Features:

  • A distinctive steel bezel that you can rotate to access apps and notifications , Strap with buckle – 2.76 inches,Large strap with holes – 5.12 inches, Small strap with holes – 4.33 inches
  • Text, call and get notifications directly from your watch through your Bluetooth connected smartwatch
  • Make payments with Samsung Pay almost anywhere you swipe or tap a credit card. Battery Type and Size : 380mAh Li-ion
  • With military-grade performance, the Gear S3 resists water, dust, extreme temperatures and the occasional drop
  • Compatible with Android and iOS smartphones (compatible with select Bluetooth capable smartphones using Android OS 4.4 and later with at least 1.5GB RAM as well as iPhone 5 and later with iOS 9.0 and above. Gear S3 supported smartphones may vary by carrier and device. For a list of compatible smartphones and features
You need a bezel

I love everything about this watch. From the customizable watch faces (Goldeneye!) to the heart rate monitor, which makes tracking sleep efficiency and circadian rhythms more than junk science, I use this every hour of the day for a variety of purposes. It syncs perfectly with my iPhone (people always seem surprised to hear that), and the mechanical bezel around the face makes scrolling menus even while in the shower or pool very simple and practical. This is the time to pull the trigger on a smart watch. They have worked through the glitches to the point where it is only value added to my busy life. And the round face, beyond its practicality, just looks so much better with a suit or casual attire.

As an IOS user

Before you use the watch: SET IT UP, then RESET IT. This fixes a software issue that causes rapid battery drain. PROS: +This is one tough watch +2+ days of battery life +Ergonomic (And that's from an apple user) +Blazing Fast +Unique and very cool watch faces +Calls can be accepted and made from the Frontier on IOS CONS: -No replying to notifications (Curse you apple) -S Voice sounds like a really bad Sci Fi robot I traded in my apple watch for the frontier, and in all senses of the word do i mean, IT IS BETTER. The Frontier feels rugged and looks professional, unlike the apple watch that feels flimsy (as apple products are) and just looks like a microchip with a screen. If you want intuitive design and a rugged watch that won't let you down, i suggest the Frontier. "But I like apple tho" Why are you reading this?

Amazing watch with a few minor quirks.

This is my first smartwatch and I couldn't be more pleased with it save for a couple of things that I feel could be improved. I'll start with the feel of the watch. It feels expensive. My that I mean that it has weight to it. It's odd that people attribute weight to more value when it comes to products sometimes. The band that came with this watch is a very soft rubber. It's probably going to be replaced soon though. It's a comfortable band and looks decent but I personally would like something that looks a little classier. I'm not going to describe every app that is on this device but I do want to talk about one specifically that I don't care for. It's not really an app but more of a feature. It's one of the reasons that caused me to give this watch a slightly lower score. S Voice. Personally, I don't like it. I've tried many times to make it work and use it, but it's just not good in my opinion. I tried to use it since I wanted to use all the features of the watch, and it just wouldn't cooperate. When it did respond to various commands, the voice was so bad and computerized that it was nearly impossible to understand. S Voice gives this great watch a knock down. :( The only other knock on the watch is the battery. I charge it to 100% and b y the end of the day it's at about 50%. So really it could last for 2 days but I'd rather see it last for nearly a week. It's not horrible but I think they could do a little better. Setup of the watch on my OnePlus 6T phone was easy. You're walked through every single step. Once it's up and running you have access to so many different watch faces (which I can't seem to get enough of) and a wide variety of apps. All in all, it's a great watch that has a couple of things I don't care for. If you're in the market for a new watch I recommend the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier.

Absolutely phenomenal!

This watch is absolutely incredible. It's seriously almost like having a second phone. Typically when I see something advertised as "Military quality" I think its gonna be a POS that breaks in 3 months, as most equipment in the military does. But I'm military and have had this for nearly 4 or 5 months now and it holds up great for the use and abuse (given I do have tempered glass for it). I was also pretty skeptical of the water resistance. However, one day, being in a massive rush, I showered with it on. Not even a single glitch. The only issue was water would get in the speakers and plug up the noise (I had music playing), inevitably giving me a heart attack, but then it would pop clear and it was perfectly fine. (If you blow in the speakers, the water will come right out). Pictures display GORGEOUSLY, though it was hard for my phone to focus on its screen. To transfer photos (and music) you need to use the watch app on your phone. Real quick process, but be mindful you don't have a lot of storage. Still absolutely flawless. This is my first smart watch so I'm pretty blown away. I got a really dapper Pipboy (Fallout) watch face. There are TONS of watch faces to choose from aside from the basic ones.

