Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of 3 new variants of the stylish Gear S2 smartwatch
with a whole new set of applications & dial faces for the Indian consumers.
In continuation of its leadership in the wearables category, Samsung introduced two new elegant editions
of the Gear S2 Classic, one encased in 18K Rose Gold and another in Platinum, offering users diverse options to express and match
their style. The third new variant
is the Gear S2 White, where a sporty white elastomer strap is
matched to the stylish silver dial.
Along with the new Gear S2 variants and unique watch faces,
Samsung is also offering an enhanced choice of apps such as cab services from Uber, G’Night sleep tracking app,
reminder specialist My Notes in Gearand an all-new YouTube browsing
app Xenozu to its
customers. Gear S2 will also feature a host of new games, enabling the
intuitive rotating bezel as a natural game controller.
Manu
Sharma, Director, Mobile Business, Samsung India Electronics, said, “Gear S2 is a
sleek and smart wearable that enable users to augment and personalise
their mobile experience and lifestyle. The introduction of these new variants
with additional apps and watch faces will further add to the style and
convenience quotient. Samsung Gear S2 is a true testimony to our commitment to
provide breakthrough technology to make lives of our consumers richer.”
Three brand new variants
With the 3 new
offerings, the Samsung Gear S2 is now available in 5 variants in India – Gear
S2 Classic Black, Gear S2 Classic Rose Gold, Gear S2 Classic Platinum, Gear S2
Black and Gear S2 White.
The Platinum and Rose
Gold variants come with plating that encases the dial and buckle. The new variants
are complemented by premium leather straps, in Ivory White for the Rose Gold
and Black for the Platinum. As before, both straps are standardized 20mm
straps, giving the customer complete freedom to ‘dress’ their Gear S2 further
with straps of their choice.
More Apps and Dial
Faces
The Gear S2 Apps story
in India has appealed to its users with the innovative and comprehensive
solutions around Health, fitness, Connectivity and Style. This has been further
enriched with the introduction of a new set of Apps and Dial Faces.
For instance, the Uber
for Gear app allows users to locate, request and confirm
cabs conveniently right from their wrist.
Another new addition
in the Gear Apps store has been the award winning G’Night sleep tracking app that makes use of available
sensors to analyse users’ sleep cycles to ensure they are woken up in their
most active and fresh state.
In keeping with the
efficiency boosting potential of a wearable device, a comprehensive notes &
checklist application has been introduced for the Gear S2 called My
Notes in Gear. With a host of tools that allow attaching pictures, colour
coding and even reminder alarms based on time & location, the My Notes
application keeps managing tasks and lists detailed yet fun.
YouTube browsing app, Xenozu, has been added to
the Gear S2 portfolio that allows users to browse, search and view videos on
the Gear S2, just with the turn of the bezel. It’s a great way to check what’s
trending on YouTube before reaching for your phone. This is in addition to
pre-existing apps for Twitter and Instagram as well as full keypad based
support for popular Messengers like WhatsApp, Facebook etc.
Customers now also
have a wider catalogue of dial faces to choose from right from the purely
visual animated art of Peanuts to highly functional dial faces that can call
out weather, moon phases, health goals, reminders and notifications all in
one screen
Host of new games
There’s also a host of new games that use the rotating bezel of
the Gear S2 as a natural and intuitive game controller. To name a few, games
from popular genres like the puzzle based Hextris, classic car racing Vroom Rider, brain teaser themed Hangman as well as wildly popular Play store games like Space Wars and Snake are now available on the
Gear S2 to be played with bezel control.
Price and Availability
The new variants of
the Gear S2 wearable will be available across all Samsung retail channels at a
price of Rs 24,300 for the Gear S2 White and Rs 34,900 for the Gear S2 Classic
Gold and Platinum variants.
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