Finally Samsung stopped fighting the obvious and decided to develop a smart watch similar to traditional. Since entering this market, the South Korean had shown accessories that every new version they walked away even more than you meant by clock. From the outside, it seemed that Samsung wanted to reinvent the wheel. With Gear S2 officially presented during the IFA 2015 was the wheel reinvented Samsung. By assuming that a smart clock must have clock face, the manufacturer not only hit with a round screen, as created one of the most beautiful and functional gadgets of the current generation.
The investment in Samsung Gear S2 was not little. The exclusive event to launch a bluetooth smart watch the development of Tizen platform, Gear S2 transpires is how ambitious the project, and gives clues about the future of Samsung's own. Impossible not to start the design, the main difference of this generation to the past.
While competitors have chosen to bring boxes of different sizes, the largest male presented dome, the smallest as female, Samsung decided to create a one size fits around the circular screen of 1.2 inch, and focus on the user's style, not necessarily in the genre. Thus, he developed Gear Classic S2, and S2 Gear, which despite having no surname can be called sports and has both just 11.4 mm thick.
In the first, the crown of the smart watch that in Gear S2 is functional, has small teeth, which closely resembles a traditional clock. In the sports version, it is smooth. The bracelet of the classic version is another hit found also in competition: leather, it can be easily replaced by conventional watches bracelets. The sports gear S2 comes with fixed bracelets that seem to be made of rubber or silicone, and, for now, in two options: body dark gray and dark gray bracelet and silver body with white bracelet. At the booth of Samsung at IFA, also appeared red bracelets, oranges and patterned, which may indicate that in the future, you will have more options. The classic version comes with black body and leather bracelet.
In the crown, which gives an expensive clock over clock, there are two buttons on the side which are also functional, a home and another back. The Home as the name says, takes the user to the home screen, which is the clock face, customizable. Already Back returns to the previous screen. The buttons are a way to use more of the accessory: the screen is touch-sensitive, so back and forth are actions that can be done over the fingers if the user so desires. This role may also be playing the watch crown. That is, if you are the type who hate fingerprints on the screens, the Gear S2 has its advantages.
Tizen: the time platform
If out Samsung decided to respect the tradition, inside it is that is daring. Going against your competitors, South Korea decided to invest the time in your own system, Tizen, already present in their smart TVs, the Gear S and, who knows, in the near smartphone. At first glance it's hard to say if it is good, you need to test it in more depth, paired with your phone, but I can say that the interface is quite friendly. The Tizen ordering applications around the screen, respecting your circle format, and create as many shortcuts crowns needed to dispose all the user has installed the display. To select an app the user can simply touch the icon on the screen, or place the cursor in the crown in the app to select it and then click the middle of the display to open it. The second is the most suitable option for those who have the big toe.
Although quite intuitive, and even beautiful, Tizen arrives at Gear S2 with a front downside to Android Wear. Recently, Google announced that its operating system has become also compatible with iOS, ie with iPhones, while Tizen follows restricted to the Android universe. But with Tizen, you can do almost everything an Android Wear: check calendars, emails, news and even send text messages directly from the wrist. In addition to the voice command, Tizen has a keyboard (yes!) That allows the user to enter text. A little weird, but it may be an alternative to that is ashamed to go around talking to his own wrist. The keyboard is also possible to send emoji.
The platform also comes with new functions for sports activities. Samsung does not say how many applications will be available for the best smart watches, only that they will be available in the Samsung Apps store Gear and various partnerships are underway, both to create applications such as bracelets options.
In terms of hardware, Gear S2 is very powerful, has dual core processor 1.0 GHz, 4 GB storage and 512 MB RAM. In addition to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity features for mobile payments via Samsung Pay, and a battery of 300mAh Li-ion battery which according to Samsung on average lasts two days and has wireless charging technology. In terms of sensors, smart watch has accelerometer, gyroscope, heart rate, ambient light, barometer and also IP68 certified that the device is water resistant and dust.
In terms of settings the biggest hit from Samsung is once again bring a 3G version, only this time with e-SIM, a provider of chip that is electronic and is already built into the accessory. The SIM and the gear S2 becomes fully independent of the phone, since it is linked to.
If, on the one hand, Sasmung took the plunge with the round and as close design of a traditional watch that until the crown is functional, on the other hand by investing in Tizen, made it clear that moves towards a greater independence terms of software. Apparently, the current dream of every manufacturer is to control hardware and software, as it does, guess who? Apple, of course.
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