Samsung on Thursday launched Gear S2 smartwatch and the Gear VR virtual reality headset in India. These are niche products, though you can say that increasingly smartwatches and the virtual reality gear is reaching into the hands of more and more people. The Gear S2, as the name suggests, is a successor to the original Gear watch. However, it is very very different from its predecessor. The Gear VR, meanwhile, is Samsung's first virtual reality headset and it feels like the first one -- the feature set is limited and the experience is basic, although, still nice.
In the coming days we will take a better look at both the Gear VR and the Gear S2 but if you want a quick take-away, read on.
First let's talk about the Gear S2. Unlike the original Gear that had more square-shaped watchface, the Gear S2 sports a round one. Aesthetically, this looks better. The devices looks more like a watch and less like something from the Star Trek, and that may appeal to mainstream, non-nerdy users. But the big change with the Gear S2 is not the shape. It is how you navigate through its features. On The Gear S2, Samsung has put a dial that rotates. This rotates allows a user to flip through various screens and features on the watch. It is a great way to shift through the information on a device that has a very small screen.
0 comments:
Post a Comment