Samsung Gear S2 3G

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• ola
• r3H
• 01 Jan 2016

Amazing

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• Dread
• tDR
• 26 Dec 2015

I just bought the samsung gear S2 and its not compatible with my samsung E7...
Becareful to buy this gear..
It has a lot of connection bugs..

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• Craig
• ktw
• 19 Dec 2015

I have been using the 3 version for over 3 weeks. I had used the Bluetooth versions prior to 3g one for 2 weeks. The 3g version is slightly thicker. The classic does not currently come in 3g. My biggest concern is battery life. I find that I take the charging cradle with me to work. At the end of the work day if I only receive two brief calls and around 8 texts and 25 emails I have 23 percent battery life left. On only 1 day the battery was dead by 4:30 pm. (Heavier use that day). It would have been nice if there had been some dramatic warning before the phone/watch wend dead. Battery aside, it is an awesome piece of equipment. I have two phone numbers forwarding to the watch. I therefore do not have to carry the two phones with me. Beautiful screen. Excellent interface. Craig G.

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• fmm
• 0UH
• 17 Dec 2015

When will the 3g version be available in Europe ? Come on Samsung! This is getting ridiculous.... What did Europe do to you ?

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• Carlos
• YQ9
• 16 Dec 2015

Some ques to be asked
can ìt make calls?
Can we insert sim in it?
surfing through internet is possible or not?

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• AnonD-477050
• PRT
• 16 Dec 2015

I bought the gear s2 sports watch end October and very much shocked that the strap broke at the hinges within two months of use.
Samsung says no warranty on straps and refuses replacement
Seems like very flimsy and poor quality of straps at the hinges.
Sports watch straps are not easily available and are quite expensive

Please be careful if you are planning to buy the sports watch.

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• AnonD-260073
• PGJ
• 11 Dec 2015

Upper lock of Gear S charging dock broke after 2 months usage. This shows the flimsiness of the upper lock. Whoever designed it probably did not think about that it could be broken that easily. Will Samsung replace the charging dock without any cost?

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• AnonD-424944
• 9GR
• 10 Dec 2015

hurry10, 28 Nov 2015Apparently wireless/dockless charging. What, did the Gear S... moreThe Charging Dock that connects with Gear S and charge it. Its upper lock that holds the Gear s broke after just 3 Months. I have read the blog on xda-Developers and lots of people have faced the same problem.

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• kiwi
• kTP
• 04 Dec 2015

AnonD-472528, 02 Dec 2015Looking to get one. I have AT&T, how much a month do I ... more10 dollars a month. It shares data from your mobile share data plan

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• kjI
• 02 Dec 2015

Looking to get one. I have AT&T, how much a month do I have to pay for service??

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• I0J
• 28 Nov 2015

I got the 3g version of the phone the day it came out on Nov 15th. I have no problem recommending the phone. It does almost everything I want and the only complaint I have is the S Voice.

Previous to this watch, I owned the Asus ZenWatch. That watch did very little for me. It had no speaker and could only do rudimentary functions. After the initial joy wore off, I found myself leaving it at home and wearing it as an afterthought. Not so with the Samsung.

I wanted the 3g because without it, the watch was basically a round ZenWatch which did nothing for me. The people at the T-Mobile store set it up and it was quickly working. The watch did have to be activated. It has it's own phone number and has a $5 a month fee.

I love that it makes and receives phone calls and to me this is the main selling point and what sets it above everything else out there. People hear me very clearly even when I am walking and my hands are at my side, and it is loud enough for me to hear clearly in most environments.

About the calls itself. If your phone is on, you can set it up so it defaults to that number with call forwarding. In other words, if I go out, and leave the phone home which I often do, and someone calls, my phone gets the call and forwards it to my watch. If I want to call someone, the watch calls my phone, which then makes the call. This is good if you are calling someone and you want them to recognize your normal number. It has worked great and the same thing goes with texts.

If you turn call forwarding off, your phone off, or if it dies, the watch goes back to its own number. So if someone calls you they have to call the watches number. If you call someone it comes up under the number assigned to the watch so someone may not recognize your number if its the first time you are calling them. Phone calls with this number work great.

I love the way the watch looks. The body is a bit thick (subjective opinion) but I quickly go use to it and it does not bother me at all. A lot of people make a big deal about the spinning bezel which is kinda cool and something I show off when showing people the phone, but in reality, I rarely use it because swiping is just as easy and seems more natural to me. So subjectively, the bezel is cool, but not something I really use any more.

I have no problem with the battery life but this is a subjective thing. I normally put it on around 6 in the morning and take it off around 10 at night. I use it a fair amount (subjective) during the day and it normally has between 50-60 percent when I take it off. I keep the display at 1/2 power (a 6 on their scale) and it works great. I have never had a problem seeing the display in any light. The dock is simple to put the phone in at night. I know this is a first world problem, but putting the ZenWatch in its cradle at night was a bit annoying. Charging the S watch is not. (subjectively)

A lot of people complain about the lack of apps. I have not found this to be a problem. There's really not a lot that I am expecting the phone to do and am happy with the apps it has. My wife has the I watch and only uses a couple of the thousands of apps they have.

The apps it has that I use and like.

1. Plenty of watch faces, I enjoy being able to instantly change the look of my watch. Subjectively there are plenty of choices, literally hundreds.

2. The Calendar app although currently limited. Anything you put in the calendar on your phone shows up on your watch calendar. I have not found a way to put stuff on the calendar from the watch and do not think it is possible at this time.

