For years, I’ve at all times been unconcerned about my well being since though I’m chubby, I’ve by no means as soon as felt something out of the atypical. Till I made a decision to have an precise full bodily examination. The outcomes had been all marked in pink—my physique, it seems, was in horrible form. And that acquired me to start out my health journey—I calorie-counted, eliminated pink meat as a lot as I may from my food plan, added extra greens on my plate, and exercised each day.
After a yr, my well being began to normalize. My blood sugar, uric acid, and ldl cholesterol depend went down, and I misplaced weight. Nevertheless, I’m nonetheless unhappy with my present weight—somewhat over the BMI customary—so, I nonetheless train each day.
I normally alternate between doing static step-up train inside the home and strolling 10,000 steps exterior. With all these, I normally simply use my cellphone to depend my steps and the energy I burn. Fairly restricted, since it could actually’t actually learn my physique stats like coronary heart charge and all that.
That was till I used to be given an opportunity to make use of the Samsung Galaxy Fit3. It simply is perhaps the proper smartwatch that may assist me obtain my desired physique weight. I acquired the Galaxy Fit3 good earlier than BG, Child A, and I launched into an eleven-day journey to Baguio Metropolis—the proper place to check it out because it’s gonna be one heck of a walkathon for us.
SPECS & PRICING
The Galaxy Fit3 is primarily a health watch that doubles as a smartwatch. It mainly has many of the stuff smartwatches have, with options targeted on well being and health. The Samsung Galaxy Fit3 is marketed within the Philippines at a very reasonably priced worth of ₱3,490.00. That is available on the Samsung web site, on-line portals like Lazada and Shopee, and bodily tech shops nationwide.
In contrast with the earlier Samsung Galaxy Fit2, the Fit3 has a Fall Detection and Mild Sensor. Listed here are its fundamental specs.
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| OFFICIAL SAMSUNG GALAXY FIT3 SPECS FROM THE SAMSUNG WEBSITE |
UNBOXING & SETTING UP
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| GALAXY FIT3 UNBOXING AND SETTING UP |
Samsung’s Galaxy Fit3 is available in a small compact field. Inside is the watch—with wristband linked—a fast begin handbook information, guarantee card, and a charging cable.
Organising the Samsung Galaxy Fit3 on an Android cellphone is straightforward. Simply flip in your cellphone’s GPS and Bluetooth, join the Fit3 by way of Bluetooth, and straightforward directions would then start in your cellphone’s display screen.
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| GALAXY WEARABLE APP AND SAMSUNG HEALTH APP |
To completely combine together with your smartphone, you’ll truly have to register for a Samsung account and set up 4 apps from the Appstore (for Android customers), the primary three can be required by the Fit3 as you entry it in your cellphone, besides the final one (Samsung Well being), which it’s best to set up by yourself:
Samsung Accent Service
A basic Samsung app for connecting equipment together with your cell phone. This app works within the background and though it creates a display screen app icon in your cellphone, there’s actually no want to really entry it as soon as put in.
Galaxy Fit3 Plugin App
An app that seamlessly join the Galaxy Fit3 and appropriate cell gadget. Just like the earlier app, this additionally works within the background and there’s no have to entry it.
Galaxy Wearable App
The precise app you utilize to hook up with the Galaxy Fit3 to sync, change watch faces, add apps, tiles, fast panels, and settings.
Samsung Well being
The app the place you may observe your well being standing that the Galaxy Fit3 collects. Surprisingly, this isn’t a part of the required apps to put in if you first sync the Fit3 to your cellphone, however that is an important app to make use of together with your Fit3.
CHARGING
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| TYPE-C TO MAGNETIC 2-PIN CHARGING CABLE INCLUDED WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
There may be an preliminary cost on the Samsung Galaxy Fit3, however it is strongly recommended that you just totally cost the watch earlier than utilizing it.
The cable included is an RU3 quick charging dock cable, which is one thing new for me. One finish of the cable, which you mount to the watch, is Samsung’s proprietary magnetic 2-pin cable, and the top that you just plug on the charging head is a Sort-C connector.
And for the reason that Galaxy Fit3 doesn’t embody a charging head, I used to be initially confused on how I can use the cable to cost the watch—since many of the charging heads in our home solely has the standard USB slot. Thankfully, one among our powerbanks has a Sort-C slot which works with the cable.
Apparently, the Galaxy Fit3 may also be charged utilizing a smartphone with a Sort-C charging slot—good for situations the place you run out of batteries when exterior understanding.
If you wish to plug the Galaxy Fit3 on a wall socket, Sort-C or USB-C charging heads may be purchased from on-line shops for as little as ₱40.00 (generic) to ₱1,190.00 (official Samsung).
Charging time is sort of quick, from 0 to 65% in half-hour, and full cost in about an hour. Samsung claims that the cost can last as long as 13 days, however that’s in all probability when you’re not utilizing it that a lot. In my expertise, it normally lasts as much as 4 to 5 days earlier than I have to recharge. Awake Labs suggest that customers cost their Galaxy Fit3 nightly—in all probability not in a single day, however simply earlier than you sleep so you may nonetheless use it to trace your sleep sample.
