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The editors liked
Cool design
Swappable bands
Longer battery
Comes in a variety of cool colours
Wristband is replaceable
Unlike last year's version
The bulky charging cradle is replaced with one a little less complex
Runs Tizen
Instead of Android
Meaning it's faster
Setup is easy
And as a bonus
You can eve
The Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch delivers an improved design
Better notifications
A heart rate monitor
And basic fitness tracking offer a lot of extras. It's water-resistant
Too
Feature rich
Great screen
Remote control built in
Decent battery life equates to around four days
Bright and colourful screen with great viewing angles
More comfortable wristband than previous generation
The editors didn't like
Still chunky
Likely expensive
Battery life isn't too good. Maybe a day (or two) if you hardly use it
Wristband supplied is horribly uncomfortable. Sensitive skin wearers will dislike it intensely
Designed for small wrists
And we do mean small
No obvious way to silence notification
Limited number of apps
Poor S-Health fitness app syncing
Can only be paired to Samsung phones
Camera is an unnecessary extra for the $100 it costs over the Gear 2 Neo
Unattractive
Not enough apps available
More clockfaces needed
Media controller needs to do link up with more media players
I think the simplest way to put it is this: Samsung looks at its smartwatches as a mission to downsize the smartphone experience and put it on your wrist - it literally advertised the first Gear as a wrist phone. But that's exactly what a smartwatch sh...
Published: 2014-05-07, Author: Scott , review by: cnet.com
The Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch delivers an improved design, better notifications, a heart rate monitor, and basic fitness tracking offer a lot of extras. It's water-resistant, too
Limited number of apps, poor S-Health fitness app syncing, can only be paired to Samsung phones, camera is an unnecessary extra for the $100 it costs over the Gear 2 Neo
Samsung has made strides with the Gear 2, but this smartwatch is on its own island with few apps and Samsung-only device compatibility. At this point, you're better off waiting for Android Wear....
Published: 2014-05-05, Author: Mike , review by: tomsguide.com
Attractive desig, Built-in heart-rate monito, Intuitive user interface
Limited app suppor, Short battery lif, Expensive
Design-wise, the Galaxy Gear 2 represents a nice refinement of Samsung's first smartwatch, but a lot more needs to be done to the software to justify the high $299 price. For one, there is a paucity of compatible apps, and with Samsung's announcement o...
The Samsung Gear 2 is a worthy upgrade to the Galaxy Gear. It looks and feels more refined than its predecessor, with more polished hardware and extra software functionalities. Your only concern at this point might be the use of Samsung's proprietary Tize...
Published: 2014-04-23, Author: Chris , review by: techworld.com
The Samsung Gear 2 is a stylish smartwatch packed with features but has limited appeal due to small list of compatible devices. It's still too bulky and many of those features don't work well or are unnecessary. Then there's the high price tag which means...
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Published: 2014-04-21, Author: Sam , review by: arstechnica.com
Abstract: When the Galaxy Gear wristwatch launched last fall, the results looked like a Samsung panic move. Someone at the company must have thought there was a race to beat the other mobile-world titans—namely, Google and Apple —to a wearable, phone-like accessory...
Published: 2014-04-16, Author: James , review by: engadget.com
Longer battery life, New heart rate monitor and IR blaster, Improved design
Very few apps, Some software features feel superficial
The Gear 2 is generally a solid improvement over the original, with a nicer design and longer battery life. Even so, it doesn't perform well enough to fully justify the $300 asking price....
Published: 2014-04-15, Author: Will , review by: newatlas.com
Abstract: Samsung's new fitness tracker, the Gear Fit , is easily the most eye-catching wearable the company has released. But it isn't the only one. Samsung also just launched a new pair of updates to the Galaxy Gear, dubbed the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo . Join Gizmag...
