In 2013, smart watches were just beginning its long journey to the hearts of gadget lovers. Though the market has several outstanding devices, for example, Samsung Galaxy Gear or Pebble Watch, the direction of "smart watches" and "wearable electronics" is at the beginning of the path to the mass market.
In 2014, the situation changes dramatically. Wearable electronics are trying to release many technology giants. On the MWC 2014 Samsung, Sony and Huawei showed several new products. Let's meet them soon!
Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo h4> Samsung has decided to continue its line of watches Gear and introduced "smart" watch the second generation Galaxy Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. The models are almost identical. The main difference - no camera on the Neo, which makes them 19% lighter than the Gear 2. The camera, which used to be housed on the strap hours, now looks out of the housing Gear 2.
Display: 1.63 "Super AMOLED (320 x 320)
Processor: 1, 0 GHz, 2 cores
Operating System: Tizen
RAM: 512 MB
User Memory: 4GB
Camera: Gear 2 i>: 2.0 MP (auto focus and resolution 1920x1080, 1080x1080, 1280x960); Gear 2 Neo i>: N / A
Video: the codec: H.264, H.263; Format: 3GP, MP4; Quality: HD (720p, @ 30fps)
Contact: Bluetooth® v4.0 LE, IrLED
Additional: accelerometer, gyroscope, Heart Rate
Battery: 300 mAh
Dimensions: Gear 2 i>: 36.9 x 58.4x 10.0 mm; Gear 2 Neo i>: 37.9 x 58.8 x 10.0 mm
Weight: Gear 2 i>: 68 g; Gear 2 Neo i>: 55 g
In addition to the new design has been established and a new operating system Tizen. In particular, Samsung hopes thereby to have more control over the hours associated with software products and services that will increase revenue.
This step has allowed to increase the battery life of up to 2-3 days under normal use and up to 6 days with little use. Both devices can act as a fitness trackers - wearable gadgets for tracking the physical parameters of the body (eg, heart rate). Models equipped with electronic pedometers, and custom applications can monitor the level of stress and sleep quality of the owner.
In addition to the standard functions of "smart watches» («smartwatch»), working in tandem with a smartphone - the management of incoming calls and received various notifications, the device can serve as a remote control for the TV (they built IrLED-emitter), and audio player. These functions are implemented independently of the smartphone, so enjoy music or TV, you can change channels, even if there is no connection with the main unit hours.
In the sale of new items will arrive in April. Model Galaxy Gear 2 will be available in black color (Charcoal Black), Bronze (Gold Brown) and orange (Wild Orange), while the Galaxy Gear 2 Neo instead of bronze will be gray color option (Mocha Grey).