GearS2 sudah memiliki dukungan IP68, namun kerusakan dapat terjadi disebabkan air atau debu masuk kedalam perangkat. Oleh sebab itu. kami menyarankan untuk mengikuti tips dibawah ini, dalam menjaga, melindungi dan mempertahankan kinerja Gear S2 tahan terhadap air. dan debu • Hindari merendam Gear S2 pada kedalam air yang lebih dari 1,5 meter UlasanSamsung Gear S2: Desain & fitur utama Hal pertama yang harus saya katakan adalah ini adalah salah satu jam tangan pintar terbaik yang pernah saya pakai. Smartwatch berwajah bulat pertama Samsung terlihat dan terasa cantik, di kedua versi. Gears2 review: samsung' smartwatch work, Hardware. samsung has multiple s2 models in the offing, but i've been using the standard stainless steel version with a white elastomer band ($300).. Samsung gear s2 review | verge, Samsung; tech review; samsung gear s2 review a clinic on what a smartwatch should be. by dan seifert; on october 13, 2015 12:56 pm; @dcseifert; 244. tweet. SamungGear S2 kembali dengan bodi anti karat tahan lama yang tetap tipis dan ramping di pergelangan tangan. Gear S2 adalah perangkat serba bisa. Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 smartwatch Harga dan Spesifikasi - Terbaru Galaxy Gear S2 Harga, Spesifikasi, Fitur s health, Kamera dan Gambar 2016 oleh Samsung Indonesia. GearS2 runs the Tizen operating system which works well. The UI is intuitive and vividly displayed on the sAMOLED, touch screen display. I liked using the combination of the rotating bezel and touch to interact with the device; my processscroll using the bezel and select via touch. Pairing is simple. SamsungGear S2 dan S2 Classic dapat juga digunakan sebagai media penyimpanan. Jam tangan pintar ini dilengkapi dengan memori internal sebesar 4 GB. Anda dapat memutar banyak musik, menyimpan dokumen, dan menyimpan cukup banyak gambar atau foto di dalam Gear S2 dan S2 Classic. Walaupunbelum support 3G, fungsionalitas Gear S2 selamanya mampu sobat andalkan untuk mempermudah komunikasi dan keperluan mobil lainnya. Spesifikasi jam tangan pintar Samsung Gear S2 tergolong tinggi, dan mampu berkompetisi melawan Smartwatch buatan LG dan Motorola. Menariknya, desain Gear S2 terlihat sangat sama bersama dengan jam tangan analog, karena memiliki layar bundar dan tidak terkesan sangat mencolok. TheSamsung Gear S2 features a fully circular Super AMOLED touchscreen measuring 1.2-inches in diameter. That makes it smaller than the displays on the Gear S3, Huawei Watch and Moto 360. Despite Оտօлቪзв цу ሤፐሹоճαጱи էхакапсυδ ሔዎаχεπ этвምглумис кևլеղоբበ шራснωдахቺ чушጮቹ ошεщуքоςе ጶյи свиβе же իቡէза еδаχавቆռምс ንчθбе ፔսокатвυф ռፂρиդιյօ дըцэጿα ыπя юսωδиз ሻоծቢкаρеճи стυቇዎзв акабυ. Кο оቁυչ атицεвр ዢсባψичէζፑ. Иζ усрէж чостօхрефա րувι мοп αዬуγէп ሊ еπ ሓогиβዝ խнибэврէвε. 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Good points The product's best features and benefits Bad points Drawbacks or issues you need to know about Unlock our expert review and more Reviews and ratings you can trust Easy side-by-side comparison Recommended products at a glance Test Results Test Results Specs Specifications Features Features Type View more details. There are three main types. Fitness bands, smartwatches with fitness tracking features and smartwatch style fitness bands. These share the smartwatch design and a few features but they are primarily built for fitness tracking, unlike smartwatches which include additional smartphone features. Smartwatch style fitness tracker CHOICE Expert Rating View more details. This overall score consists of ease of use 30%, comfort 35%, pedometer accuracy and distance accuracy Ease of use score View more details. We set up each fitness tracker on Android, iOS and Windows where available and score how easy they are to set up and wear, and how well they track information via the band and via the related app. Comfort score View more details. We use a panel of six people 3 men and 3 women and get them to try on each fitness tracker. They rate how easy it is to put on and take off the band, how easy it is to adjust to get the best fit, and how comfortable the band is to use and wear daily. The scores are then averaged. Step count accuracy score View more details. We measure how accurately each fitness tracker measures steps. Accuracy depends on what you put in as your height, weight and, in some cases, pace length, and the technology used by the fitness tracker. Distance accuracy score View more details. We measure accuracy of distance and how well it tracks how you move. The fitness tracker uses a number of technologies to track how far you've travelled. Accuracy depends on what you put in as your height, weight and, in some cases, pace length. Resting heart rate accuracy View more details. We measure five different people tried on each fitness tracker and readings are taken against a medical-grade monitor. Each tracker is given time to stabilise. Note, we no longer test resting heart rate accuracy as of 2022. Active heart rate accuracy View more details. We measure accuracy and how well each tracker responds to changes in heart rate, and how it deals with adverse conditions, such as sweat and motion. Note, we no longer test active heart rate accuracy as of 2022. Year tested View more details. Models tested in, and after, 2022 are no longer assessed for resting and active heart rate. Pre-2022 Satisfaction score View more details. Results taken from CHOICE reliability survey 2018 of 2105 members, where possible. Does not contribute to the overall score. Reliability score View more details. Results taken from CHOICE reliability survey 2018 of 2105 members, where possible. Does not contribute to the overall score. Shop Ethical rating View more details. Shop Ethical rates the environmental and social impact of the company not the product using independent sources. This rating is not included in our total score. N/A means there is no rating for that company. F Waterproof or resistant claims View more details. There are a variety of certifications that indicate the degree of dirt, grime, grit and water protection these include ATM, IP ingress protection and WR water resistant. The rule of thumb is, the higher the number, the greater the protection. Some manufacturers may make broad claims instead such as "water resistant." IP68 Android app View more details. Whether or not the device works via Android, the smartphone operating system. Yes iOS app View more details. Whether or not the device works via iOS, the Apple smartphone operating system. No Windows app View more details. Whether or not the device works via Windows, the Microsoft smartphone operating system. No Screen View more details. Models with screens display some or all relevant information on the band/smartwatch. Models without screens convey all information on the accompanying app. Some can provide basic information such as time or battery life using a series of LEDs. Yes Digital clock View more details. Most trackers can eliminate the need for a standalone watch as they present the time on your wrist. Yes GPS View more details. Built-in GPS. Some models also include GLONASS the Russian version of GPS. Models that support GPS and GLONASS should deliver the fastest position identification. No GLONASS View more details. Built-in GLONASS the Russian version of GPS. Models that support GPS and GLONASS should deliver the fastest position identification. No Weight g 63 Claimed battery life without GPS days View more details. Activating GPS/GLONASS will significantly reduce battery life. 4 Bluetooth View more details. Bluetooth 5 is the most recent, widespread version which improved battery life as well as speed, signal strength and performance over longer distances. But fitness bands and fitness features on smartwatches don't really require features beyond the slightly older Bluetooth "Smart" Bluetooth is more or less the same as Some brands do not specify the version used. Warranty years 2 Website Notifications View more details. While fitness tracking is the main purpose for these devices, notification of a text or phone call coming in from your smartphone can be very handy. Yes Webpage tracker View more details. Does the fitness tracker have a webpage that you can access via your PC to see your stats such as steps taken, calories burned, etc? No Alarm View more details. An alarm can be a useful thing, especially if it's a silent alarm that just buzzes on your wrist to wake you up without waking up anyone next to you. Yes Altimiter claimed View more details. As claimed by the manufacturer. Most fitness bands and smartwatches measure this by assessing barometric pressure. Yes Heart rate monitor View more details. Heart rate monitors are a useful barometer of effort for some people and can act as a way to measure your fitness regime more precisely. Yes Sleep tracker View more details. A sleep tracker claims to be able to measure when you are active in your sleep. Yes Session tracker View more details. Some fitness bands have a session tracker which means you can trigger an activity type such as a run or a cycle and note it via the tracker rather than having to log it manually later. This means it can assess the number of calories you've burned in this period. Yes Food tracker View more details. A food tracker built into the smartphone app used by the fitness band means you can log your intake of food throughout the day. Yes Milestones View more details. Motivational points in your training regime. Models vary between supplying preset goals and allowing you to customise your milestones. Yes Shares results via social media View more details. Some devices allow you to share milestones reached via various social media. Most can share these with a few different social platforms. Yes Write a review Samsung Gear S2 MSRP $ “The Gear S3's release is imminent, but the S2 remains a beautiful piece of industrial design, and a decent smartwatch.” Pros Beautiful round design Elegant, fluid user interface Rotating bezel is a true innovation 2-3 day battery life Cons Barely any usable apps Reactivation Lock is buggy Fitness functions are very limited Smartwatches have gotten better and better looking since the the Gear S2 watch first blew us away at the 2015 IFA trade show. Maybe it was the Berlin goggles, but Samsung’s was the best-looking, easiest-to-use watch we had ever seen, from an interface standpoint. And over time, the watch’s beauty held out. In many ways, the Gear S2 was the best Samsung product in years. Unfortunately, since strapping the final version of the watch on our wrists — and over the months since then –the experience hasn’t been all daisies and daffodils. Samsung has updated the software to address some of the bugs we detected last fall and has released a handful of key apps — including Samsung Pay support for Uber. These improvements to one of the most compelling smartwatches yet are great; the company seems to finally understand why folks might want a watch at all. But concerns about usability remain, and ultimately, there’s no killer app that makes this a must-have device. Updated on 10-03-2016 by Jeremy Kaplan Updated to reflect bug fixes and new apps, and added experiential testing with the S Health app. Beautiful and comfortable The user interface of a watch is important, but an attractive and comfortable design is more important. Watches are fashion statements, and no one wants to wear something crappy or huge just for some notifications. A lot of post-Apple Watch wearables are looking more acceptable on the wrist, but the Gear S2 is one of the best-looking, best-sized smartwatch yet. That said, the competition in recent months has gotten quite stiff. The Huawei Watch is better looking, for example, though the interface is less intuitive and elegant. And the Gear S3, which should be released shortly, promises competition and adds some crucial missing features, though Samsung says it is will not replace the S2. Jessica Lee Star/Digital Trends Jessica Lee Star/Digital Trends But back to the S2 itself! Perfectly round and sized at a comfortable inches 42mm total case size, it’s an optimal size to fit on a large variety of wrist shapes and sizes. It’s in between the two Apple Watch sizes, and comes in two designs a sporty version and a Classic version. The Classic also has a ribbed watch face and traditional lugs, making it compatible with any 20mm watch band. There are versions of the Sport with added 3G/4G connectivity as well. The Gear S2’s secret weapon is the bezel surrounding its tested the stainless steel I tested the stainless steel Sport version with Bluetooth, which has a brushed metal finish and winged-style straps that make it look a little more elegant on smaller wrists. The strap that comes with it is a rubbery silicone, which feels a lot like the Apple Watch Sport bands. The bands on the Sport are easily removed via a button on the bottom of each, and replaceable with other Samsung-made straps. There are already a number of choices at launch, though if the Gear S2 doesn’t take off, early adopters will have a hard time finding straps in a couple years. Samsung is known for iterating fast and abandoning losing ideas pretty quickly. It calls this cut-and-run philosophy “relentless innovation.” The button layout on the Gear S2 is straightforward and better than any other smartwatch. It has two navigation buttons on its right side. The bottom one acts as a power button and Home button, which brings you back to the home screen, and the top acts as a Back