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So i'm currently wanna get a smartwatch and I wanna get the Samsung gear fit 2 but I heard that the gear fit 2 is really picky and will not compatible/connect to the N6P, is it true? If it is then which smartwatch/smartband should I buy? I'm open to suggestion from you guys.
Thank you

I have the Huawei smartwatch and I had a lot of other smart watches but the Huawei watch is perfect I get two days battery life and it has a speaker. I would recommend byou don't root it because getting out of root is well annoying.

I love my Martian Notifier, but it might not be what you're looking for. It's much more of a notification assistant than a smartwatch. Basically notifications get forwarded to your watch so you don't have to pick up your phone to see what's making your phone ring or buzz, but if you want to do anything about it you'll have to pull the phone out to respond. Upside is it looks much more like a normal watch than the others (they're more like a second screen on your wrist with simpler apps, this is a watch with a ticker and vibration motor) and that the battery lasts about 5 days or so before needing recharging (the rechargeable battery is for the notifications only, there's a separate watch battery for the time-keeping part). Lastly, it's dirt cheap compared to the Gear Fits of the world...

I have a Pebble Time and Pebble Time Round, both of which work really great on my 6p. Battery is great, functionality is great, and overall doesn't take a big toll on my battery.

Huawei watch works a treat!

Since Motorola, Huawei, and LG have all stopped making watches. I would not get one until the rumored "Google" one comes out and wait to see if it's good or sucks. If its good get that one. If it sucks then I wouldn't get one at all since Smartwatches are kinda dying out.

The Huawei Watch is the best. No doubt about it. The sapphire crystal itself is a tiebreaker.
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I am using the Gear S2 and it works flawlessly, I wouldn't mind moving back to android wear for the "google" experience but so far I can do everything on my S2

HerySean said:
So i'm currently wanna get a smartwatch and I wanna get the Samsung gear fit 2 but I heard that the gear fit 2 is really picky and will not compatible/connect to the N6P, is it true? If it is then which smartwatch/smartband should I buy? I'm open to suggestion from you guys.
Thank you
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LG Urbane Second Edition, it's also a phone.
It has a DP of AW 2.0.
I wouldn't trade mine for anything.

Does the Huawei watch work with custom ROM? I'm thinking of getting one for Christmas.

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Does the Huawei watch work with custom ROM? I'm thinking of getting one for Christmas.
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Shouldn't be a problem, pretty sure it runs on android wear. I've been using my 360 on custom ROMs since I've had it.
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I'm using Asus Zenwatch 2. Perfectly pairs without an iota of issue. Battery backup of 2 days. All notifications including weather, pedometer etc., are bang on.

I have the Ticwatch 1 and it works well, never misses a notification, one day of battery life with the screen on time turn up to 30 seconds. Installed modded huawei watch firmware. I think the huawei watch has a better battery though.

I have been using the Asus Zenwatch 3 for about a month now. It works perfectly with my 6P running Nitrogen rom. The watch itself has a microphone, speaker and most sensors. The only thing that it lacks is gps which most likely would only drain the battery anyway. I can get two days use without charging easy.

rocking a moto 360 2nd gen here

live4vball said:
I love my Martian Notifier, but it might not be what you're looking for. It's much more of a notification assistant than a smartwatch. Basically notifications get forwarded to your watch so you don't have to pick up your phone to see what's making your phone ring or buzz, but if you want to do anything about it you'll have to pull the phone out to respond. Upside is it looks much more like a normal watch than the others (they're more like a second screen on your wrist with simpler apps, this is a watch with a ticker and vibration motor) and that the battery lasts about 5 days or so before needing recharging (the rechargeable battery is for the notifications only, there's a separate watch battery for the time-keeping part). Lastly, it's dirt cheap compared to the Gear Fits of the world...
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I would love to get one of these but I hate the fact that it isn't even water resistant in the slightest. There's so many people I've seen complain about just washing their hands and a little water touches it gets inside somehow.

