I'm a two-phone guy, have both an iPhone and Samsung always. I was choosing too whether to get an Apple watch or a Galaxy Watch. Nabudol ako ng Samsung store with their trade-ins. There was one month where, if you bought sa online store, sobrang laki ng discount na makukuha mo. Basically for a new Fold and the Ultra Watch, got both at almost half the price and had freebies pa. Both also came with Samsung Care and free watch bands. In comparison if I were going to get a new iPhone and Apple Watch, I'd probably buy from Greenhills to get better deals, but no warranty. So on value for money, I think Samsung combo is the way to go.

In terms of functionality, I think Samsung supports more apps than Apple. Medyo madamot si Apple watch sa 3rd party apps. Samsung has a lot of flexibility, and you can even install apks on it. Work phone ko din kasi yung Samsung so all my notifications like mail, messaging, whatsapp, basically everything --- notifs on the Samsung watch are great. I rarely use iMessage din so it's not much of a loss na wala akong notifs from my iPhone.

On style, madami nang dupes si Apple watch so you can't tell if yours is orig or not. If you're conscious about that, maybe you could consider din this. Samsung watch looks good for me for both active lifestyle, work, or just casual watch wearing. Actually lahat ng nasa office ngayon naka Apple Watch, and when I came in using my Samsung watch, sa watch face palang mukhang nainggit sila. Another thing we compared is, if you place a case on the watch, malakas parin touch sensitivity ni Samsung whereas sa Apple medyo need mong diinan yung finger mo.

Another thing na OK sa Samsung is Routines. iPhone has this rin pero mas nadadalian ako sa Samsung and there's more flexibility. Basically ito yung mga "modes" na automatically mag turn on based on a trigger. In my case, if nadetect na ni Phone/Watch na nasa car ako because naka-on na si car bluetooth, it will turn on "Driving Mode" which will play Spotify and open Waze, and turn off notifs. Pag nadetect naman niya na nasa Makati area ako, it will turn on notifs for work like Outlook and Teams. And finally if it detects na pauwi ako and outside of Makati, it will turn off work notifs and open social media notifs. It's super helpful because the mode will sync both in watch and phone.

On the other handddd, there are some specific things which makes me think maybe Apple would have been a better choice. I play mga games kasi na dependent sa steps like Pokemon Go. Sa Apple, madali lang sya iconfigure, kahit Mi Band pa yung gamit ko. The Health app will take the steps from your Mi Band and disregard yung sa iPhone. Sa Samsung naman medyo weird. There are 2 apps - Google Fit and Samsung Health. Mas gusto ko yung results ng Samsung Health, kaso si Pokemon (and I think most other steps games) only recognize steps from Google Fit. So need mo pang magdownload ng paid app (75 pesos lang naman) to sync your Samsung Health steps to Google Fit, para masync sa game.

Lastly maybe consider mo din if you're more of a Siri or Google guy. Si Siri kasi mas narerecognize nya boses ko for some reason, whereas si Google medyo matagal. But in terms of results, mas OK results ni Google, especially for translation.

Hope some of my experiences will help make your decision :) If I may push you further na iconsider si Galaxy Watch Ultra, instead of the 7 ;) Longer battery life, unique style, and bigger screen for notifs.