It’s only been five months since the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active was announced, but the company is already on its way to launch the next iteration.
If we take the plethora of leaks into account, it seems increasingly more likely that Samsung could unveil the Galaxy Watch Active 2 at its Galaxy Unpacked event in New York on August 7.
Sammobile’s trusted sources have once again come through, offering a deeper insight into Samsung’s upcoming smartwatch.
Here’s what we know so far (via Sammobile):
- Galaxy Watch Active 2 will come in two display sizes — 44mm (36g) and 40mm (31gm).
- The 44m Watch Active 2 will sport a 1.4-inch 360×360 Super AMOLED display while the smaller 40mm variant will pack a 1.2-inch display but have the same resolution.
- Will have an aluminum casing.
- Will ditch the rotating bezel in favor of a Touch Bezel.
- Will have Gorilla Glass DX+ in addition to the back glass.
- The case will be up to MIL-STD-810G durability standards.
- Will have the same Exynos 9110 chip as the original Galaxy Watch Active.
- 768MB (40mm) and 1.5GB of RAM (44mm).
- 4GB storage on both devices.
- The 44mm variant will have 340mAh battery, 40mm will have 247mAh.
- ECG and Fall detection.
- Eight-point Photoplethysmography sensor.
- Bluetooth 5.0, with theoretically up to four times the range of Bluetooth 4.2.
- Â Devices will be available in Stainless Steel and Aluminium finishes, with Pink Gold only available in Aluminum while Gold will be available in Stainless Steel.
- Black and Silver color options will be available for all the sizes and finishes.
P.S: The cover pic is of the original Samsung Galaxy Watch Active, not the Watch Active 2.
