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no one buys smartwatches but as soon as Apple is rumored to have one everyone loses their minds I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update in less than two weeks on September 9th apple is having an event where it will likely reveal the iphone 6 apple made it official with a cryptic invite that said wish we could say more uh-huh well it's also possible that Apple could use that event to reveal something that you wear on your wrist perhaps an iWatch this has other tech companies in complete panic because in what seems like desperation Samsung and LG have announced new smart watches even though each just released a SmartWatch in July maybe if they throw more models at us something will stick to our wrists since September of last year's Samsung has given birth to the Galaxy gear the gear to the gear 2 neo the gear fit and the gear live but its newest pride and joy is the gear s2 Samsung's credit the gear s is the first SmartWatch that is not an accessory it doesn't depend on a smartphone to work because it has its own sim card with a 3g wireless connection that means it needs a data plan it has a 2 inch curved screen a front button and a changeable band it's not running Android it's Samsung's own operating system called Tizen and it's packed with sensors including a gps pulse reader and UV monitor so in case you're worried about getting too much Sun this thing will warn you to stay indoors to play more candy crush LG didn't want to feel left out of the SmartWatch mania so it's also doing an early tease for its new LG G watch are the R stands for round this will run Android wear and it features a stainless steel frame with little watched notches that are etched in there is also a changeable leather band it will have a heart rate monitor but unlike the gear s it needs to have a Bluetooth connection with an android phone to do anything price and availability for both of these watches have not been revealed yet because the companies just want to get this news out before everyone starts talking about Apple will get an up-close view of these watches at the IFA tech conference next week and we'll also get to check out Samsung's new high-tech necklace headphone hybrid it's called the gear circle the bluetooth headphones can be worn as a necklace when you're not listening to anything and there's another new type of tech to be unveiled next week from Dyson the company released this teaser video hinting that they have created a robot vacuum cleaner where you can see dysons take on the Roomba on Thursday September fourth and of course that's the same day we get to learn about another SmartWatch the Moto 360 that's your tech news update you can find more details at cnet com and you can always stay updated by following me on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey