Mar 17, 2023SM-014Wrong

Mihai Matei: Smaller Galaxy Watch6 Classic tipped at 42mm

The smaller Galaxy Watch6 Classic would be a 42mm model.

Journalist Mihai Matei reported in SamMobile that the smaller Galaxy Watch6 Classic would measure 42mm, based on early battery-spec leaks.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe smaller Galaxy Watch6 Classic would be a 42mm model.
  2. Who said it, and whenMihai Matei reported it on Mar 17, 2023 in SamMobile.
  3. What happened, and whenWe have not confirmed when Galaxy Watch was announced.
  4. The verdict, and whyWrongIt did not turn out this way.Why: The smaller Galaxy Watch6 Classic shipped as the 43mm model, not 42mm. Worth noting the 43mm model's case measures 42.5 x 42.5mm, so the reported figure was within half a millimetre of the physical part and wrong only about what Samsung would call it.
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Reported by
Mihai Matei
We read it in
SamMobile
Product
Galaxy Watch
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Who reported it

Mihai Matei · Journalist

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Questions about this report

Did this Galaxy Watch report turn out to be true?
Wrong. It did not turn out this way. The smaller Galaxy Watch6 Classic shipped as the 43mm model, not 42mm. Worth noting the 43mm model's case measures 42.5 x 42.5mm, so the reported figure was within half a millimetre of the physical part and wrong only about what Samsung would call it.
Who reported it first?
Mihai Matei reported it on Mar 17, 2023 in SamMobile.