Samsung Gear VR (2016) is now available to pre-order

Himanshu, 13 August, 2016

The Samsung Gear VR (2016), which was unveiled alongside the Galaxy Note7 earlier this month, is now available to pre-order. Amazon is currently accepting pre-orders for the device, which sets you back $100 and starts shipping August 19.

To refresh, the new version of the Samsung Gear VR features various improvements over the original model, including a new deep ink blue color, a bump in total field of view to 101 degrees, extended device compatibility, as well as support for both micro USB and USB Type-C.

You can check out our detailed Gear VR (2016) hands-on here.

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Reader comments

Russ
16 Aug 2016
4J0

I have 2 of the original ones that came with my S7s. They work great. I pre-ordered one of these only because I am upgrading to a Note 7. My kids and wife have the other two. It will definitely be interesting to see if there really is much of a perfo...

Suaj Patel
14 Aug 2016
rK{

it takes more than 8/16/32/64 GB of RAM to calculate and sync camera/screen with real world, I know it cos there are 2 to the power 300 atoms in the universe out of which very less is processor grade silicone. I mean there ain't plenty to feed your o...

LG superfan
13 Aug 2016
sS5

Name a vr headset in that price range which is better than gear vr and not its copy and btw I havent used it cause it doesnt support LG phones. Have you used it?