Samsung Gear 2 vs Apple Watch Comparison, Specs Review: Smart Watch Battle
Apple's Sept. 9 press conference was mainly to unveil the iPhone 6 but some details about the previously dubbed "iWatch" now called the Apple Watch were also revealed. It seems the unveiling of the watch came just in time before Motorola is to release their Moto 360.
Still, even with the impending release of the Moto 360, Apple still has to face their rival Samsung in the release of smartwatches, which Samsung has been doing long before Apple released the Apple Watch. The latest offering the South Korean company, the Gear 2 is currently Apple's most recent competition in the smartwatch market.
Both watches share a square-face design with a few differences on the side. With the Apple Watch, it has a single knob and button on the side. The Gear 2 on the other hand has a home button at the bottom part of the watch and a 2-megapixel camera to the top of the watch.
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A slew of features were unveiled during the Sept. 9 press conference. Basically, the Apple Watch works as a wrist-hub connected to a user's iPhone and works to display any incoming notifications, messages, and Siri eliminating the need for users to take their phones out everytime a new notification is received.
The Apple Watch runs on a custom S1 SiP (System in Package) chip and is equipped with a GPS, an accelerometer, a heart-rate sensor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and is protected with a sapphire glass cover.
The Gear 2 on the other hand features a 1.0 GHz dual-core Exynos 3250 system-on-chip, 512MB RAM, and 4GB of internal memory. The Samsung smartwatch shares similar features with the Apple Watch but can also operate on its own as a stand-alone device.
As for compatibility, the Apple Watch is only compatible with the iPhone. The same goes with the Gear 2, only offering compatibility with Samsung devices like the Galaxy S smartphone series and the Galaxy Note phablet series.
