“The ‘Samsung Unpacked’ event should have been named ‘Samsung Unraveling,'” Rachel King writes for ZDNet.
“That’s because, based on today’s unveiling of the tech giant’s anticipated entry into the burgeoning smartwatch market, it’s clear that Samsung has dropped the ball,” King writes. “It’s also evident that Samsung doesn’t understand the wearable technology market yet either… A smartwatch (or any piece of wearable tech for that matter) shouldn’t be released just to act as an accessory to a smartphone or tablet — it should fill a void all on its own by being more mobile, cheaper, or a combination of both. The Galaxy Gear doesn’t come close to answering any of that. (Let’s not even get into how disappointing the overall clunky design is.)”
King writes, “In the end, my only conclusion is that Samsung just wanted to beat Apple to the punch here. Rumors have been swirling around for months that Apple is developing what has been referred to in the media as an ‘iWatch’… But Apple hasn’t even confirmed that it is working on a smartwatch yet — and there’s no rush to do so now either.”
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I can hear those giggles coming all the way from cupertino 🙂
I think they’re more like guffaws, cruel chuckles, and gut-busting laughter in the halls of Cupertino.
I’m in Cupertino, and most of the reaction I’m seeing around here is just “what? Do they think anyone’s going to buy that?”
Samsung’s trying to beat Apple to the punch with some kind of thing on the wrist. Unfortunately for them, they have no idea at all what Apple’s up to.
-jcr
Apple should make a game of it. Keep floating product rumors to see what crazy things they can get Samsung to produce. They could have an office pool with bonuses for the whackiest items.
A really good example why ALL companies need to focus on making great products first, not beating a competitor to market. Also, confirmation that Samsung can’t innovate on its own!
The Apple fanboi equivalent of penis envy.
MacFraud, you might have a valid point, if it wasn’t for the fact that there isn’t a single person who is in any way envious of this piece of junk. It’s the equivalent of the high school jock suddenly being shown to have a really tiny dick, and all the school nerds giggling and sniggering at him, while he’s completely oblivious to it. The fact you can’t understand that shows just how mind-buggeringly stupid you actually are.
I’m keeping my Pebble thank you very much.
You mean the Google Gear is not a Pebble killer? 😉
It’s even worse than all those stupid artist renderings of the imagined iWatch. Shmucks.
That’s because without Apple to follow, Samsung resorted to copying Casio.
innovation for fandroids.
This item doesn’t pass the snicker test. I’d rather see an instrument that is tied to things medical. In addition to a chronometer, a pedometer, perhaps Maps—something that measures BP, blood sugar, pulse, etc. I’m sure medical technology experts could think of a host of uses for a wearable instrument. That would open up a new field for a wristband—or at least new to me.
How about one that has needles on the back so that then you strap it on, it digs right in and you could program it to deliver medication on schedules.
Ouch.
that’s a great idea. it could transfer vitals to a screen like star trek.
Samsung knows little on the smartphone market. If Apple was not around to copy, Samsung would still copying Blackberry! Their innovation- quick copy.
I still can’t imagine ever wearing a watch. I hate watches and personally can’t imagine people spending a couple hundred or more on something people won’t want to wear. If Aplle isn’t just creating rumors to get other manufactures excited to make them waste their R&D dollars, I hope Apple creates something that’s out of the box, that people will actually want to wear.
I have a watch: In my pocket.
I don’t likes stuff on my wrist or hands or ears or nose or cheeks or lips or tongue or dick or nuts, or any other part of my anatomy. Pokeman temporary tattoos I like. 😉
I am actually really looking forward to the Apple watch. I love watches when they are done right. Liquid metal with ceramic and forged by lasers.
…..and of course integrated with Apple technology.
I’ll take one of those over a smart watch ANY day.
I love my Omega X-33. This might be my next one!
I definitely want this Seamaster in my collection. Would make for a nice change of pace from my Submariner.
Even though the watch in the vid is attractive and just down right neat, I still wouldn’t want one because I don’t like hardware strapped to my wrist.
Your mileage may vary.
For me the ONLY way Apple (or anyone else) could get me to drop $ on hardware strapped to my wrist would be to make something insanely great, unique and provide functionality that I can’t get from another device.
Did you see Samsung’s Jony Ive in the stupid white glasses ? A real English twit !!
Nevermind that! Did you see Samdung’s Steve Jobs. I hear he even used the, “One more thing”, line.
Creepy in the extreme.
Samsung rushed to release smart-watch because it didn’t want to be labeled a copy-cater. However, they will be redesigned when Apple release its smart-watch. Once a copy-cater is always a copy-cater.