Samsung Gear S2 works fine with my N6p.
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Jammol said:
I would love to get one of these but I hate the fact that it isn't even water resistant in the slightest. There's so many people I've seen complain about just washing their hands and a little water touches it gets inside somehow.
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You can shower with the Huawei!

I have a Verizon gear s and the watch works great but I can't connect it to my 6p so don't get that one

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I have a Pebble Time and Pebble Time Round, both of which work really great on my 6p. Battery is great, functionality is great, and overall doesn't take a big toll on my battery.
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gluck with updates now they have been bought by fitbit

Huawei Watch 3

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew when the Huawei Watch 3 might be released? I like everything about the 2 apart from the lack of proper waterproofing. I am tempted to get the gear sport as it is perfect for me but the three reasons I haven’t gotten it yet are because number 1, it has very limited apps, 2, it only has s voice and not Bixby and 3, it has no speaker. One thing that was really important for me was the speaker so I could play music without headphones. I am willing to spend 300$ on the Watch. The gear sport would have been perfect apart from those three things. The two problems with the Huawei Watch 2 were number 1, the lack of rotating bezel or anything like that and also 2, the low battery life. I loved everything else like all the activity tracking, google to talk to and the great app support. The once main reason I couldn’t get the gear sport was because of no speaker. I know it’s hard to make it waterproof and with a speaker but Apple have done it with the Apple Watch 3. If not the Huawei Watch 3, does anyone know of any other upcoming android Smartwatchs or other that might be coming soon? Will I have to wait till next February until the Huawei 3 I wonder... Thanks and I hope someone can help.

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew when the Huawei Watch 3 might be released? I like everything about the 2 apart from the lack of proper waterproofing. I am tempted to get the gear sport as it is perfect for me but the three reasons I haven’t gotten it yet are because number 1, it has very limited apps, 2, it only has s voice and not Bixby and 3, it has no speaker. One thing that was really important for me was the speaker so I could play music without headphones. I am willing to spend 300$ on the Watch. The gear sport would have been perfect apart from those three things. The two problems with the Huawei Watch 2 were number 1, the lack of rotating bezel or anything like that and also 2, the low battery life. I loved everything else like all the activity tracking, google to talk to and the great app support. The once main reason I couldn’t get the gear sport was because of no speaker. I know it’s hard to make it waterproof and with a speaker but Apple have done it with the Apple Watch 3. If not the Huawei Watch 3, does anyone know of any other upcoming android Smartwatchs or other that might be coming soon? Will I have to wait till next February until the Huawei 3 I wonder... Thanks and I hope someone can help.
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I was also close to buy the samsung gear sport because of the water proofing. But as you say it is sad that you can not use it for speaking. And no 3G/4G i think.
I have not heard anything of a Huawei Watch 3
What I like with my Huawei watch 2 is that it has everything except for the waterproofing and that it does not have spotify offline yet.
And because all of the sensors the battery life is not so good. It is nice that you can use it stand alone as a phone with 4G, but actually you can only use it emergency phone because with 4G enable the battery drains fast. You have to enable 4G when you need it....

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I was also close to buy the samsung gear sport because of the water proofing. But as you say it is sad that you can not use it for speaking. And no 3G/4G i think.
I have not heard anything of a Huawei Watch 3
What I like with my Huawei watch 2 is that it has everything except for the waterproofing and that it does not have spotify offline yet.
And because all of the sensors the battery life is not so good. It is nice that you can use it stand alone as a phone with 4G, but actually you can only use it emergency phone because with 4G enable the battery drains fast. You have to enable 4G when you need it....
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My solution for having Phone + data for all the day is to force cellular in 3G in watch prefs (instead of 4G). 4G drain battery really more faster than 3G, wich is good enough for "ok google" interactivy...

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My solution for having Phone + data for all the day is to force cellular in 3G in watch prefs (instead of 4G). 4G drain battery really more faster than 3G, wich is good enough for "ok google" interactivy...
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OK. Thanks. I will test that

I really want a Huawei Watch 3 similar in design to the OG Huawei Watch with updated specs thats all.

