RobReports | Galaxy Watch VS Huawei Watch GT: Functionality VS Looks and Battery. @Robrob007 | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated May 04 2024
The Samsung has the pedigree and it does everything.
but the Huawei has the looks and trashes the Samsung in battery life.
the Huawei watch gt and the Samsung galaxy watch.
The Retail price for the Samsung is 350 dollars and the price for the watch GT is 230 dollars. that is about 30 percent less than the samsung.
the feel of the watch is much different too, the gt feels very light but the galaxy feels more solid, like more premium. I prefer the feel of the samsung but i prefer the looks of the watch gt. the watch gt has a premium ceramic bezel that looks beautiful, also there are more polished surfaces on the case.
i prefer the thickness on the galaxy watch, the watch gt is very thin, i like thicker watches. but i know most of the people prefer a thinner watch, it is just personal preferences.
the Galaxy watch software is much better, in the Huawei there is pretty much no customization whatsoever, there are just a few watch faces and you can not add more or customize the existing ones, you can't change the face colors or choose what to display in the dials, for the Galaxy watch, there are pretty much unlimited possibilities, there are many watch faces in he Galaxy store and many of the official ones are customizable. although after a few months i found out that i just use one face all the time.
if you get the watch gt expect to just have a couple watch faces, step counter, basic notifications, heart rate and some sleep tracking. you can not turn off Bluetooth and there is no airplane mode, also there is no wi-fi. and settings like raise to wake have to be adjusted at the phone app, you can't do it on the watch and also you can't adjust the time in your watch, it takes the time from your cellphone. to turn on the always on heart rate monitor you have to use the phone too.
The watch GT doesn't have a speaker so you can't make phone calls using the watch. with the galaxy watch you can make phone calls because it has a speaker.
I have only once used my galaxy watch to receive a phone call, it was by mistake, but sound was pretty good and caller said i sounded okay.
on the Huawei there is no always on display, there is only a feature called show time and that will leave the screen on for 5 minutes.
the samsung can pretty much do 70 percent of what your cellphone does and all settings are configurable within the watch itself.
you can say that the galaxy watch is a true smartwatch and the watch gt is a fitness tracker that looks like a watch.
Ok, so Samsung's software is much better, but in the battery life department, the Huawei comes back strong. I bought the watch GT 2 months ago. and I have charged only two times. each charge has lasted me more than a month. that is impressive. I'm afraid of losing the charger because I just don't use it. the samsung just lasts a week with the same usage. a week of battery life is acceptable, i just wish the samsung would charge faster.
with the watch gt, you will get an usb c cable and the galaxy watch still uses a micro usb, i appreciate the usb c cable because my phone has the same input.
Both are water resistant to 50 meter, so it is OK to swim, no need to worry about getting the watch wet. I never remove my watch while taking a shower, I even turn on the screen to see the time and there is no problem.
at the end would i buy them again?. the answer is yes for the Huawei and yes for the Samsung, however if i had had the Huawei first, i probably wouldn't had bought the Samsung.
if you prefer the looks on the Samsung, then the Samsung will be a perfect watch for you, just look for a sale, the galaxy watch usually goes on sale for less than 300 dollars.
The Samsung has the pedigree and it does everything.
but the Huawei has the looks and trashes the Samsung in battery life.
the Huawei watch gt and the Samsung galaxy watch.
The Retail price for the Samsung is 350 dollars and the price for the watch GT is 230 dollars. that is about 30 percent less than the samsung.
the feel of the watch is much different too, the gt feels very light but the galaxy feels more solid, like more premium. I prefer the feel of the samsung but i prefer the looks of the watch gt. the watch gt has a premium ceramic bezel that looks beautiful, also there are more polished surfaces on the case.
i prefer the thickness on the galaxy watch, the watch gt is very thin, i like thicker watches. but i know most of the people prefer a thinner watch, it is just personal preferences.
the Galaxy watch software is much better, in the Huawei there is pretty much no customization whatsoever, there are just a few watch faces and you can not add more or customize the existing ones, you can't change the face colors or choose what to display in the dials, for the Galaxy watch, there are pretty much unlimited possibilities, there are many watch faces in he Galaxy store and many of the official ones are customizable. although after a few months i found out that i just use one face all the time.
if you get the watch gt expect to just have a couple watch faces, step counter, basic notifications, heart rate and some sleep tracking. you can not turn off Bluetooth and there is no airplane mode, also there is no wi-fi. and settings like raise to wake have to be adjusted at the phone app, you can't do it on the watch and also you can't adjust the time in your watch, it takes the time from your cellphone. to turn on the always on heart rate monitor you have to use the phone too.
The watch GT doesn't have a speaker so you can't make phone calls using the watch. with the galaxy watch you can make phone calls because it has a speaker.
I have only once used my galaxy watch to receive a phone call, it was by mistake, but sound was pretty good and caller said i sounded okay.
on the Huawei there is no always on display, there is only a feature called show time and that will leave the screen on for 5 minutes.
the samsung can pretty much do 70 percent of what your cellphone does and all settings are configurable within the watch itself.
you can say that the galaxy watch is a true smartwatch and the watch gt is a fitness tracker that looks like a watch.
Ok, so Samsung's software is much better, but in the battery life department, the Huawei comes back strong. I bought the watch GT 2 months ago. and I have charged only two times. each charge has lasted me more than a month. that is impressive. I'm afraid of losing the charger because I just don't use it. the samsung just lasts a week with the same usage. a week of battery life is acceptable, i just wish the samsung would charge faster.
with the watch gt, you will get an usb c cable and the galaxy watch still uses a micro usb, i appreciate the usb c cable because my phone has the same input.
Both are water resistant to 50 meter, so it is OK to swim, no need to worry about getting the watch wet. I never remove my watch while taking a shower, I even turn on the screen to see the time and there is no problem.
at the end would i buy them again?. the answer is yes for the Huawei and yes for the Samsung, however if i had had the Huawei first, i probably wouldn't had bought the Samsung.
if you prefer the looks on the Samsung, then the Samsung will be a perfect watch for you, just look for a sale, the galaxy watch usually goes on sale for less than 300 dollars.
