Samsung giving more phones support for Gear smartwatch

I'm not surprised that this will fail. The point is to have less gadgets about your person, not more. I could see the benefit of a smart watch that does practically everything your phone can do but why have an additional accessory that you have to have paired to another device that has the same functions and more? There's no reason to do that.

Originally posted by Ryoohki:

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I'm not surprised that this will fail. The point is to have less gadgets about your person, not more. I could see the benefit of a smart watch that does practically everything your phone can do but why have an additional accessory that you have to have paired to another device that has the same functions and more? There's no reason to do that.

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Not to mention the fact that you have to turn on Bluetooth, which will drain your phone battery quicker. The only time I use Bluetooth is in the car to stream music, and that's with it plugged in charging.

There will of course, be the early adopters that have to own the latest and greatest, but I think the novelty will wear off quickly. Who is the target market for this device? White collar business men & women aren't going to put their Citizen, Seiko, and Movado watches on the shelf just to sport this glorified calculator watch. College kids might embrace the tech, but not too many kids wear watches these days. They get the time off their phone!