New Delhi: Demonstrating how the battleground for innovation is shifting from the hand to the wrist, Samsung introduced its new wearable devices - Gear Fit, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo - in India, alongside the Galaxy S5 India launch. The Gear Fit and Gear 2 Neo are priced at Rs 15,900, while the Gear 2 costs Rs 21,900.
The Gear Fit is a fitness gadget with a curved screen. Targeting the fitness sector, it has a 1.84-inch curved Super AMOLED touchscreen and features including a pedometer and heart rate monitor. The Gear Fit provides keeps consumers up to date with notifications from Galaxy smartphones such as incoming calls, emails, SMS, alarm, S-planner, 3rd party apps while consumers are on the move so they can stay connected.
Samsung' Gear Fit comes with changeable straps in Black, Orange and Mocha Grey. The Gear Fit is dust and water resistant and weighs 27g.
The company also launched the successors to its Gear smartwatch. The next-gen Gear smartwatch comes in two variants - Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Samsung's Gear 2, which runs on the Tizen operating system rather than Google's Android software, can monitor the wearer's heart rate, a function used in increasingly popular health and fitness apps, or individual programmes.
The new Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo have a heart rate sensor, a pedometer and various tools to measure exercise, sleep and stress levels. The low-resolution, 2-megapixel camera on the Gear 2 is being moved to the main body; it was on the strap on the original Gear. The Gear 2 Neo has no camera and is slightly larger, but lighter. The Gear 2 Neo is also cheaper than the Gear 2.
The Gear 2 and Gear 2 allow users to accept or ignore incoming calls and messages, and providing instant notification options based on a user's activity and habits.
Users can now express their mood or coordinate with their outfit with modern and sophisticated strap colour options including Charcoal Black, Gold Brown and Wild Orange for Gear 2 and Charcoal Black, Mocha Grey and Wild Orange for Gear 2 Neo. The home screen background, clock face and font are also customisable to reflect their personal taste.
The company decided to make the latest smartwatches with a little-known operating system called Tizen OS, instead of the Android system from Google used in the original Gear, as the South Korean electronics company tries to break the dominance Google has on mobile devices.
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