Samsung launches Gear range of wearable gadgets

Samsung has launched three new products in its fitness Gear range - Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit.

Samsung Gear Fit is the curved super AMOLED wearable device with a 1.84 inch display and 432 x 128 pixel resolution. Water and dust resistant, it has a changeable strap and weights 27 grams.

Fit features a pedometer, stopwatch, timer and can be used to monitor exercise, heart rate and sleep. It can also show notifications for calls, emails, apps when paired with the phone. It has a 210 mAh battery. This capacity is good enough to last 3-4 days, according to company claims. Gear Fit is priced at Rs 15,900

Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo are both equipped with a 1.6 inch Super AMOLED display with 320 x 320 pixel resolution. Samsung has switched to Tizen platform for the Gear watches.

These smart watches are equipped with 1GHz dual core processor and are coupled with 512 MB of RAM with 4GB internal storage. While Galaxy Gear 2 features a 2 MP camera, Gear 2 Neo doesn't. Both Gear watches have a heart rate sensor, pedometer, gyroscope and accelerometer.

They are dust and water resistant and can fetch notifications too. Both are powered by 300 mAh battery. Gear 2 weighs 86 grams and Gear 2 Neo weighs 55 grams.

Samsung Gear 2 is priced at Rs 21,900, while Gear 2 Neo is priced at Rs 15,900.  All three fitness devices will be available from April 11.