Samsung has just introduced three new fitness-minded wearable gadgets at the IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany. The company hopes the devices, a watch, a fitness tracker and a pair of earbuds, will get users to spend even more of their time with Samsung’s latest smartphones — but if they leave theirs at home for the next run, each of these three can continue tracking their activity and playing the workout soundtrack of their choice.
The Gear Sport Watch, Gear Fit2 Pro band and IconX wireless earbuds also represent Samsung’s idea of what will stop people from thinking about whatever Apple introduces alongside the iPhone 8, which is expected to happen on 12 September.
Gear Sport
The Gear Sport is a moderately chunky watch, at 0.46-inch thick, done up in dark plastic that makes it look a better fit for the trail than the symphony. With water resistance up to 50 meters — the same as the Apple Watch and Fitbit’s Ionic — Samsung says it’s also set for the pool.
The Sport — pricing and availability details won’t come until fall — connects to Android and iOS phones to display selected notifications on its 1.2-in. AMOLED display but offers substantial independent capabilities without your handset nearby.
It offers 4 GB of storage, though a display unit available at Samsung’s event showed just 2.6 of those four gigs free, and built-in GPS, so it can track runs and bike rides in fine detail without a phone’s help.
Like the Gear S3, the Gear Sport also includes NFC wireless capabilities to allow for Samsung Pay transactions. Users can use the watch as a remote control for Samsung’s GearVR virtual-reality headset.
Gear Fit2 Pro
The Fit2 Pro fitness tracker keeps most of the Gear Sport’s activity-tracking capabilities, as well as its water resistance, heart rate tracker and 4 GB of storage, but lacks the watch’s app choices.
The apps available on the Fit2’s curved 1.5-inch AMOLED screen were much simpler and focused far more on what users do, eat and drink. It also connects to iOS and Android phones via Bluetooth to receive basic notifications.
The Fit2 goes on sale 15 September for US$ 200 at Amazon, Best Buy, B&H, Macy’s and Samsung’s own site. Samsung doesn’t list a battery life for the band, but a Samsung rep said to expect about four days.
IconX
Samsung gets accused often, and often unfairly, of copying what Apple does, so nobody should be surprised to see people calling these upgraded versions of the company’s existing IconX earbuds "Samsung's AirPods." And much like the wireless earphones Apple introduced when it rolled out the headphone-jack-deprived iPhone 7, these come in a compact case that doubles as a charging dock.
But unlike AirPods, the IconX comes with 4 GB of storage per earbud. They can also track your run times and distances using a built-in accelerometer. Users can invoke a running-coach routine that speaks updates about their pace by tapping them.
Samsung says their batteries are good for 5 hours when a pair of IconXes are paired with a phone via Bluetooth, 6 hours in standalone mode, and 4 hours when used as a hands-free kit — all major upgrades over the company’s existing IconX headphones Its charging case comes with a USB-C port.
The Gear Sport Watch, Gear Fit2 Pro band and IconX wireless earbuds also represent Samsung’s idea of what will stop people from thinking about whatever Apple introduces alongside the iPhone 8, which is expected to happen on 12 September.
Gear Sport
The Gear Sport is a moderately chunky watch, at 0.46-inch thick, done up in dark plastic that makes it look a better fit for the trail than the symphony. With water resistance up to 50 meters — the same as the Apple Watch and Fitbit’s Ionic — Samsung says it’s also set for the pool.
The Sport — pricing and availability details won’t come until fall — connects to Android and iOS phones to display selected notifications on its 1.2-in. AMOLED display but offers substantial independent capabilities without your handset nearby.
It offers 4 GB of storage, though a display unit available at Samsung’s event showed just 2.6 of those four gigs free, and built-in GPS, so it can track runs and bike rides in fine detail without a phone’s help.
Like the Gear S3, the Gear Sport also includes NFC wireless capabilities to allow for Samsung Pay transactions. Users can use the watch as a remote control for Samsung’s GearVR virtual-reality headset.
Gear Fit2 Pro
The Fit2 Pro fitness tracker keeps most of the Gear Sport’s activity-tracking capabilities, as well as its water resistance, heart rate tracker and 4 GB of storage, but lacks the watch’s app choices.
The apps available on the Fit2’s curved 1.5-inch AMOLED screen were much simpler and focused far more on what users do, eat and drink. It also connects to iOS and Android phones via Bluetooth to receive basic notifications.
The Fit2 goes on sale 15 September for US$ 200 at Amazon, Best Buy, B&H, Macy’s and Samsung’s own site. Samsung doesn’t list a battery life for the band, but a Samsung rep said to expect about four days.
IconX
Samsung gets accused often, and often unfairly, of copying what Apple does, so nobody should be surprised to see people calling these upgraded versions of the company’s existing IconX earbuds "Samsung's AirPods." And much like the wireless earphones Apple introduced when it rolled out the headphone-jack-deprived iPhone 7, these come in a compact case that doubles as a charging dock.
But unlike AirPods, the IconX comes with 4 GB of storage per earbud. They can also track your run times and distances using a built-in accelerometer. Users can invoke a running-coach routine that speaks updates about their pace by tapping them.
Samsung says their batteries are good for 5 hours when a pair of IconXes are paired with a phone via Bluetooth, 6 hours in standalone mode, and 4 hours when used as a hands-free kit — all major upgrades over the company’s existing IconX headphones Its charging case comes with a USB-C port.
Posts
0 comments
Post a Comment