Anybody upgrading from their current Gear S2 Sport, Classic, or 3G/4G?
I currently have a Gear S2 3G and I'll most likely upgrade to the Frontier Gear S3. My major reasons are:
1. Samsung Pay MST
2. Bigger battery & life
3. New design of the Frontier
What are your reasons for or not upgrading?
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I owned S2 Classic and the biggest plus for me is the larger screen and size. I will buy one of the S3 versions as soon I can try them, atm i'm going for frontier...
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Never bought a smartwatch before but the frontier got my attention.
Both look good, might just get the classic, especially after my two Invicta watches stopped working. I was gonna get the S2 until I knew this was coming out
I just got a moto 360 sport yesterday, but I use an iPhone currently and it's super clunky to get my old Android phone to set up pair and add music to it. The price of 180 was right for me, but the gear s3 got my attention being able to stream.
It takes a long time to add a playlist to the play music app and I'm pretty fickle when it comes to my music when I run. I'm very much considering returning the 360 sport so I can get the gear s3 frontier, it's only 5 bucks more per month for quite a bit of functionality.
Of course I'll have to switch from play music to Spotify, too. On that note does anyone know if the binge on for music works with the wearable plan on T-Mobile?
I will probably be upgrading from the GS2 3G to the Frontier. I like the larger screen size, Samsung Pay, larger battery and longer battery life...
I'm probably upgrading as I was disappointed the Bluetooth S2 didn't have a speaker. No calls and it made finding the watch a little challenging.
I will not upgrade to Gear S3 because I like the size of the S2. The S3 is too clunky for my liking. But maybe I'll change my opinion when I see the Gear S3 really with my own eyes.
I like the look of the S3 but won't be upgrading from my current S2 until there is better App support. Still lacking some key apps for my use. IE a good fitness tracker like Runtastic or Endomondo. Without better apps, I may have to abandon this awesome platform.
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I like the look of the S3 but won't be upgrading from my current S2 until there is better App support. Still lacking some key apps for my use. IE a good fitness tracker like Runtastic or Endomondo. Without better apps, I may have to abandon this awesome platform.
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Runtastic is available on the S2. Also S-health from Samsung and Strava if you bike or run etc.
It would be perfect with Google Now. One can dream...
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Runtastic is available on the S2. Also S-health from Samsung and Strava if you bike or run etc.
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Please do tell where you found Runtastic for the Samsung Gear S2. It does not show up in the Samsung Galaxy App Store. In fact, when I asked Runtastic about support, they told me that they have no plans of supporting the Gear S2. I also don't find Strava. As for S-Health. I don't find it is accurate in it's distance. I don't believe it uses GPS to track distance but instead uses step count. I could be wrong there. I just find it sad that none of the big players in fitness apps feel this platform is worth supporting. Hopefully that will change with the S3.
I have had the Gear, Gear 2 and the Gear S, and am really looking forward to the S3! I hope they announce a date of release soon, and a pre-sale. I check daily for news of it. Great watches. Love my Gear S, but after almost 2 years, time to upgrade.
Have the S2 LTE and Classic LTE. Will probably get the frontier from Tmobile and sell the classic.
I use the regular s2 as more of a health watch.
I have a Gear S2 Classic 3G and want to upgrade for the same reasons you mention, plus
a) direct Spotify streaming (taking the place of Milk Music, which is dead);
b) slightly larger screen
Also, I have noticed that Samsung Pay beta works on the Gear S2 3g without being tethered by BT, which is great. SO far it works great, but since the Frontier will also have MST, should be fully covered when traveling without my wallet
optimummind said:
Anybody upgrading from their current Gear S2 Sport, Classic, or 3G/4G?
I currently have a Gear S2 3G and I'll most likely upgrade to the Frontier Gear S3. My major reasons are:
1. Samsung Pay MST
2. Bigger battery & life
3. New design of the Frontier
What are your reasons for or not upgrading?
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I'll most likely be upgrading to the Frontier. What annoys me though, is how Samsung says it has LTE only for specific countries. I mean, what the heck!? Germany isn't getting LTE. Australia isn't getting LTE either. I live in both countries and I can't get LTE in either of them? Sad.
Aside from that though, I really didn't like how my Gear S2 classic was so dependent on my Galaxy S7. If the phone wasn't nearby while I was out jogging the fitness tracker was little more than an expensive toy. It kinda defeats the purpose of the smartwatch in the first place in my opinion. Before I bought the S2 I had my phone strapped to my arm communicating with my Polar H7 heartrate monitor. It had a few more useful functions, access to way, way more apps and was pretty accurate.
Accurate enough for my purposes anyway.
That said, I'm hoping that after selling my Gear S2 and going through the withdrawal symptoms of having no tech on my arm during the day (yes I missed it like crazy for a while) that the wait will nevertheless be worth it and we all get a really good watch this time that can handle itself on its own out in the concrete jungle without being so dependent on, "big brother" mobile phone.
optimummind said:
Anybody upgrading from their current Gear S2 Sport, Classic, or 3G/4G?
