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Apple Watch Edition Series 6 vs Samsung Galaxy Watch Active

AppleWatch Edition Series 6

SamsungGalaxy Watch Active

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Apple Watch Edition Series 6 Apple Price $800 Full specs

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active Samsung Lowest price Price $150 Full specs

General

Announced

September 2020

February 2019

Released

September 2020

April 2019

Colors

Space BlackTitanium

SilverBlackRose GoldSea Green

Design

Length

44 mm (44 in)40 mm (40 in)

39.5 mm (1.56 in)

Width

38 mm (44 in)34 mm (40 in)

39.5 mm (1.56 in)

Thickness

10.4 mm (44 in)10.4 mm (40 in)

10.5 mm (0.41 in)

Weight

41.3 g (44 in)34.6 g (40 in)

25 g (0.88 oz)

Materials

Glass front (Sapphire crystal)Ceramic/sapphire crystal backTitanium frame

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Network

2G Network

Yes

3G Network

Yes

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4G Network

Yes

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GPRS

Yes

EDGE

Yes

SIM

Electronic SIM (eSIM)

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Display

Display Type

Retina LTPO OLED

Super AMOLED

Size

1.78 Inches (44 in)1.57 Inches (40 in)

1.1 Inches

Resolution

448x368 Pixels (44 in)394x324 Pixels (40 in)

360x360 Pixels

Screen Ratio

60.0%

58.8%

Pixel Density

326 PPI

302 PPI

Brightness Level

1000 Nits

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Display Protection

Sapphire Crystal Glass

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Features

Always-on Display

Same on both

Hardware

Chipset

Apple S6

Samsung Exynos 9110

Manufacturing Technology

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10 nm

CPU Type

Dual-core

CPU

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1.15 GHz

GPU

PowerVR

Mali-T720

RAM (Memory)

1 GB

768 MB

Internal Storage

32 GB

4 GB

Software

WatchOS

Tizen OS 4.0

Version

7.0

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Update To

7.3

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Camera

Connectivity

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/nDual-band

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n

Bluetooth

5.0

4.2

On both: A2DP, LE

Location

GPSQZSS

BDS

On both: A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO

NFC

Yes

Media

Loudspeaker

Yes

3.5mm jack

Other specifications

Sensors

Heart Rate (2nd gen)Always-on altimeterCompassSpO2VO2max

Heart Rate

On both: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer

Water/Dust Resistant

Yes - 50m water resistant

Yes - 50m Water resistant (IP68)

Other Features

ECG certified

MIL-STD-810G Compliant

Charging and Battery

Wireless Charging

Yes

Capacity

303.8 mAh (44 in)265.9 mAh (40 in)

230 mAh

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