Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 Spec Leaks Suggest What Might Actually Justify Their Price Hike

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch lineup is shaping up to bring more than a simple price bump.

Fresh reporting from SamMobile, citing Germany’s WinFuture, details connectivity and chip upgrades for the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, giving buyers more to weigh against the expected €30 to €50 price hikes at Samsung’s July 22 Unpacked event.

The Chip Change Doing the Heavy Lifting

Both watches are expected to drop Samsung’s own Exynos W1000 processor in favor of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear Elite chip, a shift Qualcomm itself confirmed as a launch partnership back at MWC 2026. 

PhoneArena notes this represents the first real processor change to the Galaxy Watch lineup in several generations, and it arrives alongside Bluetooth 6.0 support and dual-band Wi-Fi, as per the report. 

NFC for contactless payments carries over as expected. Whether the Wi-Fi standard actually jumps to Wi-Fi 6 or stays at Wi-Fi 5 remains unconfirmed, but the Bluetooth upgrade alone should mean steadier connections and lower power draw during everyday use.

Storage Gets a Bump, Battery Mostly Doesn’t

As SamMobile notes, storage is where the two models diverge most clearly. The Galaxy Watch 9 is expected to carry 32GB, while the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 steps up to 64GB, with both watches sticking to 2GB of RAM. 

Battery capacity changes little: the 40mm Watch 9 is rumored at 325mAh, the 44mm model at 445mAh, both similar to the Galaxy Watch 8, while the Watch Ultra 2 stays at 800mAh, matching last year’s model. 

PhoneArena confirmed the 44mm battery capacity through an FCC database leak, the same platform where the reported Pixel 11 Pro Fold surfaced recently.

Display specs are expected to remain unchanged, including the same 1.47-inch and 1.34-inch panels with up to 3,000 nits of peak brightness introduced on the Watch 8.

Does the Upgrade Match the Price?

WinFuture’s pricing leak lists the Galaxy Watch 9 at €409 for the 40mm Wi-Fi model and €439 for the 44mm version, while the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 is priced at €749, €100 more than the original Galaxy Watch Ultra at launch in 2024.

Both watches are expected to retain the same design, making the chip, connectivity, and storage upgrades the main reasons for the higher prices. 

Samsung has not confirmed the details, and with Unpacked just over a week away, the question is whether those upgrades justify a premium price tag that would position the Ultra 2 right alongside the best smartwatches on the market. 

Source: Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 pricing and Bluetooth version leak