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Spec guide

Smartwatch spec guide: what is typical

What counts as a lot, a little or typical for smartwatches: medians, usual range (10th–90th percentile) and extremes of every numeric spec in the catalog.

Design & durability

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Case size	46 mm	41 mm – 51 mm	12 mm – 59 mm	584
Weight	48 g	26 g – 89 g	2.4 g – 200 g	616
Thickness	12 mm	9.9 mm – 15 mm	6 mm – 34 mm	605
Height	46 mm	42 mm – 52 mm	24 mm – 255 mm	541
Width	46 mm	38 mm – 50 mm	11 mm – 54 mm	542
Water resistance	5 ATM	5 ATM – 10 ATM	1 ATM – 20 ATM	531
Water resistance (IPx)	IPx8	IPx8 – IPx8	IPx4 – IPx9	130

Display

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Screen size	1.4″	1.2″ – 1.9″	0.5″ – 4″	721
Resolution (width)	390 px	208 px – 466 px	64 px – 800 px	664
Resolution (height)	416 px	240 px – 480 px	112 px – 960 px	664
Pixel density	320 ppi	198 ppi – 331 ppi	100 ppi – 598 ppi	545
Peak brightness	1,750 nits	536 nits – 3,000 nits	350 nits – 5,500 nits	134
Refresh rate	60 Hz	60 Hz – 60 Hz	60 Hz – 160 Hz	278

Battery

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Battery life (smartwatch mode)	11 days	4 days – 25 days	0.8 days – 70 days	502
Battery saver mode	33 days	15 days – 80 days	10 days – 130 days	146
GPS battery life	32 h	18 h – 78 h	9 h – 120 h	245
GPS battery life (dual-band)	26 h	15 h – 53 h	12 h – 68 h	122
Battery capacity	388 mAh	210 mAh – 847 mAh	65 mAh – 1,750 mAh	452

Sports & navigation

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Sport profiles	94	24 – 126	5 – 180	245

Connectivity

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 4	Wi-Fi 4 – Wi-Fi 4	Wi-Fi 1 – Wi-Fi 6	271
Bluetooth	5.2	5 – 5.3	2 – 6	459

Smart features

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Storage	32 GB	4 GB – 64 GB	2 GB – 128 GB	302
RAM	1.5 GB	0.3 GB – 2 GB	0.1 GB – 4 GB	75

Typical range = from the 10th to the 90th percentile of models in the catalog. Obvious data errors are excluded.