Gadgetory

Samsung has just lifted the lid on the gear s2 SmartWatch which uses a rather interesting method of control you actually move through menus and things like that using this rotating bezel around the side now that's a little tip for entry of smartwatches we've seen in the past including the Apple watch so what does someone who's been using the Apple watch for several months to make of this new bezel technology with me is my scenic colleague Andrew Hoyle Andrew hello hello hi Luke so bearing in mind that we have only been using this for a few minutes and that this is very new technology so this very preliminary what are your first impressions of that rotating dial first impressions is that I actually like it quite a lot it's really easy to grab on the sides and to skip through you can kind of grab hold of the watch in a way that you can't with other smartwatches so far so good moving on to the Apple watch which I can see they're sitting pretty on your wrist here it is now you've been using this thing for a few months and your overall are you happy with it overall yeah I like it a lot I like what Apple's done with it I like the way it actually works in terms of the differences between the two I would say that the digital crown is a bit small and fiddly compared to this dial you can roll your finger like that but if you want to grab it and use it you kind of have to really get fine movement there this just a bit easier speaking of that digital crown do you find that you use it because you don't need to use the digital crown do you you know you don't actually most of the interaction I do is actually touch and so I end up getting my fingerprint smeared all over it I will swipe between I'll turn it on and go into going to the menus and stuff but I usually do swipe around my finger partly because I'm too lazy to do this so again it is very early days but would you like to see Apple adopting or experimenting with something like what Samsung's cooked up I think Apple system so far it is is actually is actually fine they have very different interfaces apples doesn't use this circular menu system of the gear s2 has so maybe maybe this big dial is better that okay so finally physical controls don't tell the whole story in terms of navigating through any gadget there's also the software right of course yeah and another thing Samsung does have a bit of a history of making some of its software on both his Galaxy phones and in fact some of this earlier wearables as well the software can be a little bit clunky a little bit difficult to navigate whereas Apple on the Apple watch I found it's it's stripped it down a bit made a lot more simple to use so we'll definitely be looking out for something like that on the gear s2 I thank you Andy Oh a thousand welcomes Luc and be sure to stay tuned to see Netcom for much much more