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The editors liked
Stylish
Light
Powerful
Many excellent hardware features
Looks and feels better than some pundits (i.e
Moi) proclaimed
Great quality screen
Strong app support out of the gate
Seeing text messages at a glance is often handier than pulling out your phone. For apps like Evernote and Media Controls
It's pretty wonderful to have easy access. The Super AMOLED screen and stainless steel bezel make for a very attractive combination
Premium Design
Smart & interactive features with the Note 3
Sharp looking display
Great build
Attractive looking
Color options
Beautiful screen
Good touch interaction
Customizable watch faces
Subtle notifications
Can make/answer calls and texts
Integrates very well with phone
Unlimited possibilities through updates
Comfortabl
Shows notifications on wrist
Answer
Reject calls from wrist
Good battery
Nice industrial design
Good S Voice
Decent notifications
Surprisingly good camera
Bright screen
Good view angles
And the
First
A cool charging solution that offloads large components like a micro-USB port to a case—just don't lose it
It's easy to open and pass notifications to your phone
The back navigation gesture works great and doesn't require an extra button
Phone
Ambitious vision of what a smartwatch can be
Effective camera app
Vibrant
Colorful AMOLED display. Makes calls (via your smartphone). Snaps usable photos and (short) video clips.
The Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch is attractive
Comfortable
And makes it easy to see incoming calls
Good call quality
Helpful notifications
Handy Smart Relay feature
Good battery life
Attractive color options
Strong Bluetooth connectivity
Phone calls on your wrist
Built to last
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Smartwatch
Premium design and build quality
Excellent screen
Fun to use
Bursting with features
Receive notifications without checking phone
The camera being very accessible
Incredibly comfortable on my wrist
Smooth and responsive
The editors didn't like
Barely any apps
Monochrome app design
Limited ‘wake up’ gesture
Not water resistant
Expensive
Especially when compared to the Pebble
Requires Galaxy Note 3 (and select Galaxy devices in the future) to work
Charging is awkward
It is so sluggishly slooooow. That in itself really taints the user experience
And makes what could be convenient into something that is aggravating. There are only a handful of things it does well
And they aren't numerous enough to justify the cost. It
Works with Galaxy Note 3 only at launch
It’s not water resistant
Touch accuracy is finicky
Unable to view certain notifications directly on it
Step tracking isn’t automatic & continuous
Only compatible with some Samsung Galaxy phones. Battery life is 12 days. Charging requires charging case and no headphone port
Short battery life
Call quality not good
Bulky
Can't be used with all Android devices
Price is very high for such a device
Black and white main UI
Depends on a handset
Not many apps available
Captures just 15 seconds of video
It makes no single part of your smartphone usage easier
It currently works only with other new Samsung devices
It can only handle notifications for texts
POP/Exchange e-mails
And phone calls
No real support for Gmail
Facebook
Twitter
G+
Or Google
Poor battery life
S Voice is unreliable
Limited phone support
Illconceived app vision
Expensive. Short battery life. Baffling UI. No email send support. Camcorder is limited to 15-second videos. Currently only works with the Galaxy Note 3 and Note 10.1. Lacks killer apps. Bulky style isn't for everyone
A lack of e-mail and social network support
Limited compatibility with other devices
The external charging case
And hit-and-miss voice control seriously limit its usefulness
Screen not lit all the time
Works only with Galaxy Note 3 (for now)
S Voice integration could be better
Gmail and Google+ notifications too vague
No official Facebook or Twitter apps
Uninformative notifications
Apps are either buggy or substandard
Insipid
Cumbersome design
Has the battery life of a phone
Not a watch
Extravagantly overpriced
Only works with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Hardware is uncomfortably hefty. Chunky clasp gets in the way while typing on a laptop. Camera is downright creeptastic. It's easier and faster to just use your smartphone for most tasks. Price — it's a $300 smar
Limited to working with Samsung Galaxy devices only
One day battery life
Lack of apps due to Samsung keeping close tabs on who they bring aboard
Battery life only lasting about a day and a half
A little pricey for what you get now
But once Samsung unlocks their store to open development
stylish, light, powerful, many excellent hardware features,
barely any apps, monochrome app design, limited ‘wake up’ gesture, not water resistant
My thoughts on this device after using it for nearly a month? The potential is awesome but largely unrealized. Samsung simply hasn’t included enough apps or put enough design into the current apps to ‘wow’ me. It’s AMOLED screen is wasted on a nearly m...
Taking all of its features into consideration, the unfortunate end result for the Galaxy Gear is a device that looks much nicer than it performs, yet still demands a premium price as if it had no flaws. Looking beyond simple issues like the number of apps...
Abstract: The Galaxy Gear smartwatch is a device that even Samsung admitted lacks that special something. In the Korean company's haste to bring the Gear to market, it forgot one hugely important consideration: user experience. It's there in occasional spurts, sure...
Should you buy the Galaxy Gear? If you are the owner of a Galaxy Note 3, or a device that is soon to be supported thanks to updates to their firmware, then it's an interesting decision. Sure, the device looks cool and offers a few neat functions, but none...
Abstract: At this time, the Gear is an elegantly appointed smartwatch, but one that doesn't add much more value than the $150 Pebble. You get similar alerts for notifications while you gain a camera and speakerphone capabilities, but the value proposition isn't the...
Published: 2013-10-05, Author: Ron , review by: arstechnica.com
First, A cool charging solution that offloads large components like a micro-USB port to a case—just don't lose it, It's easy to open and pass notifications to your phone, The back navigation gesture works great and doesn't require an extra button, Phone
It makes no single part of your smartphone usage easier, It currently works only with other new Samsung devices, It can only handle notifications for texts, POP/Exchange e-mails, and phone calls, No real support for Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, G+, or Google
If you have $300 to throw at a stainless steel smartwatch that currently pairs with one phone and really doesn't do anything all that useful, the Galaxy Gear may be for you. I admit, I'm not going to be the first person to get excited when Google or Ap...
Published: 2013-10-04, Author: Will , review by: newatlas.com
Amongst a chorus of boos, hisses, and splattered fruit, we think the Galaxy Gear is a breakthrough product. It's imperfect, but it's a very strong debut, and by far the most exciting wearable computing device that you can buy today.When thinking about the...
Galaxy Gear want to do a lot in a short time, although the concept of the product is good, but there are a lot of problems. Galaxy Gear appearance looks good, amazing, can not turn on the water and some inconvenience. Currently Galaxy Gear only supports G...
Published: 2013-10-01, Author: Christina , review by: mashable.com
Looks and feels better than some pundits (i.e, moi) proclaimed, Great quality screen, Strong app support out of the gate
Expensive, especially when compared to the Pebble, Requires Galaxy Note 3 (and select Galaxy devices in the future) to work, Charging is awkward
Samsung Galaxy Gear ReviewA Wristwatch With BrainsThe Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch is big -- but it will also fit on small wrists.Time and WeatherThe default watch face displays time, date and weather. You can customize the face to include other digita...
