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Samsung is a company that got involved in wearable tech very early on and it's hoping that that extra experience can but it's later SmartWatch the gear s2 a cut above its rivals let's take a look let's start with the biggest change and that's the design Samsung smartwatches up until now have had a square look but the s2 is round and there's a new way of navigating the device to match so to move through options you twist this bezel on the side a little bit like a classic diving watch now most of Samsung's apps make good use of this and because finding the best way to control smartwatches is still an industry-wide question it's cool to see Samsung trying something new I actually really like this mechanic I think the company could be on to something feels quite cool to use now the gear s2 comes in a few flavors as well as the standard model there's the gear s2 classic which has this luxurious leather band and there's also going to be a 3G option which can make calls when it's not tethered to a phone all three models are going to be dust proof and water resistance so a question a lot of people are still asking is what exactly are you supposed to do with a SmartWatch well apart from tracking your activity for use in Samsung's s health app this devices main function will be as an extension to your phone so it'll show you incoming calls texts emails and so on without you having to pull your phone out of your pocket so I'm intrigued by that circular navigation and the claims about battery life but with many people still unconvinced about smartwatches and with competition really hotting up from other manufacturers will be looking for some really special results when it comes to the full review until then stay tuned and check out cnet.com slash for much much more