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It\u2019s sure looking like we could only be just a few more weeks away from getting our formal introduction to Samsung\u2019s next-gen smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 8<\/a> series. And while we\u2019re excited to check out the new design this year, we\u2019re also happy to see Samsung keeping up its support for its older wearables, preparing its One UI 8 Watch update<\/a> for them now. Inevitably, though, the very oldest will one day be left behind, and it\u2019s looking like we\u2019re getting to that point for the Galaxy Watch 4. And maybe that\u2019s why the recent string of device failures we\u2019ve been hearing about feels all the more frustrating.<\/p>\n Electronics break, and with mobile devices especially, the threats can be nearly constant \u2014 it\u2019s a small miracle that we\u2019re not constantly smashing smartwatches on doorknobs. And when it comes to Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Watch 4, one failure mode we\u2019ve known about seems to manifest as an orange\/red screen that\u2019s otherwise non-responsive. Users have been running into this occasionally for years, as we see in this 2023 Reddit post from rrrocky777<\/a>, or this 2024 post from SoaibMostafa<\/a> on Samsung\u2019s own support forums.<\/p>\n None of that\u2019s great, but sporadic failures are one thing. Now, this is hardly a proper statistical analysis of these incidents, but in our recent efforts looking through posts in Reddit\u2019s Galaxy Watch sub, we\u2019ve noticed what feels like a pronounced uptick in reports of this specific failure mode. Just this past week alone, we see posts from users Current_Context_9513<\/a>, Chckn_Nugget<\/a>, and cokeplantcp<\/a> all complaining about the same \u201cred screen of death.\u201d<\/p>\n With that latter report we get a little extra insight into how the failure may be manifesting on affected watches, initially appearing as an overwhelming red tint but still showing the watch face, before fading into nothingness over the course of about 20 minutes \u2014 you can see the pics they shared up top.<\/p>\n At this point in 2025, you\u2019re pretty much guaranteed to have a Galaxy Watch 4 that\u2019s out of warranty, and if this happens to you, your only recourse may be paying Samsung for a screen replacement. That said, the Watch 4 has had a good run, and upsetting as it may be to see a beloved wearable give up the ghost, perhaps it\u2019s high time for an upgrade?<\/p>\n