- El Clásico could return in 2025
- Details detected in an industry database
- The last time we saw a Classic model was in 2023.
You can catch up on Samsung’s 2024 smartwatches with our review of the Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra, but it looks like the series could undergo another shakeup in 2025 with the return of the Classic model.
As reported by Smartprix (via SamMobile), a device with model number SM-L505U and the name “Galaxy Watch 8 Classic” has been spotted in the Global System Association for Mobile Communications (GSMA) database. ), where all devices that want to connect to cellular networks must be registered.
That’s a pretty big hint that we’ll see a Classic model in 2025, perhaps even with a rotating bezel, like we did in 2023 (see our Samsung Watch 6 Classic review for more details). However, for now we don’t know much about the smartwatch.
Samsung has continued to change its smartwatch models and naming scheme in recent years, making predictions difficult, but a Galaxy Watch 8 will presumably also appear alongside the Classic version.
A tale of two watches… every year
As mentioned above, we got the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra this year, with the wearables launching in July. Before that, we got the Samsung Watch 6 and Samsung Watch 6 Classic in 2023.
There was no Classic model in 2022 (we got the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro), but there was a Classic variant in 2021, when Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic.
In other words: it hasn’t been easy in recent years to keep up with everything Samsung has been doing in the smartwatch market. Typically, the Classic watch costs more than the standard version and of course comes with an additional rotating bezel.
Fans of that bezel will no doubt welcome the return of the Galaxy Watch Classic. If Samsung sticks to its usual schedule, then we should see a couple of new Samsung smartwatches launch along with some new foldable devices around July or August.
