1 min readSamsung is rounding out its growing roster of wearables with a throwback to traditional fitness trackers.
Available from this week, the new Galaxy Fit3 isn't quite a smartwatch but if you like everything the latest Galaxy Watch has to offer except the price then it might be a worthy substitute.
Built around a 1.6-inch rectangular AMOLED display, the Galaxy Fit3 doesn't come with the optional cellular connectivity (or Wear OS apps) that the Galaxy Watch does but it does tout many of the same premium perks. It's swim-friendly to the sum of 5ATM and boasts an IP68 rating for dust and splash resistance.
On the inside, the wearable also comes with all the usual sensors. There's an accelerometer, a gyro, an optical heart rate sensor and more. If all you use a smartwatch for is tracking your heart rate, sleep and workouts, there's not a huge difference in the experience you're getting from the humble hardware here.
Aside from the battery life anyway. According to Samsung, the Galaxy Fit3 can go as long as 13 days on a single charge.
Compared to the previous Galaxy Fit2, there's little in the way of new thrills. Instead, Samsung has kitted the Galaxy Fit3 out with a handful of new safety-minded tricks, such as Fall Detection and Emergency SOS. Love it or hate it, this thing seems as by the numbers and iterative as fitness gadgets get.
Given the thrifty price-tag, that lack of ambition is more forgivable than it might be otherwise. In Australia, the Samsung Galaxy Fit3 is available from today in grey and pink gold varieties. Both versions of the device start at a recommended retail price of $149.
