Samsung is reportedly ‘considering’ a square next-gen Galaxy Watch to take the fight to Apple،
You probably don't remember it now, but Samsung's very first smartwatches were radically different from the Galaxy Watches we've come to know and love over the past few years. Of course, it was a completely different time for the wearable industry as a whole when the Galaxy Gear was unveiled in 2013 with what may now seem like a very clunky and clunky square design.
The company, which currently ranks second in global smartwatch sales, quickly realized that the square shape was not the right way to appeal to consumers, moving to an arguably more elegant circle with the Gear S2 in 2015. decade, and in a completely unexpected turn of events,
Samsung is expected to return to its square roots… in the relatively near future.
This is obviously not set in stone, but
SamMobile is rarely wrong on these types of predictions, even when they are made with very little detail and without any specific timetable. According to the publication's internal sources, Samsung is “enthusiastically” considering the idea of a non-circular Galaxy Watch “internally,” meaning the project has a solid chance of coming to fruition in 2024 or 2025.
Given that the smartwatch market has grown and matured significantly compared to 2013 or 2015, such a radical overhaul could pose a number of challenges for Samsung from an advertising perspective. Indeed, it might prove difficult to sell users on the qualities of a smartwatch design that the company has clearly considered inferior for so long, especially when the competition has insisted for so long that it was actually superior.
Of course, there are more than one way to skin a cat, so just because the Galaxy Watch 7 or Galaxy Watch 8 might deviate from the round face of the Galaxy Watch 6 doesn't mean Samsung will soon produce a copy of the 'Apple Watch.
Besides, even if this rumor comes to fruition (which is still a big “if” despite SamMobile's typical reliability), something tells us that Samsung won't completely abandon circular smartwatches. Instead, we predict the company could adopt a dual-form release strategy similar to how Garmin, for example, sells circular and square Venu models. This is just an educated guess, mind you, and instead of taking anything for granted, you should probably wait for more corroboration from today's surprising report.
