For all smart watch users that just have to part with their phone, AT&T is now offering the Samsung Gear S2 Smart Watch with 4G coverage. You can now answer the phone directly from the watch as well as send texts, receive texts and get all notifications that go to your phone to your smart watch.
The Samsung Gear S2, which has garnered positive reviews since its release, is now teaming up with AT&T to bring customers a wider network coverage, and a way to compete against Apple. In reviews, the two smart watches are very different and both very efficient: where the Apple Watch has a square dial, the Samsung has a round one, where the Samsung Gear S2 carries 8 apps, the Apple Watch can hold up to 3 times that amount. The collaboration with AT&T takes the competition one step further: while the Apple Watch only connects to your phone via Bluetooth or WiFi, the Samsung Gear S2 has its own network, so it can work completely separately from your phone.
This will give users a time to unwind from their handheld device, but will not disconnect them so they’d miss the most important notifications. Samsung, being Apple’s main competition, is sure to retaliate eventually, given that the newest Apple watch is not yet tied to any mobile networks. It’s yet to be seen what the exact response will be.
AT&T will start to take orders for the Samsung Gear S2 and the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition on November 13th and 6th respectively, at $15 per month on a 20 month plan and $200 on contract.
