Samsung Gear S is Samsung's latest offering in the wearable device category featuring a built-in cellular connection and a curved display. It will be available in the US under in November from Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T.
Gear S is slated for a November 7 release in the United States and it will be coming to Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile under different deals. However, IB Times clarifies that it will be available from Verizon and AT&T starting then, but will only be available from Sprint starting November 9.
According to Fashion & Style, T-Mobile has announced the retail price of the smartwatch to be $349.92, while sprint is offering it for $384. Monthly plans are also available for those wanting to buy the product without any down payment. T-Mobile will be offering unlimited data and texting for an additional payment of $5 per month, while AT&T offers the option to pay $10 monthly for Family Share or Mobile Share plans. Without the Mobile or Family Share plans, Gear S is available from AT&T for $199.99. Geeky-Gadgets also mentions the device being priced monthly at $14.58 for two years under a plan from T-Mobile.
The wearable device can also be bought from Best Buy, shares IB Times.
According to IB Times, this will be the sixth smartwatch from Samsung, but it will be the first standalone wearable device. "Standing apart from other smartwatches, Samsung Gear S will be able to make and receive calls and messages along with all the regular wearable functionalities, and can work independently," the article says. Aside from cellular signal, it also has WiFi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS/Glonass.
Fashion & Style states that Samsung Gear S comes with its own cellular connectivity, which enables users to use it to check their social media accounts and e-mail accounts without having to connect to a different connection. However, this also means that the smartwatch's number is not the same as your phone's number when making a call.
Running on Tizen software, the watch with a 2-inch curved OLED display apparently has a 300 mAh Li-ion battery that can last for two days. Samsung Gear S can be paired with other Samsung smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Samsung Galaxy S5.
Gear S will be available in both black and white with changeable straps. It will run on a dual core 1.0GHz processor and has 512MB of RAM and 4GM of internal memory.
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