Anyone *seen* and *like* the Gear S?

[Gsxr151]

It's a tradeoff, I think. The screen is to die for, and it is noticeably most impressive; great for scrolling and reading long text and email. Personally, I don't mind the size, but can understand why some others think it's too big. Perhaps for those people, if the width is more narrow....perhaps Samsung can come up with a smaller variant later.

Thanks! Even without english, this tells me everything I wanted to know about the Gear S, which I pre-ordered last week. Again, with the right custom band, the Gear S will look great as a wrist communicator, not a "smartwatch".

You preordered? What country are you in?

 

[DINGSTER1]

I'm guessing U.K.

 

[rellim]

U.S. I pre-ordered it from Mobilefun. Will cancel if better options show up the next few weeks.

 

[mikeyking]

About 1 minute in, is that a different sized SIM card to the one you'd find in the Galaxy Note 3? I'm hoping not but there seems to be a comparison going on between two SIM cards?

 

[Gsxr151]

U.S. I pre-ordered it from Mobilefun. Will cancel if better options show up the next few weeks.

Gotcha. My opinion is that you definitely don't need to preorder. There's about 10 people left who care about this product, HAHA! I'm kidding...just annoyed that the US has not heard anything. By the time they launch we'll be waiting for the Gear S2.

 

[Gsxr151]

U.S. I pre-ordered it from Mobilefun. Will cancel if better options show up the next few weeks.

Gotcha. My opinion is that you definitely don't need to preorder. There's about 10 people left who care about this product, HAHA! I'm kidding...just annoyed that the US has not heard anything. By the time they launch we'll be waiting for the Gear S2.

 

[Sammuel1973]

About 1 minute in, is that a different sized SIM card to the one you'd find in the Galaxy Note 3? I'm hoping not but there seems to be a comparison going on between two SIM cards?

Correct, there appears to be a different sim card than the ones from the Note 3, S5, etc; a bit smaller too. I think a different sim card is needed cuz of the new phone number associated with it. Besides, I would be annoyed if I have to constantly pop the back cover of both devices and swap with the same sim card. Samsung featuring Call Forwarding makes more sense now.

 

[Gsxr151]

Correct, there appears to be a different sim card than the ones from the Note 3, S5, etc; a bit smaller too. I think a different sim card is needed cuz of the new phone number associated with it. Besides, I would be annoyed if I have to constantly pop the back cover of both devices and swap with the same sim card. Samsung featuring Call Forwarding makes more sense now.

No one would buy it if we had to swap sim cards...wouldn't you say that defeats the purpose or value of the standalone watch?

 

[Gsxr151]

Well, I went and saw the Gear S for the first time about 30 minutes ago. It was a black one, non-functioning, because I think their charger was not working. So I did not get to see the working screen but did try it one. I love it!!! My impression was that it's larger but nothing too crazy. I like big watches though. If you are used to tiny watches you will probably hate the size...or if you are a smaller person. Now, I didn't get to try on a white one yet, but my feeling is the black will be more masculine and better for everyday use. The way I see it, this watch will get a lot of attention already...adding white says "look at me" and could take it over the top if you work in a professional environment. Now, changing to a white band one the weekend might be fun!! I am saying all of this based on only seeing the black one.

Lastly, I feel let down after the long wait because one, I asked them if they have any clue when its launching. They said no. Second, they had a non working display. Thats weak bcausee I have heard other people say this too.

All in all I love the watch...cannot wait to hear some news from Samsung. This is silly already.

I will post a pic later.

 

[ehosey2]

I am interested in the Gear S as well. Thanks for the update.

 

[DINGSTER1]

$449???!!! <dead faint>

 

[Gsxr151]

It's a tradeoff, I think. The screen is to die for, and it is noticeably most impressive; great for scrolling and reading long text and email. Personally, I don't mind the size, but can understand why some others think it's too big. Perhaps for those people, if the width is more narrow....perhaps Samsung can come up with a smaller variant later.

$449???!!! <dead faint>

Unless I missed something price has not been confirmed.

 

[mikeyking]

Correct, there appears to be a different sim card than the ones from the Note 3, S5, etc; a bit smaller too. I think a different sim card is needed cuz of the new phone number associated with it. Besides, I would be annoyed if I have to constantly pop the back cover of both devices and swap with the same sim card. Samsung featuring Call Forwarding makes more sense now.

Yeah but I have two phones, one personal (Note 3) and one work (S4). So I have two SIMs already and I like the idea of the Gear S so I can get rid of the S4 and rely on the gear S instead. It's a deal breaker for me if I can't use my existing SIM / number in the watch.

 

[foxbat121]

Relax. That's just a nano SIM (the one iPhone 5 first used IIRC) which is a standard SIM these days and plenty of phones use it. Samsungs are probably still use micro SIM which is slightly bigger. There are tools you can buy really cheap to trim down a micro SIM to became Nano SIM. In fact most tool today let you trim a regular mini SIM to micro SIM then to Nano SIM. If you keep the left over plastics, you can then adapter them back to larger size SIMs if you need to fit them back to phones using larger format SIM cards. The all have the same internal and contacts (which is what nano SIM covers) just different plastic surrounding sizes.

 

[Nchaka]

I went to the AT&T store today. They didn't have it on display because it won't be released until the 7th. But it is $300 or $199 on 2 year contract. plus$10/month for service. (on a mobile share plan)
They didn't have much info on it yet, but should later in the week when they get the display watch to play with.

 

[aitt]

About 1 minute in, is that a different sized SIM card to the one you'd find in the Galaxy Note 3? I'm hoping not but there seems to be a comparison going on between two SIM cards?

Gear S takes nano sims Note 3 takes micro

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[aitt]

I went to the AT&T store today. They didn't have it on display because it won't be released until the 7th. But it is $300 or $199 on 2 year contract. plus$10/month for service. (on a mobile share plan)
They didn't have much info on it yet, but should later in the week when they get the display watch to play with.

$300 Bought on sight

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[roninksb]

+1. I am reluctant to by on contract even if my unlimited plan is not an issue because this is such a new category but at $300 out the door, the only issue is how it looks on my arm.

 

[DINGSTER1]

Whoooohooo!

 

[dling71]

I picked mine up today 199/2 yr contract. This watch is gorgeous....I am super stoked.