A:AnswerIt does not appear a smartphone is required;however, you will not be able to see missed calls or texts, or anything one may use a phone for on the watch. You would be paying a lot of money for a watch that would only track your steps and count calories. If this is all you want, my opinion would be to buy a pedometer.
A:AnswerYes, and yes. The voice recognition is not as good as Google Assistant or Alexa, but you can use it to reply. Also the speaker is not too large, so don't expect to be blasting music out of it, but it is passible.
A:AnswerYes, they sell replacements, it comes with two sizes as it is for larger and smaller wrists. Also you can even go to a jewelry store and get a band/strap there.
A:AnswerNo this is not a traditional smart watch. It needs the phone to do all "smart" functions. Without the phone it won't notify you of email, texts, or anything. You also can't talk on this watch anyway. If you answer a call it sends it straight to your phone.
A:AnswerHello PessimistLass, that's a really good question. Here is a link (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01003171/#turn-on-automatic-workout-detection-and-alerts-on-your-watch) to an article with steps on managing Automatic Workout Detection. ^Elizabeth
A:AnswerYes it is. You set up the watch to sync with your phone through Samsung's Wear app. I have a Galaxy S8, it took a little bit of time to set it up initially but I haven't experienced any problems since then.
A:AnswerYou can hit the answer phone on the watch but it will take you right to your phone you can't talk on your watch unless you added the plan $10 a month with your phone service plan
