Samsung Gear S3 Review: The Watch That Does Everything 

except note 7

Clearly the Note 7 is the best-in-class luxurious grenade.

Jeppe Werring im so upset about the note 7 tbh. such a beautiful phone. I can get a new phone in may but I think I'm gonna wait and hope they release a note 8 next year. its gonna he hard tho cause this Nexus 5x sucks ass

Brian M yea. Wait, so do we know 100% there will be a note 8?

Brian M same. They did everything right on the note 7 (minus, well, you know), the curved display, the waterproofing, the thing spen, iris scanner, and all the multi tasking and note taking abilities it had was just unmatched. I keep looking at other "phablets" but none of them offer a build in pen, curved display and waterproof. In fact, most of them don't have any of those

Dan Moran i do the same

Hey that's not a bad idea!

Strongly agree.

Lol the competition has already jumped way ahead of AW2.0, which is why I am buying this to replace my LG URBANE.

insainllama haha it's a wrap The gear s3...is the one

Taco​ it's been out for 3 weeks now there so behind on preorder that they can't put them on the shelf. I'm still waiting for mine from Samsung

Sheldon Williams thats why there are so many apple watches sold and regular watches that cost a thousand bucks...

Robert Ri Yep.

Watches are more of a beautiful construction/fashion thing. Not the same with smart watches.

Sheldon Williams haha now I know way apple make so much money cause adriold user are sooo I damn cheap . I have dumb watches that do far less a cost three times as much

apple watches sell on brand power and buy an iPhone, get a watch at __% off deals through carriers. Traditional watches sell for thousands because they will literally last for generations. That's human generations, not technological generations. Smartwatches are too expensive to be an impulse buy, have fierce competition from cheaper bands that can give notifications and so far have no solid guarantee that they won't be obsoleted in a year or two. It's a tough sell, since they also don't enjoy the perks of being nearly essential like phones are.

I totally agree.

Tech Inc. true

True

Tech Incorporated I also agree.

you schould check out the kingsman when it comes out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3PgFqqV7-SY.html

Yup

Not gonna lie, this is the most I've gotten interested in an Android smartwatch. I'd probably just get a normal watch though, or one with a notification light. I wish you'd do more of those.

for me as a person, who is extremely cautious with handling modern technology, this was painful to watch ...but I understand, the watch has to whitstand even these situations

Got mine.

I got my Classic for $299

chivatech got mine for $50 plus tax from AT&T cause I bought a new phone.

I got my classic for 150$

I had my frontier for just 175€

Rxonmymind I’m glad parents have these mentalities

Huawei watch is a very nice piece of hardware.

Julio De La Torre the tizen UI is so much more optimization then android ware I know cause I own both and this new gear s3 is the best Smart watch out

I actually own both. I alternate depending on which OS I feel like using for the day. I usually use the Huawei when I go out and the S2 for everyday use.

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] Great review!

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] please do the classic. the frontier is lame.

ob1 kanobi huh there basically the same, oh and FYI the frontier is the most popular of the two but to each there own

Do you have to be using a Samsung phone too in order to use mobile payments on it with MST?

Phillip Pugh maybe. I'm looking at them from an apparel perspective. They may have the same functions but they don't look the same. At that price it should fit with casual as we'll as business attire. Just my opinion 😁

"as a watch to ride your motorcycle with..." I also ride a motorcycle, what do you like about the Gear S3 for riding? I'm curious, very much on the fence of buying my first smartwatch. My wrists are usually covered by my jacket/gloves when riding though.

#SMMF

Keep up the great work 😄loving your videos

Susav Shrestha isn't it stay mobile my friends?

oops yeah it is Nicholas Jeremy

Ah the Galaxy S III. My first Samsung review back in the Pocketnow days (and the briefing where I met many fellow tech RU-vidrs for the first time). Fond memories.

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] I Had an S3 LTE up until the start of summer 2016, bought a 6P. NEVER GOING BACK

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] You should do a "rereview" for the MrMobile Channel using a Galaxy S3 for a week or two.

ouch

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] that's what you get for talking to your watch ☺

Rainbow Molecule

Better buy now

themessiah809 that's what we all said about the Note 7! Then look what happened! I still have mine but it's a smaller crowd these days.

That's just called a grand slam

Raymond Petit is not that serious man, every company have made they're share of mistakes, i mean just look at apple theu had the same problem before in many occasion, just look now they're offering free batteries because the phones reset themselves, also theu had a couple of 5 that betteries exploded, and let's not forget about bending iphones. trust me that's not gonna stop me i lasted 2 months with both note 7 and had zero problems so did my wife, let's not start judging companies for mistakes let's be real who's perfect brother.

Yeah, if you've got the time I'd love to hear it. I didn't use the S2 for any length of time.

