Samsung Galaxy Watch5 vs Watch4 : Software over Hardware!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro / Test Setup
02:11 Heart Rate Comparison Spinning
05:56 Heart Rate Comparison Cycling
08:40 Heart Rate Comparison Weight Lifting
10:23 GPS Comparison
12:32 Sleep Stage Comparison
15:35 Sleep Stage Comparison Overview
16:33 SpO2 Comparison
19:14 Step Comparison
21:05 Battery Life Comparison
23:17 Which Should YOU Buy?

Intro: I have been wearing and testing both the brand new Galaxy Watch 5 and the Galaxy Watch 4 at the same time for a week now. And, I must say, I am quite disappointed with the new Galaxy Watch 5, because as you will see in this video, it does not outperform the Watch 4 in many of my tests, and it even underperforms in some cases. So, even though in my full review of the Watch 5, it seemed that it had improved compared to the Watch 4; it seems as though software improvements might be the main reason why the Watch 5 initially appeared to have performed better than the Watch 4. In this video I will show you the results of all my tests, and you can decide for yourself what you think. Specifically, I will compare the heart rate tracking accuracy, GPS tracking, oxygen saturation measurements, sleep tracking, step counting and battery life of the Galaxy Watch 5 and the Galaxy Watch 4. With that I hope to help you decide whether you would like the buy the Watch 4, Watch 5, or neither.

Conclusion:
The general conclusion seems to be that the Watch 5 is not performing significantly better than the Watch 4 in any of the tests that I did. Quite the opposite, in some of the tests it actually seemed to perform slightly worse than the Watch 4. So, does that mean you should not buy the Galaxy Watch 5? Well, I guess that depends on the price difference between the Watch 4 and Watch 5. If the Watch 5 is not that much more expensive, it might be the better choice, since it mostly performs similarly, but also has a temperature sensor, and will likely be supported longer by Samsung. However, if the price difference is quite big, I personally do not see a reason why the Galaxy Watch 4 would not be good enough, since again, it mostly performs similarly to the Watch 5. Overall, I am disappointed that the Watch 5 does not seem to do any better in any of my tests than the Watch 4.