There are two smartwatches at the forefront of IFA 2016, the Samsung Gear S3 and the Asus ZenWatch 3. Manufacturers continue to step up their design chops with new connected timepieces, and Samsung and Asus are no different. Both wearables are made of top-of-the-line materials and next-generation hardware. But how do the latest smartwatches compare? Here’s a spec-by-spec comparison of the Gear S3 and ZenWatch 3.
Display
Samsung Gear S3 - 1.3-inch circular AMOLED, 360x360 resolution
Asus ZenWatch 3 - 1.39-inch circular AMOLED, 400×400 resolution
Processor
Samsung Gear S3 - 1GHz Samsung Exynos Dual-core chip
Asus ZenWatch 3 - Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor
RAM
Samsung Gear S3 - 768MB
Asus ZenWatch 3 - 512 MB
Storage
Samsung Gear S3 - 4GB
Asus ZenWatch 3 - 4GB
Battery
Samsung Gear S3 - 380 mAh
Asus ZenWatch 3 - 340mAh
Connectivity
Samsung Gear S3 - Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, MST, LTE (Frontier)
Asus ZenWatch 3 - Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Resistance
Samsung Gear S3 - IP68, MIL-STD 810G (Frontier)
Asus ZenWatch 3 - IP67
Case Size
Samsung Gear S3 - 46 mm
Asus ZenWatch 3 - 45 mm
Band size
Samsung Gear S3 - 22 mm
Asus ZenWatch 3 - N/A
Dimension
Samsung Gear S3 - 46 x 49 x 12.9 mm, 62 g (Frontier), 46 x 49 x 12.9 mm, 57 g (Classic)
Asus ZenWatch 3 - 10.75mm thick
Release Date
Samsung Gear S3 - N/A
Asus ZenWatch 3 - N/A
Price
Samsung Gear S3 - N/A
Asus ZenWatch 3 - €229 ($255)