silicone band started peeling. I raised my concern to Samsung, and their response was its normal "wear and tear". It's extremely ugly to look at. Huge design flaw on the strap. Should not have the glossy coating on silicone, now it just looks bad.
by Penguin on 2019-12-18T16:00:00

Integrates Well with Samsung's Ecosystem
Rating: 5
i recently upgraded to a samsung galaxy s10e and wanted a fitness tracker that would integrate with the samsung health app. i switched from a garmin fitness tracker and have been using the galaxy fit for about a month now and i love it. the interface is easy to use/navigate and i love being able to get notifications from my phone on my fit. (the garmin wearable's notifications didn't work as well as i would like.) the heart rate tracker, sleep tracker, and fitness tracker all work well. i use this to track my runs and if you run with your phone like i do, the samsung health app on the phone will also record your gps settings from your run as well! overall, this is an excellent product for the price and i personally prefer this because it plays well with samsung's other apps. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]
by twlegend on 2020-06-28T17:00:00


Rating: 5
Absolutely love it. Had a different watch that didn't do half of what this 1 does. Linked up great not 1 problem
by Tracy on 2020-04-29T17:00:00

Great Watch - Tracker
Rating: 4
The watch is great. I can read and see everything on the watch out in the bright sun, I don't worry about it getting wet while doing dishes etc. It has a big bright interface and syncs with Samsung Health. The only reason it didn't get five starts is that I would like the home screen to have the date on it. I can add my calendar to it but that is the second screen. Compared to the two fitbits I had, I would buy this one again and recommend.
by Avid Time Keeper on 2020-07-12T17:00:00

Good watch for the price
Rating: 4
Love it. The only thing I miss on this that the bigger Samsung watches have is "Find my phone". I like the buckle on this one more than the one with the bigger watch face. I have had 2 of the bigger Samsung watches and they didn't last more than a year so I didn't want to pay a lot of $$$ but still wanted the exercise tracking functionality that interfaced well with Samsung phone.
by Suzie on 2020-07-07T17:00:00

An excellent Fit with Galaxy S10
Rating: 4
Overall very satisfied, easily connected to Galaxy S10 thru Gear app. For small wrist need a band retainer. I use 10% power in a day and recharges in less than hour. Recommend a start screen for exercise. Recommend auto adjustable to light.
by Wes on 2020-08-22T17:00:00

Simple Features, Lousy band.
Rating: 3
I bought this back in December of 2019. I like everything about it except the band. The end tucks under and because the material is some kind of rubber or plastic the only way I can get it off is to use some kind of tool to get it off. Presently there are no other bands available for this unit.
by forestmud61 on 2020-03-01T16:00:00

Just ok
Rating: 3
I should have spent more money and purchased a fit smart watch that had the display on all of the time. Even though, you have to turn on the display with a wrist turn or pushing the button, it seems to run out of charge quickly. The watch works fine and keeps the data I need: time, steps, weather, etc. It does not sync with my computer only with my phone, which is also a disappointment.
by Cheri on 2020-06-16T17:00:00

Not as good as I had hoped.
Rating: 3
Worked good at first. But the battery life is getting shorter and shorter. It's taking longer to charge also. I've only had it about three weeks. I still haven't figured out how to give quick response to texts.
by Satisfied customer on 2020-07-07T17:00:00

Samsung Galaxy Fit
Rating: 1
The watch has great features, especially if you use Samsung products. The battery was great for exactly ONE WEEK, then it started to die. Even after trouble-shooting everything, I have to charge it daily. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.
by SMoore on 2020-02-06T16:00:00

Avoid at all costs! you've been warned
Rating: 1
This is the worst quality watch I've ever owned. I'm currently on my 3rd watch within 2 months. I'd switch except i can only exchange for same one unfortunately. First one quit charging after 2 weeks and the screen refused to do anything except flash colors. 2nd one the band broke after 3 weeks (connection the watch itself) I'll just keep exchanging it until my time runs out. (no pun intended) Cant believe Samsung would allow such a low quality item when normally they have decent quality.
by sbossman on 2020-08-27T17:00:00

All Features

Built-In MicrophoneYesNo
Band MaterialFluoroelastomerFluoroelastomer
Clasp TypeBuckleBuckle
Battery Strength IndicatorYesNo
Charging Interface(s)WirelessUSB
Voice ActivatedYesNo
Screen Resolution360 x 360
Model FamilyGalaxy Watch ActiveSamsung Galaxy Fit
Ingress Protection (IP) RatingIP685 ATM
Voice Assistant Built-inOther
Color CategoryBlackBlack
Model NumberSM-R500NZKAXARSM-R370NZKAXAR
Mobile Payment Service SupportedSamsung PaySamsung Pay
Multi-Sport TrackingYesYes
Internal Memory Capacity4 gigabytes
Battery TypeLithium-ionOther
Wi-Fi CompatibilityWireless BNone
Screen Size40 millimeters
Form FactorWristwatchWristwatch
Metrics MeasuredActivity vs. inactivityOther
Case Thickness0.41 inches
Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor1 Year1 Year
Customizable Watch FacesYesNo
Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts1 Year1 Year
Dust ResistantYesYes
Additional Accessories IncludedAdditional straps; wireless charging pad
Product TypeSmartwatchActivity tracker
Global PositioningGPSOther
Touch ScreenYesYes
Band ColorBlackBlack
Replaceable BatteryNo
Color DisplayYesYes
Screen MaterialGorilla Glass
Case ShapeRound
Data Plan RequiredNo
Band Width20 millimeters
Music PlayerYesNo
SensorsAccelerometerAccelerometer
Display TypeAMOLEDAMOLED
Backlit DisplayNoYes
Case Width1.56 inches0.72 inches
System Memory (RAM)0.75 gigabytes
Bluetooth EnabledYesYes
RechargeableYesYes
Maximum Height of Shock Resistance4.9 feet
Operating System CompatibilityAndroidNot Applicable
Adjustable Band LengthYes
Shock ResistantYesNo
Charging Time120 minutes
Bluetooth Version4.25.0
Mobile NotificationsYesYes
Water ResistantYesYes
Band TypeFluoroelastomer bandStrap
Case MaterialAluminumPlastic
Display ScreenYesYes
Processor Speed1.15 gigahertz
Product Depth0.41 inches
Vibration AlertYesYes
Silent AlarmNoNo
Alert TypeVibrationVibration
Product Weight0.88 ounces0.05 ounces
NFC TechnologyYesNo
Clock DisplayYesYes
Operating SystemTizen
Maximum Depth of Water Resistance164 feet164 feet
SeriesGalaxy WatchGalaxy Fit
Integrated CameraNoNo
Adjustable BrightnessNoNo
Number of Sensors43
Usage Time45 hours
Battery Capacity230 milliampere hours120 milliampere hours
releaseJul 2019Jun 2019
ColorBlackBlack
Product NameGalaxy Watch Active Smartwatch 40mm AluminumGalaxy Fit Activity Tracker + Heart Rate
BrandSamsungSamsung
Maximum Wrist Size7.68 inches
Product Height1.8 inches
Minimum Wrist Size5.2 inches
Product Width0.7 inches

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