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Scotsman
a day ago
- Scotsman
Refurbished Galaxy Watch 4 drops to £49.99 at Wowcher
Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4 is hugely popular among fitness fanatics. | Wowcher Samsung's stylish Galaxy Watch 4 is back at an unbeatable price, with refurbished models going for just £49.99 – but only if you're quick. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4 was a ground-breaking smart wearable when it launched back in 2021, and it's still selling strongly today. It was the first Samsung watch to use Google's Wear OS system, and its compact size and clean design won it plenty of fans. It has always been quite keenly priced, too, but there's a way to get one for £49.99 - which makes it one of the best-value wearables, pound for pound, out there. The only catch is, it's refurbished. But it has been renewed, graded and certified by Meelie Mobile, which specialises in refurbished tech. The watch is graded as "very good", and comes with a warranty | Wowcher Graded as "very good", the description describes it as: "very well looked after and, as such, close to pristine. "You might notice some slight blemishes on close inspection but, by and large, the product is in great condition. "Functionality isn't affected in the slightest, though - everything works perfectly." Meelie Mobile also offers a 12-month warranty on refurbished tech, and prices for the 40mm Galaxy Watch 4 in "very good" condition are usually £139. However, we've found a deal on Wowcher which lets you buy one for £49.99 - and that's an incredible deal. It's classed as an "early bird" offer, so presumably if you miss it the price will jump up - but it looks like it'll only go up a tenner. The Galaxy Watch 4 is aimed at fitness fanatics, and it offers precise, real-time health insights. You can get instant body composition readings, track your heart rate, monitor your blood pressure, record ECG data, and analyse your sleep, blood oxygen measurements, and snoring patterns. Thanks to its Wear OS platform, you can also access a world of apps, from music streaming to smart notifications, and all the usual Google and Samsung features. It's hard to think of a better smart watch out there for just £50, and if you can catch the early bird deal, you'll be getting quite a bargain.
Scotsman
a day ago
- Scotsman
Refurbished Galaxy Watch 4 drops to £49.99 at Wowcher
Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4 is hugely popular among fitness fanatics. | Wowcher Samsung's stylish Galaxy Watch 4 is back at an unbeatable price, with refurbished models going for just £49.99 – but only if you're quick. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4 was a ground-breaking smart wearable when it launched back in 2021, and it's still selling strongly today. It was the first Samsung watch to use Google's Wear OS system, and its compact size and clean design won it plenty of fans. It has always been quite keenly priced, too, but there's a way to get one for £49.99 - which makes it one of the best-value wearables, pound for pound, out there. The only catch is, it's refurbished. But it has been renewed, graded and certified by Meelie Mobile, which specialises in refurbished tech. The watch is graded as "very good", and comes with a warranty | Wowcher Graded as "very good", the description describes it as: "very well looked after and, as such, close to pristine. "You might notice some slight blemishes on close inspection but, by and large, the product is in great condition. "Functionality isn't affected in the slightest, though - everything works perfectly." Meelie Mobile also offers a 12-month warranty on refurbished tech, and prices for the 40mm Galaxy Watch 4 in "very good" condition are usually £139. However, we've found a deal on Wowcher which lets you buy one for £49.99 - and that's an incredible deal. It's classed as an "early bird" offer, so presumably if you miss it the price will jump up - but it looks like it'll only go up a tenner. The Galaxy Watch 4 is aimed at fitness fanatics, and it offers precise, real-time health insights. You can get instant body composition readings, track your heart rate, monitor your blood pressure, record ECG data, and analyse your sleep, blood oxygen measurements, and snoring patterns. Thanks to its Wear OS platform, you can also access a world of apps, from music streaming to smart notifications, and all the usual Google and Samsung features.
