Samsung Announces Gear IconX Wireless Earbuds and Gear Fit 2

[blacktape242]

Oh give over. What you've stated, based on this article, is nothing short of conjecture. Mindless, rhetorical, generic Apple hating, at its best.

Just stop using every single MR report as a springboard for rambling nonsense.

Sorry if my distaste for apple's lack of innovation lately has pi$$ed in your cheerios.....actaully no, I'm not sorry....
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There have been rumors about Apple making this exact thing for about a year now. Samsung rushes out their version before Apple does.

"a year" and nothing from apple....im sure its not rocket science to slam these out, not that i support samsung, i don't think they make near as good a product as apple. but, where is the great stuff apple used to create and wow people with???

 

[tjleonard]

I bet this is off of the rumor that Apple is making some just like these....


1 and a half hours battery life? Hahahahahahaha

So I actually liked the idea of these and stopped the video the second I heard that. Deal breaker.

 

[merkinmuffley]

Earbuds don't interest me at all, but the fitness gizmo does.

 

[s15119]

battery life is a total deal breaker

 

[jpn]

these are really well thought out.
lets hope that apple's version is an improvement.
these do track heart rate. that really is great for workouts.
3.5 hours of stored music playlist track time is sufficient.
if apple could work it so that the apple version gives around 5 hours that would be just enough.

 

[Jakexb]

They can say that they were first, but Apple's version is going to have better battery life than 90 minutes.

 

[echelon5]

As long as there is not a proper competitor to Apple, this industry will never get in the way it's supposed to. And we will suffer more because Apple will be the same spoiled child that it's always been. I still hope for Apple to crash so so bad that it can realize what it's doing to itself and to the industry, because right these days it just acts like a drunk kid who can't see his way home but still trying to walk hitting everyone around and doesn't even care whether he reaches home or not, he just keeps walking.
Samsung? Well, everyone, absolutely everyone, not just Apple lovers, know that it never had a vision, not even a ****** one. Otherwise why would they play a ten-second samba after finishing washing the laundry, while the real industry leaders like Siemens just beeps in single tone? Samsung never knew what to do, when to do or how to do.

 

[mattoligy]

 

[KALLT]

It is more than just a earbuds people seem to overlook: [...] So if you put your own music on the 4GB storage you have 03:30 hrs. of playing time - which is plenty.

Be fair 🙂

It is far from ‘plenty’. No avid music listener would enjoy this. This is what happens when Samsung innovates. They have no focus or restraint.

 

[lordofthereef]

1.5 hours just won't cut it for me. Otherwise like everything about it.
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It is far from ‘plenty’. No avid music listener would enjoy this. This is what happens when Samsung innovates. They have no focus or restraint.

Great for the gym, if think. I don't store any music locally though so it defeats the purpose a bit for me. A lot of runners go with iPod minis for the purpose of small and light and are obviously storing music locally. Something like this would be right up their alley.

The limiting factor here is size. Most buds similar to this one are going to be the same, unfortunately. It remains to be seen if these will end up the same turd that innovative Apple made out of their Bluetooth earpiece.

 

[radiology]

Samsung has some great ideas but they almost always fail to deliver. What can you do with such short battery life? Apple is lucky that they have to compete with Samsung. If Samsung was a little, just a little less out of touch Apple would be in real trouble.

 

[Lennholm]

Wow, 90 minutes of battery life. I know this is going to sound arrogant but you just know that when Apple release their "AirPods" next year with the iPhone 7, they'll have better battery life.

It's not always best to be the first to bring a new product to the market, Apple will take their time and as a result, they'll be better, period.

Apple stopped caring about battery life and using it as a selling point when they started worshiping "thinness", and they outright gave it the middle finger with the Watch.
As for taking their time to ensure quality, they abandoned that priority in favor of annual releases.

 

[Rogifan]

So an unannounced Apple product that may or may not even exist is somehow copying Samsung?

 

[Boatboy24]

...but you just know that when Apple release their "AirPods" next year with the iPhone 7, they'll have better battery life.

Nope, they'll only have 85 minutes. But they'll be thinner. 😛

 

[lordofthereef]

So an unannounced Apple product that may or may not even exist is somehow copying Samsung?

If you read some of the responses, many are claiming the opposite. Samsung is copying Apple because of a rumored product release. Some people just like to worry about who copied whom and not a it whether a product is actually any good or not, I guess.

 

[Casfin]

given how often I have to tear the house apart looking for my earbuds I'd lose these in less than 10 mins.

 

[Swift]

The thing about Bluetooth earbuds, and I've tried a lot of them, is that reviewers never mention what happens when you wear them during a workout. I went through a period a few years ago where I tried just about everything, and everyone but the Motorolas did one thing: they'd work for a week or two, but they'd get fried after the sweat accumulated and damaged the drivers. Now, it's possible to waterproof the drivers, but very few do. My theory is, they were reviewed by people who tried them once in a gym-- if you're lucky-- and said, "they're great." Use them for a week or two and learn the truth: a lot of bluetooth earbuds aren't sealed, and thus, after five or six hour-long workouts, you never hear another peep out of them. Yes, I sweat. I think most people who have ears do, and when the drivers aren't sealed-- zap!

