Favorite Note companion device.

[sweetypie31]

I've had the same same watch with and without LTE. I ended up turning off the LTE because I never needed it, I always had my phone with me. It will only be of use if you want to leave your phone and just use your watch, there is no difference in use if your phone is with you or within reception of the watch, about 30 ft. Hope this helps.

This does help. Thank you.

 

[Bob31464]

This does help. Thank you.

You're welcome. Glad I could

 

[Johnston212]

I'm using a Ticwatch Pro, which is WearOs. I had the Gear S3 Frontier for over a year. I got tired with the lack of apps, svoice, and battery life.

Aside from the bezel for navigation, I have no idea what the appeal of the Galaxy Watch is.

 

[Johnston212]

So the Ticwatch pro arrived, very nice and unlike the Galaxy watch offers google pay and seemingly accurate fitness tracking. I also found some nice watch faces. The second screen is a nice feature but I find the transition quite jarring and it is also really hard to look at the second screen without triggering the main one which kind of defeats the object of it.

The issue though is that it is pretty sluggish throughout which does ruin it and as a result I am considering sending it back. If I send it back though I am not sure what the alternative is as it seems like most wear OS watches even those running 3100 are sluggish.

I do not want much from a smartwatch but I am starting to think that the apple watch is the only one that really works. The Galaxy watch was fast enough but Tizen is just too limiting app wise, payments are restricted to Samsung pay and there is no loyalty/store card support (if I have to use my phone to scan my Starbucks card then I may as well use the phone to pay!)

Ah!!!

I have a Ticwatch Pro as well. I haven't had too much sluggishness, but I am comparing it to a Gear S3 Frontier. Battery life is awesome. First smartwatch that I can actually use all day

 

[Fast-T]

Motiv Ring for 24/7 tracking and a real swiss mechanical watch on my wrist. Got so tired of smart watches.

 

[evohicks]

I never felt the need to get a smart watch, I've been looking at them since the first release a few years ago and pondered for a week or two then forgot about it until my wife got the Gear Fit 2. She pretty much 'wore it to death' and a few weeks ago we got her the Galaxy watch and she loved it, and so did I !!!
So I acquired her beat up Gear Fit 2 until last week when I just gave in and bought the Galaxy watch 46mm and I love it, but I can understand why some people get disappointed in all this smart tech stuff, it's not for everyone that's for sure and you should really not jump in feet first straight away, it's never going to replace a phone! that's why there are so many smart watches for sale on Facebook/Ebay etc...

Now on another note has anyone tried the Spigen 'Liquid Air' case for the Galaxy watch/Gear S3?

 

[bassjo]

I've been rocking the Garmin Fenix 5X plus since I got my GN9. I came back from a iPhone X+ with the lastest gen Apple watch. I sold both back to Verizon and paid for my Note.

 

[Johnston212]

I never felt the need to get a smart watch, I've been looking at them since the first release a few years ago and pondered for a week or two then forgot about it until my wife got the Gear Fit 2. She pretty much 'wore it to death' and a few weeks ago we got her the Galaxy watch and she loved it, and so did I !!!
So I acquired her beat up Gear Fit 2 until last week when I just gave in and bought the Galaxy watch 46mm and I love it, but I can understand why some people get disappointed in all this smart tech stuff, it's not for everyone that's for sure and you should really not jump in feet first straight away, it's never going to replace a phone! that's why there are so many smart watches for sale on Facebook/Ebay etc...

Now on another note has anyone tried the Spigen 'Liquid Air' case for the Galaxy watch/Gear S3?

It's not meant to. It's meant to supplement your phone, which is something that my old Gear S3 Frontier was barely able to do. My Ticwatch Pro on the other hand, is quite capable of supplementing my phone.

 

[MarineDawg]

I am happy with the Galaxy watch and just recently noticed that when using here maps on the phone the directions show on the watch. Sadly I wear my watch with the face on the inside of my wrist so this doesn't help me but I found it really neat it went that far.

I haven't had any qualms with the tracking activities outside of how breaks are handled when hiking (auto detect vs manually starting.) The deciding factor was the ability to answer calls. I had the S3 Classic and got rid of it for the increased battery life. Being able to host music was an added bonus, now I'm officially a Galaxy Watch convert.

 

[djepperson1]

I haven't ever need much from a watch love my Fitbit versa good enough for me 4 days of battery life wanted one less thing to have to charge plus use it for sleep tracking