I currently have a Gear S2 3G and I'll most likely upgrade to the Frontier Gear S3. My major reasons are:
1. Samsung Pay MST
2. Bigger battery & life
3. New design of the Frontier
What are your reasons for or not upgrading?
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Upgrading for the same reasons, I like the idea of a bigger watch overall and another reason is the speaker! Which is the only thing I dislike about the S2 .
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I'll be upgrading my Gear S to the S3. Never got the S2 since it doesn't have a speaker.
Hoping these get released soon, the charging contacts on the back of the S are barely holding on now......... Can be a challenge to get it charged sometimes.........
In preparation for the Gear S3, I just sold my Gear S2 3G tonight. The $200 will be going toward the Classic. Come on, Samsung, hurry & start the preorder!
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optimummind said:
In preparation for the Gear S3, I just sold my Gear S2 3G tonight. The $200 will be going toward the Classic. Cone on, Samsung, hurry & start the preorder!
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That's what I'm waiting on as well, Samsung US only shows the classic on their website, outside of the ads showing both, but you can't even preorder it. I'm wanting to see if Samsung pay will work on the watch if the phone is rooted, I've got an S7 edge.
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Anyone heard any more info about this watch? Not really sure where to post this question. If this comes out I will hold off on the Gear S and get this 4G LTE smartwatch
Lately rumors have started swirling that like LG, Samsung also has a round smartwatch coming to pair with the Note 4, and to take on the Moto 360 release. SamMobile claims the new round Samsung smartwatch could possibly have a SIM slot for 4G LTE connectivity, and will be available alongside the Note 4. We’ve yet to see any leaks of the device, so will have to wait and see.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/new-prod...firmed-release-date-price-specs-uk-pre-order/
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Anyone heard any more info about this watch? Not really sure where to post this question. If this comes out I will hold off on the Gear S and get this 4G LTE smartwatch
Lately rumors have started swirling that like LG, Samsung also has a round smartwatch coming to pair with the Note 4, and to take on the Moto 360 release. SamMobile claims the new round Samsung smartwatch could possibly have a SIM slot for 4G LTE connectivity, and will be available alongside the Note 4. We’ve yet to see any leaks of the device, so will have to wait and see.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/new-prod...firmed-release-date-price-specs-uk-pre-order/
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round????
There's a GEAR S with LTE and it's available already in some places.
there's a GEAR Circle which is a bluetooth headset.
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round????
There's a GEAR S with LTE and it's available already in some places.
there's a GEAR Circle which is a bluetooth headset.
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No the Gear round is going to look like the moto 360 and have 4G LTE when it comes out it has the camera on the band like the orginal gear had
Uniquebarbee said:
No the Gear round is going to look like the moto 360 and have 4G LTE when it comes out it has the camera on the band like the orginal gear had
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And run Tizen like all the others.
If this rumor pans out, I absolutely do NOT want this watch. The "wart" on the gear original watch was horrid looking. I'll keep my Gear 2 for now, hoping someday we'll get apps, or someday Android Wear will support all the extra goodies like phone, gps, camera, etc that Samsung likes to throw in.
I considered the Gear S, but it looks huge.
With the S2 having Tap & Pay (NFC) I was trying to get it to use Android Pay, but I can't figure this out. If the S2 is waiting for Samsung Pay, my S2 will be waiting awhile because I have a Note Edge on Verizon. Anybody get this to work?
I think Verizon is sending out an OTA update for Samsung Pay support. The other issue is waiting for Samsung to send out an update to the watch itself for Samsung Pay support.
wakko69 said:
With the S2 having Tap & Pay (NFC) I was trying to get it to use Android Pay, but I can't figure this out. If the S2 is waiting for Samsung Pay, my S2 will be waiting awhile because I have a Note Edge on Verizon. Anybody get this to work?
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I would be very surprised if the S2 supports Android Pay. I don't think it will happen considering Samsung has its own very good payment system. I've been using Samsung Pay for over a month now and it's great. I think Samsung Pay support for the S2 will be coming sometime in November.
I tried using my S2 at Walgreens where I've often used my Nexus 5 to pay. Had nfc turned on on S2, but it didn't work. Only tried it once, so no idea if it was a glitch, or isn't supported.
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I tried using my S2 at Walgreens where I've often used my Nexus 5 to pay. Had nfc turned on on S2, but it didn't work. Only tried it once, so no idea if it was a glitch, or isn't supported.
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It won't work until Samsung issues the firmware update.
I don't have the link, but I read that Samsung Pay is not coming until November.
Why will it not work for Android Pay? Samsung Pay is great and all, but it was made for NFC & MTC and the S2 can only do NFC. do you think the Edge or s2 will get update to where you can choose?
I wish listed the Samsung Pay app but it doesn't work with my bank or Phone! thnks Samsung!!!
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Why will it not work for Android Pay? Samsung Pay is great and all, but it was made for NFC & MTC and the S2 can only do NFC. do you think the Edge or s2 will get update to where you can choose?