Samsung think that Apple will unveil iWatch this Sept. So they rushed it… and brainwash the cheap fAndroids that they did it first.
This is what will happens to Samsung without Apple.
I hope the iWatch is all about watching tv.
More like Samsung Fallacy Fear
Imagine that you are a Mother or Father and your 4-year old says, “Let’s play leapfrog”. Now imagine the parent is Apple and Samsung is the child, how easy will it be to leapfrog their new tech…
Apple doesn’t have to be first, they enter a market only if they can make it better and bend it and align it to their paradigm.
At least, they used to under Steve, we shall see how well they do it with Cook and Co.
Are we sure this is not just a rumor or something:) These are truly ugly. Why would you wear one. You might as well paint the big L on your head LOSER. I a geek has would look better. Scary. Maybe they could sell to kids for 49.99
Those are real. They were announced and publicly presented September 4th. There are several marketing videos at YouTube if you search for “samsung galaxy gear smartwatch IFA 2013”. Twit.TV also recorded the presentation with commentary.
I’m loving the fact that Apple is “letting” Samsung release a watch first. Chances are that this will prove that Samsung can not innovate, only copy. My first impression is that the
Samsung watch looks like the older Nano.
EXACTLY. Except Samsung’s has ugly app icons and fewer apps to choose from.
It looks rushed because it is not an Apple product! If it had an Apple logo it would be perfect right MDN? Too funny.
How can it look rushed? Samsung spent all day on it!
Believe me, if they thought they could get away with some sort of Apple logo, they would!
Is your post all that is required to collect the Samsung AstroTurf trolling fee? I could troll better then you with my eyes closed. Very weak trolling, can’t you do any better?
I still think accessory is the way to go. Seriously, who would buy a smartwatch instead of a smartphone? It’d really only be able to function properly as an MP3 player. It literally couldn’t do much else. Samsungs problem here isn’t the concept, but the execution and pricing.
1. The watch is ugly
2. It has horrible battery life
3. It isn’t as backwards compatible as it should be (come on, only your two most recent devices, with support coming to your most popular device later? Something’s not right here!)
4. It isn’t priced like an accessory
I guarantee you that if the iWatch is to be a compliment to iOS and MacOS X devices, it will be priced much lower than the Samdung Galactically Garish watch.
@Dagger: The Samsung ‘smartwatch’ actually REQUIRES tethering to a Samsung smartphone for full functionality. IOW: You have to own BOTH to make the most of the watch. How enticing. (o_0)
For the moment, It only works with the latest Galaxy Note 3. We have to wait until October to see if they manage to add compatibility updates to the Galaxy S3, S4 and Note 2.
Useless piece of shit.
The Galaxy Gear Stupidwatch , will forever be reffered to in the anals of tech history as:
Brick-On-a -Wrist.
R.I.H – POS
RIH <-heehee
Well, there is something to be said for pioneering a concept. But clearly with Samsung they're trying to be 'First To Market' without Apple's keen guidance and it just didn't work out. I think they did their best, but…
Fugly. Congrats Samdung. You’ve earned the shit tech of the day award. Bravo.
this seals it
without apple to copy from Samsung design is butt ugly.
These samsung innovation is things we all can think of .
Oddly enough battery life isn’t a deal breaker for me as I’m used to charging my iPhone, E Cig etc when I goto sleep at night.
What I need is functionality. I want all the personal metrics I can get about… myself and I want to use that information to make improvements.
I want biometrics.
I also want to send and receive phone calls.
I want notifications.
I want Bluetooth.
I want apps.
And I need it all in a very sleek, classy yet high tech looking package.
Cool looking smartwatch. I guess Apple going to copy some of its function and design…..
Yeah, it will copy innovative things such as a wrist band and being able to tell time, and having a display.
Oh it will have some metal parts too, maybe Samsung should get a patent for “metal device with a screen that tells time and is wearable on your wrist”!
My biggest problem with the Galaxy watch is the screen is too small!!
I want a larger screen! It has to be larger. Because I don’t know hat to do with it and it can do everything, how do they expect us to use the thing with such a small screen?
It should be at least 2.5 or even 3in else it sucks!
I see what you are doing here. Well played.
Hey, maybe we should lighten up on Samsung, oops I mean ScamScum. I did find something worse. The Garmin Forerunner 310XT Waterproof Running GPS Watch with USB and heart monitor. Kind of scary:
Darn, ScrapeScrap wasn’t first-to-market with a horror ‘smartwatch’. It does get worse.
I have a sixth generation Nano and wear it as a watch everyday. I love the huge digital font size, great for old eyes. It’s better not to have a band so you can choose one that’s right for you.