Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 (41mm, GPS, Bluetooth) Smart Watch Mystic Bronze (US Version, Renewed)

Writing this review after 4 months of usage.Arrived as advertised i.e. Refurbished but in excellent condition. No scratches were found. Battery lasts for good 2 days with average use. Came with new leather strap and screen protector. Works perfectly. Love the dial selector on the watch. Using it with Iphone 15 pro max, slight delay in notifications but i get notified of incoming messages/calls. Justifies the price. App on Iphone helps keep track of the daily health targets.

This has been a very good watch. The battery life can go 2 days on a full charge. It gives me the basic notifications and functionality that I want in a smart watch. This size and weight are less than my Fossil watches.Extremely good value for the price and it looks great! I don't like the look or the price of the apple watch and ice been an android user until the last 3 years or so. IIt stays connected and some time ago the find my phone feature stopped working. This model I believe is the last model that works with the iPhone as the newer ones are not compatible.The band that came with it didn't last more than a few months but that's okay. The first replacement only lasted a few months, the 3rd one lasted about 7 months as you can see in the picture.I would definitely buy this watch again.

There are already many reviews for this generation of Samsung fitness/smart watch so I'll just hit the highlights of why I like it. First, I find the S3 to be a feature rich and stylish watch. I very much like being able to access the watch's features using the bezel wheel. No tapping the screen or swiping to see information if I don't choose to. I have a Samsung phone so the watch and App were easy for me to set up and understand. The watch's screen is bright, sharp, colorful, and there are many modifiable watch faces available. I don't keep the GPS feature turned on so my battery life is a good 2 days. I have tried a couple of other fitness watches over the years, some with much longer battery life, but I have mostly used a version of Fitbit watch since 2015. Because I wanted to try something new and after watching/reading a number of reviews for this watch, I purchased a renewed one for around $100. I have been having fun with the watch and have nothing bad to say about it except step counts and some fitness info does not match up with my Fitbit watch results. I guess I will have to calculate a fudge factor in my head for the difference. Anyway, I liked the watch enough to buy a renewed S4 {next gen} watch that offers a few more features over the S3 such as an important new OS. Luckily, the Samsung App allows me to enable 2 watches so I can keep 1 watch charged all the time and switch back and forth between them. Samsung has promised 4 years of software updates so I will have plenty of time with these watches to try out the Samsung ecosystem before I have to decide to move on {or not} to their next gen watch. I believe S3 support updates end the Fall of 2023. The last thing I will say is that the $399 Samsung wanted for these premium watches brand new is way out of my cost to value price range so I was happy to be able to purchase them renewed. The good news is that their 5th gen fitness watch is more reasonably priced. But if you want to kick the tires on a premium Samsung fitness/smart watch without it costing an arm and a leg, I'd recommend you buy it renewed {excellent condition} to see if it just might become your new favorite watch.

Watch itself is great, looks very nice, screen is great, functionality is good, especially for workout tracking. I use mine mostly for phone notifications, workout, health, and sleep tracking, checking the weather, and controlling music. Does all these very well and looks good doing it. Battery life is over 2 days, even when I've tracked workouts both days, which is a big step above my Galaxy Watch 1, which I would have to charge almost daily. And for the price (about 100$ right now compared to 300$+ for the newest generation) it's way worth it.I was a little worried about the size, but the 45mm Galaxy Watch 3 is just a bit bigger than the 41mm Galaxy Watch 1, so they were definitely more efficient with space this time around, fitting a much bigger screen on a slightly bigger watch. Unless you have very very thin arms, you'll probably be happy with the size.The only bad thing is that mine came with two noticeable scratches on the glass face, and a couple on the bezel. I thought about returning it but didn't want to go through the hassle, since the glass scratch (the one I cared about most) wasn't really taking away from my experience. It's mostly noticeable when the screen is off, but when the screen is on it becomes a lot harder to see. Also I'm not a huge fan of the leather band it came with, but it does the job well enough, and you can find plenty of replacements on amazon.

The watch is Renewed, so some cosmetic imperfections should be expected. There's a few scuffs on the bezel dial, but otherwise everything is great.One of the reasons I wanted this watch - was actually for that bezel dial. While as swiping is effective, there's a very nice tactile subtle click as you turn the outside bezel which is so satisfying.It did take forever to actually finish setting up with my phone - but I've had other samsung smart watches and so there's no need for instructions or booklets. It came in a box with the charger and the watch and I knew what to do.Everything is peachy. I wanted it to show my text messages, incoming calls, and another messaging app I use for work. It does. It does everything my even older samsung smart watch did - just a bit better. I'm not trying to get top of the line. I'm not trying to do anything crazy.My phone is not glued to me and thus I just needed something that looks like a watch on my wrist to buzz and remind me that someone does in fact need my attention. It does the job, it's pretty, it's functional.I'm a happy camper!