SeekerSamsung Gear S
The Samsung Gear S has a lot of potential. Its Tizen operating system is easy to navigate, the battery lasts a solid day and the built-in phone and 3G internet connection could be great.
-- As reviewed by The Guardian
Product details
- Display: 2.0-inches
- Processor Speed: 2.0 GHz
- OS: Tizen
- Compatibility: Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S 4 mini, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Note 3, & Galaxy Note 4
PROS
+ built-in phone
+ sends texts
+ Opera Mini
+ maps without a smartphone
CONS
- needs a Samsung smartphone to work properly
- needs a separate phone contract to make the most of it
- bulky
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Expert reviews and ratings
By The Guardian on February 03, 2015
The Samsung Gear S has a lot of potential. Its Tizen operating system is easy to navigate, the battery lasts a solid day and the built-in phone and 3G internet connection could be great.
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By TechAdvisor on October 09, 2014
The Samsung Gear S might have some decent specs but we just don’t understand the concept of a smartwatch which can take a SIM-card. It’s too expensive, and the vast majority of users will find the device simply too big. Sorry Samsung, we just don’t get this one.
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By TrustedReviews on September 16, 2014
The Samsung Gear S is bigger, more feature-packed and less reliant on your smartphone than any other smartwatch we’ve wrapped around our wrist this year. Unlike Android Wear watches such as the
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By TrustedReviews on September 16, 2014
The Gear S runs on Samsung’s own Tizen OS platform, which we’ve had our gripes with in the past – especially with the first-generation Gear, Gear 2 and the Gear 2 Neo. We were a little more forgiving in its first iteration – not much, mind you – and now three smartwatches later, the truth is that it’s still doesn’t feel tremendously polished.
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