I've been showering with my watch on I didn't realize it wasn't water proof! :-0
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I've been showering with my watch on I didn't realize it wasn't water proof! :-0
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It is water proof..
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

It's water and dust resistant, nothing more. Showering isn't advisable.
As for the Watch 3 I hope it's a sporty looking one like the Watch 2. I think the Watch 1 looks like a midrange Timex. I want a big and rugged watch!

Best watch with good battery?

I bought the 4xl for a friend and setting it up for him. He also wants a watch that is fully compatible and has great battery.
I understand phones but know nothing about watches. Please help.

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I bought the 4xl for a friend and setting it up for him. He also wants a watch that is fully compatible and has great battery.
I understand phones but know nothing about watches. Please help.
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I'm a Fossil Gen 5 running Wear OS owner and my wife is a FitBit Versa 1 owner. My Gen 5 for sure is smartwatch as it's main priority so it's definitely more feature full in terms of interactions with notifications. My wife loves how I can reply with either voice to text, drawing or selecting an emoji, or swiping to type a message on a little keyboard. However, the battery life is definitely a daily charge especially if you sleep track. I top it off in the morning and before going to sleep. Her Versa 1 is much more limited in smartwatch functions but does have a better minimum 4-5+ day battery.
I would say a Wear OS device with good battery is the TicWatch Pro with 4G/LTE. It's actually the same price as the Fossil but has the option for 4G/LTE, larger screen, and has a second, low battery usage screen that extends it's like to 2+ days depending on usage. I would say the downside is the design but that's personal preference and it's got an older processor. Don't get the non-4G/LTE version of the TicWatch Pro because it has only 512MB compared to 1GB and it makes a big difference for performance.
Samsung's are pretty good and run their own Tizen OS but I hear you only get the most out of them with Samsung phones. Not 100% sure.
I believe all these devices have Black Friday deals going on right now so make sure he chooses sooner than later.
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Depending what He wants you can also look at Fitbit.
Mine shows time, heart rate and sleep besides the usual walking running etc and are cheaper and have longer battery life then some of the more expensive ones.

Best Watch in Market Compatible with Android
Galaxy Active 2
Huawei GT 2
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Ran into issues with LTE on my Galaxy Active Watch 2 and the Pixel 4 XL.
Besides that, my battery life has suffered while on the watch. I used to average a decent 6 hours of SoT, it's down to about 5 now when I've got a notification heavy day. ymmv

I have Garmin Fenix 5x. 12 to 14 days between charges.
Garmin has bunch of smart watches for active people. It's function as smart watch is limited, but you get all the notification. Which was all i needed
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I bought the 4xl for a friend and setting it up for him. He also wants a watch that is fully compatible and has great battery.
I understand phones but know nothing about watches. Please help.
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I own both Samsung Gear Sport and Fitbit Versa 2. If you want fast smartwatch with a lots of features, go with Samsung smartwatches (but battery life will be ~2 days, 3 days if you turn off always on display).
If you are okay with some less functionality and great battery life, go with Versa 2 (I get around 5 days battery life with 24 hr use, except removing for an hour or so in a day, I dont turn on always on display which reduces battery life by 1.5 days)

I have the Galaxy Watch Active 2 44mm, my wife as the 40mm. Both are Bluetooth/WiFi models. The 44mm gets ~3 days of battery life, the 40mm gets just over a day. I've never really seen the appeal of paying for LTE on a watch if I always have my phone on me.

I got amazfit bip watch and it lasts about 30 days battery per charge.

