Samsung Gear S3 Review: The Watch That Does Everything

What do you do when you’re making a smartwatch for a world that doesn’t seem to care much about smartwatches? If you’re Samsung, you cram in every feature you possibly can. Join Michael Fisher for the Samsung Gear S3 Review!

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MrMobile's Samsung Gear S3 Review was produced following seven days with a Samsung Gear S3 review unit [Frontier, LTE variant] on loan from Samsung. The device was paired with a Galaxy S7 edge and used on AT&T in Greater Boston, MA, US.

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Samsung Gear S3 Frontier LTE [Samsung]:

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Samsung Gear S3 Frontier LTE [T-Mobile]:

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[jeppewerring]

Samsung seems to be doing everything right these days, great product designers and engineers.

[shanay_]

The script, editing and background music always make the videos so perfectly beautiful. Keep up the hard work👍🏼

[danm]

I have the Gear S2 and when it comes to charging, I do it when I get ready in the morning including a shower. I find that's enough time to charge it for the day. that way I can sleep with the watch on.

[aljosakovacevic]

My S3 Frontier last usually between 3 to 5 days. Personally I think that its the best smart watch on the market.

[insainllama]

Google needs to push out Android Wear 2.0 already. The competition is outpacing it.

[voteDC]

I'd been using a original Samsung Galaxy Gear for a while now and for what I needed it to do, it worked very well.

Being rather shallow however I began to want a bit more customisation on my watch and so just today got a Gear S3 and it is fantastic.

I do kind of miss the camera in the strap from the Galaxy Gear but the S3 is just much more comfortable to wear and the selection of watch faces is great, plus I finally have a moving second hand.

[sheldonxwilliams]

That's why consumers aren't to thrilled about smart watches because they are the price of a midrange phone. I rather spend 349 for ps4 pro.

[lindhe]

2:18 made my jaw drop. I had no idea that was possible.

[bizzybt]

And here I am, rocking my 1st gen Moto360 all stainless steel version. I'm sorry but I still can't get away from the aesthetic perfection that Motorola got with this one. If there was another version that looked exactly the same with updated internals, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I get compliments on it all the time, because it looks so futuristic, but also minimalistic. The Gear S3 Frontier is a fantastic smartwatch though, ticks all the boxes of what I'd want my dream smartwatch to be able to do.

Feb. 6, 2018 - Edit: This review stuck with me and I ended up getting the Gear S3 Frontier (wifi only). I love it, and it's even better in 2018 with the Tizen 3.0.1 update.

[InfinitEnigma]

Love the gear s3 frontier i have, its the bt version. It works wonders with my s7 edge, using it with any other phone is really just gimping the experience imo!

[ericliberty]

Michael, your videos bring back
Memories when I lived on mystic avenue in Medford. I would be in Somerville and Cambridge every weekend.

[LaskyLabs]

0:44 Nice feature se- *BAM!*
JEEZ WHY YOU GOTTA SCARE ME LIKE THAT?!!!??!

[Mike_The_Hog_A_Nator]

In Sept. 2022 I'm still wearing my 2yr old $100 Refurbished Gear S3 Frontier. (BT)
I wear it when wade fishing in Saltwater, the rain & extreme heat here in SE Texas.
Not a single issue to date. I throw it on charge each night but can easily get 2 days out of it. It's been dunked in Sand & water & somehow it's still working & looking new.

[hoyoungwon]

I hope the smartwatch industry changes and offers more affordable options, similar to the recent sub-$400 trend of phones in the smartphone industry.

[NawafTech]

dude in my heart i just love you, please never stop these beautiful videos!

[rxonmymind]

Who as a kid used to "talk" into their watches while playing? 😄
On a serious note I wish this had a "walkie talkie" feature so my wife, kids and I could cross talk to each other inside a dept store.
THAT would be a game changer for security in case my daughter wants to go see somewhere else like kids do. On the kids watch have an LOUD or silent panic button system for us to quickly locate them in an heartbeat instant their last known location.
So still a few features away from being the ultimate watch. I'd easily but this for my daughter even if it was $1000 for those two features alone.

[apostleeagle]

Without mentioning names, you have just slipped up a notch and become my number one favorite on you tube. Love your presentations.

[chivatech]

$399 at T-Mobile $5 a month for service in case you're wondering.

[CycleCruza]

I've had the Samsung S2 3G smart watch for a year and a half now and love it except for the battery life, if you really use the watch, make calls, it won't last long, but it's great if you don't use it much and it works perfectly as a watch to ride your motorcycle with. However, I ordered the new S3 (verizon 4G) watch and hope the battery life is better than the S2. I also, look forward to the ez pay feature on it.

[mattdonlan]

Awesome vid! I laughed when u said magnetic field its sound so futuristic haha. Good stuff I am jealous of Samsung pay, as using an Apple Watch I wish our country would speed the NFC rollout game up a lil faster, it's already been a few years.