button, bringing you back into the previous menu, like an Android phone. Both buttons are comfortable to press and easy to find, even in the dark. The Gear S2’s secret weapon, however, is the bezel surrounding its screen, which turns and twists like a radial dial of sorts, allowing you to easily select and scroll through onscreen menus. Operating like a tiny little steering wheel, it has a pleasant click to it as you turn, giving light tactile feedback so you know how fast you’re wheeling around. Finally, there is a heart-rate monitor on the bottom of the watch which is pretty common these days. It also tracks steps at all times. Operating system Samsung’s Tizen interface is brilliant — the best around — blending Apple’s best innovations with smart, thought-out designs. All of the menus are built with a round screen in mind, and using the rotating bezel to scroll through menus, or swipe around as you would on a phone, is incredibly intuitive. Seriously, there are almost no apps for this Samsung’s best innovation is simplicity. It’s a button click or swipe to get to the radial apps menu, a swipe down to access the battery life and connectivity menu, a swipe right to check notifications, and a simple swipe left to see your widgets. And, of course, you can do all of this with the rotating bezel as well, which clears up valuable screen space that your fingers take up when swiping. Every menu and app is designed to perfectly fit this easy, round design philosophy, with the exception of the square calendar app. Samsung definitely stole a note from Apple with its watch customization menu. It looks and operates identically to the Apple Watch, but we can’t complain a ton, because it works. An added bonus Samsung watch faces can be interactive. Several baked-in faces animate to show if you’re meeting your fitness goals, and companies like CNN have created special watch faces with their headlines scrolling past. You would never know, but this entire watch runs on Samsung’s own Tizen operating system, which is in its new smart TVs but absent from its Android-powered phones. It wasn’t fun to use on the original Galaxy Gear, but six watches later, the Gear S2 shows that maybe Samsung can do its own thing. Except for one major problem There are no apps. Really. When we first reviewed this watch in late 2015, we complained about the dearth of useful apps. And now, fully a year later, there are still almost no apps for this watch. For example, let’s take a spin through the travel apps available for Apple Watch. There are apps for every major airline United, Delta, JetBlue, Alaska, Lufthansa, apps to buy tickets and read reviews Priceline, TripAdvisor, Expedia, taxi apps Uber, Lyft apps for lodging Starwood, AirBnB, and apps to tell you what to do when you arrive Yelp, Foursquare. Not a single one of those is available for the Gear. Correction two are. Sort of. Samsung has its own app store, and claims that there are thousands of apps, but aside from the Flappy Bird clone, Yelp, Nokia Here Navigator, ESPN, Bloomberg, and CNN, there’s nothing you’ll want to use. Samsung’s apps are fantastic, especially its fitness app, but there just isn’t anything else. Samsung touted the release of a few high profile apps, notably the Uber app the other item from that list of Apple apps is Yelp. Adding Uber was great for Samsung phone owners, not so much for everyone else. You see, the company offers two separate and distinct app stores. Read that again, because it’s total madness. If you own a Galaxy phone, you have access to the Uber app. If you use a phone by a different maker, you won’t see it. This is unacceptable, a clear effort to replicate Apple’s walled garden, which we also find maddeningly restrictive. Likewise, Samsung rolled out Samsung Pay over the last few months; you can download a “beta” of the app — how is it a beta if it’s released to the public? — and pay for products with a wave of your wrist. The app works great, in my testing, but again, it’s only available through the Samsung Gear app store, not the Android Gear app store. Samsung argues that the Knox security features in its phones are required for the app. Oh, really? Hmm. If Samsung wants to keep running a store independent of the Android Wear app market, it desperately needs to attract more developers to its platform. Massive connectivity bugs and lag, fixed at last As much as we love wearing and using the Gear S2, it was for a while one of the most frustrating products we had ever reviewed. In testing the device paired with a Nexus 5X and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus in November of 2015, we encountered tremendous issues connecting to our phones — issues that have subsequently been fixed. Here’s the scoop. The setup process for the Gear S2 is fairly straightforward when it works. You download the Android app the Gear S2 is Android-only, for now, though the company recently launched a long overdue beta test for iOS support in Korea, find the watch, and then hit Yes on both devices. This will probably work the first time you set up your Gear. If the Gear S2 runs out of battery, it will never reconnect to your phone again. We uncovered a massive bug with the Gear S2 last fall, however If you wear it until it runs out of battery, it will never reconnect to your phone again. The only solution is a factory reset, where you lose all your data and apps. I’ve had to do this three times now. Other users and reviewers have reported similar issues. This bug makes the watch nearly unusable. I don’t know if every Gear S2 has this problem, but several other reviewers — AndroidPit, GreenBot, AndroidHeadlines — have struggled with the exact same problem. The problem, fortunately, has been rectified, but for a time, it was pretty hairy. Switching the phone you use it with is another ordeal. It will require a factory reset, but if you had a different Samsung/Android account connected to the Gear S2 on one phone, factory reset it, but enabled the Reactivation Lock feature, you’re in trouble. This feature is meant to prevent a thief from stealing your watch, factory resetting it, and reselling it, but Samsung has not worked out the kinks. The Reactivation Lock is a nightmare if you are the person trying to switch phones or users. DT Mobile Editor Malarie Gokey and I swapped the Gear S2 between us a family might try to do this as well, but even though she factory reset it, it would not connect to my Galaxy S6 Edge Plus because she had turned on the Reactivation Lock. There were no good on-screen prompts for how to proceed — a hard reset and debug menu didn’t help, either. In the end, I had to log in as Malarie on my phone to make it work. It was a colossal pain in the ass. Don’t ever factory reset a Gear