Everything we know about Samsung's rumored 'Galaxy Gear' smartwatch
The year of the smartwatch marches on, and following hardware such as the Pebble, Sony's SmartWatch 2, and all manner of Nike Air Max 2016 crowd sourced alternatives, the next manufacturer expected to reveal such a device is Samsung. We've been hearing about a smartwatch from Samsung most of the year, but it's only very recently we've learned its arrival is imminent. So what do we know about the watch? Quite a lot, but not all that much detail. As the announcement draws closer, we've pulled all the rumors surrounding the device together in one handy guide.
September 4 announcement
In the same interview that confirmed the Galaxy Gear name, we also learned the smartwatch will be revealed at Samsung's second Unpacked event of 2013, which will take place on September 4 in Berlin. It'll be joined by the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone tablet hybrid, a device which may benefit from the functionality provided by a smartwatch, thanks to its inevitably unwieldy size. According to Samsung, it has been working on a smartwatch for some time, so expect the company to make it a big deal.
What will it look like?
Excitingly, this is the area about which we've heard the least. Obviously, if it's going to be worn on the wrist, there are only so many shapes and designs it can have, but pictures showing the device itself have stayed out of the limelight. There have been several concepts spread around the Internet, one of which you can see above, but otherwise, the look of the Galaxy Gear is all set to be a launch day surprise. If you want to get a hint, here's Air Max 2016 Womens one of the better concept videos, even though we now know the Gear won't have a flexible screen.
Otherwise, there's no official word on the Galaxy Gear's specifications, but there are a few rumors. A leaked set of specs found its way to SamMobile recently, suggesting the Gear may have a 1.67 inch display with a 300 x 300 pixel resolution, a 1.5GHz dual core processor, a 2 megapixel camera, and 1GB of RAM. Both Bluetooth and NFC were also included. The screenshots leaked in February had a 500 x 500 pixel resolution though, so there's a chance the screen may turn out to be sharper than indicated here.
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