Android Authority
6 days ago
- Android Authority
I'll only upgrade to the Galaxy Watch 8 if it focuses on these 2 features
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I've used several smartwatches throughout my career, switching between devices to match my changing priorities. However, the one smartwatch I always return to is my Galaxy Watch 4. Now paired with a Galaxy smartphone, it's become the center of my ecosystem. Samsung's first new-generation Wear OS watch launched in 2021. Now, nearly four years later, I still feel little temptation to upgrade. While the watch is starting to show its age, as its chipped exterior suggests, it still serves me well as a fitness tracker and a smartphone companion. What will get you to upgrade to the Galaxy Watch 8 series? 0 votes It's a new device. I'm upgrading regardless. NaN % Much better battery life. NaN % More accurate and reliable fitness tracking. NaN % Another feature entirely (mention in comments). NaN % I wouldn't upgrade for any reason. NaN % With the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 set to launch in a few weeks, I'd normally be eager to see the new features and advancements, but recent launches have been underwhelming. I've realized that only two upgrades would genuinely enhance the Samsung smartwatch experience and draw me away from my Galaxy Watch 4. They aren't flashy or marketable, but they underpin almost every other experience on the wearable. Two fundamental upgrades, one hugely improved smartwatch experience Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority It's safe to say that my Galaxy Watch 4 is no longer as efficient as it used to be. I could stretch the battery to last three days between charges in its early days. In 2025, I can barely get two days per charge. I've even tried to eke out more performance and endurance through smarter use of Samsung Routines. Of all possible improvements, increasing a smartwatch's battery capacity is an easy win. While I expect the Galaxy Watch 8 to have a more efficient chipset and a larger battery than the Galaxy Watch 4, the Galaxy Watch 7 certainly has — I need to see significant improvements to be convinced to upgrade. The Galaxy Watch 7's battery capacity is about 18% larger than my device's, but it's still 49% smaller than the OnePlus Watch 3, one of Wear OS's battery kings. Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Demanding more battery life is a common refrain, but for good reason. Every portable product needs recharging; the longer we can delay this inevitability, the longer the device remains in active use. This is more important for smartwatches than smartphones. A longer battery life means more time on my wrist and more data collection. Of all possible improvements, increasing a smartwatch's battery capacity is an easy win. The accuracy of baseline data affects everything else, including big-ticket AI features. Then there's the other primary concern: fitness tracking accuracy. More reliable tracking would allow me to make decisions about my health. If my Samsung watch suggests I get no deep sleep, but my Fitbit Sense 2 and other devices indicate plenty, can I really trust the Galaxy? This becomes even more important when considering other metrics that rely on sleep data, like the Energy Score and Samsung's incoming sleep-related AI features. The accuracy of baseline data affects everything else. Improving accuracy may not be as marketable as Antioxidant Index or Running Coach, but it's far more important. Will the Galaxy Watch 8 be the one? Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Galaxy Watch 7 (left), Galaxy Watch Ultra (right) So, can I trust Samsung to address these two facets? To be fair, it has made strides with the latter. A new BioActive sensor array landed with the Galaxy Watch 7 last year, improving its tracking accuracy versus its predecessor. While we likely won't see another major sensor upgrade this year, I expect knowledge garnered from the Watch 7 will go towards improving the software that governs it. If Samsung can prove its keen focus on these two fundamentals, the Galaxy Watch 8 will be my next smartwatch. As for my battery life concerns, this seems to be Samsung's greatest weakness in its mobile technologies. It's reluctant to adopt silicon-carbon batteries for its smartphones and is unlikely to make an exception for its smartwatches. Without this leap, I don't see how the company can make meaningful power gains without vastly increasing the size of its watches. That said, I am an optimist, and with three possible models coming this year, there may be a surprise in store. I'll likely need a new smartwatch with the Galaxy Watch 4's software support window ending soon. If Samsung addresses my concerns, that new device could be the Galaxy Watch 8. Thankfully, with Unpacked drawing nearer, it won't be long before I make that decision.
