20% Off | Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 40mm Bluetooth AI Smartwatch w/Energy Score

Amazing watch that has been impressive and fun to use. I always swore I would never go digital and in some events I would wear a classic analog watch just for the look. But for everyday use, this watch is great. I have the 44mm watch because I am a tall fella with big wrists. I didn’t want a tiny watch. The screen is beautiful. Setup is simple with the app, and I have had no disconnection issues with it unless I have gone too far away from my phone. I bought the one with LTE capability just in case I decide to need it. But I am seldom away from my phone. I was worried the default band would be too small for my large wrists, but it has many options for large or smaller wrists, and there are tons of options on Amazon for replacement bands. My only complaint would be the default color of the band. The olive green is awful. I have other bands coming tomorrow through Amazon though. I wish they would have just done a black default band. All of the folks complaining about the watch battery life is because they are most likely trying to use it like a phone. When setting up, you have the option to choose which apps you want on the watch. I only installed the apps I wanted notifications from. On top of that, you must disable the screen always on option in the settings so it only shows up when you lift your wrist to your face. There is no need to have it online all the time. With how I have it configured and with moderate use, my watch generally lasts me 2 and a half days on a full charge. It charges pretty quickly on the included base that came with it. I normally charge it while I am working at my computer since my phone is with me and a clock is on the computer, it isn’t missed and gives my wrist a break. Using a keyboard with a watch on isn’t very fun. It is a beautiful watch, great to use, and the health features for fitness, heart monitoring and such are great to have as well. I got mine on the day they announced the 8 which looks like it is going to be a very nice upgrade.

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Whether or not you like this watch depends on your needs. For me, it captures a lot of data, ranging from step counts (even when I don’t have my phone with me) to sleep data to heart rate to exercise data with automatic detection. It’s nice because some things that I used to do with spot checks can now be monitored regularly. It also has things such as fall detection or EKG that I couldn’t do before I had the watch.It makes some things more convenient. I’m fine using my phone’s much larger display for most things. But for some things such as Samsung Pay/Google pay, or using a voice assistant, it’s more convenient to leave my phone in my pocket. Many things online, including Samsung’s own website, say that you can’t use Alexa easily, but you don’t need to do anything special to use Alexa instead of Bixby, or Google Pay instead of Samsung Pay, nor do you lose convenience with one vs the other.For me, having a normal sized watch bezel is more important than having additional functionality that I might not need. The 40mm serves me perfectly. For looking at things such as a graph of sleep stages, I’d rather look at a phone screen anyway. If you expect to use your watch face more than I do, consider whether something larger will help. Seeing the watch in person might be necessary if you aren’t sure. But if you want something that looks more like a casual watch than an obtrusive piece of tech, the 40mm 7 fits the bill.Battery life has been generally good, but in my case, the watch is mostly monitoring things. On the road, I might occasionally use it to pay for things, which is easier than getting out the phone, or I might use a voice assistant. But if I’m in my car or at home, I can ask the car or a smart speaker without pressing a button. So I’m not using those sorts of things heavily. If you use the watch for lots of other things, your battery life might not be so good.I can charge it three out of five days (morning, next evening, skip, next afternoon, skip) with light to moderate use, or two out of three days (evening, skip, afternoon) with moderate to above average use. I did have an occasion when it drained overnight for no apparent reason, and after a few erratic days, I did a reset, and it cleared the problem up.Resetting the watch is relatively easy, since it backs most things up. But you will have to set up credit cards again in Samsung Pay or Google Pay, for security reasons, possibly meaning that you’ll have to call each bank for each card and each service. I also had to remap the buttons because it won’t let you set a button for Alexa unless you first get into Alexa, set things up, tie it to your account, etc. If you get the order wrong, the tldr is to assign Alexa to another button and then undo it and choose the button you want. For me, a double press of the main button gives me Pay, and a long press gives me voice assistant.A negative for me is the swipe pattern. I wouldn’t mind using it when needed, which is after a restart, after taking it off your wrist and putting it back on, such as after charging. But it doesn’t prompt for the swipe pattern at those times. It will even let you pull up the watch face. It isn’t until you swipe away from the watch face that you are prompted for a pattern. So you might think that your watch is up and running, only to find out that it wasn’t collecting data all day, or not collecting sleep data, because the watch face was the only thing working. Or you might be ready to pay for something, only to have to hold up the line. If I need a swipe pattern to get things working, it should ask for it. I understand why it’s needed, but not asking for it and showing the watch face without it is actually a negative.Overall, it’s the right watch for me. I would suggest reading up on the Watch 8 to see if there are features that you really want. If you are fine without them, buy the 7. Samsung Health will offer to show you the types of data that only the 8 captures, rather than tailoring itself to the watch you are using, so you’ll have to hide unneeded features on your own. If you are interested, look at Samsung Health before you buy a watch.There are also lots of cheaper watches out there that do a lot less. You can find a smart watch for $20, only to find out that you overpaid by about $20 compared to what it’s worth. This watch does enough to actually be useful, without getting into things that might be interesting but not needed in your daily life.

