SAMSUNG Gear S3 Frontier Smartwatch Pedometer (Bluetooth), SM-R760NDAAXAR

One week ago, I would have rated this with 5-stars. However, for some unknown reason, the battery life, which was 3+ days, has gone down to about 8 hours. I haven't downloaded any apps or changed the settings I have been using for the past month; the only change has been some sort of software update. I'm giving a temporary 3-stars in hopes that I can figure out a solution. If I can, I'll bring this up to 5-stars. If I can't, I'll lower this to 1-star and return it. Either way, once I figure out what I'm going to do, I'll provide better feedback with what I like and dislike, etc.... ==== Update: So, after the watch completely discharged its battery, and I let it fully charge again, I'm back to a full 3 days of use. The only setting I changed after it charged was turning the 'connections -> wifi' from 'auto' to 'off'. I figure I almost always have my phone, and if I don't, I'm probably not near an open access point WITHOUT a captive portal (requiring browser-based login). That doesn't necessarily explain the battery drain because this was how I had the setting previously. This is a great watch, based on what I was looking for. I previously had an LG G watch, one of those goofy-ass rectangular smartwatches, and other than the style, i really liked the functionality. I like the style of many new round smartwatches, but they were either prohibitively expensive (Tag Heuer), or the battery life was crap (most smartwatches), or, in the case of the LG Watch Sport and Style, you either got more than you wanted and paid for it, or not enough. My criteria: Looks (subjective, but essentially, a round smartwatch that wasn't too bulky, but with a screen big enough to use) Functionality (had to work with a non-Samsung Android smartwatch, show notifications from hangouts, SMS, calendar, etc) Battery Life (had to very easily make it through 24 hours) Non-LTE version I think the watch looks great. I'm a bigger dude, so the watch doesn't look out of place and huge on my wrist like some of the other photos I've seen. If you have svelte features, maybe the size would be problematic. I'm using the standard band that comes with the watch, which looks good, but I like that I can easily switch bands if I want to. Functionally, the watch is great. I get notifications from SMS and Hangouts, as well as from Google calendar, which I use at work for upcoming meetings. Initially, as I was researching the watch, I wasn't sure if a non-Samsung watch would pair well with this, since it doesn't run Android Wear (it runs Samsung's Tizen OS). The only issue with regard to Tizen is the lack of apps, but I don't really care about extending the capabilities beyond what it already does (wihch is what I need/want). The watch has decent sensors for 'exercise', though I suspect there are superior watches for that. I don't exercise that much and don't care about measuring my heart-rate anyway. I can feel my heart about to explode out of my chest when I play hockey, which is a good enough indicator that I'm getting some exercise. Battery life is awesome. I'm currently on my third day since its last charge, and other than the weird drain issue I first wrote about, the watch has been solid. I do currently have wifi off, as well as location, since I usually have my cell phone nearby; the watch gets that info from the phone. Knowing I can turn either of those on, if I needed to, is nice. I also have my watch face set to only turn on when I move my wrist or push a button. I've read that keeping the display always-on would reduce battery quite a bit. Good thing I'm not always looking at the watch face. Bonus features! Samsung Pay. I never used Android pay (NFC) for purchases. I was sort of waiting until it was more ubiquitous and expected, as opposed to everyone looking at you like 'one of those types'. That's just my own insecurity though. But with this watch, I just press a button, select a card, and then hold the watch near the card-paying-thingie (NFC terminal) at the store. That's great and all, but what's really super great is that it doesn't have to be an NFC terminal. As long as it's got the magnetic strip, this watch will work! I tried it at a local liquor store and the woman said, "this device is really old and doesn't have that fancy technology." I replied, "this watch is magic, check this out!". We were both pretty impressed. Another feature I really like is how you can reply to messages. There is an old phone style keyboard, with 2-3 letter per number, which is just terrible. There is the ability to speak into the watch, which I don't use because nothing comes close to Google's speech recognition, in my option. And the other option is to draw the letters on the screen. I wasn't sure how well that would work; it works great! Just draw each letter, quickly, if you want, with an underscore for a 'space', and then send. Love it. Finally, Dick Tracy, you can answer phone calls through your watch. Just speak into it. I haven't really used this, and figure I will never use it unless I'm tied to a shark, which is tied to a missile, or maybe if I'm driving (I don't have Bluetooth in my car). But it's cool. Anyway, this is a good watch.

