Samsung emerges as the market leader in smartwatch makers only after Apple. Currently, Samsung’s Gear smartwatches have been upgraded. The previous version of the smartwatches launched in the market ranked amongst the best performers in Consumer’s Report ratings.
Samsung’s new Gear S3 class and Gear S3 Frontier costing around $350, is impressive indeed. Retailers have already started accepting pre-order requests, the likes of which include Best Buy, Macy’s, Amazon and at Samsung.com. The watch will formally go on sale Nov. 18.
The Classic, whichstaying true to its name’s implications, has a silver-toned, polished-and-brushed-metal finish appropriate for becoming a dress watch, whereas the Frontier, which is mainly matte-black, has the athletic look of a dive watch.
Both the watches have round cases that are approximately 1.9 inches wide by 0.55 inches thick. Both of them are composed of high-grade 316L stainless steel and share the same specs and features more or less. Some of the features include a big, 1.3-inch colour watch face.
Asufficient 380mAh battery accompanied by an accelerometer; a gyro and a heart-rate monitor which comes equipped with a GPS chip for tracking fitness.
The Gears also come in with in-built microphone and speaker for conversing with a voice -activated assistant. This enables the wearer to make phone calls when the watch is paired to a handset via Bluetooth. The watches come bestowed with standard 22mm watch bands.
The Frontier provides an additional cellular network connection through SIM card that lets it function independently of a phone. One can make and receive phone calls using the Gear S3 alone. The SIM-equipped variety is accessible only from AT&T and T-Mobile.
While not being as water compatible as the Series 2 versions of the Apple Watch, which is capable of swimming at depths of fifty metres for 24 hours. The Samsung’s new Gear smart watches can endure a 30-minute submergence in about 5 feet of water.
Hence proving the point that while, the Samsung watches are not swim watches, but it ought to provide enough peace of mind around sinks and bathtubs. The interface on the Samsung Gear S3 is more or less the same as it was on the S2, which is a good thing.
While many smartwatches need an excessive amount of time swiping and pecking at tiny almost dot-like apps to get what one wants, which is frankly annoying. Like in the case of an Apple Watch, the app collection is clustered together, on what appears to a spider’s egg-sack on the screen. Making any app that is not in the dock harder to get one’s hands on.
However, the S3 has got a rotating bezel, which is like a simple turn around clicking-wheel that lets you access your apps without the unwanted squinting and fumbling.
Spinning the dial of the bezel lets you quickly get to all the essential functions, such as weather, important contacts, current messages, health stats, and so on. The apps for making calls, altering settings, and opening the app drawer are fairly large and conveniently situated on one screen.
The click-wheel also makes it easy to dive deeper into your app drawer, by letting you dial your way to apps on other levels of the interface. You can arrive back at a previous activity by tapping the Back key on the S3’s, which is on its lower right side. The button on the upper right side of the device will always take you to the S3’s clock face or home screen.
Pretty much all smartwatches have on board accelerometers that indicate the screen to wake up when you lift your wrist. This enables you check the time or see other notifications without having to tap the screen.