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Along with its latest lineup of foldable devices, Samsung announced the Buds 2 Pro TWS earphones as well as the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro in India. The latest wearables from the South Korean tech giant improve on their previous iterations. Here’s what you need to know about them.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 will be powered by a dual-core Exynos W920 chipset clocked at 1.18 GHz. It comes with 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It comes with the Samsung BioActive Sensor with optical heart rate sensing, electrical heart signal sensing and bioelectrical impedance analysis.
Other sensors include temperature sensor, accelerometer, barometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor and light sensor. It also comes with Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4+5GHz, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Beidou/Galileo. There is also an LTE version. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 will ship with Wear OS 3.5 out of the box with the Samsung One UI Watch 4.5 UI overlay. The Watch 5 comes with an aluminum Armor case with a sports band.
The 44mm variant comes with a 1.4-inch 450×450 Super AMOLED always-on display and a 410mAh battery. The 40mm variant comes with a 1.2-inch 396×396 Super AMOLED always-on display and a 284mAh battery. The 44mm variant will be available in three color variants: Graphite, Sapphire and Silver, while the 40mm variant will be available in three color variants: Graphite, Pink Gold and Silver. Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 starts at $279.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will be powered by the same dual-core Exynos W920 chipset as the Watch 5. It will also come with the same 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will come with all the same sensors as the Watch 5, but will feature an upgraded titanium case with a sporty D-buckle band. It will only be available as a 44mm variant that comes with a 1.4-inch 450×450 Super AMOLED always-on display.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro will come with the Samsung BioActive Sensor with optical heart rate sensing, electrical heart signal sensing and bioelectrical impedance analysis. It also includes a temperature sensor, accelerometer, barometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor and light sensor. It also comes with Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4+5GHz, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Beidou/Galileo. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro starts at $449.
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro comes with 24-bit Hi-Fi audio support. It comes with active noise cancellation and is IPX7 water resistant. The handset itself has a 61mAh battery, while the charging case comes with a 515mAh battery. According to Samsung, this makes the headphones and case good for up to 8 hours of playback with active noise cancellation on, and up to 29 hours with active noise cancellation off.
The TWS earphones support Bluetooth 5.3 with automatic switching function and support Samsung’s patented Seamless Codec HiFi along with AAC and SCB audio codecs. Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro will cost $229.
