South Korean tech-giant Samsung announced its new series of fitness bands and smart watch at the ongoing IFA 2017, in Berlin. The smart wearables include Gear Sport, Gear Fit 2 Pro and IconX (2018).
First of all, let’s talk about Gear Sport smart watch.
The latest smart watch from Samsung is for those who love extreme sports and those who like swimming under water. Having a Super AMOLED 360p screen, Gear Sport is a unisex watch and comes in two sizes. One is at 42mm and 1.2”inch display. Other one will be around 20mm in width, but may vary in length.
Gear Sport operates on Tizen OS and supports IoT-enabled devices via Samsung Cloud, Samsung Pay, Samsung Bixby and remote-control functions for Samsung Gear VR. There is S Health app also to support the Gear Sport which will be available for any Galaxy phone running Android 4.3 or later, or any other smartphone running Android Kitkat 4.4 or later. It will also be available for any iPhone running on iOS 9 or later.
Gear Sport is mostly built for swimmers only, and its specs confirm this. The watch has 5-ATM resistance (50m depth of pressure), MIL-STD-810G rating which means absolute protection in sand and dust, water and salt, UV, shock, et al. The glass is protected by Gorilla Glass 3 and the case is made of stainless steel.
Other key specs include a 768 MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. There is a heart-rate sensor, 1.0 GHz dual-core processor, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Battery is 300 mAh and can be charged wirelessly.
Secondly, there is Gear Fit 2 Pro.
The Gear Fit 2 Pro has been improvised by 5ATM water resistance, MIL-STD-810G certification for protection in sea water, shock, UV. Fit 2 Pro will also be available in small and large sizes, just like the original Gear Fit 2.
And because it is an enhanced update over Fit 2, the specs and configurations are just the same-a 1.5” curved Super AMOLED screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, dual-core 1.0 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage, heart-rate sensor, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 200 mAh battery.
This time Samsung has partnered with Spotify to assure you for saving close to 500 songs in offline mode, in your Fit 2 Pro. Along with that users will get 1-year of free subscription for UA record. Also, other partners like Speedo and Under Armour will provide their services for swimming workouts.
Lastly, the next wearable is the IconX (2018).
IconX (2018) are basically chord-free earbuds. Being the 2nd generation of IconX, these come with increased battery life and can provide upto 5 hours of Bluetooth streaming music (7 hours in standalone mode) and 4 hours of talk time.
Interesting thing about IconX (2018) is that it also supports Samsung’s own AI voice assistant, Bixby. Each of the earbud has 4 GB of onboard storage and, 82 mAh battery and weighs around 8g. These earbuds are equipped with capacitive surface that supports gestures like, single/double/tripe tap, single/double/tap and hold and swipe up and down.
The charging case of the earbuds is capable of charging them to full capacity of 300 mAh and supports quick charging-but the case is smaller in size than the previous IconX. Even 10 minutes of charge will provide upto 1 hour for exercise schedule, claims Samsung.