 

[lordofthereef]

The thing about Bluetooth earbuds, and I've tried a lot of them, is that reviewers never mention what happens when you wear them during a workout. I went through a period a few years ago where I tried just about everything, and everyone but the Motorolas did one thing: they'd work for a week or two, but they'd get fried after the sweat accumulated and damaged the drivers. Now, it's possible to waterproof the drivers, but very few do. My theory is, they were reviewed by people who tried them once in a gym-- if you're lucky-- and said, "they're great." Use them for a week or two and learn the truth: a lot of bluetooth earbuds aren't sealed, and thus, after five or six hour-long workouts, you never hear another peep out of them. Yes, I sweat. I think most people who have ears do, and when the drivers aren't sealed-- zap!

I had a pair of yurbuds, though not Bluetooth, that lasted me four years, three trips through the wash, one in the dryer. The fourth washer trip finally killed it.

I did the same as you about a year ago. My issue was mostly nothing stayed in my ears once I got sweating hard. Couldn't do it. That's ok. My replacements cost $30 lol.

 

[jmmo20]

The thing about Bluetooth earbuds, and I've tried a lot of them, is that reviewers never mention what happens when you wear them during a workout. I went through a period a few years ago where I tried just about everything, and everyone but the Motorolas did one thing: they'd work for a week or two, but they'd get fried after the sweat accumulated and damaged the drivers. Now, it's possible to waterproof the drivers, but very few do. My theory is, they were reviewed by people who tried them once in a gym-- if you're lucky-- and said, "they're great." Use them for a week or two and learn the truth: a lot of bluetooth earbuds aren't sealed, and thus, after five or six hour-long workouts, you never hear another peep out of them. Yes, I sweat. I think most people who have ears do, and when the drivers aren't sealed-- zap!

I've had a pair of Jabra Rox wireless and use them all the time when running and they work like the first day. Well maybe (possibly, almost certainly) the battery doesn't last as long, and you need to replace the foam tips every couple of months, but they are perfectly fine otherwise.

 

[echelon5]

Samsung has some great ideas but they almost always fail to deliver. What can you do with such short battery life? Apple is lucky that they have to compete with Samsung. If Samsung was a little, just a little less out of touch Apple would be in real trouble.

Apple might be lucky but that doesn't mean we are, too. For example there are really amazing smartphone makers in China, which is one of the reasons Apple began sucking there. And if one of them were a global brand, things could have been really different. Or maybe if Huawei knew how to do a proper marketing since they are really doing hot tech.
Samsung always does this on purpose and that's the problem. That's the definition of mocking consumers.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

I remember a Samsung smart watch thread a short time before Apple rolled out the Apple Watch. The Samsung story touted 24-hour battery life and- just like this thread- that one issue (insufficient battery life) got pounded and pounded as ridiculous, "deal killer," "epic fail" and so on.

Then Apple rolled out the Apple Watch with "whole day" battery life which turned out to be up to about 18 hours. And that was "perfect", "gets me through an entire day", "just charge it overnight" and "who needs more than that?"

Deja Vu

 

[Zirel]

so now apple come out with their own for the iPhone 7 series.....

how the tables have turned on innovation, apple is the one playing catch up now.

This is why Apple doesn't need to worry about this "no innovation" claims.

Apple 2012

Samsung 2015

Bragi 2015

This. Samsung 2016.

And these are just 2 examples.

Samsung is still the same copy cat as they have ever been!

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I remember a Samsung smart watch thread a short time before Apple rolled out the Apple Watch. The Samsung story touted 24-hour battery life and- just like this thread- that one issue (insufficient battery life) got pounded and pounded as ridiculous, "deal killer," "epic fail" and so on.

Then Apple rolled out the Apple Watch with "whole day" battery life which turned out to be up to about 18 hours. And that was "perfect", "gets me through an entire day", "just charge it overnight" and "who needs more than that?"

Deja Vu

Because Apple promises 18 hours, and delivers 18 hours. Most people, at the end of the day, have 50% or more in battery life left.

Samsung promisses 1 day, it dies in 4 or 6 hours...

One "little" difference.

 

[braintumor]

Wow, so much is wrong with this product...
- Battery life 1,5 hours ... SERIOUSLY?
- Price: USD 199???
- Easy to lose!!!

If apple will come up with something like this because the next iphone doesn't have a headphone jack anymore then goodbye apple!

 

[kingofwale]

Samsung has some great ideas but they almost always fail to deliver. What can you do with such short battery life? Apple is lucky that they have to compete with Samsung. If Samsung was a little, just a little less out of touch Apple would be in real trouble.

funny.... I remember everyone was up in arm when Samsung Gear watch has 2 days battery life. Calling it complete failure.

However when Apple watch has only 1 day battery life... All the sudden it's "oh, i charge my phone daily, so it doesn't bother me".

... People will always justify things because they like a company.

 

[Storming]

I know the Gear S2 And Apple Watch are on different spectrums, but I hope Watch 2 does something more Than we are expecting. 30/40% thinner is not going to cut it. I personally like the heft of Stainless steel 42 MM. I would like to see more improvements internally than Watch Bands or aesthetic appeal.