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Easy. Imagine you made a great payment system. And imagine a company, competing with it. You also made an awesome watch that can handle mobile payments. Now think, will you work with competitor to setup a way to send payment data over bluetooth, over your own API to the watch, or are you going to do it to your own payment system, with your own engineers?
It's pointless for them to open it up to competitor. Yes, it will make sense from consumer standpoint, but not from manufacturer. Why open up to others, while you can just swing your userbase numbers around.
Just received notice of an update for the Gear S App for my Gear.
Will have to test it out once I get the chance.
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Just received notice of an update for the Gear S App for my Gear. Will have to test it out once I get the chance.
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I think they're two different things. Samsung Pay (for phones) was updated today and in the release notes it says it supports mobile payments. Two Samsung Gear apps got updates (compass and ?) but they aren't related to Pay.
So at some point in the near future I'd imagine Samsung Pay for Gear will appear in the Gear app store. There's nothing currently on the Gear S2 (at least my 3G version) to update relating to Samsung Pay so it'll have to be an app store download. Unless the new Wi-Fi Gear S2 update for the U.S. has Samsung Pay baked in.
I had hoped that today's USA S2 Wifi update was going to include the NFC tap-to-pay functionality.
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I think they're two different things. Samsung Pay (for phones) was updated today and in the release notes it says it supports mobile payments. Two Samsung Gear apps got updates (compass and ?) but they aren't related to Pay.
So at some point in the near future I'd imagine Samsung Pay for Gear will appear in the Gear app store. There's nothing currently on the Gear S2 (at least my 3G version) to update relating to Samsung Pay so it'll have to be an app store download. Unless the new Wi-Fi Gear S2 update for the U.S. has Samsung Pay baked in.
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Yeah...I realized also after that I got duped. I got really excited and was really looking forward to nfc payment support for the gear s2.
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Samsung pay for gear s2 updated today
I just downloaded 2 different Samsung Pay USA apps for the gear S2, which noted the apps were pre-installed . Although after searching the watch, gear app, and gear app store there does not seem to be any such app still. I'm in Louisiana and have the standard sport (Bluetooth only) version.
I just setup Samsung Pay on my Gear S2 with Nexus 6P. Is there a way to join Samsung Rewards program without a samsung phone? I was thinking to enroll from a friend's Samsung phone. Once I set it up, am I still forced to use the pay app on a samsung phone to redeem rewards?
Good question. I also have a Gear S2 and a nexus 6p, and noticed that Samsung pay was now available thru gear manager. My wife has a galaxy s5 so I'll try enrolling in Samsung rewards on her phone and see if I get the rewards when I pay with my gear s2.
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Quick question, do either of you guys have the S2 3G (Verizon) version?
interested to hear this outcome. I have an s7 and gear s2. Dont want to 'waste' a purchase using my s2.
I have used my gear s2 and S7 and both types of payments have shown up on my rewards points
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Quick question, do either of you guys have the S2 3G (Verizon) version?
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No. I have the at&t version
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Logging into samsung pay on my s7 doesn't seem to show any purchase info or rewards from what I have been doing with my Gear s3. I have the frontier on Tmobile so I don't have my phone connected all the time. I'm currently using it with the Honor 8. I'm going to try and sync my gear s3 with my s7 to see if somehow over Bluetooth it will sync the data as I have made many purchases with the watch over the past bit.
Just setup the Gear S Frontier on my GS7. Made a purchase and it updated my rewards. I lost all my rewards and history info though from when I was connected to my honor 8 (non Samsung phone). When connecting to a new phone the Gear S 3 does a light reset. I haven't done a purchase with the watch by itself and the phone at home but I'm assuming it will update once reconnected since it is now Syncing worth my "Samsung" phone and not my honor 8. If it doesn't I'll pay back here. Would seem awfully inconvenient if it would not do that and have to be connected at time of purchase. Would almost defeat the purpose from my point of view (with regards to rewards). You can only check your rewards in the S Pay app anyways so I guess it isn't surprising this doesn't work when the watch isn't setup with a qualifying Samsung device.
If anyone figures out a way to get rewards and your rewards card on the Gear s 3 please post.
I set up my Gear S3 and S7 and when I make a purchase with the watch, I don't get rewards points. I only get rewards points when I use the phone.
POST YOUR PHONE, ORIGINAL PHONE CARRIER, AND YOUR GEAR S2 YOU HAVE IT PAIRED WITH, AND IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS (email, notifications, apps, calls, etc. not working).
P.S. I'm especially interested to know if someone has a moto z/play/force that is functionally paired with a gear s2.
EXAMPLE (NOT REAL):
Moto X
Unlocked
Gear S2 3g Verizon
No problem with email/calls/texts/notifications
Together we can make a list and help some other poor soul, like myself, that wants to get this watch but is afraid he'll be left with a paperweight.
oneplus 3T
unlocked
Gear S2
No problem with email/calls/texts/notifications