3. Calls and texting work great on the phone.

4. Timers and alarms work great and I find to be useful.

5. A flashlight app that is great for when you need a bit of light to see where you are going.

6. The calculator app works great.

7. I really enjoy the music app and this is another thing that sets it apart from many other phones. My hearing sucks and I don't like using headphones because I am worried about further damaging my hearing. I've loaded a couple of playlists onto the phone (subjectively easy to do) and listen to music from the watch when I go for walks and in a few other limited situations. loud enough for me to hear even with my bad hearing. Most other watches currently do not have speakers so no ability to play music.

8. voice recorder app. you can speak thoughts ideas and reminders into the watch and it translates it to writing. This works well.

9. There are plenty of health apps but I do not use them much beyond checking them out every now and then as a curiosity. They seems pretty cool though.

I have found the watch to be very easy to navigate through and subjectively does not seem to be much of a learning curve.

What I don' t like about the watch.

The S voice is extremely disappointing. My wife has the I watch with Siri. When the watch is linked with her phone, she is able to ask the watch questions like "What is the Eagles score" or "When do the Eagles play", "What is the capital of Pa" etc...... and it does a really good job of answering the questions.

When I do the same thing with the S voice it does nothing worthwhile. If I ask it "what's the capital of Pa" it will translate it to text perfectly. But the answer is always something extremely off topic like an article about budget fights, or an article about sewer rates. If I ask it "What's 5 times 5" once again it translates it to text perfectly, then answers about 5 take away's from the Clippers game. But if I use the S voice on the phone it answers the questions just fine.

The S voice does seem to work fine with installed apps. If I want set an alarm I can use the wake up command and say "set time for 15 minutes" and it works fine. Or "activate simple flashlight" and the flashlight comes on. Or "play Genesis" and the music player comes on playing Genesis. But anything that requires the phone does not seem to work.

One of the things that the Zenwatch could do that I have not figured out to do with the Samsung watch is control music playing through bluetooth speakers on my phone. In other words, if my phone is hooked up to a bluetooth speaker and I was using the native music app or Spotify I could control the music with my phone. I have not figured out how to do that with the Samsung watch.

Overall, I love the watch. I use it everyday and find it very useful. I leave my phone at home most of the time now. This does have drawbacks. I have a lot more music on my phone plus spotify that I often used in the car. It's nice to have the ability to take picture if needed. (although I really don't do that very often) But it's also nice to beat the addiction I have with the phone, surfing the web all the time and spending more time on it than I like. If you are going to get a watch that has useful functionality I think this is the one. It's a lot better than the other watches I've seen and used. (My wife's I watch, her Pebble which she had before the I watch, and my ZenWatch) The ability to leave your phone home, make/receive calls and texts, and play music set it apart from everything else out there.

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• hurry10
• 4rp
• 28 Nov 2015

Anonymous, 14 Oct 2015Please the camera is important why was it Removed.Camera was never part of the concept yet.

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• hurry10
• 4rp
• 28 Nov 2015

AnonD-424944, 18 Oct 2015Does it come with the shitty dock charger that breaks in le... moreApparently wireless/dockless charging. What, did the Gear S dock ever break or which dock are you talking about that broke.

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• hurry10
• 4rp
• 28 Nov 2015

Anonimus, 05 Nov 2015Can you use it instead of sports watch like Garmin, Sunto, ... moreThe Nike app is limited, It's a consumer watch and the battery will drain. If you are professional athlete, you should keep your Garmin etc.

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• hurry10
• 4rp
• 28 Nov 2015

otherposter, 06 Nov 2015You don't understand anything. Androind doesn't allow disco... moreI was looking only for wrist-phone and the Gear S works perfectly fine, I can get almost 3 days stand-by mode if I turn off GPS, 3G, wifi and bluetooth. I want to be able to use GPS/3G/Wifi/Bluetooth if I need to, but I mostly don't. That's what I have phone or tablet for. Receiving or making phone calls significantly reduces the amount of battery life though. It's just the stand by time. I have 2 phone numbers and I am using one phone number for emergency only for family and it's in the Gear S. Regular phone calls are going through my mobile.

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• hurry10
• 4rp
• 28 Nov 2015

Urbane 2 lte, 10 Nov 2015The LG Urbane 2 is an Android Wear watch with its own SIM c... moreThe watch was cancelled a few days ago apparently to screen quality issues. So right now there is no android based watch with GSM, aside from the cheap no-name crappy ones from China.

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• AnonD-194508
• s5t
• 22 Nov 2015

Thanks for your mini review Evlar. Answered almost all the questions I had about the watch. Here's hoping the battery life gets better....:-\

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• AnonD-468770
• s7}
• 22 Nov 2015

I have a couple questions before I buy the Gear S2 3G (Thank you to whoever answers).

-Does it require a phone to be activated?

-Does it require a phone AFTER activation?

-If it is not connected to a phone, does it lose any abilities?

-Can I connect a bluetooth headset to the Gear S2 3G without a phone?

-Do I need a phone to put music on the Gear S2 3G or will a laptop do just fine?

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• ThePurpleGuy
• s7}
• 22 Nov 2015

-Does the S2 3G require a phone to activate it?

-Does it require a phone to use it after activation?

-Can I pair a bluetooth headset to the S2 3G without a phone?

-Do I need a phone to put music on the device or will a computer work fine?

(I realize these questions may sound idiotic but I don't know for sure. Thanks!)

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• Keben eleben
• MY4
• 19 Nov 2015

Anonymous, 18 Nov 2015what is ppiPixels per square inch

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