I guess I am the lone voice of dissent.
Had about every major Sammy phone going back to 610. (720 is all time fav in its era)
Had Gear 1 and Gear S since the day they came out.
I really liked the Gear 1 (except charging cradle was touchy) (and glad I didn't sell it).
The Gear S?
1- Barely fits under most shirt sleeves. It's huge.
2- no camera.
3- charger/battery is nice, but my battery life is not improved over Gear 1.
4- Screen is gorgeous. But what for!? No camera - so what, so what. I got a better screen in my pocket.
5- S-Health is of zero value. This is junk from start-to-finish. Not even a good toy.
6- Almost all of the Gear S related software is expensive and "use once and forget".
7- Notifications are difficult to sort out and rarely mean anything. Gear 1 was very easy to track, setup, and use.
8- Why does it not have a "back" button, or a "menu" button like all sammy phones? There is plenty of room for it. Swiping is a pain.
9- Phone? WTF - WHY? it makes ZERO usable sense and I have yet to use it. I have superior phone in my pocket 24x7. Why does it have this feature? Just stupid to have a phone on it. Only those showing off are leaving their phones at home and using the watch as a phone.
10- Contract? A freaking cell phone contract for my watch.
11- New Smartwatch coming out in a month will make it obsolete. Gee thanks - now stuck with that useless cell contract for another 22 months.
So far, it is a bigger, bulker, harder to operate version of the Gear 1.
Bottomline:
Gear 1 was serious compliment to Note series of phones.
Gear S? A toy.
Next stop - ebay.