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Michael L Hicks

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is a tough sell with vintage perks

A close-up of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic on a woman's wrist showing the Heritage Classic watch face.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic will polarize, even frustrate, long-time fans. The "Classic" premise is to pay slightly more for a rotating bezel and a traditional, stylish design. Injecting an Ultra-style square case and charging $150 more is a hard sell.

Ironically enough, if you dislike this generation's boxy style, the Watch 8 Classic is still the best option: It's more "normal" than the bezelless Galaxy Watch 8 or massive Watch Ultra (2025), thanks to its stylish steel bezel masking the squircle case beneath it.

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