If Samsung built a reference smartwatch for others to take advantage of, this would be it. But it offers some interesting ideas for how a smartwatch should look and function that make it both an intriguing device and a learning lesson for the rest of the industry. It’s far from a perfect device, and it has numerous issues that keep me from recommending it without reservations. It’s as different of a device from Samsung’s earlier watches as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge were from Samsung’s earlier smartphones.īut the most interesting parts of the Gear S2, which starts at $299.99 and is available to purchase now, aren’t whether it’s a great smartwatch or not. It’s much better looking than any prior Samsung watch (and arguably most other smartwatches), has a brand new user interface, and works with nearly any Android smartphone. The new Gear S2 promises to be different, and in many ways, it is. Its earlier efforts were largely terrible, clunky, awkward devices that had bad software and limited utility.
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Nobody has tried harder to figure out how to make a smartwatch than Samsung, which has released over half a dozen different watches in different shapes and sizes since 2013. Smartwatches, on the other hand, are new and still evolving. It’s been nearly a decade since the iPhone hit the market, and now every one of the millions of smartphones sold each year is a variation of a rectangular slab of glass, plastic, or metal. We figured out smartphones a long time ago.