The Samsung Galaxy Ring goes on sale July 24. If you’re considering buying this new watch, heed Samsung’s official advice: avoid magnets and weightlifting.
As noted by SamMobileThe Galaxy Ring support page has a number of tips for getting the most out of it. Some of these are pretty obvious – high-speed water sports and pressure washing, for example, can test the ring’s water resistance to the limit.
Others you may not have thought of yet. Samsung says that “certain features, such as step counting, may not work properly if you hold a magnet or magnetic object in your hand to wear the ring” – so you might want to keep your magnet collection a fair distance away.
You should also remove the ring while “exercising with machines”, Samsung says: specifically weights, dumbbells and iron bars, as doing so “may cause hand injuries”. Meanwhile, you should also avoid wearing metal rings on the same finger or adjacent fingers as the Galaxy Ring.
First impressions
There’s a lot more useful advice on the support page, and we recommend you read it all the way through if you’re going to buy one. There are also tips on how your activities can affect the device’s battery life.
We can’t find any mention of magnets on the help pages for the Oura ring, but there is a recommendation to “consider removing the ring” in situations where friction occurs – weightlifting being a specific example.
While we’re still working on our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Ring, we’ve already spent some time with it and can report that it’s been a largely impressive and positive experience so far. More testing will follow, though.
The device will set you back $399 / £399 (that’s around AU$750, though Australian pricing is yet to be confirmed). You’ll get a sizing kit sent to you before you get the ring itself, to ensure you get the right size for your finger, and as we mentioned, shipping is scheduled for July 24.