If yesterday we knew by the hand of Xiaomi the Mi Band 2After it was officially presented by the increasingly popular Chinese manufacturer, today it is the turn of the Gear Fit 2 from Samsung that was presented yesterday at an event that took place in New York. In 2014, the launch of the first version of the Gear Fit took place, which aroused great success and perhaps we could even say that it continues to be so, but the renewal of this bracelet that measures physical activity was necessary.
And we could say from the outset that Samsung has done it, and has done it quite well. The first thing that stands out about the device is undoubtedly the screen, a 1.53-inch curved Super AMOLED. Its design and its striking colors are other things that will not go unnoticed by any user.
Characteristics and specifications
Next we are going to review the main features and specifications of this Samsung Gear Fit 2;
- Weight of only 30 grams
- 1,53-inch SUPER AMOLED screen with a resolution of 432 x 216 pixels
- Dual-core Exynos processor running at 1 GHz speed
- 4 GB of internal storage available to store music or any other document
- 200 mAh battery with autonomy according to Samsung itself of between three and four days
- IP68 certification that makes it resistant to water and dust
- Available in two different sizes, L and S that will adapt perfectly and in both cases to your wrist
- Available in three different colors; black, blue and purple
It should be noted that this new Samsung device will allow us to record all the physical activity that we perform throughout the day, relying on some of its functions such as heart rate measurement or the integrated GPS.
Of course, we can also view the notifications we receive on our mobile device in a fairly simple way just by synchronizing the Gear Fit 2.
Is renewal really important in this Gear Fit 2?
It was a long time since Samsung had officially presented the Gear Fit and a second version of this device was practically necessary, after the great success of the first version. Nevertheless in this Gear Fit 2 we do not find too many improvements. In addition, its price, which will surely exceed 200 euros, will not help users too much to choose to purchase this new quantifying bracelet.
An improvement in the design, the new curved screen that will offer us an enormous quality and the integration of the GPS we could say that they are the main improvements incorporated, which I am not too clear if they will be enough. Returning to the price, for that amount of euros that we will have to pay we could, for example, buy some other smartwatch that will offer us some more possibility than this Gear Fit and for example almost 10 Xiaomi Mi Band 2, which does not have the same design, but that offers us practically the same options and functionalities.
There is no doubt that this Samsung Gear Fit 2 is an outstanding device, with a careful design down to the last detail, but that will be priced too high for the options and functions that it will offer us. Of course, no one doubts that the sales will be more than acceptable and that is that there are many users to whom this type of devices attract a lot of attention and are willing to pay for them the price they have.
Price and Availability
Yesterday Samsung announced at the presentation event that The new Gear Fit 2 will be available in the market from June 10Although the South Korean company did not specify in which countries it will be available. We imagine that in the next few days it will make official the countries in which it can be purchased, among which we hope Spain is.
As for the price, yesterday it was not officially confirmed, perhaps not to scare anyone. If we take a look at the year 2014 when the original Gear Fit was put on sale, its price was 200 euros, so seeing the improvements and new features incorporated in this second version It is to be imagined that we will not see a price much below those 200 euros.
Finally and in terms of compatibility we can tell you that this wearable will work perfectly with all those devices that have Android 4.4 or higher, so in principle there should not be too much problem for it to work in the vast majority of devices out there. right now on the market.
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