Gear family arrives in India: Samsung launches Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit for Rs 15,900 onwards

Samsung has just launched its wearable devices such as Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit along with its flagship Samsung Galaxy S5 at an evenr in New Delhi today . The Samsung Gear Fit as well as the Samsung Gear 2 Neo will both be priced at Rs 15,900 whereas the Samsung Gear 2, which is a successor to the first Samsung Galaxy Gear , will be selling at Rs 21,900. All three will start selling from April 11 in India, along with the Galaxy S5.

The Gear 2 is the proper follow-up, while the Gear 2 Neo is a toned-down update and could do for the category what some of Samsung’s mid-range phones have done for smartphones. Both watches run Tizen and this is a move forced in part by one of the biggest criticisms of the first-gen Gear i.e. battery life. The company is announcing better battery life numbers, but we don’t know whether this is due to hardware or software changes. Tizen, which has been developed largely by Samsung and Intel in conjunction with other tech companies, is also an open-source OS and thus has the same advantages of Android.

Both watches are more or less the same with some minor hardware differences. They have a 1.63-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 320×320 pixels. They both feature a 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. That sounds about as good as a low-end Android phone. The Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo are both IP67 certified for dust and water resistance.

The Samsung Gear Fit was has a 1.84-inch curved Super AMOLED display with 432×128 screen resolution. The screen is fully touch capable. The sensors on the device are Accelerometer, Gyro, Heart Rate. In terms of connectivity it has Bluetooth 4.0 and it is IP67 Water and Dust Resistant. The dimensions of the device are 23.4 x 57.4 x 11.95 mm and it weighs 27g. It has a standard 210mAh battery and Samsung is promising 3-4 days battery life with typical usage and 5 days of battery life with low usage.

It features a pedometer, exercise metre, heart rate monitor and can track your sleep as well as act as a stopwatch and a regular watch. Users can also connect it to the smartphones and get instant notifications from Galaxy smartphones such as incoming calls, emails, SMS, alarm, S-planner,and third party apps while on the move.