Unlocked Samsung Gear S2 Classic 4G now sold at 40 percent discount in refurb condition

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

You can probably tell Samsung and its Gear S2-supporting US retailer and carrier partners have been rather pleased with the box-office performance of the beautiful circular smartwatch by the scarcity and triviality of their deals and discounts, even as a Gear S3 fast approaches.The last time we remember seeing the Tizen-powered, Android-compatible intelligent timepiece significantly marked down is

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Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch predictably coming in Classic variation too

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Compared to the pre-release Galaxy Note 7 speculation bonanza, which felt like a roller coaster of emotions including everything from childish excitement to confusion, disappointment and ultimately boredom, the Samsung Gear S3 rumor games are a total and unceasing snooze fest.The only semi-interesting, semi-unexpected thing about ...

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Samsung Gear S3 Frontier could be the full name of the next-gen Tizen smartwatch

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

When’s the last time Samsung released a product with a really cool name? When did the company even try to think outside the box and concoct an original moniker rather than attach bland Max, Pro, Active, Ace, Neo or, yes, Edge suffixes to base, established brands, as well as combine random letters with incremental digits?Instead of racking your brains to answer that, consider the following labels – Gear Blink,

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Smartwatch market shrinks, Apple is the main victim

Posted on by Jules Wang

The smartwatch market contracted for the first time in the second quarter and it’s all Apple’s fault.While it retained its top spot in the rankings, the 1.6 million shipments the company made is a big dip from its debut quarter that had 3.6 million shipments. Surprisingly, it was the only vendor out of the top five to lose shipments, meaning that those manufacturers had a lot ...

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Samsung Gear S2 update puts more action on the watch

Posted on by Jules Wang

We’ve lavished praise on the Gear S2 for its elegant, yet capable hardware and — very important, here — its speedy, squeaky-clean software. Sure, it wasn’t as robust as we’d like for it to be and it definitely had some attachment issues with its paired smartphone. But updates can definitely come along and change the name of the game in this respect.SamMobile is reporting ...

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Samsung Gear S2 Band Adapter arrives to pair the watch with your 20mm strap of choice

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Samsung has never been open to discuss the sales numbers of its latest and arguably greatest smartwatch yet, and even off the record, we’ve only heard reports of Gear S2 box-office achievements shortly after its launch.Those are rarely good signs, but the circular Tizen wearable must be doing something right, since a slew of new models were released in recent months, including

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Best Buy massively discounts Samsung Gear S2 and S2 Classic in refurb condition

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

There have been numerous occasions in the past few months for prospective buyers of the delightful Samsung Gear S2 to jump on the Tizen smartwatch bandwagon without paying an arm and a leg. But if you missed Adorama’s $200 deal, as well as AT&T and Verizon’s free ...

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Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G is the world’s first wearable with an embedded SIM

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

As tech companies continue to race towards gimmicky and ultimately impractical 4K smartphones with 16-core processors and 8GB RAM or $100K smartwatches made from solid Kryptonite, it’s easy to lose sight of the little annoying things that should have probably been improved decades ago.Case in point, physical SIM cards you need to replace when switching wireless carriers. How is that still a thing? Well, GSMA’s industry-backed Consumer Remote SIM provisioning initiative will finally make it obsolete before long, allowing the user to retain an embedded card or eSIM for the duration of a ...

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Samsung’s new Gear S2 Classic color options go up for sale tomorrow

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Back in December, Samsung gave fans of the Gear S2 Classic smartwatch (the design with that lovely knurled bezel ring) something to look forward to in the new year as it announced that the wearable was about to pick up two new color options: platinum and rose gold. At CES in early January we got a chance to check out the new hardware, bringing you a hands-on look at the new models. A few weeks later, ...

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US pricing for Samsung Gear S2 Classic Rose Gold and Platinum editions finally revealed

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It was certainly weird of Samsung to announce the commercial launch of the Gear S2 Classic “New Edition” in China, and its approaching global expansion without giving away anything on the retail cost front.But don’t worry, that doesn’t mean the fashionable Tizen timepiece will be priced in the Apple Watch Edition’s ballpark when plated with 18K rose gold or platinum. You’ll merely be asked to ...

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Samsung Gear S2 Classic ‘New Edition’ launches in China ahead of global spread

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Luxury smartwatch manufacturers are obviously competing for a very small piece of a slowly growing pie, so it probably shouldn’t come as a great surprise Samsung chose to merely plate its upscale Gear S2 variant with precious metals rather than make it all gold and platinum.The Gear S2 Classic New Edition nonetheless “wowed the tech world by merging fashion with technology” at CES earlier this month, according to ...

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CES 2016 Day 3 wrap-up: AOT, HP, Intel, Samsung, and more

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

CES 2016 has officially started, and, as it is usually the case with trade shows, it is pretty much over. Companies are generally unveiling products and services, making announcements, and gathering media at their press events prior to the official start of the show. However, that doesn’t mean that Day 3 (which is the official day one of CES) was a boring one. Check out the most important things that saw the light of day, rounded up for you below, in case you missed any of the action.Alcatel OneTouchAlcatel OneTouch

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Samsung Gear S2 Classic (Rose Gold and Platinum Edition!) Hands-On [Video]

Posted on by Jules Wang

If you’re into Iggy Azalea songs of yesteryear (who the heck isn’t, am I right?), you’ll notice that we’ve been getting a little fancy up in this place. Huawei first classed up its Huawei Watch for women, now Samsung is putting some classic touches on its Gear S2 Classic.If you’re familiar with our ...

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Samsung Gear S2 available for as little as $210, Gear S2 Classic at $270 on Adorama

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

The prettiest non-Android Wear circular smartwatch has been available directly from its manufacturer starting at $250 after a 50 bucks discount for a few days now. We’ve also known Best Buy was planning a similar deal for Black Friday, and Amazon predictably ...

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Samsung Gear S2 sees inaugural Korean pre-order inventory depleted in record time

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

The world’s first circular Tizen smartwatch is shaping up to be fairly costly, both stateside and internationally, and despite embracing non-Samsung Android phones for a change, its software still presents glaring shortcomings.But the Gear S2 and especially the Gear S2 Classic

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