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Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic were shown at the Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, July 9, along with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 folding cell phones. The new watches have a shape that is like a square and circle mixed. The normal Galaxy Watch 8 comes in two sizes: 40mm and 44mm, but the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic only comes in a 46mm size. Both new watches use the Exynos W1000 processor and run on One UI 8 Watch as soon as you take them out of the box. The Watch 8 series has Super AMOLED screens that have 327 pixels per inch and can get as bright as 3,000 nits. The Bluetooth version of the Galaxy Watch 8 in 40mm costs Rs. 32,999, but the 44mm version will cost Rs. 35,999. The Galaxy Watch 8 with LTE in 40mm costs Rs. 36,999, and the 44mm LTE version will cost Rs. 39,999.

However, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in 46mm, which only has Bluetooth, costs Rs. 46,999. The LTE version of the Watch 8 Classic costs Rs. 50,999. The Galaxy Watch 8 will come in Graphite and Silver colors, but the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic will come in Black and White. You can order the new smartwatches before they are released starting today, and they will go on sale on July 25. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic use One UI 8.0 Watch (Wear OS 6). The regular one has 40mm and 44mm size choices, but the Classic one is only in a 46mm size. The Classic version has a stainless steel body that is protected by Sapphire glass, but the Galaxy Watch 8 has an aluminum frame that is also covered in Sapphire glass.

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The Galaxy Watch 8 group has Super AMOLED screens that have a 327ppi density and can get as bright as 3,000 nits. The Watch 8 Classic has a 1.34-inch screen that has a resolution of 438x438 pixels. The 40mm version of the Galaxy Watch 8 has a 1.34-inch screen that has the same 438x438 pixel resolution, but the 44mm version has a bigger 1.47-inch screen that has a 480x480 pixel resolution. All of the Galaxy Watch 8 models use the Exynos W1000 chip. The Watch 8 Classic has 64GB of space for files and 2GB of RAM. But the Galaxy Watch 8 versions have 32GB of storage and 2GB of RAM. The Classic version has a Quick Button, so people can easily get to features or open apps. It also has a rotating edge that you can turn to easily move around the screen.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 uses a 445mAh battery to run. The Galaxy Watch 40mm and 44mm have batteries that are 325mAh and 435mAh, respectively. They are made to be strong like the military uses (MIL-STD-810H) and are IP68 rated, so they can resist water and dust. The Galaxy Watch 8 series has Samsung&039;s special BioActive Sensor, which combines a sensor that uses light to read your body, a sensor that uses electricity to read your heart, and a sensor that reads your body's electrical resistance. It also has sensors like an accelerometer, barometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor, light sensor, and temperature sensor. The Classic version also has a 3D hall sensor.

The wearable devices come with various functions for tracking health and fitness, including keeping an eye on heart rate, recording electrocardiograms (ECG), analyzing sleep patterns, checking stress levels, and monitoring AGES Index. In addition, the smartwatches feature abilities like detecting falls, tracking body composition, and measuring blood pressure. The 40mm version of the Galaxy Watch 8 has dimensions of 40.4 x 42.7 x 8.6mm and weighs 30 grams. The 44mm variant measures 43.7 x 46 x 8.6mm and has a weight of 34 grams. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic has dimensions of 46.7 x 46 x 10.6 mm and weighs 63.5 grams.

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