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Apple Watch Edition Series 6 vs Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2

AppleWatch Edition Series 6

SamsungGalaxy Watch Active 2

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Apple Watch Edition Series 6 Apple Price $800 Full specs

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 Samsung Lowest price Price $210 Full specs

General

Announced

September 2020

August 2019

Released

September 2020

September 2019

Colors

Space BlackTitanium

BlackSilverGold

Design

Length

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

Same on both

Width

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

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

Thickness

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

10.9 mm (44 in)10.9 mm (40 in)

Weight

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

44 (44 in)37 (40 in)

Materials

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

Glass front (Gorilla Glass DX+)Stainless steel frame 316L

Network

2G Network

Yes

3G Network

Yes

4G Network

Yes

GPRS

Yes

EDGE

Yes

SIM

Electronic SIM (eSIM)

Display

Display Type

Retina LTPO OLED

Super AMOLED

Size

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

1.4 Inches (44 in)1.2 Inches (40 in)

Resolution

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

360x360 Pixels

Screen Ratio

60.0%

—

Aspect Ratio

—

1:1

Pixel Density

326 PPI

364 PPI

Brightness Level

1000 Nits

—

Display Protection

Sapphire Crystal Glass

Corning Gorilla Glass DX+

Features

Always-on Display

Same on both

Hardware

Chipset

Apple S6

Samsung Exynos 9110

Manufacturing Technology

—

10 nm

CPU Type

Dual-core

CPU

—

1.15 GHz

GPU

PowerVR

Mali-T720

RAM (Memory)

1 GB

768MB/1.5GB

Internal Storage

32 GB

4 GB

Software

WatchOS

Tizen OS 4.0

Version

7.0

—

Update To

7.3

—

Camera

Connectivity

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/nDual-band

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n

Bluetooth

5.0A2DPLE

Same on both

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 altimeterCompassSpO2

Heart Rate

On both: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer, VO2max

Water/Dust Resistant

Yes - 50m water resistant

Yes - 50m water resistant (IP68)

Other Features

ECG certified

MIL-STD-810GECG certifiedTouch-sensitive bezelSamsung Pay

Charging and Battery

Wireless Charging

Yes

Capacity

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

340 mAh (44 in)247 mAh (40 in)

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