Garmin or Samsung

[Fanofpotato]

Hoping someone can help! I'm in the market for a smart watch and I want something easy to control. I want to be able to do a 5k run and have the stats fed back to me accurately. I currently use the strava app on my phone (clunky!) so I'd like a watch that syncs with my strava app but I want to trust the watch settings (not my phone). I have a Samsung phone so apple watches are out. A bonus is my watch notifies me on latest messages, emails and phonecalls. Any tried and tested ones? Is Garmin better than Samsung for this? Do Garmin watches sync with phones for message notifications?

I feel like a dinosaur asking this question...

I love Garmin, and am on my third in about 10-12 years and I wear them 24/7. I have the Venu 2S at the moment. My sister has the slightly newer model of the Venu. Have to say it's brilliant, notifies me of messages / calls etc. Seems pretty accurate (Many times I've counted to 100 steps and it's counted the exact same) and I use it when I do the Parkrun, which is 5K... so... 🙂

Thanks! I feel like I've been living under a rock these past years..the Garmin Venu 3 sounds amazing and just want I would benefit from.