Samsung Gear S2 and S2 classic hands-on: Samsung at IFA 2015

03 September, 2015
Samsung’s freshly announced Gear S2 smartwatch has piqued our interest ever since we caught a first glimpse of its circular display and sleek UI several months ago. The Tizen OS wearable device made made a brief cameo at the Samsung Galaxy Note5 launch event last month, followed by its official debut a couple of days ago.

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  • 04 Sep 2015

Anonymous, 03 Sep 2015lol, always on screen is nice for first 6 months, after tha... morestill better than the iwatch SORRY, "apple" watch

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    • AnonD-152638
    • mhB
    • 04 Sep 2015

    I really liked the curved display of the original Gear S.
    And a square display is better for displaying information.
    And it had a bigger display as well.

    that E-sim would probably be problematic, if you want to use your main subscription, but move it, for example when you go out clubbing.
    And what carriers will support it?

    I hope the do a gear S2 edge or something, that is more like the original. But improved batterylife and improved hardware. And I hope they keep the nano-sim, for now.
    The charger with built in battery wasn't quite smart, if it came with more juice. Or it could be temporarily used while wearing the watch. My Garmin Vivo active has a charger dock that can be used temporarly while wearing the watch, so you could connect it to a batterypack.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 04 Sep 2015

      TheNeighbor, 04 Sep 2015Oh, wow!! Now, that's a smartwatch! Super AMOLED screen is ... moremy gear fit has 3 days battery life, if this gear s2 has 2 days battery life at least, thats would be enough for me

        Oh, wow!! Now, that's a smartwatch! Super AMOLED screen is ideal for power management, and mightily impressed that these will have wifi and phone functions. I really hope the battery will be enough. But this is far better than the Apple crap.

        Now, if only they can now compete with the power efficiency of a Pebble watch.

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          • Anonymous
          • U}}
          • 04 Sep 2015

          take my money!

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            • yes i said it
            • 4qm
            • 03 Sep 2015

            AnonD-159333, 03 Sep 2015Samsung KILLED it. The UI and the style look amazing, and a... more100% agree with you

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              • j0c
              • 03 Sep 2015

              IMO, the best designed Smartwatch is still 1st gen Moto 360

              why does a smartwatch have to look like a traditional watch ? even moto's 2nd gen doesn't look as good as the first gen

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                • Anonymous
                • pr0
                • 03 Sep 2015

                AnonD-159333, 03 Sep 2015Samsung KILLED it. The UI and the style look amazing, and a... morelol, always on screen is nice for first 6 months, after that you have a nice burn-ins all over the screen

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                  • kW5
                  • 03 Sep 2015

                  Samsung KILLED it. The UI and the style look amazing, and are amazingly flexible. The Gear S2 and the S2 Classic are easily among the nicest looking smartwatches, and interface is amazing!

                  The ability to customize (or 'stylize' as they refer to it) the watchface is an incredible feature. And an always-on high-resolution AMOLED screen is a perfect fit for a watch.

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                    • Eske Rahn
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                    • 03 Sep 2015

                    Interesting.
                    These LOOKS as the least bad smartwatches available yet. :-)

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