IFA 2015: Hands-on: Is the gear S2 finally a good smart watch from Samsung? – Personal Computer Magazine

put on the market, but it tried to Gear S really capture the market – which did not work out quite right. The sales were quite disappointing, but with the gear S2 Samsung tries again. And that perhaps is going to work best ever.
 

and Samsung smart watches, which has not been a successful combination so far. The company tried a number sportwearables already a prudent step, the Gear Gear S2 is the successor of the S that was announced last year at the same IFA fair. We were there in our review are not very positive about: The watch was huge and had a lot of unnecessary rubbish. But mostly the size of the device that was against us, because the watch was huge and had a big flashy tie.

Classic watch

The gear S2 is different. Rather Samsung has chosen the odd square curve for a classic round shape – allowing the wearable there is already a lot more like a real watch. That means that the total screen surface, but in practice not mind. The Gear S2 fact has a number of useful features that are very attractive to operate the watch.

Although the watch is running on Tizen operating system is certainly different

Tizen

Watch runs on Tizen, Samsung’s own operating system for smart devices. That’s different than most smart watches, which today often run on Android Wear. Although the previous Gear S also turned on Tizen, is there in the gear S2 not much in evidence. The interface is so Wezenaar body else that you barely back knows – but with the previous model have been working to find we do not mind at all …

Intuitive controls

Particularly the operation of the S2 stands out, because it works directly very intuitive. That’s a relief after the confusing and downright frustrating menu of the original gear that worked so outrageously annoying that your wrist sometimes wanted to chop off.

Of particular interest is that the gear S2 works with a round on the side, which you can turn. With every touch you run, you get to see another menu. Also you can that way scrolling through long texts, which works very well. That’s good, because Samsung wants to watch really put in the market as a replacement for your smartphone, which you also have to read long texts or apps will use it.

Same OS , other UI

In essence, the operating system is still the same, and you have a home screen with the date and time. From there you can go to the left a screen that allows you to see a list of apps get, or to the right where a list of widgets is like the weather or the number of steps you’ve put. There is also another notification center when you get inside your messages. Although this way of information display was also in the original Gear S, it is in the gear S2 infinitely easier to scroll through the information.

Widgets

Well the gear S2 is still full of the same flauwekulletjes of the original. The widgets with lots of information, the notification screen with baking information, the apps have a mini-keyboard when you need to type so called … It remains a bit much of a good thing, and that is what we stood against the original S. Gear

Het it is not clear for whom this watch is covered and what you do with it – it is for consumers to the device as a replacement for their phone or just for athletes, whether for business users

Compatible with Android

Samsung? is understood in any case that the previous compatibility was a major problem. The Gear S could only be linked to a Galaxy smartphone, but Samsung makes the gear S2 also compatible with other Android devices – and not just those from Samsung itself. That will save at least for sales

Gear S2 comes in October to market, and costs more than € 349,. -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                

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