Android Authority
24-06-2025
- Android Authority
Samsung needs to build a Galaxy Watch that looks as good as this mod
TL;DR A Redditor modified a mechanical watch body to fit the electronics from a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. The 40mm Watch 4 was supposedly the only one small enough to fit in the case, which appears to be from a Panerai Luminor watch. Even the crown button is reportedly functional. What's the most customizable device you own? Plenty of us dress up our phones with a case intended to help it stand out, but we might argue that smartwatches place an even higher priority on customization. Alternate bands offer as much variety as cases on phones do, and are much more visible, always out on display. Add to that a nice custom watch face, and you're well on your way to a one-of-a-kind combo. But even our best strap-and-face combo is feeling a little inadequate, as we check out what one Redditor pulled off. Over on Reddit's Galaxy Watch sub, user Signal-Impression-97 shares images of a modified Galaxy Watch 4 that's been tucked into the case of a high-end mechanical watch. According to the poster, they contacted a watchmaker to help them transform their vision into a reality. Although they don't specifically reveal the donor watch in the post, Google Lens tells us this appears to be a Panerai Luminor, with that distinctive protected crown. That crown is even functional, with Signal-Impression-97 confirming that it works for inputs. Apparently they went with this particular Galaxy Watch model due to size concerns, starting with a 40mm edition and dremeling down the body to begin with — not something we'd recommend anyone casually attempting. Confusingly, they repeatedly refer to this as the 'Classic' edition, even though that was only available in 42mm and 46mm sizes, and there doesn't seem to have been any attempt here to preserve the rotating bezel — that's presumably a misstatement where they meant to communicate that they chose the 'basic' model. The big problem with which smartwatch to start with is reportedly size, and our poster claims that it's hard to find good mechanical watch donor bodies that are big enough to fit Samsung's larger Galaxy Watch entries. That sounds reasonable enough, and we imagine it was already quite tricky coming up with a combination that works as well as the pairing we see here. Do you have a favorite traditional watch that you'd love to see Frankensteined up with the guts of a modern smartwatch? Share your idea down in the comments. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
18-06-2025
- Android Authority
Galaxy Watch 4's dreaded red screen of death may be getting worse
TL;DR Samsung's aging Galaxy Watch 4 is vulnerable to a display failure where the screen turns solid red. The only solution for affected hardware seems to be a screen replacement. While failures have been happening for years, it's hard to ignore a recent surge in reports. It's sure looking like we could only be just a few more weeks away from getting our formal introduction to Samsung's next-gen smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 8 series. And while we're excited to check out the new design this year, we're also happy to see Samsung keeping up its support for its older wearables, preparing its One UI 8 Watch update for them now. Inevitably, though, the very oldest will one day be left behind, and it's looking like we're getting to that point for the Galaxy Watch 4. And maybe that's why the recent string of device failures we've been hearing about feels all the more frustrating. Electronics break, and with mobile devices especially, the threats can be nearly constant — it's a small miracle that we're not constantly smashing smartwatches on doorknobs. And when it comes to Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4, one failure mode we've known about seems to manifest as an orange/red screen that's otherwise non-responsive. Users have been running into this occasionally for years, as we see in this 2023 Reddit post from rrrocky777, or this 2024 post from SoaibMostafa on Samsung's own support forums. None of that's great, but sporadic failures are one thing. Now, this is hardly a proper statistical analysis of these incidents, but in our recent efforts looking through posts in Reddit's Galaxy Watch sub, we've noticed what feels like a pronounced uptick in reports of this specific failure mode. Just this past week alone, we see posts from users Current_Context_9513, Chckn_Nugget, and cokeplantcp all complaining about the same 'red screen of death.' With that latter report we get a little extra insight into how the failure may be manifesting on affected watches, initially appearing as an overwhelming red tint but still showing the watch face, before fading into nothingness over the course of about 20 minutes — you can see the pics they shared up top. At this point in 2025, you're pretty much guaranteed to have a Galaxy Watch 4 that's out of warranty, and if this happens to you, your only recourse may be paying Samsung for a screen replacement. That said, the Watch 4 has had a good run, and upsetting as it may be to see a beloved wearable give up the ghost, perhaps it's high time for an upgrade? Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
