<p style="text-align: justify;">The Moto 360 turned a lot of heads and became one of the most popular smartwatches thanks to its round dial and a realistic watch-like design. A lot of manufacturers have adopted the round design since then and the latest comes from Samsung in the form of the Gear S2. The Korean tech giant announced the new smartwatch yesterday which will be officially launched at the on-going IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Gear S2 will arrive in two variants, one will be a standard version with a simple rubber strap and a minimalistic look while a classic version will include a leather strap and traditional watch faces. The former one will also come in a 3G version which will allow you to insert a SIM card slot. Both the smartwatches will run on Samsung’s home brewed operating system, Tizen for wearable devices. Out of its portfolio of about seven smartwatches (Including the Gear S2), Samsung only has one smartwatch that runs on Google’s Android Wear platform. This is a clear indication that the company is keener on focusing on its own platform rather than adopting Google's platform. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The watches will be dust and water resistant, and while the former one is slightly larger, both of the watches will have the same hardware on the inside. The specs include a 1.2-inch 360x360-pixel display using AMOLED technology which is usually found in Samsung high-end smartphones, a dual-core 1GHz processor and 4GB of storage. A bunch of sensors will also be available on the watches including an accelerometer, gyroscope, heart rate monitor, ambient light sensor and barometer. Of course it will track your health stats when paired to Samsung’s S-health companion app. In terms of battery life, both the versions will have a 250mAh battery while the 3G version will have a 300mAh battery to which Samsung says will churn out about 2-days of battery life.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Prices of the Gear S2 have not been revealed but we can expect Samsung to announce it soon.</p>
