Samsung Gear S3

D0NNELLY

Any one know when the new Samsung watches will hit the shops?

Cheers.

D0NNELLY

end of the month according to Samsung shop in Pavillions

OldMrBrennan83

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D0NNELLY

frontier is on amazon uk for £399.

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browne_rob5

With the 4g version will you be able to pop in a Sim card or how does it work?

D0NNELLY

if anyone heading to the States, WiFi version is $299, ~€280 in Bestbuy

Chibs

D0NNELLY wrote: »

if anyone heading to the States, WiFi version is $299, ~€280 in Bestbuy

I'm going to NYC saturday week plan on picking one up. Thanks for the heads up.

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D0NNELLY

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end of the month according to Samsung shop in Pavillions

tomorrow according to their facebook

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QikBax

It's on Carphone Warehouse's site but only showing for click and collect in Dundrum

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billy few mates

Elara are selling the classic...

http://www.elara.ie/results.aspx?search=Samsung+gear+s3

D0NNELLY

Got one last Thursday in the first batch into Samsung pavilions.. they got three frontiers in with no idea when they were getting more.

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billy few mates

What's an 'international' version...?

Also, how do these things work exactly? Do you have to put a sim in them or something? Can you make (and take) calls on the watch without having to take the phone out of your pocket?

browne_rob5

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What's an 'international' version...?

Also, how do these things work exactly? Do you have to put a sim in them or something? Can you make (and take) calls on the watch without having to take the phone out of your pocket?

The 4g lte version that allows you to make and receive calls is not available in the UK or Ireland. I asked Samsung Ireland on Facebook.

billy few mates

browne_rob5 wrote: »

The 4g lte version that allows you to make and receive calls is not available in the UK or Ireland. I asked Samsung Ireland on Facebook.

How does it work...?

D0NNELLY

billy few mates wrote: »

How does it work...?

Insert a SIM and works like a phone. But won't be released here. The Irish one works just like a blue tooth headset.. can pick up & hang up the call from the watch, has its own speaker and mike..

billy few mates

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Insert a SIM and works like a phone. But won't be released here. The Irish one works just like a blue tooth headset.. can pick up & hang up the call from the watch, has its own speaker and mike..

Thanks, apologies if this is a stupid question but won't a different sim mean a different phone number to your normal phone or is that a given?
I mean does that make the watch a complete stand alone phone rather than just an add on to your normal phone?

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billy few mates

Thanks, so what functionality will the S3 that we'll see over here have that the S2 doesn't have...?

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billy few mates

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So do you think it's worth the extra money compared to the S2 (which have dropped in price) if those are he only differences in functionality...?

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flangemeistro

Had a look at both S3s in Dundrum yesterday and compared it to my 1st gen Moto 360 stainless and I'll be sticking with my 360.

I'm not a fan of it at all and the screen on the frontier looked pixelated.

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flangemeistro

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They have them?[/quote]
Couldn't tell you about sale items all I looked at were the two display models.

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billy few mates

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They're a shambles alright, you'd think they'd pull out all the stops to have these things on the shelf for Christmas where they might have a chance of selling a few. A €400 gadget like this would be quite a discretionary spend for most people but at Christmas time common sense goes out the window. I'd consider pointing 'her indoors' towards getting me one of these for a Christmas present, but I won't be in any rush to pick one up in the new year unless I see an ad that they've plummeted in price but by then they're replacement will have already arrived on the market.

billy few mates

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Had a look at both S3s in Dundrum yesterday and compared it to my 1st gen Moto 360 stainless and I'll be sticking with my 360.

I'm not a fan of it at all and the screen on the frontier looked pixelated.

How does the 360 compete with the Samsungs functionality-wise...?

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Chibs

Picked up one today in the New York ended up having to get the at&t model. All best buys macys are all sold out. They are saying mid January before they see stock. Really impressed so far. It's a built in sim so I can't change it when I go back home but bluetooth works great. Only $350. 50 more than the Bluetooth. I got lucky because at&t aren't supposed to sell them without a plan. Went to 8 shops before I got a guy to agree to sell me one.

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flangemeistro

billy few mates wrote: »

flangemeistro wrote: »

Had a look at both S3s in Dundrum yesterday and compared it to my 1st gen Moto 360 stainless and I'll be sticking with my 360.

I'm not a fan of it at all and the screen on the frontier looked pixelated.

How does the 360 compete with the Samsungs functionality-wise...?

I can send messages through various apps, ask Google any questions, it counts my steps, tracks my walks, takes my heart rate, I control my Spotify, tune in radio, kodi, Samsung TV, Bose speakers.
The only thing missing for me is a speaker but I rather answering with my watch and speaking through my headphones than talking into my watch anyway.
I really don't see what the S3 adds that can justify it being more than twice the price.

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jones

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Anyone ordered off amazon.es? I know its amazon and should be fine but anything i should know about?

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jones

I'll probably wait until the new year. Just wondering which on people are going for? I'm leaning towards the classic rather than the frontier think it has a cleaner look.

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Decoda

Got mine a couple of weeks ago via Best Buy in the States (came into stock and then sold out that morning but I got lucky and managed to get my hands on a Classic. My Sister was on holidays and picked it up from family over there).

While the strap that came with it is ok I've since got a brown strap and a black strap from Strap Studios made specifically for the S3 with quick release for easy swapping. Was initially looking at the Frontier but in the end made the jump for the Classic as I'm mostly office based. Really pleased with it so far.

D.

billy few mates

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I'll probably wait until the new year. Just wondering which on people are going for? I'm leaning towards the classic rather than the frontier think it has a cleaner look.

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Any differences in functionality or features between the S3 Classic and Frontier watches or is the difference only in the looks?

ongarite

Why the we talking about this watch in the Android forum anyway?
Its not an Android Wear device instead using Samsung OS Tizen with its own app store.

billy few mates

ongarite wrote: »

Why the we talking about this watch in the Android forum anyway?
Its not an Android Wear device instead using Samsung OS Tizen with its own app store.

But it's fully android compatible isn't it...?

ongarite

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But it's fully android compatible isn't it...?

It's as compatible with Android as a Pebble, Mi Fit or fit it or any other fitness tracker....

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