I have a Fossil Q Explorist 4 HR. I love it. It looks like a nice watch, so I wear it to the office and pretty much whatever. I also use it at the gym. It has a bigger screen that a lot of smartwatches, which I have to have. The others are just to small for me to read them well. I've also had the Samsung Gear S2 and S3. I liked them, but dealing with Samsung support is the worst, so I had to move away from them. I ALMOST bought a Fossil gen 5 when they were on sale last week. But, I can't justify $200+ per year on smartwatches. Anyway, can't go wrong with Fossil. I also prefer WearOS to Samsung's Tizen and the Fitbit OS (my wife has the Blaze).

@crusht So what did you end up getting for your friend?
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Don't buy anything without 1 gig of memory, the fellow above had it right, performance is vastly better than anything with less. As to the GUI wear plays out similarly in use across all devices so it isn't really a factor. If it's me I go with the Gen 5 Fossil and I say that having had both it and the TicWatch. Both these watches have a few value adds that the other does not but the main difference is battery life, you'll go further on the Gen 5 without invoking various battery saving features that turn your smartwatch into a not so smartwatch. Realistically a smartwatch that isn't smart isn't much of a smartwatch so I don't put much value on the super duper battery savings features, if I did I'd go back to the TicWatch. It can run for quite some time based on reviews, I can neither confirm or deny in that regard, I have never used said features on any of my smartwatches.

I had the Fossil gen 5 and oh did it suck. I thought it was supposed to be the answer for a good Wear OS watch. I took it back and got the Galaxy watch. I'm so damn happy now. I really wanted the Google Assistant but it's not worth all the drawbacks of Wear OS watch.

Galaxy Watch Active 2 battery life is amazing. I put it on the wireless charger when brushing my teeth or taking a shower, and I don't think I have ever fallen below 40%. I let it track sleep, and all my workouts. It just keeps doing its job, while sipping on the juice. I wish android wear devices were this efficient. I miss my Sony Smartwatch 3's Google Assistant and Maps integration, but I don't miss dreading if it is going to die on me. I blame Qualcomm for not innovating on the hardware front, as the the android wear hardware sucks so bad. If they had just kept pace with Samsung and Apple, I wouldn't have switched.

Love the Amazfit GTR. 50 days battery life for me. Cannot ever own Samsung, Fitbit or any other watch. Perfect watch for me

Are there any upcoming smart watches to be on the lookout for in the next few months?

Galaxy watch 2 active here, all working great on my pixel 4 xl. Only issue is that I had to install the esim on it using my work phone (Galaxy A3). Battery life is great, streams all my playlists from Spotify over 4g, sport tracking seams to be pretty accurate also.

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Are there any upcoming smart watches to be on the lookout for in the next few months?
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Suunto 7 got announced a week or 2 ago

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Suunto 7 got announced a week or 2 ago
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Thanks... Doesn't look like it has any upgraded specs over the fossil (1gb ram, 3100 processor)

Smart watch ??

What's the best smartwatch to use with this phone
Thinking of going with fossil 5th gen. What are you guys using

Depending on what you need, until Google decides to put more effort into WearOS, I'm done with them. I have a Fitbit Versa 2 now and works for what I need. I had a TicWatch Pro that worked ok but WearOS was just unusable on it after some time.
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I don't really need a crazy robust smartwatch that can do everything. I just have an Amazfit GTR 47mm and it does the job. Battery is insane (can last for two weeks to a month in-between charges) and that's mainly why I got it.
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AmazFit GTR here too.

If you want something that runs WearOS, then the Fossil 5th gen or comparable watch is really the best thing going at this time. There is at least one other manufacture that has released a watch with the same core components as the Fossil 5th Gen and it works just as well. I don't remember the name, but it is a premium brand and more expensive than the Fossil. Personally I'm still rocking the original LG G smart watch and waiting for it to die so that I can get a Fossil 5th Gen in good conscience.
If you don't care about WearOS, then it opens the doors to lots of possibilities. Obviously the Fitbit devices work very well for what they are, but there are plenty of other choices too.