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Great watch. Wonderful features. Excellent build quality. It’s thinner than previous models which I like. It’s not bulky at all. It looks and feels like a quality watch. It’s easy to wear and the back is comfortable against my skin considering the whole back is a bunch of sensors that do a wonderful job of measuring my heart rate, tracking my sleeping, measuring stress, etc. It charges quickly and was easy to set up right out of the box. No instructions needed. I think I would not have been as happy if I would have bought it new for MSRP. But I bought it on Amazon Prime Day and that made it all the better value. Highly recommended.

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Yes, the price is real. Yes, there’s a catch. This watch is the International Edition that is registered for use ONLY in SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, etc.). You cannot select regions outside of that on the watch and must instead set the region on your Samsung Account (using your phone). However, this watch is fully compatible with ALL official accessories and comes in a real Samsung box with intact quality seal. There are dozens of bands, cases, etc. in enough colors to make anyone happy.The watch itself is kind of a glorified sensor and your Galaxy phone does all the heavy lifting. Note that US customers do NOT have access to the heart monitoring features (ECG/blood pressure). It will simply say “this function not available in your region” and refuse to let you go further. However, it does measure blood oxygen, body composition, sleep parameters, etc. It’s also fairly stylish and the 40mm watch face is PLENTY big enough. You can use your phone to download many kinds of useful watch faces, apps and such and push them to the watch. Using the Samsung Wear and Health apps (pre-installed on all Galaxy phones) makes using this pretty easy. You can also take calls on it and the sound quality is good. The other person might not even know you’re using your watch!The watch charges with a little magnetic disk only as it has no ports on it. You MUST use a magnetic charger. You can get some second-party chargers that work. The battery life, as with all smart watches, is pretty bad. You will get through a day or so of light use but no more. It wants you to wear it at night but it won’t last that long so I tend to charge it up while I eat dinner so it will be topped off when I go to bed. A bonus is that the charger for it works well with external battery packs and connects pretty strongly so you can charge it in your bag if you were on a bus or plane. It also connects only with Bluetooth, so if you are in Airplane Mode, you will need to activate Bluetooth in Airplane Mode to get the watch to connect.The band is kind of wonky as the excess band goes UNDER the strap and not over it as a Casio band or typical band, but it’s soft and the holes are numerous and finely spaced to give a good fit. I like the way it feels and it seems quite sporty. You can get other bands if you really want to change up the way it looks.Overall, this watch is pretty nice. I have chargers at the office and home and I use the little included one in my travel bag. I am sure that, in 10 years, we will laugh at how primitive our watches were, but, for now, this is one of the best accessories for your Galaxy phone. I believe it’s a better deal than the Google watch and will probably be getting some of these for my family come Christmas. I am only removing one star because the battery life is so wonky and the ECG feature isn’t working.

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First of all, I didn’t ask for a second mother.I bought a smartwatch. A watch. But no. This one decided to take a more personal role in my life.9:03 a.m. “You haven’t moved in 40 minutes.”Okay, calm down. I’m literally just trying to respond to emails and drink a lukewarm coffee in peace.11:17 a.m. “Your stress levels are elevated.”Wow, how did you know? Was it the three kids screaming or the fact that I’ve eaten half a bag of ostreichers chocolate cookies standing at the sink?1:41 p.m. “Time to stand!”Oh, NOW you care. You were suspiciously silent when I was doing laundryfor 3 hours.3:00 p.m. “Energy score: 49. Consider resting.”Honestly? This one felt personal. It’s giving “you look tired, bubbeleh, maybe take a nap, you’re not 25 anymore.”It even tracks my sleep and then has the chutzpah to tell me, “You were restless.”Yeah. No kidding. I’ve got a child that sleepwalks and another one who eats apples in bed. I AM restless.That said… it’s accurate. It’s stylish. It’s probably the only thing in my house that consistently checks in on me.Does it nag? Yes.Does it care? Also yes.Honestly, if it could cook chicken soup and remind me to call my aunt Miriam, I’d marry it.

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