UPDATE: 8\12\19 I just wanted to come back and report that my original Gear S3 is still going strong and that I ended up giving it to my Mom who is still using it without any issue. I loved my bluetooth version so much that I purchased another one off of Ebay for a mere $100.00! This was probably 8 or 9 months ago and it is the AT and T version and it was used in like new condition. I do not use the LTE, I continue to use it as a bluetooth device only and it works flawlessly!! Samsung really hit it out of the park with the Gear S3 Frontier. I can still get 2 and a half days out of it and it is running the latest software. I can not no comment on the current versions of these watches but if The Gear S3 Frontier is any indication, I'd say get one if you want a smartwatch! First off, this is my review for my Bluetooth Only model Gear S3 Frontier running Tizen 3.0.0.1 that I purchased here on Amazon from the seller Ocean Reef Electronics.I am using a Nexus 6P running Nougat 7.1.2. Now, on with the review! UPDATE: Had a defect with the used 6P that I purchased so I returned it and am now using a Motorola X Pure Edition and I must say, battery life is even BETTER!! I guess it's the better radios in Motorola devices, so my watch isn't working as hard to maintain a connection maybe? I'm not sure but it has greatly improved my battery life. It used to be down to about 55% to 58% when I'd go to charge it the next day, now it's still at at a good solid 78% charge. *NOTE: Just a suggestion but after having issues with my Fitbit Blaze failing after a year and one month due to the thin layer of film on the back cracking from sweat and causing the battery to overheat and the tracker to die, I decided to put a tempered glass screen protector on the display AND the back panel of my Gear S3 Frontier. Some folks seem to be having the same issue with their S3's that I had with my Blaze and I'm hoping that the additional protective layer will keep my Gear S3 Frontier from suffering the same fate. You may also want to add one as well if you have not already. Just wanted to throw that in there. Now back to the review! I absolutely LOVE LOVE L-O-V-E LOVE this watch!!! First off, I am one of those people who thought smartwatches were just a gimmick to get people to spend money needlessly. The reason I purchased this watch is because I got mad at Fitbit LOL! Seriously. I bought a Fitbit Blaze a year and a month ago and one silly little flimsy piece wore out (because of poor quality material used) and instead of letting me use my offered 50% discount towards a new model tracker that has addressed the admitted material issue, they told me I could either get a free replacement Blaze Pebble (the tracker without the straps) pay them for a new Blaze or pay them for a model that was inferior to my Blaze. Instead, I went with a free Blaze Pebble, and while I was waiting for it to arrive I came here on Amazon to look at smartwatches. I ended up going with the Gear S3 Frontier and I am SO glad I did!! PROS: I live in the boonies and connection is spotty in my house so what can I do now? I can leave my phone in the living room where I get good signal and walk around the rest of my small house and still receive notifications, text messages, and make and receive phone calls over bluetooth ON MY WATCH!!! I know some folks say the fun of this wears off quickly but because of the poor reception on my phone, it has been an absolute Godsend to be able to leave my phone in a good reception location and still make and receive phone calls and get notifications on my watch. The sound quality is exactly that of my phone on speaker. I use this feature almost exclusively when I'm at home. I don't have bluetooth in my car so I use an output jack in my car and while I don't talk on my watch in the car very often, I do use the controls on my watch to answer calls that go to my phone so I do not have to reach down and get my phone to answer calls. It is so much easier to swipe to answer on my wrist while driving. MUSIC I easily figured out how to transfer music from my phone to my watch and I have had no trouble listening to the songs on my watch, both through the built in speaker and by way of bluetooth earbuds without any trouble. I also have no trouble with using the music controls on my watch to control the music player on my phone and I love how quick and easy it is to switch sources right there on the watch screen. Now, I've only tested this in the house. The true test will be when I'm outside mowing grass and I have my phone wrapped in a bandana in my pocket. I imagine it will work just fine but I've not been out to mow since I've gotten my watch. It's so nice, I'm not even sure I'm going to use it while mowing. UPDATE 10/2/18 I have had many opportunities to use the music controls in and outside the house and they work brilliantly! I am able to use the watch to control the music that I have stored on my watch AND I can also use my watch to control my playlist if I am listening to music that is stored on my phone. Infact you can go back and forth between the two