Yeah I really just want to be able to text on it and be able to start and stop my music and podcast at work without getting in trouble

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Yeah I really just want to be able to text on it and be able to start and stop my music and podcast at work without getting in trouble
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I've been doing that with my Galaxy Gear S3 Frontier just fine but I just ordered the Galaxy Watch Active 2. I tried out a friend's and it's more comfortable than my Frontier Edition. Whatever is playing on my phone I can pause/play. I can reply to WhatsApp and SMS messages too.
Google needs to wake up and take Wear OS much more seriously but in the mean time Samsung isn't a slouch with their Tizen watches. There's even a workaround to get get Google Assistant working on Tizen watches.

Fossil Gen 5 is a very good wearos watch to pair with a pixel phone.
This is not a fitness tracker and its logic is similar to the iwatch, so needs charging each night.
I have had it for some months now and since it can be found arround 230USD its worth the investment

I use a Garmin Vivoactive 3 (cheap these days). It is more fitness watch with some smartwatch features thrown in, but is good for 3-4 days on a charge unless heavy GPS use.

Using amazfit bip. It doesn't have a lot of the bells and whistles. You can read texts but not respond. It does alert you to phone calls and allow you to ignore them. It has a great feature for finding your phone.
Miss the ability to reply to text that I had with my pebble 2 and control music, but Bluetooth headphones do that.
The real advantage is battery life and the fact the display is always on. I love that I don't have to flick the watch or touch it to see what time it is! With the heart monitor turned off I average about 2 months between charges!
Plus they cost a little over 50 bucks, so very light on the wallet!

prefer best use on android bro

The options are countless when it comes to watches

Question Galaxy Watch 5 who not be upgrading

So originally I bought the Active 2 44mm on launch this watch served me well, until i upgraded to the Watch 4 44mm again on launch mainly because of Wear OS.
Now with the Watch 5 just around the corner, I feel no compelling reason to upgrade again the Watch 4 does everything i need it to now & tbh once the novelty wore off, i just use the basic features of the watch like notifications & some health features, google pay every now & again & finally showing me the time nothing else.
Splashing the cash again just to use the same features on something that newer seem a waste of money, more so in this current economical climate, so I'll be sticking with my Watch 4 until it's no longer supported or the battery dies which ever comes first.

Same

What do others think of this?
Like you mentioned, once the novelty wears off, one tends to use the same basic functions – all the fitness stuff is put on the back burner.
Everyone and his brother sells a fitness smart watch. What about other users?
I had an interesting conversation with my parents. They are in their 80s. They mentioned a friend who is almost blind. He has watch that speaks the time – what a feature. My mother told me of her neighbor who fell and could not get up. The SOS function would've been great. How about pressing a button and saying: "Bixby, I need help".
The feature I use on my GW4 most, by far, is the alarm. I wish the vibrations were stronger. I could see having two or three vibration motors firing in parallel to make a super-duper strong vibration mode.
I think "fitness" is overdone. Once the novelty wears off – ehh. It would be nice to have a smart watch that targets the features that people actually need.

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So originally I bought the Active 2 44mm on launch this watch served me well, until i upgraded to the Watch 4 44mm again on launch mainly because of Wear OS.
Now with the Watch 5 just around the corner, I feel no compelling reason to upgrade again the Watch 4 does everything i need it to now & tbh once the novelty wore off, i just use the basic features of the watch like notifications & some health features, google pay every now & again & finally showing me the time nothing else.
Splashing the cash again just to use the same features on something that newer seem a waste of money, more so in this current economical climate, so I'll be sticking with my Watch 4 until it's no longer supported or the battery dies which ever comes first.
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Same here.

It depends. This is, by far my favorite smartwatch that I've owned, out of several. However, the watch is a tad laggy. I don't mind it too much, but I had a ticwatch pro 3 prior with the snapdragon wear 4100, and it had ZERO lag. That thing was just fast. But some things that I use on a smartwatch didn't work well on it, so, it had to go.
So, I guess it comes down to how the new processor behaves and what other features they introduce that maybe the watch 4 can't\won't have. I've read rumors of a thermometer, which would be cool, especially living in the post covid age (we've gotten sick a LOT since the mask mandates and such were lifted, not covid). But it would take a watch that flies, no lag, and something like that and maybe more to sell me for sure.
Another selling point, Samsung typically has great trade in values at launch for previous versions, so, if it were to come down to paying $50 to like $70 for the upgrade, that might sell me too. We'll see in two months!

