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Samsung unveils Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic smartwatches with circular Super AMOLED displays

Samsung has finally unveiled its next-generation smartwatch, the Gear S2, today after teasing it during the announcement of the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. The Gear S2 is the company’s first smartwatch with a completely circular display, and Samsung has focussed a lot on the appearance of the watch without letting go […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

Samsung Gear S2 could arrive with a nano SIM card holder

The upcoming Samsung Gear S2 is rumored to arrive with a nano SIM card slot which will enable cellular networking on it. This is a feature that could bring voice calling from your wrist or navigating the web without having to pair the wearable device with a smartphone. Speaking of connectivity it's worth mentioning that […]

By Octav G.
9 years ago

Samsung teases the upcoming Gear S2 smartwatch in a new video

During the Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event where the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ were unveiled, Samsung teased its upcoming smartwatch with a round face. Now, Samsung has posted a complete teaser video of the Gear S2 smartwatch on YouTube. This is the same video which was showcased at the Galaxy Unpacked 2015 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

Samsung Lookbook gives us another glimpse of the Gear S2 smartwatch

At its event earlier today Samsung briefly talked about the round smartwatch that it's going to unveil next month, the device is commonly known by its codename Orbis but it's official moniker is the Gear S2. Samsung has spent a lot of time developing this wearable device given that it decided not to launch it […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung teases the Gear S2 round smartwatch, will be unveiled next month in Berlin

We exclusively reported quite a long time ago that Samsung is developing a round smartwatch and even though the company dropped some hints in its software it never really showed us what the smartwatch would look like. Even though Samsung wasn't expected to formally launch the smartwatch, commonly known by its codename Orbis, at its […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Exclusive: Some more information about Samsung’s Gear A smartwatch variants and codenames

We've been waiting for the first circular smartwatch from Samsung for quite some time now. Codenamed ‘Project Orbis‘ internally, the Gear A smartwatch runs a version of Tizen platform, and is expected to be officially announced either during the company's event on August 13, or during IFA 2015. Now, we have received some more information […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

Exclusive: Samsung starts testing mobile payments on upcoming smartwatch, more variants inbound

Samsung was expected to unveil a new smartwatch back at Mobile World Congress 2015 in March but it didn't make any announcements related to a wearable device at that event, the company later said that it wasn't in a hurry to get this new wearable device out the door since it's more focused on developing […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

The Gear A’s rotating ring bezel will enable very limited gaming on the smartwatch

At the Tizen Developer Summit 2015 in Bengaluru, India, Samsung talked a lot about its upcoming round smartwatch. It didn't actually reveal the watch itself, but it did repeat numerous times that the Orbis/Gear A will feature a rotating bezel ring that will allow users to use the watch without covering up the entire screen. Well, an […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago

Samsung confirms rotating bezel ring for the Gear A smartwatch

It has been a long time since Samsung has launched a smartwatch and many expect that the company will finally unveil the Gear A a.k.a Orbis at its event next month. While that remains to be seen the company did confirm today that its next smartwatch is going to have a rotating bezel ring, something […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Latest Gear Manager app update seemingly confirms upcoming round smartwatch

Samsung fans have been anxiously waiting for the company's new smartwatch which was originally supposed to be unveiled back at MWC 2015 in March, instead the company decided to delay the launch because it needed more time to make this the perfect smartwatch. We have already reported exclusively multiple times that the next smartwatch from Samsung […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Exclusive: Samsung Gear A (Orbis) specifications

With all the Galaxy Note 5 news flooding the internet of late, Samsung's upcoming smartwatch hasn't been in the limelight for some time now. The Orbis – or the Gear A as it will be officially called – is still coming though (its announcement is set to take place alongside the Note 5), and Samsung was […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago

Samsung smartwatches could feel the pinch from Apple and Xiaomi

Samsung started selling smartwatches long before Apple and Xiaomi entered this race but it appears that the Korean manufacturer will soon find itself between a rock and a hard place, where on hand you have Apple ruling the premium smartwatch market and on the other Xiaomi sweeping the budget conscious customer. Samsung could find itself […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Could this be the heart rate sensor UI on the Samsung Orbis, aka Gear A?

Samsung might not have officially acknowledged it, but it surely has given away a few aspects of the user interface of the its upcoming round smartwatch, the Gear A. The developer SDK for the watch revealed its user interface (in addition to the specs and design), and Samsung Exynos' Twitter account might just have given us […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago

Samsung’s next Gear smartwatch to feature mobile payments

As per a report published in Korea today Samsung is going to release a new Gear smartwatch in the second half of this year which is going to have the mobile payments feature. The company has not launched a new smartwatch in quite some time now, it was believed that one would be unveiled at MWC […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Renders show what the Metal Gold Edition of the Samsung Gear A (aka Orbis) could look like

The Samsung Gear A aka codename Orbis is well and truly in the prepping for a launch this year, and enthusiasts are already going head over heels about the upcoming smartwatch which is expected to be the best yet. Renders from designer xsplash just happened to land here at the SamMobile offices, and we think […]

By Yash G.
9 years ago

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