DESIGN & ACTUAL WEAR
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| USING THE GALAXY FIT3 ON MY DAILY WORKOUTS |
The Samsung Galaxy Fit3 is gentle and cozy to put on. I don’t normally put on a watch at residence, however since I need to observe my each day actions, I truly put on it all through the day and even in my sleep. For a non-watch-wearing-at-home particular person, it’s aluminum physique and mushy silicone band by no means as soon as irritated or bothered me sufficient for me to really take it off—it’s so snug I typically overlook that I’m carrying a watch. I additionally like that it’s mud and waterproof, no have to take it off when washing arms and even the dishes.
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| THE WIFE WITH THE WHITE BAND GALAXY FIT3 |
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| MY THIRD-PARTY ARMY LEATHER BAND FOR MY GALAXY FIT3 |
The Galaxy Fit3 is available in pink gold, darkish grey, and silver sports activities band colours—these, nevertheless, can simply be modified and there are lots of of variants accessible on-line. I used to be given a Fit3 with a white band, and whereas it doesn’t actually match my type, it really works completely with my spouse’s aesthetic. To maintain the band on my wrist, and never my spouse’s—she’s truly fairly enamored by it, lol—I purchased a few military inexperienced bands; a silicone band for understanding and leather-based band for going out. An official Samsung Galaxy Fit3 Sport Band is priced at ₱899.00 (Darkish Inexperienced & Orange solely), whereas third-party ones discovered on-line go as little as ₱80.00 every.
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| WHITE ISN’T REALLY MY COLOR, BUT IT DOES WORK TOO, EH? |
The watch face can also be sized good, with about 1 x 1.5 inches 256×402 decision AMOLED display screen, and has a transparent and readable display screen even on a brightly lit out of doors setting. It’s additionally fairly responsive, with its auto-on flick-of-the-wrist-towards-its-user perform, and clean touchscreen use.
FEATURES
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| I LIKE THE FEEL OF GALAXY FIT3 |
As small and lightweight as it’s, the Samsung Galaxy Fit3 packs a punch with regards to options. Granted, it might not have all of the bells and whistles as with Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 and Watch 6, however with its worth, it’s positively a bang-for-the-buck smartwatch.
Good Watch
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| THE GALAXY FIT3 AS A SMART WATCH |
• Waterproof and Dustproof
IP68 water-proof as much as 50 meters for 10 minutes, 1.5 meters for half-hour for freshwater at 5ATM score, not appropriate for diving although
• Watch Face
Simply interchangeable Watch Face with lots of of preset choices—together with one customizable Watch Face (which could be very restricted, by the best way)
• Time, Date, Climate
• Instantaneous Message Notifications
For SMS and messaging apps like FB Messenger. You may’t sort replies, however it has pre-existing phrases you may immediately use. It additionally notifies for calls, however it could actually’t take one because it has no microphone
• Calendar
• Calculator
• Media Participant Management
Works with offline music gamers and streaming apps like Spotify
• Photograph Snapper
Photograph distant for Samsung Galaxy telephones with One UI 5.1+ working system
• Discover My Cellphone
Make your cellphone ring utilizing the Galaxy Fit3, it’s important to be beforehand linked for this to work
Each day Exercise
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| TRACKING MY DAILY ACTIVITY ON THE GALAXY FIT3 |
• Step Depend
Appears extra correct than my cellphone’s
• Exercise Time
Counts in minutes the time you’re energetic
• Burned Energy
Train Tracker
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| TRACKING A SPECIFIC EXERCISE USING THE GALAXY FIT3 |
• Exercises
Observe particular exercises utilizing greater than 100 Galaxy Fit3 presets, from strolling to biking, boxing to basketball, or rowing to swimming. In case your exercise is unlisted, merely select Different Exercise.
• Auto Observe
Simply in case you forgot to change in your exercise tracker, the Fit3 can routinely detect what you’re doing. Additionally works nice for conserving observe of your walks.
Sleep Tracker
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| MY SLEEP ANIMAL, ACCORDING TO GALAXY FIT3’S SLEEP TRACKER |
• Sleep Monitoring
Displays your sleep patterns, waking hours, REMs, sleep phases, loud night breathing, and blood oxygen.
• Sleep Rating
Get a sleep rating primarily based on animal characters—are you an Exhausted Shark with little sleep or an Unconcerned Lion who has greater than his share of eight hours plus of sleep.
• Sleep Teaching
When you full a seven-day steady sleep file, the Fit3 would begin recommending methods so that you can enhance your sleep behavior.
Well being Trackers
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| THE GALAXY FIT3 CAN ALSO TRACK VARIOUS HEALTH STATUSES |
• Coronary heart Charge
• Stress
• Blood Oxygen
• Cycle Tracker
For monitoring girls’s menstrual durations
• Fall Detection
Particularly useful for the elderlies, the Fit3 detects unintended falls. Customers can then press the Residence button 5 occasions to inform emergency contacts. Pre-registered medical information may also be displayed on the lock display screen as soon as assist arrives.