Best watch ever

I was back and forth so much on this before I purchased the watch. It was a lot of money and I have never had a smart watch. It has small issues like connectivity and it takes it a second to catch up to the correct time when it wakes up but that I can live with. All in all I love this watch. It does so many things and I keep discovering more all the time. Buy with confidence

Great watch for the 21 Century

I've been using my Gear S3 Frontier a.k.a my "Dick Tracy" watch for the past 2 week and I must say it is a pleasure. I've made and received calls via the watch just to have the experience of doing it; it is not the idea why to do things but it works great in a pinch. I run the following apps on my watch: Phone, Contacts, Samsung Health, Weather, Samsung Pay, Music Player, Reminders, Alti-Barometer, Scheduler, Alarm, World clock, Gallery and of course find my phone. I've also setup two different Calendars to send a notification to the watch too. The phone works great but I don't want to talk into my wrist all the time, and you can move the call you answered on your watch to your phone, which is what I did one time, it was easy. Contact, there is not much to say about that. Samsung Health is good, it tells you when you have climbed a set of stairs, as long as the stairs are more than 10 feet. It counts your steps, I'm at 4200 today and my goal is 6500, and the goal is easy to change. Heart rate monitor is fine you just need to wear the watch a little tighter than you are likely use to. I found the heart rate to be accurate to my pulse\oxygen meter. The weather is as accurate as accuweather is. Samsung Pay works just like apple pay, easy to use and no problem to report. Music Player is best when your watch is paired with a Bluetooth headset. I've not missed a meeting since the Scheduler has moved to my wrist. The Alarm, well it is an alarm and if will wake you up. The World clock is helpful since I change time zones when I travel, now I don't wake the wife by calling when she is asleep. The Gallery is the only one I think is kind of silly, the watch face is small for really viewing a picture. My biggest concern was the battery life; with all these apps doing there thing and the always on watch face turned off I'm getting 4 days of use out of the watch battery. I don't know what it would be if the watch face was always on but I'll be trying it soon. I don't like a cluttered watch face, my current one has the time, date and battery status in percent. I have 9 others watch faces stored on my watch so I'm ready. There are lots of free watch faces available. I'm happy I selected the Samsung Gear S3 watch. By the way my first watch call was to my youngest son, whom has the same watch, I didn't know that until he told me he answered my call via his S3 watch. I believe you will be happy with this watch.

Great watch, poor battery life

I will start by saying I've had this watch for only a couple days now, and i am throughly impressed. It is a beautiful watch, and it is very comfortable to wear. I love the features, and the many uses for it are great. I especially like that i can text without using my hands with it, since you can wake up svoice by saying, "hi gear", and then giving it a command. The apps are lacking on it, but what they do have seems to work quite well so far. I only have two gripes with this watch though - one, the battery life stinks. With normal use of the watch (nothing too crazy), it needs to be charged at the end of the day every day. That's with just looking at it very seldomly, but it still dies quick. The claim of 4 days that is made is if it's in power saver mode, but then it's only got basic functions, with no heart rate monitor, blue tooth, or wifi capability. If i wanted a basic watch like that, i would have gotten a cheaper watch or something. This is my major issue with the watch. Secondly, and this isn't as bad, the voice recognition is a bit bad when talking into it. That's not too big of a deal though, since it gets the right word about 80% of the time. Not bad, but still not too good. I can live with that though. Overall, i would still recommend this watch to everyone. I'm going to see what i can do to extend the battery life by more than it is now, but for now, that is my only concern with this watch. The features are more than enough to get a 5 star from me.