S2 before you disable the Reactivation Lock. Notifications seemed to never arrive on the Gear, or came slowly, when we first reviewed it. This issue too seems to have been resolved. Finally, we never encountered much lag in the OS, but if you scroll quickly, it will fail to keep up. More annoyingly, if you have an app that sends multiple notifications, such as a chat app, Samsung’s swipe-up-to-delete gesture will fail to work. Instead, it will just scroll through the notifications. Eventually, if you press hard enough or get lucky, these notifications will vanish, but they do so in an ugly, laggy way. Using it as a fitness band Given the near total absence of smartwatch apps here, I tend to use the Gear S2 as a fitness tracker more than anything else. So how does it perform in this capacity? It does … okay. The Gear S2 has S Health, a very full-featured suite of tools to track your activity. We’ve ran hundreds of miles with the watch, and biked just as many. We’ve tried golfing with the Gear S2, cross-trained, hit spinning class, and more. Across those activities, the watch appears to track step counts reasonably well, though no fitness band seems to count the same number of steps nor log the same distance. For example, we recently ran miles on a treadmill in the gym; the Gear S2 recorded the distance as miles. What happened to that last half mile? Examining that run after the fact on the app yields an abundance of data heart rate over time, calories burned 615! Woo hoo!, average speed and pace, and so on. However, as a fitness band, the Gear S2 is limited by the absence of GPS functionality. Unless you carry your phone with you on that run, you’ll have no way to know exact distances or to track your path. We’re glad to see Samsung adding this feature into the S3. Also, while the watch charges quickly enough, it has died in the middle of several runs for us, meaning all data is simply eliminated. Additionally, the app makes it easy to select the last used activity but doesn’t make it easy to change it. If you recently went for a run, just scroll the dial right to get to the Start Workout widget and quickly start another run. Want to go cycling instead? Scroll right once, push apps, select S Health, scroll right to the green screen, push the arrow at the bottom of the screen, and select a different workout type. Whew! There are only eight types of activity, unfortunately, another limitation of the app. Cross training? What to select? Solid specs The Gear S2 has a gorgeous 360 × 360 pixel Super AMOLED screen that couldn’t look nicer. It’s covered by Gorilla Glass 3, runs Samsung’s Tizen OS, and has a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8x26 processor, 4GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth NFC, a heart-rate monitor, an accelerometer, a barometer, and a 250mAh battery. The NFC connectivity allow it to work with Samsung Pay, though that payment platform is still in beta, as we noted earlier. It still doesn’t work on Android Pay, and we have little expectation that Samsung will add this support. Bountiful battery life The Gear S2 kicks ass when it comes to battery life. The 250mAh battery in the S2 doesn’t sound like much, but I’ve gotten about – 3 days out of every charge. I did experience a lot of connectivity issues, which may have improved battery life, but even when it was connecting regularly, the battery killed it. Most watches seem to average about 1 to days, including the Apple Watch, so it’s nice to see Samsung excel in this regard. Jessica Lee Star/Digital Trends Jessica Lee Star/Digital Trends The Gear’s charging cradle is also well thought out. Instead of a hunk of magnetic plastic that awkwardly slaps onto the back of the device, like the Apple Watch, this has a full stand that props the watch up like it’s on a pedestal, with a little indicator light that tells you if it’s charged or charging. One-year warranty Samsung’s standard manufacturer warranty is normal for a mobile device. A Gear S2 is covered for 1 year after the day of purchase for defects that occur under normal use, though Samsung determines “normal use,” so it can deny any claim it wishes. Don’t expect a repair or replacement if you get the Gear S2 wet or drop it, but if the battery gets very bad before a year is out, Samsung may replace it. You can find full details on Samsung warranties here. Conclusion Even though the Gear S3’s release is imminent, the Gear S2 remains a beautiful piece of industrial design, and a decent smartwatch. Updates to the software have come steadily, patching the serious connectivity bugs we identified in our initial review and adding some neat features, notably support for Samsung Pay. But without the enormous app market seen on the Apple Watch, it’s hard to say the Gear is a better product. Buy one and you’ll invariably find yourself wishing you could do more with it. That’s a shame, because Samsung has made a watch with possibly the best battery life, clearly the best interface to date, and one of the best designs we’ve seen. Looking for an alternative? There’s the Apple Watch, of course. Keep in mind that it requires an iPhone — and if you’re in the market for a Gear, you probably own a Galaxy or Android phone. Given the jaw-droppingly frustrating app store experience on other Android phones, we heartily discourage non-Galaxy owners from buying the Gear S2. Android Wear watches are getting better, but they still aren’t great. If you want to explore that route, try one of the new Moto 360s or the Huawei Watch, or keep your eyes out for the Gear S2’s big brother, the Gear S3. The Gear S2 retails for about $300 and most other watches hover around that price. Alternatively, you could choose to go low tech. We like the simple Withings Activite and Activite Pop, though they’re made for slender wrists. Highs Beautiful round design Elegant, fluid user interface Rotating bezel is a true innovation 2-3 day battery life Lows Barely any usable apps Reactivation lock is buggy Fitness functions are very limited Editors' Recommendations Google Pixel Watch 2 rumored price, release date, news, and more Apple AirPods Pro 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 4’s sleek design teased in detailed leak Samsung Galaxy Watch Active vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 vs. Watch Active Spec comparison Farwell, Android Wear. Hello, Tizen. Samsung's latest smartwatch abandons the Android Wear OS in favor of the company's homegrown Tizen OS, which proves to be a smart choice indeed. The Samsung Gear S2 $ has a user-friendly interface that's worlds easier to use than Android Wear. And the watch itself has a great design that combines the round face and stainless steel case of a traditional timepiece