OnePlus Watch 2R vs Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

OnePlus Watch 2R

OnePlus

Best-value Wear OS battery champ

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

Samsung

7.4

Cheapest way into Galaxy Watch — but it's old hardware

OnePlus Watch 2R

What Reviewers Agree On

Class-leading Wear OS battery life — a dual-chipset (Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 + BES2700) design gives ~3-4 days of real use, far beyond Pixel/Galaxy Wear OS rivals
Genuinely fast charging for a smartwatch — roughly 0-100% in ~50-65 minutes and a 10-minute top-up for about a full day
Excellent value at ~$229 (often $175-200 on sale) — close to flagship functionality for a fraction of the price
Lightweight, comfortable aluminium build (~25% lighter than the Watch 2) with IP68 + 5ATM and standard 22mm straps
A clean, responsive Wear OS 4 experience with the liked 'Bubbles' app interface — better than its early reputation

Deal Breakers

Pros & Cons

OnePlus Watch 2R

Pros

Class-leading Wear OS battery life — a dual-chipset (Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 + BES2700) design gives ~3-4 days of real use, far beyond Pixel/Galaxy Wear OS rivals
Genuinely fast charging for a smartwatch — roughly 0-100% in ~50-65 minutes and a 10-minute top-up for about a full day
Excellent value at ~$229 (often $175-200 on sale) — close to flagship functionality for a fraction of the price
Lightweight, comfortable aluminium build (~25% lighter than the Watch 2) with IP68 + 5ATM and standard 22mm straps
A clean, responsive Wear OS 4 experience with the liked 'Bubbles' app interface — better than its early reputation

Detailed Comparison

Battery & Charging

OnePlus Watch 2R

The headline strength. The dual-chipset design makes this the longest-lasting Wear OS watch — 3-4 days real-world against OnePlus's 100h smart / 48h heavy / 12-day power-saving claims — and it recharges in about an hour.

OnePlus claims up to 100 hours in Smart Mode, 48 hours heavy use, and 12 days in power-saving mode from the 500mAh cell.
Real-world: ~3 days with the always-on display off and lift-to-wake — closer to 4 days light, not quite the 100h claim without battery-saver tweaks.
Hands-on: hit ~90 hours in Smart Mode with brightness near max before being forced into battery-saver — the longest battery life of any Wear OS watch tested.
Day test: 100% in the morning, a gym hour plus heavy Google Maps walking, and it still had ~62% the next morning.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

What Reviewers Agree On

Cheapest entry point into the Galaxy Watch ecosystem — $199 launch.
It's a rebadged Galaxy Watch 4 — same Exynos W920 chip, case, and BioActive sensor from 2021.
Does the basics competently — Wear OS, optical HR, ECG, BIA body composition, sleep tracking.
Super AMOLED display under Sapphire Crystal — a premium-feeling display for the price.
5 ATM + IP68 + MIL-STD-810 — full Galaxy Watch durability ratings.
Aluminum frame — Android Authority notes it 'takes very obvious cues from its siblings.'
Functional Samsung Health integration — Energy Score and wellness features carry over via software.
Single 40mm-class size with a familiar, comfortable round design.

Deal Breakers

TechRadar's verdict: 'A perfectly fine smartwatch that absolutely no-one should buy.'
Three-year-old internals — the Exynos W920 chip dates to the 2021 Galaxy Watch 4.
Smaller battery than both Galaxy Watch 6 models — Android Authority flags this directly.
No dual-band GPS — single-band only; the Watch 7 added dual-band.
Best inside the Samsung ecosystem — ECG and BIA need a Samsung phone.
Android-only — no iOS compatibility.

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

Pros

Cheapest entry point into the Galaxy Watch ecosystem — $199 launch.
It's a rebadged Galaxy Watch 4 — same Exynos W920 chip, case, and BioActive sensor from 2021.
Does the basics competently — Wear OS, optical HR, ECG, BIA body composition, sleep tracking.
Super AMOLED display under Sapphire Crystal — a premium-feeling display for the price.
5 ATM + IP68 + MIL-STD-810 — full Galaxy Watch durability ratings.
Aluminum frame — Android Authority notes it 'takes very obvious cues from its siblings.'
Functional Samsung Health integration — Energy Score and wellness features carry over via software.
Single 40mm-class size with a familiar, comfortable round design.

Cons

TechRadar's verdict: 'A perfectly fine smartwatch that absolutely no-one should buy.'
Three-year-old internals — the Exynos W920 chip dates to the 2021 Galaxy Watch 4.
Smaller battery than both Galaxy Watch 6 models — Android Authority flags this directly.
No dual-band GPS — single-band only; the Watch 7 added dual-band.
Best inside the Samsung ecosystem — ECG and BIA need a Samsung phone.
Android-only — no iOS compatibility.

Value vs Competition

OnePlus Watch 2R

At ~$229 (often $175-200 on sale) the 2R is widely called the best-value Wear OS watch — it delivers ~95% of flagship functionality and the platform's best battery, against a Watch 2 that costs more for steel and dual-frequency GPS.

The best budget Android watch tested at this price — frequently discounted a further $50.
Verdict: 'Hey, not half bad' — a genuinely good affordable Wear OS option.
At ~$229 it delivers roughly 95% of flagship-watch functionality (those cost 2-3x) with no significant compromises for everyday use.
Versus rivals at similar money: far longer battery than the Galaxy Watch 7 (40h, ~£289) and Pixel Watch 3 (24h, ~£349), and well beyond an Apple Watch SE (18h).
Versus the Watch 2 (~$299): the 2R felt slightly shorter on battery in real use and trades the steel build for plastic-ier glass — a ~$50-100 saving that doesn't fully justify itself for some.
Two-months-later owner who paid ~$175 at launch (sold a Samsung Watch 4 Classic to switch): confidently worth the money.

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

$199 launch — the cheapest Galaxy Watch. But a discounted Galaxy Watch 6 or 7 is usually the smarter buy. TechRadar: 'a watch absolutely no-one should buy.'

$199 launch — the cheapest way into the Galaxy Watch ecosystem.
TechRadar's pointed verdict: 'A perfectly fine smartwatch that absolutely no-one should buy.'
vs Galaxy Watch 6: Android Authority's comparison concludes the small price gap usually favors the newer Watch 6 with its better battery and chip.
A discounted Galaxy Watch 6 or 7 is usually the smarter spend — newer internals, dual-band GPS (Watch 7), bigger battery.
Best for: only buyers who want the absolute cheapest Galaxy Watch and can find the FE at a steep discount — otherwise, step up to a discounted Watch 6 or 7.