immediately, right there on the watch. I had RF ablations done on the right and left side of my back and both times I went for the procedure, the surgeon and his staff had my play the music on my watch! The first time internet was down and they couldn't access Pandora and I had left my phone out in the waiting room with family so I volunteered to play music out loud that I have stored on my watch. They were all blown away lol! So much so that when I went back a few weeks later for the procedure to be done on the other side of my back, the surgeon said, where's that awesome watch, I want you to use it again to play music! I thought that was funny. :-D SOS: I have not had a chance to actually try this out but I do have emergency contacts plugged in and I am happy to know I can use my watch to ring for help if my phone is out of reach. CUSTOMIZATION: I love just how customizable this watch is. Everything is so easy to replace or customize. The bands are easy to replace, the watch faces are easy to change and customize. I use the Gear store as well as the Facer app and while you can pay for your watchfaces, there are so MANY free ones that I can't see myself ever needing to shell out money for new watchfaces. I even purchased some Awinner brand rubber body guards to not only add a layer of protection to my watch, but also allow me to change up the colors of my watch. I like how I can use one of my songs as a ringtone or notification tone and how it give me an option to start the song from the beginning, or where the song becomes enthusiastic, if that is where I would prefer my ringtone to start. UPDATE 10/2/18 This is an update about the Awinner colored protectors, not the watch watch itself. I mentioned above that I use the Awinner frame covers not only to change the look of my watch, but to protect my watch during periods of high activity but I stopped using them for that purpose because sweat was collecting under the rubber. After 3 or 4 hours of pushmowing the yard, I'd come in and take the frame off and there would be alot of sweat pooled on the inside of the rubber, so much so that I became worried it would cause sweat damage to my watch so now I use the colored frame covers for asthetics only. Right now I'm wearing a gray and black stripped nylon band with the white colored Awinner rubber frame protector and it's kind of looks like I'm wearing Jack Skellington on my wrist! I get a chuckle everytime I get a glimpse of my watch on my wrist, besides it is October right now as I type this lol. FITNESS FEATURES: Ok let me first start off by saying I am not a super fitnessy person. With that said, I think this watch blows my Fitbit Blaze out of the water with it's fitness capabilities. While I have had a chance to wear both my Blaze and my Gear S3 Frontier at the same time to try and do a comparison, the comparison could not be perfectly accurate because I had my watch on my right wrist and my fitbit on my left. The first time I tested it, of course the watch logged about 600 more steps than my fitbit blaze did, but I think that's because I had the watch on my dominant hand and so far as I can tell, there is no way to adjust that setting like you can on a Fitbit. So what I ended up doing is the next day, I wore the watch on my less dominant hand and the fitbit on my more dominant hand and this time the Fitbit was logging more steps, so I have come to the conclusion, that atleast when it comes to the Blaze and the Gear S3 Frontier, the step count is roughly the same and definitely more accurate if you wear it on your non-dominant hand. Another fitness feature I love is the "get up and move" nudges! These are AWESOME because they aren't just nudges to get up and take some steps, it actually gives you an option to perform one of three preloaded exercises. "Twist", which is locking your fingers together, pushing your arms straight out in front of you and twisting from left to right. There is "Reach Up" where you do your arms the same but you go up and down instead of side to side. Then there are "squats" where you cross your arms across your chest and push your elbows out and squat down. Or if you don't want to do those options and you'd rather just get up and walk around you can do that too. The only thing I do wish, is that it would keep counting after I do the initial 5 reps. It is neat how it counts them down four you but it only counts 5 and then the screen goes back to the homescreen even if you keep doing the reps. It would be nice to have a bit of continued on screen encouragement from the watch. UPDATE 10/2/18: I still love the watch for fitness BUT Fitbit really is on to something with their 250 steps an hour goal reminders per hour because while the move reminders are nice what with having onscreen choices for other activities besides walking, I REALLY wish it were more like the 250 steps an hour that Fitbit has going on their trackers. I wish I could customize and hourly goal or even have the same set hourly goal like Fitbit and get reminders and incouragement that keeps you going for more than 5 counts. I NEED