Samsung of products strategy has always been are is "more net wide fishing fish", in past of one years among, Samsung amounted to launched has 6 paragraph intelligent watches, each paragraph are personality obviously, and latest launched of Gear s is is Samsung intelligent watches among most ambitious of a paragraph, because it even can as a Taiwan independent of phone to using, and Samsung also very confidence to opened has 350 dollars of price.
In began evaluation zhiqian, translator first also is wants to said two sentence, given domestic for Google of shield, makes Android Wear this platform temporarily cannot through official channel into domestic, and into domestic zhihou many function also by limit, may Samsung is realized that has this is, so Gear s abandoned has Android Wear platform and using has Samsung himself of Tizen OS, while gives Gear s more function, on the, Can also officially in China sells this watch, the translator personally, and was quite impressed by the practices of Samsung.
Looks and hardware:
Gear s instead of a watch, is a rather worn on the hands of smart phones, not just because of Gear s owned and features a similar phone, but because Gear s looks like a cell phone. Now the smart watch designs are different, such as MOTO 360 LG g r this handsome WATCH is also a good few, but Gear s really is different.
Gear s arc of a dial is a 2-inch AMOLED screen, around the metal reinforcement of the border, looks like Doraemon holds narrow light on Galaxy S5 photos and then sat by Gian bend, let be a silicone Kamei strap things.
Then Gear s of appearance on looks is science fiction, but Dang I real put this chunks head wearing in I of wrist Shang zhihou, glass, and metal, and silicone of combination and no let Gear s looks like a high social of Darling, instead more like is very guest of toy, and screen border also compared wide, makes Gear s of screen looks to than it actual of screen size more big.
Gear s wearing with also is compared comfortable of, although due to screen size of reasons, Gear s than many intelligent watches are more heavy, but and strap perfect convergence of arc surface let Gear s can fitting most people of wrist, for strap I only of complained is no using standard size of strap has, although Gear s can replaced strap (currently Samsung for its provides has black, and white, and red and blue four species color of strap), but cannot using standard strap always also is limit has user personalized of needs. DVF iPhone case
But Gear s natural also has is better than other intelligent watches of place, and this is screen size's, in many intelligent watches Shang I had complained said screen too small view information too trouble, but Gear s with with it of big screen (at least is for a watches for), regardless of is sliding menu also is select option, are is very comfortable of, sometimes to a long notification, only need sweep a eye, is without sliding to view notification full text of.
This block screen in most when is out of, in has notification of when will automatically points bright, and Gear s also built-in has various induction device, in user lift hands wrist see time of when also will automatically points bright, and built-in of light induction device also will according to environment brightness regulation screen brightness to convenient user using, in no operation a will zhihou Gear s also will automatically to dormant state--on like a Taiwan phone as.
In screen specifications aspects, Gear s using has a 480x360 of AMOLED screen, has 300 of PPI, displayed text of when clear easy read, color also bright bright, but saturated degrees no S5 above of that block screen so high, black performance really of is black, using black background dial of when screen and border completely thaw for one, feel is cool, as Sun Xia visible sex do have also good.
In the bottom of the screen, is a small HOME button, light sensors and ultraviolet sensors, flip the table you can see heart rate sensor as well as the charging contacts, we review Gear s from Sprint sale, provided no SIM card slot, is a writing machine, and if there are slot type, the card slot is located above the heart rate sensor.
In the default case, double-click the HOME button will open the s Voice, long press opens the shortcut menu, in the machine, restart, mute, Wi-Fi, and the flight mode switch.
Gear s of packaging within has a portable charging base, using this base charging is only can to Gear s charging of method, base Shang has standard of Micro-USB interface, if out out days not home, this base certainly is have with of, and Samsung to not let with this base looks too stupid, is to this base built-in has a star 350 Ma Shi of battery, in watches built-in of 300 Ma Shi battery didn't electric of when directly put Shang base not need received power also can charging.
Gear s built-in are mainly as follows: a dual-core processor 1GHz, 512MB RAM,4GB storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,GPS, and 3G.
Software:
Zhiqian said has, Gear s run with based on Linux of Tizen system, this system currently is belongs to Samsung all, has in Gear, and Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo Shang appeared had has, operation natural is is simple, in dial Shang right sliding view notification, left sliding view small parts (small parts up can set 5 a), down sliding open fast set (including volume and screen brightness,), up sliding is is open application drawer, and run application of when, Sliding down is out.
Gear s in some APP has been pre-installed at the factory, such as Samsung's s Health, music player and displays the latest news headlines and weather forecasts two APP, but the most attention is the phone and SMS icons.
