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My dad gave me his Samsung Watch 7 he got for free with his new phone. What a disaster it was. Couldn't connect to anything other than a Samsung phone, couldn't charge it while trying to make it work on my Nothing Phone because the device got too hot. Yeah... never a Samsung again for me, not even for free. He now uses it because ofcourse, it instantly paired to his S24 Ultra.
If my Garmin Instinct 2 dies, i would buy something simular. Or, if Garmin decides to aggresively pushing their subsribtion services in the (near) future or do anything other stupid, i would take take my money to Pebble:
https://store.repebble.com/
Huh, that shouldn't happen. Whilst Samsung gatekeep certain features for its models only (like ECG for instance though one can bypass it by sideloading the SHM Monitor app from XDA), basic features do work fine with most models. I have a non Samsung device as well.
The watch getting too hot is a problem. I have seen it slowing down it's charging speed (if not outright refusing to charge) in summers here.
Yes, it really shouldn't, but it did. I tested it on 3 devices: Motorola G55, Nothing Phone 2(a) and my friends Samsung A52s. Guess what? Only the A52s was able to connect... And i have tried EVERYTHING. That can't be coincindental.
And that getting too hot: Samsung doesn't not make good cpu's when it comes to efficiency, especially thermal performance.