that motivation lol! Unfortunately the fitness aspects of the watch are not quite as motivating as I would like for them to be. I still prefer it for the build quality, over anything Fitbit has to offer though but I really do wish they would update their fitness software to better compete with Fitbit's. I don't even need the SHealth app to be like the Fitbit community, I just want the tracker software to be more like that of Fitbit's tracking software with the hourly nudges and onscreen encouragement. HEART RATE SENSOR: The heart rate sensor on my watch performs about as accurate as the one on my Blaze did and both where in a few beats of the heart rate sensor I use on the nursing unit where I work. FIND MY PHONE/GEAR: YEAH!!! It is so nice to finally have a way to find my phone when I've set it down somewhere and I can not remember where lol! UPDATE 10/2/18 I use the find my phone/ gear feature ALL THE TIME!! I mean, the frustration I have saved (alone) has made this watch worth it to me lol! BATTERY LIFE: I work at night so I charge my watch before I go to bed during the day so that it can be fully charged by the time I go to bed. This allows me to leave my phone in my living room and still go to bed being able to make and received calls. My battery could probably last me a good two and 1/2 days with the way I have mine set up but I chose to charge it everyday an hour or so before I go to bed. I usually get down to 48 to 53% after a 24 hour period which is quite acceptable to me considering all my watch does. UPDATE: as I stated at the top, I switched to a motorola device and now my battery is at a solid 78% battery life after a 24 hour period the way I have it set up. CONS: I only really have one and if they fixed it this watch would be 100% perfect to me and that is the notifications. If you receive a series of notifications from the same source, messaging, facebook messenger, etc, you only see the latest one that was sent to you so if you are asleep or somehow don't notice you've received a message, when you open your notifications on your watch, it will only show you the last response sent to you and none of the previous ones which is probably the silliest think ever. It's not a huge deal for me because I really do not have contact with very many people but if you use your phone for business or you are very social, this is going to bug the heck out of you. All in all this watch is AMAZING!!!! Easily the best electronical purchase I have ever made and I have absolutely zero regrets so far.

Jumping from a Moto 360 (first gen) to this... it's a big jump! I got the international version so it doesn't have a sim card slot... First the hardware, everyone can agree it's smooth, amazing and easy to navigate. The software... The steps are counted quite accurately and are not counted while I'm driving. It does sometimes register a few steps while I'm driving but nothing too dramatic. I do like how it reminds me to move when I'm sitting for an hour or more! The floors seem to be counted fine most of the time. I also wear this to sleep, something I thought I couldn't do but I've gotten used to it. So it tracks my sleep and gives me everything from how long I slept for to how much I remained motionless. The problem though... It couldn't sync with my phone. The app simply wouldn't install. It wasn't compatible even though my phone is a lenovo Zuk z2 pro and has 6gb of ram and everything else a high end smartphone would have. I had to go through many forums to find a modified app that would install, and eventually, it did. It keeps disconnecting every now and then though. Remote functions... I like how you can connect to any wifi and be able to receive whatsapp messages and notifications even if your phone isn't nearby or connected through bluetooth. I don't know if you can receive calls remotely and answer them with your watch, that would be cool but I don't think it's possible. The speakers and microphone... Super clear and basic. The person on the other end could hear me fine and I could hear them. But don't depend on the voice assistant unless you like to wait 5 minutes for an answer and even then, it's usually not what you're looking for lol. Performance... Rarely is there any lags at all. Once a week, there's a bit of lag randomly but I am sure there's an explanation for it because it rarely happens. Otherwise, it's super smooth, unstoppable and doesn't have any "Android stopped responding" type of errors lol! Everyday wear... I use this for everything. I'm a bodybuilder so I lift weights with this watch on. I don't have any stored music yet but I think it's ridiculous how it only has 1.5gb of available space. Even my moto 360 first gen had at least 2gb of free space but I guess it's the software that takes up all the space. I can wear this on my runs, lifts and sleep. And even if there's a formal occasion, I can wear this with a nice outfit and still look fashionable. I like how the bands are easily swappable. I have a black band for formal use, and red for everything else. Battery life... Samsung claims 4 days or 