The only thing emberrasing here is you lol. Usually the ones that bit*ch about the apple watch are the same people that can't "afford" an apple watch. I've had mine for a couple months now and I can't leave anywhere with out it... Public emberrasment? Yeah right.. People gawk at the watch because they want one. No one gives a crap a shamsung and never will. They are on the road to nothing. No wonder they have lost 44 billion in value this year alone. Tragic
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Samsung Announces Round 'Gear S2' Smart Watch
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
The only thing emberrasing here is you lol. Usually the ones that bit*ch about the apple watch are the same people that can't "afford" an apple watch. I've had mine for a couple months now and I can't leave anywhere with out it... Public emberrasment? Yeah right.. People gawk at the watch because they want one. No one gives a crap a shamsung and never will. They are on the road to nothing. No wonder they have lost 44 billion in value this year alone. Tragic
In the smart watch world, round seems far too impractical and limiting. Yes, the
Watch icons are round, but the face and apps aren't.
In the smart watch world, round seems far too impractical and limiting. Yes, the
Having used both round and square smartwatches, neither hinder performance and it solely comes down to aesthetics. The apple watch is the only square one of the market that looks good IMO. The new moto 360 and this watch (in renders) look really nice.
Yes. I do carry 2 smartphones. One for works. One for private. But to have one as a 3g watch still makes no sense.
I still cannot imagine the real use case.
Actually, one 3g watch's use case I could imagine is for someone who doesn't text at all, use no app, and happy to take a call on speaker phone with his/her watch. Not to mention unpractical small screen.
He reminds me of a kindergarten kid learning to put shapes into a box through shaped holes.
Except, he keeps jamming the square into the circle hole and when it doesn't work, instead of switching shapes, he just proclaims "CIRCLES ARE STUPID!"
Yes, putting a square UI into a Circle is stupid. Thats why, if you want to use a circular shape, you change the UI and how information is displayed to take advantage of the round. But he doesn't seem to get that. Because obviously, Apple did a square UI, so that means its the best UI and it would obviously never work in a circle.
He should listen to his own signature
On the Samsung webpage it says Sensors:
Ambient light GPS (3G)
I guess it means it has GPS ?!
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-s2/#!/spec
Ambient light GPS (3G)
I guess it means it has GPS ?!
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-s2/#!/spec
De gustibus non est disputandum. "Square" is more efficient than "round" as a digital user interface; but if you just prefer something that resembles a 19th century mechanical technology forebear, there's no arguing with that. Personally, I don't think of this thing as a "watch", as "telling time" is the least interesting of its functions. Its only resemblance to a chronometer is that it happens to occupy the same real estate.
I think he was (over-optimistically) assuming the reader was smart enough to get the point. The round one requires a lot more real estate to display the same information. Note the wasted space on the right.
I think the Apple he or she were looking for is long since dead and gone. Maybe Apple went astray in his or her mind already with the introduction of the iMac, or the iPod, or the iPhone.
square vs. circle haha. Do we have to claim one better than the other for ANYTHING or can we just say it's user preference?
We all have round avatars - uh-oh, pretty soon the url will be samsungrumors.com.
At first glance, I like the LOOK of the round interface, but I think these are to bezel-y.
My biggest issue with any smartwatch is the thickness.
If apple had a round watch (done apple-like), I think my preference would still be the square one.
I'm unashamedly apple-only, but not one that thinks apple can do no wrong.
We all have round avatars - uh-oh, pretty soon the url will be samsungrumors.com.
At first glance, I like the LOOK of the round interface, but I think these are to bezel-y.
My biggest issue with any smartwatch is the thickness.
If apple had a round watch (done apple-like), I think my preference would still be the square one.
I'm unashamedly apple-only, but not one that thinks apple can do no wrong.
Did you even read the original article? You posted a click bait headline and used it as Samsung stealing and being sued.
Samsung is not even involved in this case and tsmc is not suing Samsung,they are in court with an x employee.
It's sad how tsmc dosnt even have a 14nm chip out yet and Samsung mass produced one almost a year ago but its somehow a copy of a non existent 14nm tsmc chip.
This guy left in 2010 and started at Samsung in 2011 and do you really think Samsung was even dreaming of 14nm then? No way in hell did tsmc have anything close to being top secret for 14nm 5 years ago.
Heck they don't even have a 14nm chip out today in q3 2015 lmfao
What will they say when Samsung releases 10nm to mass market? You do know they already built and tested a working sample of 10nm right?
Oh hold up tsmc can't compete with Samsung and there snapdragon 810 was a complete meltdown volcano and they got but hurt Samsung ditched them for there own ice cold copied 14nm that tsmc don't even have yet lol
PS Samsung spent 10 billion dollars on making 14nm a reality
I don't even think tsmc as a whole company is worth that
Last edited:
you need to have to phone numbers one for your phone one for the wrist lol, thats seems a waste of money
God forbid that some of us use apple and Android products!
Oh snap I posted this on a gs6 but might reply back on an iPad or mbp!
They're certainly "inspired" by other designs but if they keep doing things with taste and Apple doesn't then they're winners here.
Look at Xiaomi Mi 3 phone. It clearly borrowed design from one of the previous iPods but compare it to iPhone 6 which looks ugly. What stopped Apple from making iPhone 6 nice and using its own good design ideas if they can't come up with better ones?
I guess this is progress but i really think Samsung should stick with android wear. I understand why they want to use there own os to stand out but in this case i think its counter productive.
well, not quite sure, if the "round slider control" isn't such a bad idea – when it works smooth and precisely, why not?
The Watch is 12.2mm thick for the 38mm watch and 12.46mm thick for the 42mm. Apple does not include the the bottom sensor array in their measurements. This is verified in Apple's official schematics of the watch:
https://developer.apple.com/watch/bands/Band-Design-Guidelines-for-Apple-Watch.pdf
It's a watch for crying out loud, u ain't playing angry birds on it..
These people are just like Samsung...trying to scream loudly to fight for relevance. You know why I don't care? Samsung is insignificant to me...I will never spend a dime on any of their products. And they're insignificant to Apple. Apple won the war.
You're right. I'm not playing Angry Birds on it, I'm play Call of Duty on it. It's brilliant, you should try it.