AT&T, Sprint Plan Samsung Gear S That's Set to Launch Nov. 7
The Samsung Gear S smart watch will go on sale at Sprint and AT&T stores Nov. 7, the carriers said Thursday. Gear S owners will be able to make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages and reply…
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to emails, said Samsung. The Gear S, running on the Tizen platform, has a two-inch touch-screen display, an onscreen keyboard and S Voice, which lets users respond to incoming messages. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are built in, along with sensors including an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and sensors for heart rate, ambient light, UV and barometer, Samsung said. The water-resistant watch can play songs stored on the device or control music stored on a companion smartphone, according to literature. Memory is 512 MB and storage is 4 GB, Samsung said. Clock faces can be customized and wristbands are interchangeable, it said. The smart watch can be added to a Sprint Family Share Pack for a $10 per month line access charge, but Sprint is waiving the access charge through December 2015 for customers who add the watch as a new line of service to a Share Pack plan of 20 GB or higher, it said. Suggested retail price of the Gear S is $384 with a service plan or for no money down and 24 monthly payments of $16 under Sprint’s Easy Pay plan, it said. At AT&T, the Gear S will be available for $199.99 with a two-year agreement, and users can add the Gear S to a Mobile Share plan for $10 per month, the carrier said.