Samsung Gear S specs, comparisons, faq, opinions

Samsung Gear S
  • Released 2014, October 67g, 12.5mm thickness Tizen OS 4GB 512MB RAM storage, no card slot
  • Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A7 Adreno 305 Nano-SIM About 336 USD
  • 2" 360x480 pixels
  •   No video recorder
  • 512GB RAM Snapdragon 400
  • 300mAh Li-Ion

Samsung Gear S overview

Samsung Gear S is a smartwatch that runs on Tizen. It was released on 2014, October. Samsung Gear S has 2. inch, Super AMOLED, a resolution of 360 x 480 pixels screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It uses Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm) chipset, Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A7 CPU, Adreno 305 GPU. Samsung Gear S supports 2G, 3G networks with Nano-SIM. It uses Li-Ion 300 mAh, non-removable battery. The price of Samsung Gear S is about 336 USD.

Score the key features of Samsung Gear S compared to the other smartwatchs on the market:

  • CPU Cores: 56 / 100 points
  • Dimensions: 28 / 100 points
  • Screen resolution: 97 / 100 points
  • Battery capacity: 52 / 100 points
  • Price: 50 / 100 points

Samsung Gear S full specifications

NETWORK

Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GSM 850 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
Speed HSPA

LAUNCH

Announced 2014, August. Released 2014, October
Status Discontinued

BODY

Dimensions 58.1 x 39.9 x 12.5 mm (2.29 x 1.57 x 0.49 in)
Weight 67 g (2.36 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
  IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min) Non-removable strap

DISPLAY

Type Super AMOLED
Size 2.0 inches
Resolution 360 x 480 pixels (~300 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PLATFORM

OS Tizen OS
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305

MEMORY

Card slot No
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
  eMMC 4.5

MAIN CAMERA

No

SOUND

Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No

COMMUNICATIONS

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE
GPS GPS, GLONASS
NFC No
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0

FEATURES

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate, barometer, UV light
  S-Voice natural language commands and dictation MP3/M4A/AAC/WAV player Photo/video viewer Voice memo/dial/commands

BATTERY

Type Li-Ion 300 mAh, non-removable
Stand-by Up to 96 h (mixed usage)

MISCELLANEOUS

Colors Charcoal Black, Frost White
Models SM-R750, SM-R750A, SM-R750B, SM-R750C, SM-R750P, SM-R750R4, SM-R750T, SM-R750V, SM-R750W, SM-N910A, SM-N910V, SM-N915P, SM-N910T
SAR 0.81 W/kg (head) 1.07 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.56 W/kg (head) 0.65 W/kg (body)
Price About 336 USD

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