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Samsung Launches Galaxy Watch 3 with 8GB Memory


Thu 18 Jun 2020 | 11:39 AM
Ahmed Yasser

Samsung upcoming Galaxy Watch 3 went live earlier this month. Yesterday, key specs of the smartwatch surfaced online, revealing a design that looks fairly similar to its predecessor.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 will have a physical rotating bezel, a much-liked feature seen on the original Galaxy Watch. Published by MySmartPrice.com, the images apparently come from the website of Indonesia’s telecoms certification board, where the smartwatch has been tested ahead of launch.

There are two Galaxy Watch 3 models listed, the SM-R850 and SM-R840, which fits in with previous rumors stating Samsung would release two different case sizes, believed to be 41mm and 45mm.

It is slated to contain Corning’s Gorilla Glass DX protection with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory, and it will also have a heart rate monitor with eight light pulses for reading pulse, blood pressure and ECG, and on an accelerometer and gyroscope as well.

Galaxy Watch 3

The 41mm watch will also operate with a 247mAh battery, while the 45mm watch will come with a 340mAh battery the clock. The Samsung is likely to unveil the watch next July, ahead of the Galaxy Note 20 series launch in August.

Noteworthy, Samsung launched Galaxy A31 phone. Some rumours have hinted that the Galaxy A31 would come with a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 5-megapixel secondary sensor, and a macro camera.

In a comparison between the new phone and its Galaxy M31 counterpart, which was put on the market last March, the screen size of the device differs slightly, with the dimensions of the M31 (159.2 * 75.1 * 8.9 mm) while it features the A31 screen (159.3 * 73.1 * 8.6mm).

According to Technews, The phones are made of plastic, and both support two nano-sized chips. As for the processor, both phones feature quad-core processors at a speed of 1.7 GHz, while the M31 outperforms the A31 in the second processor, so it comes with a quad-core processor with a speed of 2.3 GHz, and it comes with 31 quad-core processor, at a speed of 2.0 GHz.

Noteworthy, Samsung launched the 2020 version of its popular Galaxy J2 Core phone, however the new version is not much different from the original version.

Galaxy M31

According to Life news, the phone offers a 5-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, and on the face of the phone there is also the front camera that comes with a 5-megapixel camera, and the only back camera is 8-megapixel, with the ability to record 1080p video at 30 frames per second.

Meanwhile, the Korean company increased the new Galaxy G2 Core phone in the internal storage, compared to the original version launched in 2018, as it became 16 GB, with the possibility of expansion up to 256 GB via external memory cards microSD.

The phone arrives as a slightly upgraded model of the Galaxy J2 Core that was released in 2018. Even though there is a gap of two years between the launch of the two phones, the Galaxy J2 Core 2020 includes very few improvements in design and specifications over its predecessor.

It is already on sale on the official Samsung India website, and is available in Blue, Black, and Gold colour options. The company has listed EMI options starting from Rs. 296.51 per month. Delivery is scheduled for late May, possibly due to the lockdown restrictions.