Samsung Gear S2

performance

86% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Bright, sharp display ; Rotating bezel is the best wearable feature yet ; Not limited to Samsung handsets

Tizen is limiting ; Expensive for what you get ; Poor, slow voice search

A well-built smartwatch with a great screen, but it’s let down by a lack of support and the half-baked Tizen operating system.

Smart round design ; Innovative rotating bezel ; Tizen OS is polished ; Works with many Android phones

Slow voice control ; Too few high quality apps ; Lacks customisation options

This is by far Samsung's best smartwatch yet, from its smarter, round design to the clever rotating bezel. However, the Gear S2 still looks and feels more like a tech lover's device, and lacks a developer community.

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Excellent screen ; Innovative rotating bezel ; Slick Tizen UI

Limited number of apps ; Lacking customisation options ; Poor voice control

Well implemented bezel control, good build quality, always-on screen option

Expensive, poor third-party app support, Huawei Watch aces design

The Samsung Gear S2 makes a pretty good first impression. It looks much less embarrassing than the Gear S and the rotary dial on the front feels good and is properly integrated into the software.

Great hardware and user experience ; World’s first wearable with eSIM ; Attractive design ; Robust software

Requires monthly contract ; Inconsistent battery life ; Expensive

You could argue that the Samsung Gear S2 3G is the best smartwatch around right now, with its balance of attractive hardware, intelligent user interface, performance, and functionality, but smartwatches are still a niche product category and the 3G...

The 3G version of the Gear S2 has all the features and design of Samsung's Wi-Fi-only S2 smartwatch, but adds a speakerphone and built-in GPS along with full standalone phone and data service.

It's more expensive, requires a connected data plan to pair with, and runs out of battery life quickly on cellular. It's bulkier, too. Also, the Gear S2 3G doesn't have that many great apps, and it doesn't yet work with iPhones.

Samsung's cellular-enabled smartwatch adds some interesting features to the Gear S2, but it's just not easy or useful enough to justify the extra expense.

Based on our time with the Samsung Gear S2, we think it's a sleek smartwatch with an attractive design. It offers fairly standard smartwatch features like fitness tracking, but also includes some rather interesting features including a rotating bezel...

Rotating bezel feels great ; Well-made ; Interesting, fairly intuitive UI

Very expensive ; Very poor apps selection ; Battery life just OK with always-on screen ; Slow voice commands ; No iPhone support

Elements of hardware design genius sit atop refreshing but ultimately very limiting software

The Gear S2 has an eye-catching design, a clever rotating bezel that's actually useful, beautiful display, solid health tracking and slightly better battery life than other high-end smartwatches. Plus, it works with a variety of Android phones.

Fewer available apps or seamless connected services than Android Wear and Apple Watch; no speakerphone; S-Voice commands work, but not as well as they could; not compatible with iPhone.

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