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Hello all, I just recently switched from Apple to Android and I am looking for a watch that works with my Pixel. I don't love the look of the Pixel Watch.
I think the Samsung line-up look the best, and in my brief research the Watch 5 Pro seems to have been a great device. I have found it on eBay for around $120, or I could trade the Apple Watch in with Samsung and get the new Ultra for $350ish.
Is the Ultra worth three times the price of the "refurbished" 5 Pro?
Sorry for a rant but 12 miles into a half marathon today, it's decided to die on me and shut down.
Last summer I went from an Apple Watch S3 to this (had to make the switch as I'd moved across to a Z Flip 4). I've had a variety of experiences over the years (Microsoft Band v1, TomTom Runner, Apple Watch S3) and this Samsung is comfortably the worst of the lot.
I daren't use it for pool swimming given the horror stories on here and elsewhere about the water resistance eventually failing. Had to buy an additional old Garmin Swim off eBay as a compromise.
Although YouTube music seems to sync more speedily and reliably than the Apple watch ever did, getting it re-connected to existing paired headphones is an absolute chew on every time, and pot luck as to whether it'll work and stay connected (I lost music after 8 miles today and then it started playing out of the watch).
The Google Maps functionality in major cities (such as London) for walking and cycling is hopeless in comparison to the Apple equivalent.
Google Pay doesn't reliably work on the tube
Whether a Samsung Health or watch specific problem, it seems to unlink itself from Strava on a fortnightly basis.
Is there any point persisting with it or should I bin it off and find a Garmin equivalent? Anyone else had more luck than I?