With such changes, smartwatch have ultimately evolved to a point where they are integrated as part of an essential urban gear —combining style and function into technology wear. These are the best smartwatches of 2024 for men in the UK, chosen by design, feature and value_events.
1. Apple Watch Series 9
Cost: £399 – £1,449 (dependent on model and features)
When it comes to the Apple Watch Series 9, this wearable still serves as one of our favorites on the planet. It is made in aluminum, stainless steel, or titanium and features a sleek design. It also gets a brighter Always-On Retina display, and boasts an 18-hour battery life (a claim that trails other watches since the first Apple Watch). An advanced sleep tracker with blood oxygen monitoring and ECG. It also includes a faster, more efficient S9 chip for better performance and watchOS 10 with new apps (including Minnie Mouse) and lots of customization.
2. Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
Price: £289 – £439
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6A is a top-rated rival to Apple Watch The Galaxy Watch 6 is available in two sizes (40mm and 44mm) with an elegant design that features a readable Super AMOLED display regardless of the lighting conditions. Powered with Samsung One UI Watch 5 for a unified experience over Android smartphones With it being a smartwatch for health and fitness enthusiasts, the GW01 also adds heart rate monitoring, blood pressure checking functionality as well as an electrocardiogram (ECG). It packs a battery life of 40 hours and wireless charging enabled as well.
3. Garmin Fenix 7
Price: £599 – £899
The Garmin Fenix 7 is ideal for outdoor adventurers and athletes. The Fenix 7 is rugged build-wise too, of course – which means a super tough construction with a sapphire lens for scratch resistance and a stainless steel or titanium case. In addition to a 1.3-inch always-on display, multi-GNSS support for accurate GPS tracking and advanced fitness metrics such as VO2 max — -recovery time and training load are also part of the package. Another notable feature is the battery life with smartwatch or GPS mode being 18 days and up to 57 hours respectively. On top of that, the Fenix 7 also supports music storage (up to a best-in-class capacity of 1000 songs), Garmin Pay and smart notifications making it as much an all-round performer for adventurers wanting mountain-grade GPS capabilities with extra features only added by other models in tertiary product lines.
4. Fitbit Sense 2
Price: £269
Best Health-focused Smartwatch for Men: Fitbit Sense 2 With these features, the Amazfit GTR 3 smartwatch is health-focused and comes with stress management tools (helping you keep your cool), ECG, SPO2 monitoring for blood oxygen saturation levels. DesignThe Fitbit Sense 2 has a bezel that surrounds the sides of its square AMOLED display. This makes it all the more better for people who hate to charge their devices occasionally as a battery life of up to six days he is reputed. Being compatible with Fitbit Premium gives more personalized views and in-depth sleep analytics.
5. Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4
Price: £1,700 – £2,300
As luxury smartwatches go, the Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4 is up there with the best of them. Even further up the ladder, there is this luxury smartwatch which has the best Swiss build with high tech implications. The Calibre E4 has a water-resistant design with Cloudfit straps suitable for swimming, 45mm or 42mm case sizes in titanium and stainless steel respectively, sapphire crystal display durability protection plus ceramic bezel. We also know that it comes with Wear OS by Google and thus is capable of running the latest apps along with offering features like Google Pay, Google Assistant, health tracking and so on. It boasts a heart rate monitor, GPS support and up to 24 hours of battery life too.
Current and Future Trends in Smartwatches
The trend heading into 2024 for smartwatches leads further towards more personalized health and wellness features as we go. OEMs are working to include advanced sensors that help in understanding user health status quite accurately like continuous glucose monitoring and fine-grained sleep analysis etc. Battery life is a constant work in progress for all brands, as they continue to search for the magical balance of performance without sacrificing energy efficiency. What you see happening with the popularity of luxury smartwatches is part and parcel to a growing desire for devices that offer both immediate utility and style cred.
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