Useless, easy money maker for Samsung
I expected this watch to be fully LTE functional.
Setup went fine, but when it comes to functionality, it's pretty useless. If you want it just for fitness activities, just get an Galaxy Active, Fitbit, or something else. In order to use this watch for anything other than that, your phone has to be on, whether it's around you or not. I thought I would be able to use this watch as a backup, in case my phone died while I was out, but I was sorely mistaken.
I ran many random experiments with this watch, regarding Airplane mode, Bluetooth capabilities, Wi-fi, etc... and it let me down.
I couldn't text unless my phone was actually on.....and connected....to do the heavy lifting.
One very useful tool I figured would be it's music capabilities, but that fell extremely short of the line. To play music off your phone, you have to be connected to it, which is understandable. But if you want to utilize Spotify, your phone has to be on and connected to the watch, even when you're signed into Spotify on your watch. Spotify says if you want full wireless streaming to the watch, you have to upgrade to Premium. But guess what? That's a lie, you still need your phone. Why would I pay for that when it's free on my handheld device?
On top of that, they missed a huge opportunity to utilize the rotating bezel for simple volume control!
This inclusion would've bumped this review up to 3 stars.
Notifications come through fine, and it's simple enough to text on. Phone calls work without your handheld device, but that's all it can really do without your phone.
Apple Watch has a neat function when you put on your navigation on your phone, it instantly pops right up on the watch, and you're good to go.
Galaxy watch has nothing of the sort....correction...it does, albeit you have to pay 3 USD for it.
It made me feel like I was playing an incomplete videogame that makes me buy everything after it's come out.
Aside from pointless functionality, the watch is built fairly well and feels good to wear. But I will be getting rid of this watch, but I wouldn't care if someone steals it right off of my wrist
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