The Tizen-powered, SIM-enabled, curvy Gear S is Samsung’s latest addition to its smartwatch portfolio, and may be its best wearable computer yet. Sporting a large, flexible display, the Gear S looks nothing like its predecessors, although the device’s biggest flaw may be Tizen, a platform that’s yet to receive any love from developers. Luckily for Gear S buyers that plan to use the device without connecting it to a phone, Fleksy is here to help, at least when it comes to quickly typing messages on the tiny display.
It is about time that we review the Gear S. Although we here at Samsung Tomorrow have shared quite a bit of information on the Gear S since its official announcement, we didn’t have the chance to get up close and personal with it, until now.
In roughly five minutes during its IFA 2014 event in Berlin on Wednesday, Samsung announced four new products to its lineup: the Galaxy Note 4, the Galaxy Edge, the Gear S smartwatch and the Gear VR.
Samsung, bless them, always put so much effort into their launches and the arrival of the Note 4 is no different. From the moment the show begun at IFA 2014, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that this was a Samsung event, as a music band played the Samsung jingle with a Note 4 music app. Then, an entire orchestra joined in, all to play that jingle. I fully expect neon covered dancers to appear later on. Samsung’s also one for surprises, as it introduced four products today. The Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, the Gear S and the Gear VR.
