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| Samsung Gear S2 Classic - Rose Gold |
After seeing the Gear being displayed at Best Buy and trying it on to see if it would look okay on my very small wrist, plus having my mother standing there cheering me on to "buy it now, buy it now," I uttered a very convincing line to myself, "Finally, a beautiful smart watch for a woman! Now I won't look like a dork!"
But because of the steep price, I still had to step back, go home, think about it, search for better deal online, read reviews, look for fine lines, and all those necessary things I needed to do before I spend my hard-earned money on a toy that I can live without (or can I?).
There are tons of visual reviews out there from people that are pro in creating their own videos. Though my daughter is an actress (that's a totally different story) and great in video editing too, I am nowhere near like her at all. She's talented like that and I'm just not. Ha ha! Anyways, one video I watched I was very impressed because it was so entertaining the way he did it. It's like Samsung hired him to model for them or something.
Then the time finally came for me to decide where to buy that exquisite smartwatch. I was going back and forth between Best Buy or Amazon, well, mainly because I was hoping that Amazon would sell it lower than $449. But because Best Buy is selling it for $449.99 (a mere 99 cents difference), I decided to just go buy it from my local BB store.
What is Samsung Gear S2 Classic?
So what is Samsung Gear S2 Classic? Well as you can see, it's a smartwatch that looks more like a traditional watch with leather straps but has the techie features that makes my life easier. I will never miss a call or text ever again (unless I do it on purpose to avoid my stalker) as I always be notified when I get them. I can check my calendar/schedule and not miss an appointment. Or, keep active and healthy by utilizing its S Health app -- all without having to take out my phone/phablet from my purse or pocket while sporting a traditional-looking watch on my wrist and surprised so many people when I stood by them while minding my own business, like sending messages out and making or answering phone calls via my "wrist".
Amazing Features that I Like to Use
If you've already checked the video I posted above, you've probably already seen what this amazing watch can do. But of course some of those features I don't use or use often. Everyday I find new feature that I test out and decide whether it's useful to me or not. So this part of my post will continue to be updated as I continue to explore my new toy (last update 7/3/2016).
- Rotating Bezel - On the home screen, you can rotate the bezel to view items on the screen. For example, turning it clockwise you will see all your widgets and turning it counter-clockwise you will see your notifications.
- Notifications Panel - When I receive a notification, it displays at the top of the screen while the Gear vibrates and then disappears after a few seconds. If I missed the display, I just rotate the bezel counter-clockwise to view it.
- Rejection Message - When I get a call during a meeting, I would just swipe upward from the bottom edge of the screen and select the reject message I want to send when rejecting that call. For example, "I'm in a meeting."
- Making Calls - I also pair my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with my Jabra Storm bluetooth headset
so that I can do just about anything without having to take my phone/phablet out from my purse. Now with my Gear, I can make a call by either entering a number using the keypad, or selecting a contact to dial, or scroll through the log list and select a log entry to dial. This will automatically launch a call on my phone/phablet and I can just talk away via my bluetooth headset.
Jabra Storm - Listening to Music - When I want to listen to my music through my headset, I just rotate the bezel clockwise 3 times to the music panel and press the "play" button. I can also swipe my finger down the main screen and press the "music" icon to take me to the music panel.
- Weather and Temperature - To quickly check what the temperature is or what the weather would be like for the day, I just rotate the bezel clockwise once and I know that whether I should be bringing my umbrella and my coat for the day or not.
- S Voice - S Voice is a bit more laggy than Google Now Voice. So, I don't use it often. It just needs some improvements in speed and capability, I think.
- Call "so-and-so" - works great. It dials the number from my phone book.
- Navigation - seems to be not working well for me because it replies with "Sorry, your request couldn't be processed. Please try again later." Maybe it can't understand my Asian accent. Ha ha!
- Replaceable Band - This is more of a fashion feature, but I love how I can still change my band of my Classic whenever I want to. When I had my Gear Fit, I bought 24 different designs and colors of bands to match my daily outfit. So you can see that being able to do this with my Classic is a big plus for me. Technically, you can attach any band to it, as long as it is a 20 mm one. BUT, that's a big but ... but because I bought the Rose Gold, I had such a difficult time finding the bands that would match it. So I thought I would forever be wearing this watch with the original off-white band it came with. Until my daughter came home on my birthday (June 30th) with a wonderful gift! I unwrapped it and to my surprise it was a replacement band for my Rose Gold! She said she found it on Amazon, but how I missed it was beyond me. I didn't wait long at all -- I opened the box, took my watch off my wrist and proceeded to swap the band. Voila! It is so perfect. I love it!
Samsung Gear S2 Classic - Rose Gold Replacement Band
Overall, I would give my very exquisite smart watch, Samsung Gear S2 Classic in Rose Gold, a five star rating. It has truly made me almost 100% "hands-off" (driving mode) on everything that I do now. I am very happy and very satisfied with my decision. :) Again, to help you decide whether this is what you want and for complete specifications and features of this product, check it out from Samsung.com.
