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The app will walk you through the process of pairing the watch your phone via Bluetooth. The Gear S app serves as the main hub not only for connecting and disconnecting your watch, but also for adding apps and watch faces and managing health and fitness content.
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You’ll need to download the Samsung Gear S app on your iPhone, which requires iOS 9.0 or newer to run. There’s also an LTE version available for the base Gear S2 model, letting you get the same kind of untethered experience as the Gear S3 with LTE. The Gear S2 comes in a standard model with a stainless steel case and elastomer band, and has a very streamlined look ideal for active use, or there’s the more elegant Gear S2 Classic with its leather bands and premium finish. The Gear S2 is similar in approach, with the same kind of rotating bezel, but has a slightly smaller 1.2in display-and it’s a bit less bulky, as well, albeit with a smaller battery inside.
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Much like Apple did with the original Apple Watch and Series 2, Samsung is still selling the Gear S2, which is functionally very similar to the Gear S3 and might save you a fair bit of money. The Gear S3 Classic is a bit more stylish than the Frontier model. In either case, the non-LTE watches sell for $350 apiece (both styles), while the LTE versions go for $350 to $400 depending on carrier. You can always swap out the standard 22mm bands, however.īoth models are available with optional standalone LTE connectivity, meaning that you can take calls and messages right from your watch, and piggyback onto your phone’s data plan. It’ll still track your fitness data if you go for a run, but the rubberized bands of the Frontier are better suited for sweat. Alternatively, you can get the Gear S3 Classic, which is functionally identical to the Frontier and has the same 1.3-inch Super AMOLED display, but offers a more refined look with a smoother face and leather bands. I’ve been using the same Gear S3 Frontier model that Greenbot reviewed, and it’s a big, heavy, sporty-looking device with black rubber bands.
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There’s some difference in the kinds of apps you’ll find on Samsung’s store as opposed to Google’s Play Store for Android Wear 2.0 watches, and they offer different interfaces, but ultimately you’ll find a lot of the same functionality on both platforms when used with iOS. Tizen and Android are both alien operating systems to iOS, but Samsung’s watches and Android Wear devices alike offer iPhone compatibility via their iOS apps. What does this mean to you as a prospective Gear S3 or S2 buyer who uses an iPhone? Not too much, really. It all works surprisingly well, and Samsung has done a nice job building a UI that doesn’t conflict between the input types. You can navigate the interface however you please, either by swiping the screen or gradually moving the bezel in either direction. It’s large and in charge (of my wrist).Īll of the Gear S3 and Gear S2 models are defined by the rotating bezel around the large, circular touchscreen. Both the Gear S3 and Gear S2 are compatible with iPhone, pairing with your device to put notifications on your wrist and pull from the phone’s internet connectivity, and both watches have their advantages. For example, the original Gear S was a huge, awkward, standalone smartwatch/phone device that our sister site Greenbot roundly panned.īut the Gear S2 was a total reinvention: smaller, sleeker, and much more useful and comfortable-and the Gear S3 is ultimately a revision on that core design. The Gear S3 is Samsung’s latest and arguably greatest attempt at building a premium smartwatch, following an up-and-down progression of devices over the last few years.