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The Gear S3 is still on schedule to launch next month

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Last updated: October 26th, 2016 at 14:37 UTC+02:00

Over the course of the past few weeks, many rumors have been bandied around claiming that the Gear S3 would miss its November release as Samsung is believed to have put a hold on future projects while it identifies the exact reason for the Galaxy Note 7's unfortunate demise. However, popular online blog Tizen Experts has obtained information that suggests quite the opposite.

According to its “Samsung insiders,” the Gear S3 is still on schedule for its November launch and will go on sale on separate dates in different markets as originally planned. Unfortunately, an specific dates remain unknown at this precise moment in time, but we've put out the feelers with our reliable sources to try and uncover some additional details.

In the meantime, be sure to check out our exclusive interview with Samsung where we received comprehensive answers to ten of the most popular questions our readers had about the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier, including how the firm settled on their design, software features and internals. We also touched on the technology behind Samsung Pay and how the company was able to integrate MST into the wearbles.

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