Checking Out the Features of the Samsung Smartwatch “Galaxy Gear”

CNN’s Zain Asher and Michaela Pereira test drive the features of Samsung’s new Galaxy Gear smartwatch.

Samsung unveiled its first smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear on September 4, 2013. The watch has a square shape and runs an Android operating system that is loaded with apps. It has a 1.63-inch, 320 x 320 pixel display. The phone stays unlocked when the smart watch is near it.

Initially, you will have to have the Samsung Galaxy Note III to get the Galaxy gear to work.

Later phones will work with Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition), and after release, the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S III, and Galaxy Note II. The Gear will be available September 25 in over 140 countries and early October in the United States for $299.

The galaxy Gear watch will be available in Jet Black, Mocha Gray, Wild Orange, Oatmeal Beige, Rose Gold, and Lime Green.

Samsung Galaxy Gear hands-on | Engadget at IFA 2013.

Tech Specifications

1.63 inch 320×320 display 278 PPI (1.67-inch Super AMOLED ≙ 191 dpi; 3 cm×3 cm)
Single-core 800MHz Exynos processor
ARM Mali-400 MP4 Graphic-Processor (210 MHz/500 MHz)
512 MB RAM
4 GB on board storage
1.9-megapixel camera located in the watch band
Bluetooth 4.0 / NFC/Wi-Fi
3 axis accelerometer
315 mAh battery (to last around 25+ hours)

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