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The editors liked
Curved screen
Longer battery life
The hardware is near-perfect. Really
All it's missing is an ambient light sensor
And maybe a mic for quick replies to email. But the screen is lovely
The band is comfortable
And the whole thing just looks great. Four days of battery life is totally re
The Gear Fit's curved Super AMOLED display looks great
And it's responsive and bright too. It wraps around your wrist
Making for a more natural fit than other smartwatches. Inside
It's easy to read
But sunlight completely kills the screen. That means
Great screen
Decent design
Smooth performance
Good fitness features
Water proof
The Gear Fit has a forward-looking design
Many more extras than the average fitness band
And the ability to measure heart rate. Its curved AMOLED display looks fantastic
Too
Unique curved screen
Light weight
Good battery life
Music control and notifications
The build is lovely and the design very smart. The screen is bright
Beautifully customisable and it's generally a pleasure to wear.
Good looking (for a smartwatch)
Decent build quality
Curved display is bright
Battery should last up to 3 days
Great design
Beautiful display in right conditions
Simple and fluid interface
Built-in heart-rate monitor
Interchangeable straps
Good price
Some smartwatch functions
Attractive (for a smartwatch) and well made. Curved screen is beautiful and bright. Battery should see most users through three days
Phone notifications
Good looks
Curved AMOLED display
Lots of accessories
Screen
HR tracking
Sheer wearability
Water resistant
Decent battery life
Useful as a second screen
Nice
Bright display
Heart rate integration for exercise activities
Useful media controller
Gorgeous curved Super AMOLED screen
Notifications work for all apps
Silky smooth scrolling
Easy to use software interface
Cool heart-rate monitor
Premium design and build quality
Excellent screen
Fun to use
Good to keep on top of health
Part smartwatch
Part fitness tracker
Very
Very pretty
Smartwatch notifications are nicely done
Attractive curved screen and good looks
Lightweight
Changeable strap
Water and dust proof
The editors didn't like
Limited functionality
Slim screen
The software is unforgivably bad. Tragically bad. It feels as if the Gear Fit and the S Health teams barely spoke to each other at all. Which is especially bedeviling since Samsung made the conscious choice to sell a wearable product that only works with
While Samsung has pretty much nailed the hardware
The software leaves a lot to be desired. It runs Samsung's own OS – not Tizen or Android – which means it can't use thirdparty apps. This really limits what it can do
The battery life is middling at best
Specifically pairs with Samsung S Health equipped smartphone (Galaxy S5) and doesn't do anything the phone can't do
Expensive
The long display means text reads awkwardly on your wrist. The Fit only works with certain Samsung phones. Can't load apps
So you're stuck with the features included. And the price is high
So much so that you might consider a cheaper alternative or the
Unresponsive screen
Unreliable heart-rate tracking
Awkward ergonomics
The exercise end of the equation is a let down. The coaching is unreliable and it doesn't provide much of a training platform outside of the device
Time display very unrealiable
Lacks GPS tracking
Can't see long texts
S Health app is not user friendly
Doesn't automatically detect sleep or excercise
Some Samsung device compatibility only
No auto brightness
Battery life not amazing
Fitness features limited
Lack of apps
Restricted to S Health (Samsung' s app) only
Accuracy questionable at times
No altimeter
Rarely displayed time when I wanted it to. No GPS tracking. Long texts not fully displayed. S Health is confusing
With too much going on. Cannot automatically detect exercise or sleep
Poor sleep tracking
Accuracy issues
Limited analytics
Fiddly charging component
Samsung handset lock-in
Pedometer accuracy
Bulk ruins sleep tracking
Heart rate monitor doesn't always work
No third-party apps
Poor battery life
Data-logging issues with S Health
Sleep tracking not very insightful
Heart rate sensor is temperamental
Long screen is awkward to use
Plastic strap is cheap
Charging dongle is awkward
Pedometer is inaccurate
Fitness features are half-baked
Limited to working with Samsung Galaxy devices only
Two to three day battery life
Not everyone will like the design
Needs a supported Samsung device
Requires two apps to use fully
Short battery life
Leather strap option would have been nice
No option to add thirdparty apps
No option to filter messages
Accelerator doesn't always activate screen when you move
Clean, attractive design, Sharp and colorful curved AMOLED display, Heart rate sensor is a nice addition
Display orientation is not ideal, Fitness tracking is limited, at times inaccurate, No ANT, Smartphone integration leaves something to be desired, Better options exist for the same price or cheaper
The Samsung Gear Fit offers a simplified fitness tracker/smartwatch experience that manages to under-deliver without over-promising. By attempting to cram smartwatch functionality into a basic fitness tracker, and, as a result, neither aspect flourishes. ...
Published: 2014-04-21, Author: Sam , review by: arstechnica.com
Abstract: When the Galaxy Gear wristwatch launched last fall, the results looked like a Samsung panic move. Someone at the company must have thought there was a race to beat the other mobile-world titans—namely, Google and Apple —to a wearable, phone-like accessory...
Abstract: Buy the Samsung Gear Fit now for $204.95 from AmazonAdvances in technology have certainly played a big role in making our lives a whole lot easier, but with almost everything now available at the tip of your fingers, it has also been a contributing factor...
In case I didn't make it obvious already, I won't be recommending the Gear Fit to you. It has some really cool tech inside, like the AMOLED display, but the fitness side of things is far from being anywhere near where it needs to be. There are all sorts...
The hardware is near-perfect. Really, all it's missing is an ambient light sensor, and maybe a mic for quick replies to email. But the screen is lovely, the band is comfortable, and the whole thing just looks great. Four days of battery life is totally re
The software is unforgivably bad. Tragically bad. It feels as if the Gear Fit and the S Health teams barely spoke to each other at all. Which is especially bedeviling since Samsung made the conscious choice to sell a wearable product that only works with
No. Absolutely not. This incredibly promising device is utterly ruined by bad software. Also, its $200. If Samsung does a major software overhaul—and I mean from the ground up—then it could be a great device. But for now, the fact that it only works with...
Abstract: The Samsung Gear Fit looks amazing and is something I want to love, but it has so many shortcomings that I simply can't recommend this device to anyone that's looking to use it as part of a fitness plan. There are a lot of gadgets that you can wear on you...
Published: 2014-04-14, Author: Will , review by: newatlas.com
Abstract: Most of the fitness-based wearables we've seen so far have been very different from smartwatches. And one of the few attempts to blend the two, the Fitbit Force , ended up getting recalled (damn those skin rashes). Enter Samsung, which never met a mobile ...
Super-cool curved display, Notifications work as advertised, Attractive design (if you like ultra-modern)
Inaccurate data logging, Confusing, opaque interface functions, Poor battery life
Half activity tracker, half smartwatch, the Gear Fit shows Samsung understands addition by subtraction. Sadly, though, its exercise tracking is inaccurate. Let's hope a firmware update fixes this soon....
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Published: 2014-04-14, Author: Dan , review by: theverge.com
Published: 2014-04-13, Author: Vincent , review by: slashgear.com
Samsung's Gear Fit leaves us torn. On the one hand, it's the most space-age and glamorous of the wrist-worn wearables we've tested so far, with the genuinely pleasing curved AMOLED display seeing us tapping and swiping for their own sake. It makes Pebbl...
