Gadgetory

stephane from the vert here and we're at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn looking at the brand new Galaxy watches they're pretty good alternatives to anyone who might want an Apple watch but has a Samsung or Android device but they also come with their own unique interesting features so from an aesthetic standpoint I have to say that the Galaxy watch has definitely matured since I last saw it so looking at the larger version of the watch we have two physical buttons one which takes you to home and another button which you basically can use to program and do just about anything the crown of the watch which is this rotating circle right here is your main navigational tool besides the screen itself so from here you can get to the different home screens the different scenarios that you would set up like music notifications regarding news barometer and you can also add different widgets so we could add an alarm at a shortcut a calendar contacts Samsung health notifications pretty much just everything that the Galaxy watch can do you can add as a separate screen I appreciate that whence you reach the limits of a given menu that it vibrates and it gives you a sort of tactile response so you're not just aiming around different menus with their navigational crown and you're not swiping around everywhere and forgetting where you are so Samsung is touting three primary features for the new Galaxy walk is first and foremost the my day feature which is sort of a daily summary of wat face which shows you how much time you have allotted through the day and what appointments you have and how to balance both second is the all-day battery life specifically four days worth of purported battery life and last but not least activity tracking for up to 40 different activities which are seamless and simultaneous meaning that if you switch from say for example running to cycling the watch will pick up on that and calculate results in a different manner so GAAP see what comes in two different sizes and three different variations of 42 millimeters smaller version which in this pink rose gold version and a 46 millimeter a larger version so basically this particular color only comes in the smaller version presumably because this would be the woman's size because it's a smaller watch SiC thickness compared to a real watch is about the same and it's a pretty surprising it's not that much thicker than the real thing and I appreciate that it's also relatively lightweight the casing is metal which I appreciate from a quality standpoint and this uses an or comes rather would default rubber sports bands but you can turn it over and see that you can actually remove these with a little latch right here and pretty much use any wrist band that will fit into the casing of the watch so the galaxy watches do come with LTE you can get at the carrier in the United States that supports them right now we don't have carrier availability but Samsung has claimed that they've partnered with more than a dozen carriers worldwide to provide LT capability for the gap see watch with LT capability you can receive calls send them top to people listen to Spotify pretty much do everything you would with the galaxy watch normally that's paired to your phone but just independently without needing a phone or look around I really do like the watch it has a quality feel to it I wouldn't use this default band however but the metal casing the use of a crown is a navigational of device I think those are really novel things but Samsung has done well here battery life I haven't been able to test we'll have to figure that out with a long run but overall this seems like a pretty promising android wearable if the galaxy watches are using Qualcomm's new Snapdragon chip for smartwatches then this might be very promising Samsung reportedly says if the battery will last up to four days and considering how slim the watches are that's pretty impressive especially since you can charge them all wirelessly regarding pricing and availability those are still TBD we don't know those yet but keep it locked to the verge and keep it locked to youtube.com forward slash the verge