3. It barely makes it past 2 days with normal use (always on display, checking steps etc). I'm super happy with the battery life because my old smartwatch (moto 360 1st gen) would only last 6-8 hours if I was lucky. *Recommended fitness app* I've tried a few fitness apps now and I think Underarmour Record has the best app for this watch. It's super efficient and displays what you need to know like distance / constant heart rate measurement/ etc. and you can change the type of workout you're doing. I heard Underarmour has the best software, but not the best hardware. So this watch goes perfectly with that app. And of course, it syncs with your phone. *App issues* I'm not getting my steps synced into my app, as I mentioned earlier I had to go miles to get a modified app to work on my phone. So I'm not getting my steps, sleep or really anything else synced on my phone. I heard I have to un-sync my watch and reset it and whatnot but I don't feel like going through the trouble. I've already spent a day installing the modified app, and additional apps that this watch requires. It was a tedious process but well worth it as I'm willing to put in the work for this watch. If I could, I would rate this 4.5. I don't want to knock out a whole star because I think it deserves that half star for the potential and current usefulness. I think this watch has set the bar up high for future smartwatches! If you're looking for a smartwatch that will last you for a good long time, then this one is the one to get. I heard even Samsung's next smartwatch won't look like this, it'll look more like a "smartwatch" than a regular watch. It's unfortunate since I got this because it looks like it a watch! I believe this watch should last a solid 5 years as I don't see myself needing anything special unless the battery life extended to 7 days or something. Too bad there aren't that many apps to install but I can live with that and don't need anything special on mine. Overall, this is like a 9.5 out of 10 for me. Did you find my review helpful? If so, hit that helpful button!

I have had my Gear S3 Frontier for about a week now. Background: I also own the 1st Gen Moto 360 Android Wear smart watch, a Pebble Time Steel watch and plenty of fitness trackers prior to this. I have also owned a few Casio G-shock watches. Observations/Notes: When comparing this watch to my prior experiences, it does offer everything I could hope to have in a modern smartwatch. I really wanted Android Wear 2.0 watches to be the answer and is what I was waiting for but the one thing I could not stand about my prior Android Wear watch and from what all the current Android Wear 2.0 watches also look to have is the terrible 1 day battery life. After using a Pebble Time Steel for the past year, I could not go back to a watch I have to charge every single day. I don't mind charging every few days though. One of the common points I kept reading about this watch is it gets 4 solid days of battery life and I have yet to see that though with it being a new "toy" I have been playing with it a lot more than I otherwise likely will given more time. The Gear companion app (on Android) is pretty solid. It provides useful stats about what specific items are consuming your watch battery and I was able to early on identify some specific on by default features that I did not actually care to use were large battery consumers. I have had a few issues with activity detection. I was rocking my daughter to sleep and it thought I was using an elliptical, which is somewhat understandable due to the rocking motion but it was not intuitive at all on how to stop it from being in that workout activity. I still do not understand exactly what I did that stopped it but it took me about an hour of trying different things on the watch to stop it from thinking I was still in that activity. It also does not seem to detect when I'm sleeping very well, which is a huge disappointment to me as it's something I like to track and became used to with my Pebble. I received a week report yesterday that showed a bunch of nice stats and graphs but it only had sleep tracking data for 2 days out of 6. I don't know why the other days did not track or why the 2 days that did track worked but it's a big mark against it so far until I can figure out a better way. To this point though, it's one of the larger pain points of the watch. It's not very intuitive, there's really not any kind of walk through demo that shows you how to use everything, even the companion app does not locally store the guides and just loads a webpage FAQ which is pretty lacking and not very comprehensive or accessible in teaching someone who knows nothing about using the watch. I say this as someone with over 20 years in technology and who has used may other gadgets and smartwatches already. This is more typical with Samsung in general though. Their phones are the same, they pack them full of new features but do a terrible job of educating the consumer about them and how to use them. The physical footprint of the watch itself is large, it's much larger then