Samsung Gear was a line of wearable computing devices produced by Samsung Electronics. The first device in the series, the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, was announced in 2013. [1] Since then, the line has expanded to include fitness bands and earbuds, as well as more smartwatches.
Although the first device (Galaxy Gear) was named after the Galaxy brand, Samsung did not name its subsequent devices under the "Galaxy", simply using the prefix "Gear". February 2019, Samsung re-branded smartwatches, fitness bands, and earbuds under the Galaxy brand (Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Fit , Galaxy Buds ). [2] Samsung shipped approximately 31 million wearable devices in 2019, [3] including 7.4 million true wireless earbuds. [4]
Product | Model | Launch date | SoC | Wireless | Display | OS | Internal storage | Battery size |
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Galaxy Gear | SM-V700 | September 23, 2013 | Exynos 4212 1x 800 MHz | 1.63" super AMOLED (320x320) | Android Tizen | 4GB/512 MB RAM | 315 mAh | |
Gear 2 | SM-R380 SM-R381 (Neo) | February 22, 2014 | Exynos 3250 1x 1 GHz | 1.63" super AMOLED (320x320) | Tizen | 4GB/512 MB RAM | 300 mAh | |
Gear Live | SM-R382 | June 25, 2014 | Snapdragon 400 4x 1 GHz | BCM4334W (Wi-Fi/BT) [5] | 1.63" super AMOLED (320x320) | Android Wear | 4GB/512 MB RAM | 300 mAh |
Gear S | SM-R750 (Cellular) SM-R750J SM-R750A/B/D/P/T/V/W (cellular) | November 7, 2014 | Exynos 4212 4x 1 GHz Snapdragon 400 4x 1 GHz Snapdragon 400 4x 1 GHz | 2.0" curved Super AMOLED (360x480) | Tizen | 4GB/512 MB RAM | 300 mAh | |
Gear S2 | SM-R720 (BT/Wi-Fi) SM-R730 (Cellular) SM-R732 (Classic; BT/Wi-Fi) | October 2, 2015 | Exynos 3250 2x Cortex-A7 1 GHz | BCM4343 (Wi-Fi/BT) [6] | 1.2" circular Super AMOLED (360x360) | 4GB/512 MB RAM | 250 mAh 300 mAh 250 mAh | |
Gear S3 | SM-R760 (Frontier; BT/Wi-Fi) SM-R765 (Frontier; Cellular) SM-R770 (Classic; BT/Wi-Fi) | November 18, 2016 | Exynos 7270 2x Cortex-A53 1 GHz | 1.3" circular Super AMOLED (360x360) | 4GB/768 MB RAM | 380 mAh | ||
Gear Sport | SM-R600 | October 27, 2017 | BCM4752 (GNSS) [7] | 1.2" circular Super AMOLED (360x360) | 4GB/768 MB RAM | 300 mAh |
Product | Model | Launch date | SoC | Wireless | Display | OS | Internal storage | Battery size |
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Gear Fit | SM-R350 | April 11, 2014 | STM32F439ZI CM4 180 MHz [8] | BCM4334W (WLAN/BT) | 1.84" curved Super AMOLED display (432x128) | RTOS | 4GB [9] | 200 mAh |
Gear Fit 2 | SM-R360 | June 2, 2016 | Exynos 3250 2xA7 1 GHz [10] | BCM43436 (WLAN/BT) + BCM4774 (GNSS) | 1.5" curved Super AMOLED (432x216) | Tizen | 4GB/512 MB RAM [11] | |
Gear Fit 2 Pro [12] | SM-R365 | October 26, 2017 | 4GB/512 MB RAM [13] |
Product | Model | Launch date | Audio processor | Wireless | Codec | Mics | Internal storage | Battery life |
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Gear IconX [14] | SM-R150 | July 15, 2016 | On-Semi LC823450 [15] | BCM43436 (BT4.2) | On-Semi | 2 per bud | 4 GB | 1.6 hours [16] |
Gear IconX (2018) | SM-R140 | October 27, 2017 | On-Semi LC823450 [17] | BCM43013 [18] (BT4.2) | 3.4 GB [19] | 5 hours |
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