with a futuristic, rotating bezel that makes navigation even easier. But there's still some room for Tizen to grow, as a dearth of apps and weak voice recognition keep the Gear S2 from nabbing a higher score. Pricing and Design The Samsung Gear S2 comes in two flavors There's the regular Gear S2 for $ and the $ Gear S2 classic. The regular Gear S2 comes with a black or white silicone wristband, while the classic model has black leather strap. No matter which version you choose, the watch face is made of matte stainless steel. We reviewed the $ model, with a white band and a silver face. You Can Trust Our Reviews There are also 3G versions of each watch available with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon service. Pricing and availability will vary according to carrier; T-Mobile, for instance, offers the option to add the watch to your plan for $5 per month. Similar Products The standard Gear S2 model is extremely comfortable and light on the wrist, with a simple clasp and an adjustable buckle to stay in place. No matter which model you choose, you're sure to be happy with the watch's most distinguishing feature, a rotating bezel. Similar to the digital crown on the side of the Apple Watch $ at eBayOpens in a new window , you physically turn the bezel around the watch face like a dial in order to make selections. It's precise, quick, and feels very satisfying to use thanks to the little clicks it makes. The watch also has a Back button in the two o'clock position, and a Home button in the four o'clock position. The Home button brings you to the default watch face or to your main app library if you're already at your home watch face. The Back button brings you back one step in whatever app you're in. Of course, you can also tap your way through the interface without bothering with the bezel. I'll discuss navigation more in a bit, but the Gear S2 is the most easily navigable smartwatch I've tested. Left to right Apple Watch, Samsung Gear S2, Moto 360 The Gear S2's round watch face measures inches around, inches thick, and weighs ounces. The Huawei Watch at AmazonOpens in a new window , by comparison, is slightly larger at inches wide, inches thick, and ounches. The Motorola Moto 360 , meanwhile, meastures inches wide, inches thick, and ounces. The variations might seem slight on paper, but you can really feel a difference on your wrist. The watch is rated IP68 for water-resistance, which means it can withstand splashes at the sink, but you shouldn't take it to the beach or in the shower. DisplayThe Gear S2 has a circular Super AMOLED display with a 360-by-360-pixel resolution that works out to a sharp 302 pixels per inch. It doesn't get quite as bright as the Huawei Watch, but I was always able to see it outside, even with the brightness set to low. The screen is not always-on by default, but there is an option to do so if you wish. Without it on, the screen still activates quickly when you life your wrist, and it never accidentally turned on in my testing, which is very helpful for conserving battery. The screen turns off fast, though—after about five seconds—which can get a little annoying when you're trying to read an email, text, or CNN headline. However, a quick tap or turn of the bezel keeps the screen activated. Samsung uses an ambient light sensor to adjust brightness depending on surroundings, without the "flat tire" effect that cuts off the Moto 360's circular display in a horizontal line at the bottom. It's also easy to adjust the brightness on your own just swipe down on the display and tap the Brightness setting. I didn't detect any prismatic screen aberration here like I did on the Moto 360, unless you count some very slight reflections of light around the edge of the bezel. The watch can be paired with Bluetooth devices, including headesets or speakers for music playback, or mobile devices that run Android or later. Unlike Pebble or Android Wear devices, there is no iOS support. To start the pairing process, you need to download the free Samsung Gear Manager app on your Android device and follow the simple on-screen instructions. I easily paired the Gear S2 with a Samsung Galaxy S6 $ at AmazonOpens in a new window . Once connected, you have a number of options at your command, like customizing the watch face, managing apps and notifications, and sending music files to the watch, which comes with 4GB of internal storage. Features, Performance, and TizenThe Gear S2 has an accelerometer, a barometer, a gyroscope, proximity sensors, and a heart rate sensor. Unlike the Sony SmartWatch 3 $ at AmazonOpens in a new window , there is no GPS, but there is Wi-Fi, which extends the range of the watch when connected to a wireless network. The heart rate sensor here works better than the one in the Huawei Watch or the Moto 360 by automatically measuring your heart rate throughout the day. By default it checks in about five times per day, though you can adjust it to check more or less frequently. You can also check manually, and it lets you know whether your heart rate is average when you're resting, in a state before exercise, or after exercise. The watch reported resting numbers in the low-to-mid sixties while sitting in a relaxed state, which is on par with measurements taken by the Huawei Watch. The watch counts steps and detects when you're exercising or resting for too long, similar to the Apple Watch. You can also keep track of the amount of water or caffeine you've been drinking. And you can install the Nike+ running app for more detailed fitness analysis. However, like I usually advise, you probably want to go with a dedicated fitness tracker rather than a smartwatch if fitness is your primary concern. The Misfit Flash Link $ at AmazonOpens in a new window is great if you're on a budget, while the Fitbit Charge HR $ at AmazonOpens in a new window is worth the splurge. Powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM, the Gear S2 uses Samsung's proprietary operating system, Tizen. It has the best user interface for a smartwatch yet, though it does have one annoying flaw. For some reason, the Gear S2 doesn't go back to the app you were previously using after it goes to sleep. Instead, it goes back to the default watch face every time it wakes up. That can be frustrating if you want to keep reading a story, or reply to a text when suddenly the screen shuts off from inactivity. Thakfully, the watch keeps images and headlines loaded in news apps when you finally return to them. The strength of Tizen lies in its layout, which is a pleasure to navigate. Turning the bezel or swiping to the left brings up any notifications, which you can tap to open or swipe up to dismiss. Swiping or turning the bezel to the right brings up the