REAL WORLD USE ON A TRIP
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| USING THE GALAXY FIT3 DURING OUR BAGUIO TRIP |
I used the Samsung Galaxy Fit3 on an 11-day trip in Baguio Metropolis, utilizing it primarily to trace how a lot strolling we had been doing in a single day, and likewise testing a few of its capabilities and options along side the Samsung Well being app.
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| IT ACTUALLY TRACKED THE SLOPING ROADS OF BAGUIO CITY IN FLOOR UNITS DURING OUR WALKS |
Monitoring our each day walks required nothing, I merely walked—on flat and hilly areas—and the Fit3 recorded how a lot steps I took and the way excessive I climbed (measured in flooring). I averaged at 16,000++ steps, climbing 26++ flooring, and burning 472 kilocalories a day. We had been fairly the energetic bunch, largely strolling alongside Baguio and barely taking a taxi.
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| HIKING THE TRAILS OF CAMP JOHN HAY WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
We additionally did a hike alongside Camp John Hay’s Apache Path and Baguio Eco Path. It could’ve been good for the Climbing Tracker the Fit3 has, however I used to be unaware on the time that such a exercise existed so I merely used the Strolling exercise as a substitute. Pft.
When the urge hit me, I additionally did brisk morning walks all the best way from our lodging in Barangay Guisad Central to Burnham Park. Utilizing the Strolling exercise, I like the way it motivates me once I hit particular targets like getting a kilometer in or hitting a specific train time.
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| MORNING WALK IN BAGUIO CITY WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
The Fit3 not solely tracks my steps, but in addition the period of my exercise, distance, energy spent, velocity, tempo, coronary heart charge, and my common cadence. My solely want is that it could actually additionally observe my routes. Which, I later discovered, may be achieved if I join the Fit3—which has no GPS in itself—to my location-enabled cellphone throughout my precise exercise.
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| TRACKING THE WEATHER AND TEMP WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
Apart from the workout routines, I used to be additionally capable of make the most of the Fit3 in checking the climate and the temperature—it does get actually chilly in Baguio even in the course of the summer time months—so it helps in getting ready me if I must be bringing a jacket with me or not.
REAL WORLD USE AT HOME
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| MORNING WALK IN QUEZON CITY WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
Again residence, I used the Samsung Galaxy Fit3 to additionally observe my walks, as I normally achieve this throughout weekends, and my each day step-up workout routines.
The step-up train—the place I am going up and down on a single step—isn’t listed on the Fit3’s preset exercises, so I normally use the Different Exercise possibility. And it does file my exercise fairly nicely, measuring my common coronary heart charge (together with coronary heart charge zones—low depth to most), exercise period, and energy spent.
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| DOING LAPS ON THE POOL WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
I used to be additionally capable of attempt the Fit3 whereas doing laps on a swimming pool. I initially can not discover the right exercise on the preset, so I initially selected Open Water Swim. It was solely on my second swim that I discovered the Pool Swim exercise. I like the way it tracked what number of laps I made, the space I lined, the energy I burnt, and surprisingly the kind of swim I did and its period.
It was simply unlucky that my swim knowledge was worn out together with the information for the day as a result of a sync problem. Which brings me to…
ISSUES ENCOUNTERED
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| SYNC ISSUE ENCOUNTERED WITH THE GALAXY FIT3 |
Truthfully, I encountered virtually no points with the Samsung Galaxy Fit3 apart from its cellphone syncing. The Fit3 is appropriate with Android gadgets utilizing Android 10 and up working system. I’m at the moment utilizing a Huawei P30 Lite smartphone, and because it’s utilizing an EMUI 12 OS, there must be no drawback in utilizing it with the Fit3.
I initially encountered the problem the Galaxy Fit3 proper after organising the watch with my cellphone. It merely gained’t sync once more after the setup. So, I reset my cellphone and watch, and it labored. I encountered it once more a number of occasions after, with a cellphone and watch restart fixing the problem. Nevertheless, this resulted in shedding my knowledge for that exact day.
I’ve searched on-line in regards to the problem and never a number of are additionally experiencing Fit3’s sync problem—not solely on non-Galaxy telephones, but in addition on Samsung telephones. The Fit3 was launched in February, which is pretty current, so we will in all probability anticipate a number of glitches like these, and extra importantly, a repair coming by way of replace patch quickly.
FINAL WORD
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| WOULD I RECOMMEND THE GALAXY FIT3? IT’S A YES FOR ME. |
The Samsung Galaxy Fit3 is a good-looking, simple to put on, and feature-packed smartwatch with a premium on monitoring and bettering your well being. It does include a little bit of a sync glitch, which I suppose, can simply be patched by way of future updates, however it’s major promoting level is its surprisingly reasonably priced worth. For ₱3,490.00, would I like to recommend the Samsung Galaxy Fit3? As soon as an replace to repair its sync problem is mounted, positively sure. However when you merely desire a chic-looking smartwatch from a good model and don’t care a lot about monitoring your well being stats in your cellphone and with out breaking the financial institution, then completely sure—sync points or not.
~ SAMSUNG PHILIPPINES PROVIDED THE UNIT I REVIEWED. VIEWS & OPINIONS ARE ALL MINE.