Samsung for the past few generations has been alternating between a “Classic” mode and a sport model for the non-standard Galaxy Watch, and current rumors from past reports have suggested the next in line will be the Galaxy Watch 10 Classic, with those rumors flaring up now that a model number for the watch is reported to have shown up in the GSMA database.
It’s four months or so into the Galaxy Watch 9 series, and with that in mind, Samsung would almost certainly have to be already working on the watch it plans to launch next year. That being said, the GSMA data base doesn’t actually list a model name, and there’s nothing to compare the model number to at the moment that would definitively mark this as the Galaxy Watch 10 Classic. According to the report from SamMobile, the model number is listed as SM-L616.
The Galaxy Watch 10 Classic model number is “could be pointing to 5G connectivity”
As pointed out in the report, the model number doesn’t indicate the model name yet, what it does reportedly indicate is a feature of the watch. Specifically 5G connectivity. SamMobile points out that Samsung uses a 6 at the end of its model numbers to designate when a device has 5G connectivity. So far, Samsung has not offered a 5G-capable smartwatch. The Galaxy Watch 10 Classic could end up being its first available watch with 5G ever.
As it stands, Samsung has only ever offered watches with 4G LTE, like the recently released Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Apple, in fact, is the only company that has released a 5G smartwatch. It has two available with the Apple Watch Series 12, and the Apple Watch Ultra 4, both of which were launched back at the end of September.
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