the Gear S2, which I have worn in the past. It is pretty thick and makes fitting under a long sleeve dress shirt difficult. This is an area the Pebble Steel Time won out at hands down. It looks great though, it's very classy looking (in my opinion) and it's easy to switch out the silicone/rubber band with a nicer metal band if you want to dress it up. The navigation is great with the twisting dial, it's a lot easier to spin than the Gear S2 from my experiences. I do wish there was a way to select something with a physical button though, but there is a bit of a solution you can enable in the settings that will select whatever you are stopped on for a few seconds. This might work for some but I found it more of a pain than just touching the screen to select. I wish the two side buttons were more dynamic though and one would become the select button when twisting the dial and go back to it's normal functions when inside of an app or menu or when at the name home screen/watch face. Speaker calls and Bluetooth: It's awesome that the watch has a decent and passable speaker that you can easily take a call and hold a conversation with someone in a mostly quiet room without issue. It's very "Dick Tracy" feeling and I love it, but I cannot use it sadly as enabling the watch to receive and hold calls using the speaker ties up your phones Bluetooth connection and will not allow it to connect to your cars Bluetooth hands free or a Bluetooth headset to take calls without having to always disconnect the watch phone audio under Bluetooth settings prior to using the other devices each and every time. I wish there was a way to auto-enable the phone audio to the watch based on GPS location or WiFi connection. That would be the perfect solution as I would have it allow calls from the watches speaker whenever I was home but disable it everywhere else. Maybe there's a way to accomplish something like this with Tasker and is something I will probably play with at some point. I think Samsung's vision and solution to this is their new upcoming Galaxy S8 which is one of the first phones I've seen that does multipoint Bluetooth that will allow it to be connected to two different Bluetooth speakers/systems at the same time. This is a pretty new feature though and not an option on my Nexus 6P sadly. At this point, I plan on keeping it if I can figure out how to get sleep detection working correctly and actually get the 4 days of battery life consistently. If I cannot get either one of these resolved, then I will likely return it and wait longer for something better to come along. I plan on doing an updated review once I have had more time with the watch.

I've been using my Gear S3 Frontier a.k.a my "Dick Tracy" watch for the past 2 week and I must say it is a pleasure. I've made and received calls via the watch just to have the experience of doing it; it is not the idea why to do things but it works great in a pinch. I run the following apps on my watch: Phone, Contacts, Samsung Health, Weather, Samsung Pay, Music Player, Reminders, Alti-Barometer, Scheduler, Alarm, World clock, Gallery and of course find my phone. I've also setup two different Calendars to send a notification to the watch too. The phone works great but I don't want to talk into my wrist all the time, and you can move the call you answered on your watch to your phone, which is what I did one time, it was easy. Contact, there is not much to say about that. Samsung Health is good, it tells you when you have climbed a set of stairs, as long as the stairs are more than 10 feet. It counts your steps, I'm at 4200 today and my goal is 6500, and the goal is easy to change. Heart rate monitor is fine you just need to wear the watch a little tighter than you are likely use to. I found the heart rate to be accurate to my pulse\oxygen meter. The weather is as accurate as accuweather is. Samsung Pay works just like apple pay, easy to use and no problem to report. Music Player is best when your watch is paired with a Bluetooth headset. I've not missed a meeting since the Scheduler has moved to my wrist. The Alarm, well it is an alarm and if will wake you up. The World clock is helpful since I change time zones when I travel, now I don't wake the wife by calling when she is asleep. The Gallery is the only one I think is kind of silly, the watch face is small for really viewing a picture. My biggest concern was the battery life; with all these apps doing there thing and the always on watch face turned off I'm getting 4 days of use out of the watch battery. I don't know what it would be if the watch face was always on but I'll be trying it soon. I don't like a cluttered watch face, my current one has the time, date and battery status in percent. I have 9 others watch faces stored on my watch so I'm ready. There are lots of free watch faces available. I'm happy I selected the Samsung Gear S3 watch. By the way my first watch call was to my youngest son, whom has the same watch, I didn't know that until he told me he answered my call via his S3 watch. I believe you will be happy with this watch.