Sticking with 4
Samsung will have to get their money from someone else, especially given the way they handled Google Assistant.....

I'm not this time around. Just don't foresee any features worth upgrading for. Will wait for the 6.

Depends on the upgrade offers. Upgraded from the Active 2 to Active 4 with very little out of pocket cost, so if I can find a similar deal I might jump on it. If not, I'm happy staying with my 4 until the next generation comes around.

Not planning on upgrading. Maybe the GW6 pro?

Probably check out the Pixel Watch instead...

Not going to upgrade for a while. I usually stay a bit behind to gain access to good deals. Got my galaxy 4 classic 46mm for just 200$

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Samsung will have to get their money from someone else, especially given the way they handled Google Assistant.....
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Just in point. I am deeply dissapointed with GW4 compared to GW3. I expected that moving from Tizen to Wear OS will make new value. That did not happen.
App base for GW4 is much smaller. Assistant not working. Battery life significantly worse.
The other thing is where GW4 software development aims. It aims to develop sport/health features instead of developing smart features: Google Assistant, Whatsapp on watch etc. I mean it becomes more sportband than watch. That is not what I wanted. If I would like to have sportband I'd buy something from Xiaomi for fraction of the price.
I put my eye on Google watch and probably leave Samsung watches at all

I am with those that if I could get a great deal on an upgrade, I may be willing to get one, but otherwise I am happy with the Watch4 Classic I currently have. I have only had it for a few months.

I have an Active2 44mm Tizen and a Watch4 Classic. I was planning to buy Watch 5 Pro.
But latest leaks suggest No rotating bezel and instead big black ugly touch bezel just like the one on my watch active 2 44mm
Now this touch bezel thing seriously destroys the watchface looks because the watchface is not fully expanded to all corners of the screen
I bought a watch4classic 46mm due to this reason and am pretty happy except battery life
and was hoping to see watch 5 pro with rotating bezel.
If there is no rotating bezel. I would rather keep my watch4classic 46mm and buy the Google watch instead
Lately Samsung hasn't been even able to provide watch4 users simple method enough to install a watchface too many things broken on playstore the way app and watchfaces install works is far from satisfactory.
The market has no better option at the moment which is really disappointing

The watch faces for the Watch4 and the Google watch will work the same. They are both WearOS watches.

Well, the trade in after a few months of release makes it no big deal to me.
BUT, I've heard/read that the new 5 "pro" (classic is gone) WILL NOT have
the rotating bezel. Nope! No rotating bezel, no deal.

No rotating bezel is bad. What about reports that claim the watch is"ugly"?

I have a pawn Rolex watches that I pawned a year ago because I didn't have any money at that time, and I needed them urgently. Now I have money, but I don't want to buy my watch back, so I'm thinking about buying a smartwatch from any company. If there are people here who are well versed in smart watches, then I really need your advice. Namely, as a beginner in the world of smart watches, I need a good watch that is suitable for beginners and easy to operate. Every advice is important for me, so I am waiting for your answers. (P.S. I have a thousand dollars for this watch, so I would like to pick up a watch for this budget). Good luck!

Depends entirely on battery life. I can barely squeak out two days of use on the GW4 and that's just awful. If the GW5 can get me back to 3-4 days of use between charges like the GW then I'm totally in.

I am with y'all, if there is no rotating bezel, I would not want to upgrade.
Also, I do not see the point of paying high dollars for a titanium/sapphire watch which will be obsolete before I finish paying for it. It makes sense to pay for titanium/sapphire on an analog watch which will last for many years, but not for something which will have a useful life measured in months.