It concerns the silver 46 with E-sim.
Positive:
Perhaps the best screen on the market. Incredibly vibrant colors that you enjoy seeing. Truly impressive and clear.
In outdoor daylight, it automatically emits extra hidden brightness from the sleeve, and you can still see clearly and vividly without guessing. All of this, combined with the fluid animation of the menus, is a very pleasant visual experience that never tires the eye. Fully customizable, of course.
Those who have had Wear OS know its capabilities compared to other watches. For those who have never had it, this is the milestone. It's like a small mobile phone. Notifications that you can see, for example, images, and you can respond. Emails that you can fully read, not just "you have an email." It shows you all the SMS messages on your phone, downloading apps for the watch, etc. In general, it is the mirror of your phone on your wrist. The definition of a smartwatch. You can even download a browser and play YouTube videos with sound!
Payments with NFC after setting up Google Pay.
It measures body composition (fat, muscle, water, etc.), pulse, snoring, blood pressure (requires calibration with a regular blood pressure monitor), ECG, and detects arrhythmias. All of these can be seen in detail on your phone and saved, etc.
The sound from the built-in speaker is satisfactory and clear. Nothing special, of course. The bezel rotates and adjusts the volume, and you can navigate through the menus, etc.
Regarding the ESIM, it seems to be easily set up through the Galaxy Wearable app and the QR code provided by the provider. I haven't tried it yet. As for simple calls, Bluetooth and remote calls from the watch work normally, like a regular Bluetooth watch (you can answer and talk, etc).
Negative:
Now let's go to the negatives. The elephant in the room: the battery. Some of you already know about it. It's small to non-existent. It can ruin everything mentioned above. Wear OS has been around for so many years, and this issue hasn't been fixed. Maybe it can't be fixed, just like with mobile phones. It's the only major drawback and reason to go elsewhere. If you use it intensively and play with it a little more, it can consume 50% in 5 hours. Otherwise, if you charge it to 100% in the morning, it will be at 35% late in the evening. Just like a mobile phone. However, you overlook it if you value all the other good things about Wear OS. Some people now use power-saving mode, adjust screen settings to be darker, and it can last for 1.5 days, but I don't think it's worth it. You'll just have to charge it every night. Or you can give it a little charge in the afternoon to get through the night. Charge it again in the morning. That's life with Wear OS. However, it does teach you to "manage character" so that it doesn't drain quickly. But only to a certain extent!
The second negative is that it charges extremely slowly. Very, very slowly. It takes at least 1.5 hours for 100%, maybe even more. Unacceptable for the 360mAh battery it has and the nature of the watch. It should at least fully charge in half an hour.
These two easily take away 2 stars, as the autonomy of the competition, for example, Huawei, is over 1 week.
The third negative is the straps it takes. Besides being a rare size of 20mm (while the Watch 4 44mm has 22mm), they don't rotate at the clasp but are rigid due to their shape, leaving gaps on the wrist as if you were Saint Onuphrius with a watch. You have to tighten it a lot to get the basics, and it becomes uncomfortable afterward.
Somewhere here, I should note that 46mm is not the screen size but the external casing. The screen is somewhere around 34-35mm.
Exactly. Beautiful, complete, full experience of a smartwatch, but if you want a watch to see who is calling you when you are on your motorcycle or in the car and to track your steps, just look elsewhere. A simple band is enough for you. If you want the rest and have a little masochism, here you are. You won't wear anything else. And if you do, you will return to Wear OS like me.