Leak hints that a new Samsung Galaxy Watch is in the works
Samsung may be gearing up to launch a smartwatch soon thanks to the uncovered existence of model number SM-R840, as discovered byGalaxy Club.
The company unusually released the Galaxy Watch Active and then the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in 2019 with few updates – even oddly bringing the digital bezel feature of the Active 2 to the Active in a software update.
But 2018’sGalaxy Watchwas not succeeded, meaning rumours are pointing to a Galaxy Watch 2. Good news, but an overcrowded line up for sure.
Samsung went through Gear S2 and S3 variations with a Gear Sport model before settling on Galaxy Watch as a brand. We are fans of its own Tizen operating system that, while short on third party apps, is much nicer to use than Google’s Wear OS.
Galaxy Club maintains it’s unlikely this watch will debut alongside theGalaxy S20andZ FlipatUnpacked on 11 Februaryfor the depressing reason that it has not leaked in full. We might be looking at a quieter mid-cycle release instead, or a launch alongside the Note 20 later in the year (the first Galaxy Watch launched with the Note 9).
Either way, it shows Samsung’s sporadic smartwatch schedule isn’t doing it many favours. If it can bring its releases into an annual cycle perhaps it can form a more unified brand.
Author: Henry Burrell, Contributor
Previously Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, Henry covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.
