Samsung unveils Gear S2 versions for UAE

Samsung on Wednesday officially launched Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch in two versions and its top official said the wearable devices segment is growing fast.
The Samsung Gear S2 Sport and Gear S2 Classic will be available at major retailers across the UAE for Dh1,199 and Dh1,399, respectively, starting from November 8.
The wearable devices market has grown exponentially from four million devices three years ago to 22 million units in 2015. It is predicted that the market size will touch 100 million mark by 2020.
"This category has been growing very fast and local consumers in the region are very much tech savvy so we expect the new watch will get good response," Tarek Sabbagh, head of IM at Samsung Gulf Electronics, told Khaleej Times at the launch in Dubai.
Unveiled at Samsung's exclusive pop-up shop at Dubai Mall, the Samsung Gear S2 is the company's latest innovation in the wearables category, and is more versatile, more intuitive and more customizable than any Gear device before it.
Last year, Samsung spent $14 billion on research and development, he informed. So the company keeps innovating and answer the consumer demand, he added.
"Samsung has spent years introducing brave new concepts to the wearable device market, and the Samsung Gear S2 reflects our most progressive innovation yet," Sabbagh said. Faster and user-friendly than any device before it, the Gear S2 ensures that no moment is missed and no opportunity is wasted. The new smartwatch was made available to the public at the Galaxy Studio, an exclusive pop-up shop at Dubai Mall.
Located at the mall's Waterfall Atrium, the Galaxy Studio will be up and running until November 20, showcasing the new Gear S2, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5. The Galaxy Studio pop-up shop, which has graced London, New York City and Seoul, allows consumers to try out the new Galaxy Gear S2 smartwatch and the company's latest flagship phones - no strings attached.
The Samsung Gear S2 comes in a versatile, circular design with an intuitive, custom UX and advanced features that allow users to enhance and personalize their mobile experience. The Gear S2's unique rotating bezel, along with the Home and Back buttons, ensure that users will have a quicker, more precise method to comfortably access notifications and applications.
With the Gear S2, Samsung can stay connected at-a-glance, receiving notifications to check calendars, e-mails, news and can even send important texts directly from their wrist.
At just 11.4-millimetre thick, the Samsung Gear S2 sits lightweight and compact on your wrist. It also offers an incredibly vibrant viewing experience for a smartwatch, thanks to its 1.2-inch circular screen and its 360 x 360 resolution (302 ppi). With its vibrant screen, applications on the Gear S2 can be viewed with amazing clarity so that users don't miss notification pop-ups. The Gear S2 is also powered by the latest Tizen OS and an optimized 1-GHz dual core processor, letting the Samsung Gear S2 perform tasks easily and efficiently.
- abdulbasit@khaleejtimes.com