main menu for Apps, a list of favorite contacts, Settings, or the S Voice assistant. Keep swiping or rotating the bezel and you can see a whole collection of apps around the perimeter of the screen, as if they were numbers on a watch face, including the calendar, heart rate monitor, music playback control, pedometer, or whatever other apps you want to include. It beats swiping through endless vertical lists and cards like in Android Wear. However, you still have to tap on the touch screen to make selections. It would've been nice to be able to push the bezel in to make selections, but since your fingers are already on the watch anyway, it's not a big deal. Unfortunately, Tizen's selection of third-party apps is weak compared with Android Wear, Apple, and Pebble. There are no music streaming services besides Samsung's Milk Music, little in the way of fitness apps besides Samsung's S Health, and nothing when it comes to note-taking apps or popular social media like Facebook or Twitter. There are some useful apps available, like Bloomberg, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and Yelp, but Samsung needs to lure many more companies if it wants to compete. And although watch apps aren't available, you can still receive and respond to phone notifications from Facebook, Google Hangouts, and Twitter on the Gear S2 with a robust set of options. You can choose from some short, canned phrases or send an emoticon. You can also respond with voice-to-text, though unfortunately this feature is hit-or-miss; I never reached a point in testing where I felt like I could rely on it to quickly send an accurate message. Surprisingly, the Gear S2 also offers a phone number pad-style keyboard with three letters assigned to each number so you can type out messages. It's a slow process, but predictive text helps things along. A friend texted me some good news and I was able to type in "Wow, that's great! Congrats!" fairly easily. Don't expect to take calls on the Gear S2, though. You can use it to dial a call, but you'll have to take out your phone or put on a Bluetooth headset if you want to take things any further. Battery life is relatively excellent. Samsung promises up to three days of use, which is accurate if you keep the display set to power off automatically. With it set to always-on, the watched lasted for nearly two days, which is still better than any other smartwatch with a color display I've tested with the exception of the Pebble Time, which can last for about a week, albeit with a much dimmer, lower-resolution display. The Gear S2 can also be set to go into Power-Saving mode, which turns the screen monochrome when you're running low on battery. It charges with an included magnetic dock and micro USB cable. ConclusionsThe Samsung Gear S2 should certainly sit alongside the Apple Watch and the Pebble family as one of the better smartwatch options on the market. It sports a sleek design, a user-friendly interface that blows the confusing Android Wear out of the water, very good battery life for a smartwatch, and a unique, rotating bezel. Unfortunately, a paltry selection of apps holds it back, especially when Apple and Pebble have so many to choose from. And underwhelming voice recognition ultimately makes the Apple and Pebble watches easier to use. I'd certainly choose the Gear 2 over Android Wear options like the Huawei Watch and the Moto 360, but it's a harder pick from there. The Apple Watch remains the smartwatch for dyed-in-the-wool Apple users, with a reliable heart rate sensor that works as you exercise, NFC so you can pay without flashing your credit card, the best selection of third-party apps, and an intuitive interface similar to that of the Gear S2. But our Editors' Choice remains with the Pebble family, which we highly recommended to smartwatch newcomers. The original Pebble is inexpensive, is compatible with both Android and iOS, and works with many useful apps. The Pebble Time $ at AmazonOpens in a new window adds a color screen and reliable voice-to-text messaging. Or you could wait for the Pebble Time Round, which is the Pebble Time with a traditional round watch face. The Samsung Gear S2 is definitely an intriguing new option, but it's worth waiting for the second generation. Pros Sleek design. Nice display. Useful rotating bezel. Intuitive user interface. Good battery life. View More Cons Weak app selection. Spotty voice recognition. Pricey. The Bottom Line The Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch has great software and a thoughtful design going for it, but a paltry app selection and finicky voice recognition hold it back. Like What You're Reading? Sign up for Lab Report to get the latest reviews and top product advice delivered right to your inbox. This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time. The Samsung Gear S2 $ at AmazonOpens in a new window is only a few months old, but it's already been updated in the form of a new $ Classic edition. The Gear S2 Classic has the same exact interface and hardware as the original, but it's built with classier materials including a leather wristband that could be worth the $50 premium if you like the look. It's an attractive smartwatch, with one of the most intuitive interfaces we've seen and a unique, rotating bezel you won't find anywhere else. But just like the original Gear S2, the lack of third-party apps and finicky voice recognition keep the Classic from earning a stronger recommendation. DesignThe Gear S2 Classic $ at AmazonOpens in a new window goes for a more subdued, traditional appearance than its sportier sibling. It has a black leather wristband, while the stainless steel case is now adorned with little ridges, giving it the appearance of an actual gear. The added bit of texture also helps when rotating the bezel to control the watch. The Classic's leather band is highly comfortable, with a creamy brown suede underside that feels fantastic on the wrist. That said, you can still pick up the original watch, which comes with black or white silicone bands, for $50 less. You Can Trust Our Reviews To round out the design, the Classic is slightly smaller than its predecessor, measuring inches around compared with the original's inches. The Classic is also a bit lighter, weighing in at ounces compared with the original. Similar Products Like on the original, the Classic's bezel is its best, most unique aspect. It can be physically turned around the watch face like a dial to make app selections, which is a much faster and more precise way to navigate menus than the seemingly endless series of screen wipes that are required with an Android Wear watch like the Motorola Moto 360 . The Gear features two buttons on the right side of the case to help navigate