I switched late 2016 from a HTC One M8 to Samsung Galxy S7 based on the S7's highly rated camera image quality, among some other features. I really liked the Samsung Health app from my first use but felt the utility was really limited by using the phone as the sensor: I had to carry it with me to track steps and it wouldnt effectively track my sleep, both things I became interested in monitoring. I was very resistant to the idea of paying for a peripheral (wearable) branded Samsung because, well, they have programmed the Samsung health app to only work with Samsung wearables. You can use a Fitbit or other device with the S7, but not with the Samsung Health app. I finally broke down as they counted on me doing no doubt, and got the S3 Frontier about two months ago. I absolutely love the automatic tracking of my exercise (be it walking, cycling, hiking, heavy "dynamic" yard work, etc.) and has always accurately identified my activity type. I love that it tracks how many minutes I sleep and how many of those are motionless vs light and I can rate my sleep and add to it manually if for example the battery runs low and I have to recharge at night, though I avoid this. It measurs my heart rate without me knowing and graphs it all for me in the phone app. I can add my weight each morning, blood pressure, blood glucose and add notes and categorize the data in different ways (pre-meal for glucose for example). There are many peripheral products that measure weight, etc and will auto sync with the app if you want to spnd the money. This has been a good tool to help motivate me to track and improve my health. It started with steps, but counting steps doesnt make you healthier (it may indicate you are healthier, according to recent studes), but I started jogging and it will either auto track my time or I can tell it to stopwatch for a set minimum minutes and it tells me my heartrate continuously. I ran a 5k the other day and pre programmed it for 3 miles so I knew how much distance was left and where in my target heartrate I was so I could slow down near the upper limit. The phone app then synced and gave a graph of exact times at different heartrate ranges, elevations, speeds, and other data along corrlated to portions of my route. I love it and love it is waterproof. The rubber band is great for being active too. I got a 3rd party metal decorative band and used it once but prefer the OEM band. The data seems to be accurate. Last night for the first time it did not register my sleep, but maybe because the battery ran very low. It is a very useful tool. I love that I can change watch faces easily and there are 3 or so I rotate between. The biggest downside would be when using GPS the battery needs to be recharged frequently - I top it off while in the shower daily, and then need to let it charge for two hours or so every second or third day. It has lots of other features as well but I mainly love the watch, message notification and health data tracking. I think it is well worth the price for these features.

It's a gimmick. I knew that coming into it. It only offers 2 benefits for me, no need to check my phone for the time or notifications, and since I bought it, my phone has been on silent mode. HOWEVER, I must say i have some cons Speech to Text is ass, i never said hi gear (that's how you get it to listen) why are you trying to answer my questions? Oh and it doesn't understand what you are saying half the time (I'd say 8.5 out of 10 sentences it messes up some words) i wish that they just used Google Now as the speech recognition software. Now that is amazing! Text. The paragraph before bleeds into this one, speech to text sucks so after it messes up your words, you have to go on there and fix it, which is a pain. Swipe left, it goes to the end of the entire message, swipe right, it goes to the beginning. Speech to text is your main way to get texts sent and it fudges up all the time. Your other options are to write with your finger (works great but very slow) or that T9 thing using the numbers on your phone Bluetooth sometimes loses connection but that may be my phone Heart monitor also sometimes can't tell my heart rate EDIT As I've worn this watch, I realized more and more that i actually hate this watch. Like I said earlier, it's great at telling time and that's its main use for me. But as you wear it, you come to notice that it does pretty much only what is advertised. For example, if you want to change your ringtone or notification tone to a custom sound, you can't (unless you PURCHASE the app in the store). That is a basic and obvious function and the watch lacks it. But its the little things and the big mistakes that made me hate this watch. I came to this watch looking for it to do certain jobs and found it lacking and the updates released for it lacking as well. If someone texts me, I read the text on the watch and respond on my phone because i can't on the watch If i need to look something up, I grab my phone. If i want to listen to music, I grab my phone. If i want to watch a video, call a friend, check the weather, etc. I grab my phone. Pretty much the only thing i use the watch for is seeing notifications, checking the time, paying for stuff, and rejecting random callers. Then one day, i noticed a sticker poking out from under the spinning bezel. I don't know if it helps with waterproofing so i take my watch off in the shower As advertised, the battery lasts for days but with regular use, I charge mine either on the beginning or end of the third (but there's glitch that may cause it to eat battery in only a day) All in all, I wish I could go back and not spend hundreds on a watch that doesn't do basic things my phone already does. I used to like samsung as a company but between this watch and their unwillingness to accept google apps (and flooding my phone with bloatware) this will be my last samsung phone or watch purchase. I would say to you buyers, find out what you want in your smartwatch, ask a friend with one and find out if it can do what you want and do it well. Don't trust sellers because they need to make money off of you. If you can, try it out and return if you don't like it.

