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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AT&T Galaxy Note 7 deals and availability detailed

Posted on by Jules Wang

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the full retail price of the phone as $695. It is $880. AT&T is offering an account credit of $695 if customers buy a second, eligible Galaxy smartphone. Pocketnow regrets the error.If you’ve been following the rumors regarding the wheelings and dealings of carriers carrying the all-new Galaxy Note 7, you’ll likely not ...

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Here are a few of the sensors likely built into the fitness-friendly Samsung Gear S3

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Back when we reviewed the OG Samsung Gear S in 2014, we called the thing more smartphone than smartwatch, which wasn’t necessarily a compliment. The 2015 sequel addressed many of the form factor-related and UI complaints, but health enthusiasts still found the Gear S2 flawed, especially in its Bluetooth-only, non-3G, non-GPS-including configuration.Samsung may have taken note again, and even after releasing a

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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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The Ticwatch 2 is a crowdfunded twist on Android Wear

Posted on by Jules Wang

A Chinese startup called Mobvoi — which has successfully closed three rounds of funding, the latest led by Google — has decided to bring an Android-powered smartwatch out of China.The Ticwatch 2 technically isn’t even an Android Wear watch — it’s a watch that runs a skinned version of Android with something more like Tizen in mind. The watch, running Ticwear OS, is compatible with smartphones ...

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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 gains Samsung Pay love, sort of

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Even though mobile payments still don’t reach the adoption levels that OEMs would like, Samsung continues to offer the most robust solution. We’re not saying that Samsung Pay is better, but we have to give props to the company for allowing you to use the service in almost any terminal imaginable, while competitors force the user to find NFC-capable terminals. Samsung has decided to take its Pay service to a whole new level, but with some restrictions.Samsung Pay has just reached a broader beta for the Samsung Gear S2. It was available as a closed beta a few months ago, but now ...

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Samsung starts rolling out big Gear S2 ‘Value Pack’ update

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Samsung Gear S3 rumors are still thin on the ground, despite the Galaxy Note 7 “unpacking” event and IFA Berlin inching closer, with the Gear S2 of course unveiled at the previous German ...

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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 S3 photo leak barely gives anything away

Posted on by Jules Wang

We seem to be in the preliminary stages of Samsung Gear S3 hype at the moment. After rumors came out that there will be one relatively soon, that it will run Tizen and have a round watchface, we’re already sneaking a peak at what it may look like.Yes, peak. Why? Because the exposure on these photos is way, way past peak.[ #타이젠 카페 ] 기어S3 추정 이미지 스크린 유출

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“Solis” smartwatch likely Samsung Gear S3

Posted on by Jules Wang

Samsung seems to know its way around smartwatches. Even as a distant second to the Apple Watch, the company’s Tizen-based offerings have proven popular in their own right — especially considering the forethought put into the Gear S2.Well, it’s another year and already we’re hearing word from SamMobile that there’s another

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Exec says Samsung’s all-in on Tizen for smartphones

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The idea of Samsung moving its future smartphone releases from Android to Tizen has been around since it took up the operating system in some of its mobile electronics.And then, the smartwatches started picking up steam. As more of its smart ...

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Android Wear on Samsung Gear not happening again anytime soon [UPDATE]

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Update: Samsung released a follow-up statement which we picked up from Engadget:“We disagree with Fast Company’s interpretation. Samsung has not made any announcement concerning Android Wear and we have not changed our commitment to any of our platforms.”The company did not confirm anything about a new Android Wear device currently in the works.We should point out that Fast Company did not name the “executives” it got this information from.Our original story is below.Samsung was a launch ...

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Fitbit and Xiaomi both eclipse smartwatch king Apple in overall Q1 wearable sales

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

CEO Tim Cook may try to shine a bright light on Apple’s recent financial numbers, spinning them in such a way that sales decline signals forthcoming growth, and weak China penetration beats yesteryear’s even lousier box-office scores in the world’s largest smartphone market.Meanwhile, the Apple Watch is still considered a hit, and future generations ...

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