Launched last week, the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is the latest smartwatch from South Korea. After the hype surrounding his presentation, it’s time to start scrutinizing what the new devices have to offer.
One of the conclusions that has come to light in recent days refers to the official specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5. As the person in charge of the DC Rainmaker YouTube channel points out, the South Korean is not entirely honest about the official dimensions. . of their watches.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 are thicker than what the brand announces on the official website
If we look at the official specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5, it is said to be 9.8mm thick. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro has a strange elegance of just 10.5 mm.
It was precisely the announced thickness of the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro that piqued DC Rainmaker’s curiosity. In fact, he decided to measure the thickness of this watch and quickly concluded that the dimensions provided by Samsung are incorrect.
In reality, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro has a 15.07mm thick body, about 50% thicker than advertised. The Galaxy Watch 5 has a 13.11mm body.
The source went a little further and decided to measure other smart watches and concludes that it is not only Samsung that shows some dishonesty in this parameter. Other brands do the same, notably Apple.
As you can see in the video above, the bottom line is that brands ignore the heart rate sensor bump on the back of their watches. In this way they achieve a much more elegant profile than it really is.
In the case of Samsung, the phenomenon is even worse since the South Korean ignores the entire back panel of its watches. In other words, the company measured only the lateral structure of the Galaxy Watch 5, thus achieving the dimensions that it announces on its official website.
The same scenario applies to the weight of the new Galaxy Watch 5, where we also found discrepancies. In this case, Samsung weighs its watches without the straps, which naturally reduces the weight of its watches.