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The IFA in Berlin, which has not yet opened, seems to have become a battleground of choice for LG and Samsung have decided to mark in the pants. In phablettes with the LG G3 Stylus against the Galaxy Note 4 but also in connected watches since both presented their new compatriots.
While LG has unveiled its G-Watch R, Samsung follows suit not with the third evolution of the Galaxy Gear, called S. The world’s number one mobile inaugurating today a new design with a curved AMOLED touchscreen 2 inches (360 x 480 pixels), a chip doubles heart 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 4GB of storage and a battery of 300 mAh.
It also embeds sensors with a heart rate monitor and altimeter. But the real novelty is the inclusion of a SIM slot to connect the rise in 3G. What to send and receive SMS, or receive calls even if the phone is out of range. Making it a standalone device connected.
Gear S is powered by the OS Tizen house. To generate interest around its models, Samsung highlights a catalog of applications dedicated in 1000. As for smartphones, the South Korean believes that the key to success here.
But this choice is double-edged. The most serious competitors Samsungt in this market, such as Motorola
or LG have opted for Android Wear is beginning to emerge as a standard. Samsung could then appear as isolated with Gear in Tizen where interoperability is limited to Samsung devices while Android is more open Wear.
Samsung Galaxy S Gear is expected in October. Its price (determinant) has not been communicated. Remember that with its Galaxy Gear, the giant is the leader with 71% of
market according to Strategy Analytics.
But Apple is still in ambush. According Recode, Apple had originally planned to introduce a new product
in the field of gadgets connected in October. Finally, the
changing environment, the manufacturer now would build on
presentation in September. But who says connected object however does not necessarily watch and iWatch. This future product would be particularly optimized to work with the new Apple platforms in health and connected home: HomeKit and HealthKit.
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