In the phone APP, using the number buttons can directly look up the most recent call history, SMS, s Voice is used for speech input, speech input accuracy was quite good, even according to the user needs to insert a punctuation mark, or SMS text into all caps order.
For those didn't want to on with watches since said since words of user for, Gear s also provides has virtual keyboard, in all need entered text of several surface Xia are can for entered, in pop-up keyboard of when, screen of most space was keyboard occupy, only left top Department one points place to displayed has entered of text, and entered of method except with finger head stamp those button, also can for underlined entered (like to entered Hello, is will finger put in h of location Shang, sliding to e again to l again to o, IME will automatically identify the word Hello).
Text input Gear s isn't that hard, powerful error correction makes the input at most of the time is accurate, but the input is in a brief text message reply to best use, when keyboard pops up when, after all, want to look already input is a very troublesome thing, I prefer to use speech input.
Install APP to Gear s, s and Gear must be paired a Samsung Smartphone and APP on your phone to download and install Gear management operations, this APP can add or delete applications on the Gear s, custom and the wallpaper, to synchronize media files to Gear s or brought back from the Gear s fitness data.
Practical experience:
See here a lot of people deserve ridicule: I buy a smart watch for when the phone is out of smart phones, but the watch is used to the phone, which would make?
Said truth, I also wants to so spit slot, because not only is management Gear s need using Samsung intelligent phone, even Gear s boot of when, watches also will requirements and Samsung phone paired to completed started, or watches on only will provides emergency call function, and this on I for is is completely Subversion has Gear s itself maximum of selling, since so trouble, I dry well many spent points money buy individual of brand intelligent watches even is other brand of intelligent phone does.
In watches normal boot zhihou, user only can real to dropped intelligent phone, wearing with watches free to, and on like Qian paper said of as, I hand Shang this Taiwan Gear s is has it himself of phone number and data package of, if people call watches of number, watches will first for judge, if has connection has intelligent phone, so watches will automatically will call transfer to intelligent phone Shang, this listening to up somewhat strange, but also can in phone Shang for set, Phone calls received by processing moved to watch, to benefit from mobile networks, there is no need to consider whether the Bluetooth connection.
As using Gear s received call of feel well, on like movie inside as, directly put watches lift to ear, then normal calls on good, and Gear s of calls quality also quite good, on like using General of phone for call as, and I also not need let watches away from I of mouth is near to guarantee and I calls of people can listening to clear I of voice, is no also can let Gear s and a Deputy Bluetooth headphones paired well.
As Gear s of communications contracts package aspects, Verizon and T-Mobile for Gear s of additional package charges programme is in has has contracts Shang more received 5 dollars one months, AT&T is will more received 10 dollars, if and I as in Sprint purchase Gear s, is to first see currently of package data flow number, if in 20GB above, Gear s of that number is in December 2015 zhiqian without additional any costs.
In terms of fitness function, provided pedometers, action tracking Gear s feature detection function, sleep, heart rate monitoring features, and UV detection, in all working time, is very easy to use, accuracy is good, but sometimes the fitness APP will feign death, especially heart rate functions, then I have to restart Gear s, it will be back to normal.
In the APP, and source only Samsung Gear Gear s APP Store, but these have no Gmail APP, Facebook, Twitter, etc, although acceptance when it is connected to the phone, but want to use Gear s Tweet something, forget it.
Useful APP there is, such as a calculator, a very useful navigation APP (kind of like a watch version of Nokia Here), as well as Opera Mini Web browser, with Gear s Internet access although it sounds stupid but commuter on the way to read a newsletter or something is very practical.
In battery range aspects, Gear s in was as General intelligent watches of using strength Xia can insisted close two days, if frequently to used to received call or for navigation, is can insisted one days half, in very heavy degrees using situation Xia (see electric mail, and browse page, and using fitness APP and for navigation) can insisted one days, and Gear s also has himself of province electric mode, opened zhihou only retained see time and calls function.
Summary:
In intelligent watches camp, Gear s does does real is a heresy, and also is meaning is unlikely to of heresy, does can must degree Shang from intelligent phone independent using is a very attract people of function, but each boot are requirements and phone paired to liberation all function said truth is egg pain, and only through phone on its for management also let I compared upset, currently APP also compared lack, system of BUG also more, but maximum of problem also is price, 350 dollars of price, For a smart watch who has some obvious shortcomings, it's too expensive for me.
Advantages:
Be able to use them as a cell phone; DVF iPhone 5 Case
Colorful AMOLED screen;
Battery life performance;
Charging base can act as a mobile power supply.
Disadvantages:
Is ultimately inseparable from the phone;
Limited number of APP;
Body size too large, incompatible standard strap;
Expensive.
Via Engadget