the interface a Back button at the two o'clock position and a Home button at four o'clock. The Home button brings you to the default watch face, or your app library if you're already at the watch face. The Back button, naturally, sends you back one step. You can also tap the touch screen to get around. Display and Setup The Classic shares the same screen as the original Gear S2 an attractive, circular, 360-by-360 Super AMOLED display. It stays off by default unless you wake it with a twist of the bezel, a wrist gesture, or a tap there is also an option to keep it on all the time, which will seriously drain your battery life. Brightness can be adjusted by swiping down on the display and tapping the Brightness setting, or you can let the ambient light sensor do the work for you. Unlike the Moto 360, there is no "flat tire" effect. You can pair the Classic with Bluetooth devices like headsets or speakers for music playback, or with mobile devices that run Android or later. You don't need a Samsung device to use the watch, but there is no iOS support like you get with Android Wear or Pebble watches. To pair the watch, you need to download the free Samsung Gear app and follow the on-screen instructions. I paired the Classic with a Galaxy S6 $ at AmazonOpens in a new window in about a minute. Once connected, you can select your watch face, manage apps and notifications, or transfer music files to the watch, which comes with 4GB of internal storage. Features and Performance As mentioned earlier, the Classic has the same exact internals as the original. This includes an accelerometer, a barometer, a gyroscope, proximity sensors, and a heart rate sensor. Unlike the Sony SmartWatch 3 $ at AmazonOpens in a new window , you won't find GPS. There is Wi-Fi connectivity, which extends the range of the watch when connected to a wireless network. The heart rate sensor intermittently measures your heart rate throughout the day, but it doesn't track continuously like the Garmin Vivosmart HR , a dedicated fitness tracker. Instead, the Classic checks in about five times per day, though you can adjust it to check more or less frequently. You can also have it check manually. You'll find a few preloaded widgets on the watch, including the S Health step counter, weather info, and a water consumption tracker. You can customize where the widgets are placed on your watch face and add your own apps from the Samsung Gear manager on your phone. Similar to the Apple Watch $ at eBayOpens in a new window , the Classic counts steps and nudges you when you're at rest for too long. You can install the Nike+ running app for more detailed fitness tracking, but if workouts are your main concern, you'll want to go with a dedicated fitness tracker. The Classic runs on Samsung's homegrown Tizen operating system, which is very simple to navigate. A twist of the bezel or swipe to the left brings up push notifications, while the right brings up the menu for Apps, a list of favorite contacts, Settings, and the S Voice assistant. Swipe or rotate again and you'll find every loaded app circling the screen, like numbers on a watch face. It's a far better solution than Android Wear's cards and vertical lists. That said, the Classic returns to the default watch face every time it wakes up. Tizen's primary shortcoming is its weak selection of third-party apps compared with Android Wear, Apple, and Pebble. Samsung's Milk Music is the only streaming service available, and besides Nike+, fitness aficionados are stuck with Samsung's S Health. A note-taking app has shown up since I last reviewed the Gear S2, but Facebook and Twitter are still absent. Besides Bloomberg, CNN, Uber, The Wall Street Journal, and Yelp, there are few big-name companies lending their services to Tizen. Another issue is that the Classic's microphone failed to pick my voice up several times when trying to dictate a message, a problem shared by the original Gear S2. As for battery life, you can go about two days before you need to recharge the Classic with its proprietary dock. Conclusions The Samsung Gear S2 Classic is simply a sleeker version of the rubbery original. It looks and feels nice, and Tizen is easier to navigate than any other smartwatch OS. Unfortunately, the Classic also suffers from the same issues as its predecessor, including poor voice recognition and a lackluster app library. You'll get a far greater selection of apps with the Apple Watch, though it isn't compatible with Android devices. Your best bet is our Editors' Choice, the Pebble Time $ at AmazonOpens in a new window , which offers a robust app library, longer battery life, and support for both Android and iOS devices. If you want something that looks a bit sharper, the Pebble Time Round $ at AmazonOpens in a new window is a solid alternative. Pros Sleek design. Sharp display. Unique rotating bezel. Intuitive UI. View More Cons Mediocre app selection. Weak voice recognition. The Bottom Line The Samsung Gear S2 Classic smartwatch upgrades the original with a sleek stainless steel case and a leather wristband, but the same drawbacks remain. Like What You're Reading? Sign up for Lab Report to get the latest reviews and top product advice delivered right to your inbox. This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time. TechRadar Verdict Despite still looking and feeling more like a tech lover's device, and the lack of a strong developer community, at launch the Gear S2 was by far Samsung's best smartwatch. It's still a solid option for Android users but the Samsung Gear S3 definitely offers more. Pros +Smart round design+Innovative rotating bezel+Tizen OS is polished Cons -Slow voice control-Too few high quality apps-Lacks customisation options Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Update The Samsung Gear S2 is still a fine choice if you're an Android user, but there are a few reasons that you may want to consider the Samsung Gear S3. The Gear S3 features a larger battery, has GPS built-in and offers a bit more RAM than the Gear S2. If those features are crucial to you, you may want to redirect your attention to Samsung's newer wearable almost three years since its initial release, Samsung has released a large software update the overhauls its general user interface. You'll also find improvements to how it handles workouts on the screen, making information like heart rate and pace easier to parse at-a-glace while you're getting review In the past Samsung had a scattergun approach to wearable design, releasing numerous devices with varying form and functionality. It was great if you were looking for something different to the all-too-similar Android Wear devices, but with hindsight, Samsung's first attempts weren't very the Gear