Bought these through Amazon on May 6, 2018. So have had them now for over a year. So far I love the Gear! Changed the band to the V-Moro and it looks much better! The stock rubber watch band just didn't do the S3 justice. Before purchasing the S3, I did read reviews and went and physically checked them out at Best Buy. I love a good watch and for the last 20+ years have worn a Tissot, Movado Museum piece, Seiko. This is my 1st smart watch and is now my favorite time piece! I remember having to physically constantly changing the date/time on my watches in the past (Due to daylight savings, different days in each month, etc.). Now the S3 takes care of all that and more! Some review highlights: 1. Change the band, the V-Moro is solid (I'll write a separate review for the band) 2. Battery life is good! Will last an entire day, and I use the setting always on. If you do go with always on, you'll need to put it on the charger each night, so I don't sleep with mine on. 3. Downloadable different watch faces: Love some of the choices for different watch faces! Went with one that is a beautiful blue Earth rotating quickly, it was like a $2.00 download and has been my favorite face. 4. Smart Watch features: A plethora! Like the heart rate monitor, the step tracker, weather updates, ALL of it! Too much to list. 5. It's now July 25, Thursday, 2019. I wear my S3 Everyday to the Gym (Workout about 5 days a week), to work (High Paced Restaurant Work) and just when relaxing. Being in a restaurant, I wash my hands ALOT, like every 10 minutes (Depending on how busy we are). So far the Water resistant feature is holding up just fine! Anyway you'll be pleased with this stylish watch (After changing the band)!! Update: August 12th, 2020. Over 2 years of daily use, take this to the gym all the time. Washing regularly with soap and water will insure the bevel and buttons work as they should. They will get gummed up over time if you don't clean. Still my favorite watch that I have ever owned, and I love nice watches!

Me gusto esperaba alguna mala experiencia pero al final me fusto mucho súper original con todo y su estuche nada más que si el cargador es tipo europeo pero con un adaptador se arregla,no duden es buen producto!!!

E l a r t i c u l o c o r r e s p o n d e con lo anunciado y es de una calidad aceptable pero el alimentador que trae es de enchufe americano y no sirve para enchufarlo a los enchufes de españa

Die Smartwatch gefällt mir sehr sehr gut... bietet eine Vielzahl verschiedenen Ziffernblättern im Store (zb. Pip-Boy aus Fallout 4... ;)...) Versand war ebenfalls schnell... Das einzigste was Negativ ist und ich bei der Bestellung nicht wusste, das es KEIN Eurostecker im Lieferumfang ist... daher lieber woanders bestellen... Mir persönlich stört es nicht da ich genug solche "Eurostecker/Ladegeräte" hier rumliegen habe...

Das Gerät ist nicht gut das kaputt gegangen.

Arrivato nei tempi stabiliti.Nella confezione è presente l'orologio , un secondo cinturino di una taglia piú piccola e il caricatore con attacco inglese , cosa di cui faccio a meno visto che la base magnetica di ricarica si può collegare a un qualsiasi cavo microusb. Per quanto riguarda l'orologio , la durata della batteria è di 2 giorni (se si spegne la notte) con chiamate whatsapp instagram facebook e spotify attivi .(testato con Samsung Galaxy s7)