Truly Smart Watch

I've got a lot of Samsung tech, so I may be slightly biased towards their stuff. I got this watch replace my Samsung Gear S, I think one of the first generation of smart watches. Basically, that was a extension of the phone. I could answer calls, but neither hear nor talk to the person. This watch has a built in speaker and microphone, so I've actually heard people talk on the watch, although I still haven't confirmed that it actually works as a second phone - Dick Tracy style (or James Bond, depending on which one you remember). This watch charges very quickly on the charging pad, and holds its change too. I've lefty it out for three days, it still had 16% left. On an average day, the charge goes to about 80% on a full charge. The weather functions are an impressive upgrade, although I haven't verified the accuracy of the tools. It appears that some of the tools - altimeter, barometer among them - need a reference to be really effective, but i haven't tested that yet. It looks pretty accurate compared to available data even without the reference. The health functions are amazing - not only does this watch measure heartbeats accurately and frequently, it does a fair job predicting your current activity - walking, running, biking. I haven't tried swimming with it yet, but I think that's an option - I wouldn't do it without some protection however. The one annoying part of this is that it will prompt you (unless you change the notification settings) to start walking if you're stationary for a long time - not exactly a good idea of you're sitting in a meeting. It will also buzz if you're walking around at work, just a casual reminder that you're also exercising. As a timekeeper, it's pretty good. Oddly, with all of the fancy apps on this thing (you can download more through the gear os on your phone), a good free chronometer is hard to find. Nonetheless, it does its primary job very competently. I'm hopeful that with updates, this watch will keep getting better and smarter.

This Watch Luddite has been won over

I always have thought that the watch is the one classic accessory that wouldn't be replaced by a computing device. I've avoided digital watches in favor of quartz and automatic watches with good old analog time-telling capabilities. "I've no need to digitize my life any further," said the man. And I have turned down the Apple watch. But this old man still can learn new tricks, and this watch really surprised me with its versatility. Let's be honest: I got this watch because 1) I am an android user, 2) I was taking a 2-week European vacation, 3) it was available on Warehouse Deals for cheap, and 4) I wanted to have the convenience and security benefits of paying with NFC without pulling out my phone. I really couldn't have cared less about any of the other features. Suffice it to say that for my intended purpose, the watch worked admirably. But on the trip, it also gave me information about my steps and actvity which was great. I could check for messages from my travel mates without pulling out my phone. The S3 was able to read out my GPS directions so it was less awkward to follow directions while walking. And I discovered that I could change watch faces at a whim. Way more than I expected. And I loved using the rotating bezel as a control. Now nothing is perfect and that's true with this watch. To be fair, I gave it the highest rating because it far exceeded my expectations and made me a believer in the usefulness of smart watches. However, it is important to know these First, although the stated battery life is 2 days, when you are traveling and using it a lot it's safer to assume 1 day. There was one day where my charger came apart from the wall and the watch did not charge overnight, so it died half-way though the day. I feel that there should have been some low battery warnings before it shut off, but I didn't get any. So that's why I gave only 4 stars on battery life. Second, the main button of the watch stopped functioning. However, I made it through the trip and shipped it to Samsung and they repaired it at no charge. So while it was good that I could function without the main button, it was disconcerting that it broke during the trip. At any rate, all fixed and all good now, so still a good deal. Third, you need to note that with your phone constantly in connection with your watch, it is likely that you will see reduced battery life on your phone. This hit hardest while traveling, and probably was exacerbated by the different networks we were using, but the upshot is that you can put the watch into Airplane mode and make up to 5 purchases before it needs to sync with your phone again. So unless you are constantly using the watch, then you can do that. However, then you won't get any notifications. This shouldn't count against the S3 specifically but I gather will be true of all smartwatches. Fourth, it may interfere with bluetooth connectivity to your car stereo. I have had some issues and have found that putting the watch in Airplane mode solves most of them. I mean, you don't want to check messages or get phone calls on your watch, do you? Still, a minor inconvenience. Fifth, although this smartwatch supposedly allows you to use dictation similar to a limited Siri or Google agent, it is way worse with word recognition than the phones themselves. Almost unusable, IMO. Again, these shortcomings do not affect my current usage of the watch, but may well prevent adoption of newer features. In my book, this watch is a home run for Samsung and has changed my mind about smartwatches.

It is one of the best, if not the best smartwatch for Android

Its one of the best smartwatches out there for android specifically. Worth the value of $299.99 that i paid for. Pros: -feels nice on hand, not to heavy on the hand but not too light. -swappable watch bands. Feeling leather straps no problem, maybe something for active wear too no problem. -Decent ammount of good watch faces that are free. A cool one is the Fallout PipBoy. -Samsung Pay is a blessing on this watch. No better feeling then not having to pull your wallet or phone out for a transaction. -Nice built in dock charging station from the watch box itself. -Can go almost 2 days on a full charge. Cons: -runs on the thicker side of smart watches if you do prefer something sleek like the Apple watches. -price point being $299.99 at the time i bought it. (Worth it imo if you wear it everyday) -Not alot of store apps, but theres still a handful of good apps built for the watch -catches peoples attention if you're a shy person

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