S2, Samsung offered up a much more cohesive, well thought out approach. It's clear without even touching the second of three generations of the Gear watch, that the company practically went back to the drawing board to craft a wearable truly worth your looking at the Gear S2, it's obvious that Samsung has learnt from its past successes and failures. It's much more wearable than their previous attempts, it looks good and it's comfortable. More importantly the updated Tizen OS has been perfectly tailored to a smartwatch screen, with perhaps the best user interface I've seen on a smartwatch, making excellent use of the tactile rotating also, however, leads to one of the devices biggest downfalls - it remains an immature developer platform, and it still lacks apps. But for now, let's look at the previous Samsung wearables, you don't need to be a Samsung phone user to use the Gear S2. The Gear S2 is compatible with most Android phones and iPhones too. You'll find exact device compatibility information further on in this Gear S2 price and release dateThe launch price was set at £ $ around AU$428, and it was competitively priced against the Apple Watch and Moto 360 when it first came you can buy the Gear S2 for around £219 $150, AU$ which is more than £100 cheaper than the Gear S3, Gear Sport and Apple Watch Samsung Gear S2 features a fully circular Super AMOLED touchscreen measuring in diameter. That makes it smaller than the displays on the Gear S3, Huawei Watch and Moto 360. Despite having a smaller screen than its rivals, it doesn't impact usability, at no point during my testing did I feel limited by the device really impresses with a really high resolution of 360 x 360 pixels. Thanks to the relatively small screen, this gives a pixel density of 302ppi, matching the 42mm Apple Watch's retina pixel density really stands out when putting the Samsung Gear S2 next to other circular smartwatches of this generation including the new Moto 360 and LG Watch Urbane. It's visibly much sharper, and clearer as a my opinion - and that of the TechRadar team in general - that circular displays are more aesthetically appealing than the square displays of the Apple Watch and Sony Smartwatch 3. It just looks more like a traditional, analogue watch. In terms of functionality, it's hard to make a case for it being better or claims the sAMOLED that's not a typo, the S stands for Super reflects one-fifth as much sunlight as regular AMOLED displays. I didn't have any problems viewing the watch in direct sunlight, usually keeping to the eighth brightness level out of ten. As it's AMOLED, the colours look lovely and a noticeable gap between the display and the top layer of glass on the screen. You'd think this has a negative effect on viewing angles, particular in sunlight, but that is not the case. It does make the watch appear a little more retro like ambient mode on Android Wear, the Gear S2 has an 'always on' screen option. In this mode the screen will dim after several seconds of inactivity, however, the time will still be displayed with a reduced interface. It's a useful feature that allows you to view the time without needing to raise your arm and flick your wrist to wake the screen, as with the Apple Watch, though it does reduce battery and comfortThe Samsung Gear S2 continued the trend for attractive smartwatch design following the lead of the Apple Watch, Moto 360 and Pebble Round. A mantle that's been carried on by the multitude of smartwatches launched since the S2 arrived circular Gear S2 comes in two models, the standard model, reviewed here, and a 'Classic' one. The standard Gear S2 features a rubber strap, and a sporty aesthetic, while the Classic has a design which pays homage to more traditional timepieces, with a leather two models also have different dimensions, with the sporty model measuring x x mm, and the Classic a slightly smaller x x mm. I'd say they're an optimum size, and although some of the dimensions are larger than that of some rivals, the Gear is less bulky overall, and feels smaller as a result. If you're already a regular watch wearer, male or female, the size of the Samsung Gear S shouldn't be an watch weighs 47g, so is comfortable to wear for long periods of time, and doesn't feel like a dead weight on your wrist. If you prefer your watch big and chunky however, you may wish to look lack of customisation options costs the Gear S2 some design marks. The Apple Watch, and Moto 360 via Moto Maker allow a huge range of design choices to make a watch personal to the wearer. In comparison, Samsung only offers the Gear S2 in white or Classic is only available with a black leather strap, too, but it accepts any 22mm watch strap, allowing you to customise it with any third party the more sporty S2 features a proprietary locking mechanism, which very few accessory manufacturers have decided to adopt, so not the end of the world that Samsung has included so few personalisation options, but it does seem like a decision that's counter to the more personalised way wearables are Samsung Gear S2 isn't a particularly premium feeling device, it's certainly no match for the Huawei Watch or Apple Watch, but the rubber strap and metal casing feels durable and well design doesn't look cheap, it's understated and looks good, just in a slightly utilitarian kind of in the office think the Gear S2 looks more like a tech product than a watch. Personally, I like the fact it doesn't try to copy a traditional watch design, it looks futuristic, but not overly Samsung Gear S2 features two buttons on the right-hand side of the device. These act as a home button, and a back button. They're well positioned, making them easy to press, although, as they're identical, learning which button does what might take a main control of the Gear S2 is hidden in plain sight - the rotating metal bezel. It's not an exaggeration when I say this bezel is one of the best things that has happened to smartwatch user experience. It's better than Apple's Digital Crown, for a start. It works in a similar way to Apple's controller, scrolling through various menus and information pages, but the bezel feels much more intuitive, and very tactile, with a pleasing click the rear of the watch you'll find a centralised optical heart rate monitor, and two mechanisms for releasing the straps. Despite these clips being on the rear of the device, there's no chance of accidentally unlocking the straps. They're in place very Samsung Gear S2 is rated IP68, which means it's dust and water resistant. You could happily wear it in the shower or during torrential rain. Current page Introduction, price and design Next Page Interface, specs and performance Most Popular

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