Samsung - Gear 2 Smartwatch 58.4mm Metal - Orange Rubber
Model: SM-R3800MOAXAR
SKU: 5507027
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Customers love the Gear 2 Smartwatch 58.4mm Metal for its excellent camera, long battery life, and stylish design. They find it convenient to use and appreciate features like the pedometer, phone call capabilities, notifications, and heart rate monitor. While some customers feel the price is a bit high and wish there were more apps available, overall, customers are very positive about the Gear 2 Smartwatch 58.4mm Metal.
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Overall, I am very happy with this purchase. I find that I use the camera more often than the phone camera for quick shots, though one must take care to ensure the window remains free of "finger grease" or the image will be blurry. When an email comes in (from any account the phone is configured for), you get the notification and can view a preview. Photos do not display, but all of the text is there. You can not reply to an email from the watch. When an text message comes in, you get the notification and can view the message. Again, photos do not display, but all of the text is there. You can reply to text messages using pre-configured templates. The Galaxy Gear app comes with some basic templates, but you can add whatever you'd like. You can also use the text templates to respond to phone calls that you decide to not answer... simply swipe "ignore" and then if you'd like, send a template message, such as "I'm in a meeting" or "I'm driving" The watch has a speakerphone built in, but use of the speaker (for phone or music) really hammers the battery. The watch has limited memory for music, but the speaker quality just isn't "there" and given that you are going to have your smartphone with you, I don't see the need to duplicate the music player in the watch. There are precious few apps available, and functionality is not 100%. I was happy to see clock face apps available that had a second hand, but upon using them, I found that my battery life was horrible, and the display would revert to the basic Samsung screen at least once a day. I just leave it at the clock/weather screen now. Another 3rd party app that I find very useful allows you to toggle various functions on the phone, such as very easily mute it for a movie, nice dinner, or a meeting (the watch will still vibrate), and the "sleep monitoring" mode, while it only logs the time it was in sleep mode and the watch motionless, when it is in sleep mode it puts the watch into block mode so it does not vibrate or light up the screen when an email or text comes in... it does activate when your alarm goes off, and as a lazy bum who frequently hits the snooze button or sleeps through his alarm, this watch has done a very good job of getting me out of bed at 4:30. Battery life, when running the standard clock face, is as advertised. Samsung claims 3 days, and I've done 3 days a couple of times now that the "newness" has worn off, but in general, I charge it every evening, though most evenings it is well above 50% when I connect it. Preloaded apps include the IR remote control also found in Samsung phones and tablets. I have not configured or tested it, as I use the Harmony remote.
This review is from Samsung - Gear 2 Smartwatch with Heart Rate Monitor - Silver/Black
Posted by Rich
This smart watch does it all. I especially like being able to use the voice command to take photos, take phone calls and it logs my steps. I get all my notifications, heart rate and music. It's such a joy being able to move around without my phone and still keep in touch. The clasp assures me that I won't lose my watch.
This review is from Samsung - Gear 2 Smartwatch with Heart Rate Monitor - Silver/Black
Posted by Hot314
This is a great $300 notification device. It comes equipped with a rarely used camera that takes excellent pictures but truly has no apparent use. As for being a hands free device while driving first you need to ensure that the Svoice app has been activated and insure that you properly pronounce commands correctly.
This review is from Samsung - Gear 2 Smartwatch with Heart Rate Monitor - Silver/Black
Posted by collegestudentpichulover