#S GEAR 2 BACKGROUNDS FULL#
If that’s true, that would be a full one to two days longer than the S2’s battery life. Marathon ManĪs far as performance, Samsung says the S3 will last between three and four days on a single charge. If you don’t have your phone with you, the Samsung Pay app will hold 5 “tokens” that let you make payments without the need for your phone. So if you’re on the go and don’t have your wallet with you, you can pay at stores with both NFC-enabled and regular old magnetic strip credit card readers with a wave of your wrist. Samsung has also added its Samsung Pay mobile payment solution to its Watches. A dearth of apps was one of the S2’s main drawbacks, so here’s hoping Samsung announces additional app partnerships in the lead-up to and following the S3’s launch. The company says it currently has 10,000 apps available for the Gear S2 and S3, but admitted that the bulk of those are user-made watch faces. You can control your Nest thermostat from the Gear S3 Samsung did, however, manage to cram 4GB of onboard storage into the S3, so you can load the watch with your favorite tunes to listen on the go.
#S GEAR 2 BACKGROUNDS OFFLINE#
Unfortunately, you can’t save your playlists for offline listening. The Spotify app in particular is helpful as it allows you to stream and control music through the S3. Speaking of which, Samsung says it has partnerships with the likes of Uber, Nest, ESPN, Yelp, Spotify, CNN and BMW.
#S GEAR 2 BACKGROUNDS SOFTWARE#
The S3 Classic and Frontier feature the same software and run the same apps. Move the bezel left, and the selector moves left. To use it, you simply rotate the bezel right and the watch’s on-screen selector rotates to the right. This was easily the best feature of the S2 and one of the main reasons I found using the watch so intuitive. In terms of the watches’ interfaces, Samsung decided to bring back the S2’s rotatable bezel. The watches can also survive in both extra frosty and exceedingly hot environments. To ensure your watch can take a licking and keep on ticking, Samsung designed the S3 Classic and Frontier to be waterproof in up to 5 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Of course, that LTE connection will require a separate data plan, so you’ll need to keep that in mind while shopping.
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The Gear S3 Classic is only available with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.Īdding LTE connectivity to the S3 Frontier will allow you to do things like make phone calls, download apps, receive notifications from third-party apps, stream music and send text messages without needing to have your phone with you at all times. See, the Gear S3 Frontier will be available in two versions: one with 4G LTE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and one with just Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Outside of their subtle design differences, there’s another reason Samsung is selling two versions of the Gear S3: cellular connectivity. Thankfully, Samsung says it will continue to sell the smaller S2 alongside the S3 for just such a scenario. It also means the timepiece will be too large for people with particularly small wrists. Samsung says it went with this chunkier design because it’s more in line with current watch styling. Unlike the S2, which sported a 42mm casing that fit nicely on both large and small wrists, the S3 Classic and Frontier come with larger 46mm casings.