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] sure Michael! After I got out of the honeymoon phase, I started to notice the poor amount of apps. Samsung claimed a bunch of great names coming to the tizen, but there was an extremely disappointing amount at launch, and some did come months later, but still not all. I wasn't expecting a ton of apps, but it was surprising compared to Android wear and made it kind of annoying to use. If you can stick to the stock watch faces, some of which I really loved, then you're fine, but to do a lot of extra stuff that's not built in was nearly impossible. They also promised many watch band options that didn't come at all and thanks to the proprietary band there wasn't much option. They finally announced 6 months later they would release an adapter to use any 20 mm band, but that never came. They also claimed Samsung pay at launch and kept delaying and say it's coming, but when 8 months after release a beta first came out, and I'm not sure how far that has come as of today. Again, they promised iOS support "soon" after launch which we went without news of for several months until we got an update saying it would come in February or March I believe, and I never saw it happen. The design and hardware was really nice and if i could stick with the stock apps and watch faces and bands, I would've loved it. But comparing it to Android wear, I was very disappointed.

Rishabh Patel ZenWatch is actually better than this.

Hugh Mungus Used s2 for you if you have to ask the price ....get a better paying job

Phillip Pugh Not everyone can get a better paying job, dude, but I have plenty of income, it's just that I have an Axon 7, and this watch is only $50 away from that.

Hugh Mungus​ then get a used watch this is the going price for the latest watch . Where have you been the last two years. The cheapest I watch is the same price and it's butt ugly . You bought a $2 50 phone sooo why are you even looking at a video about a $350 watch...just so you can complain later ..make know since to me . I purchased the gs7 edge that's $800 so the price of the watch to me is where it should be . The problem with a lot of Android users is all the cheap Chinese stuff that floods the market so now you think a every thing should be $200 . Buy a Chinese knock off watch there under $100

Phillip Pugh First off, the Axon 7 is $400, and second, I'm watching because Mr. Mobile makes entertaining reviews and because I find smart watches interesting. Also, if you didn't notice, he said in the review himself it is too expensive. I wouldn't have complained if I thought it was worth it. Also, of course Samsung makes the price fair in accordance with the GS7 - that's the market they're targeting.

jlczl​ exactly

It's nice

jun park yeah I would like to see Gear S3 Android Wear OS edition

There is HERE maps though

Yeah but android is android right now my Gear Fit sucks little bit because it's not supported by Android 6.0 no apps available, no always on etc but 2 weeks battery life is awesome tho

Michael Janicki cant have everything together ;)

jun park android wear is terrible in my opinion

It does indeed. Andrew Martonik at Android Central has been using his with a Pixel and he reports no problems. (His full review will be up soon.)

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] can you also play your I heart radio music on the watch speaker since you can make phone calls?

The watch pairs in phone-only mode by default (no media). Unsure if there's a way to override this, but you wouldn't want to as the speaker really isn't great.

Thanks Michael.

xXPsych0ticM0nkeyXx you can use it with (almost) any Android phone now

thats nice to know. but it still lacks play support (and I love watch maker and my other custom faces). I hope they make a Gear S Live or something along those lines

xXPsych0ticM0nkeyXx too bad aint on any smart watch as sexy as the S3

D Rex I think the Huawei Watch is pretty damn sexy

i mean its pretty bland to me. it may be a nice regular watch, but it plan as heck

One of my favorite things about having creative control over my reviews is that I don't have to boil them down to a number. No 1-10 review scale here. Sorry!

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] Just asked... I am still waiting fot the S3 to launch here in Kuwait to buy one....Will pick up the frontier. I hope it wont be that big on my wrist... Cant wait.... Thanks for the reply :)

Vyshak K just seems too much for me for a watch. I like my simple pebble. just wish the voice speak on it was better

dedede666 I love to wear watches.... I would buy a truck load of watches if my wallet agrees with me.... most of the time it dont.... :D

I know that feel. Enjoy the watch when you get it!

Gaellic can't tell you how many times my wife has echoed your exact statements. to make matters worse she has what I believe the tiniest wrists I've ever seen in my life. I ended up buying her a gear fit 2 based solely on the size but she misses out on great features like the gear s3 has due to it just being too massive for her. These companies really need to pay more attention and cater toward the female user base.

+Gaellic We media folks have been asking this exact same question at press briefings for years. Very few manufacturers are building products for your segment and frankly it sucks.

Get an Apple watch. Those are good for people with girly wrists.

Apple watch.

They're not popular among women because women have tiny wrists and don't use large watches. They're also less likely to use smartwatches.

At the briefing a couple folks hit 'em with the "where's the ladies' version?" question and Samsung basically said that people who want a smaller version should buy the S2. Pretty weak. They were big on quoting sales metrics of previous-gen watches that seemed to indicate they should target S3 more at a male audience -- chicken-and-egg problem if I ever saw one.

MrMobile [Michael Fisher] agreed. What the heck?? Oh well.. I'll just have to stick with companies that are interested in providing for the females. We love tech too! ❤️ haha

Yeah I'd wager it's that they used their market research numbers without bothering to consider whether the current image of smartwatches in general (black, heavy, and chunky) puts off a lot of women. In any case their strategy is to continue selling the S2 beside the S3 as a thinner, budget-friendlier alternative. It's probably still worth the trade-off of not capturing as much of the female demographic to keep their old production line going.

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Stephanie Carls get the classic and swap the band for something you desire