[Samsung Gear S2] TheAnarchist1:
I have been using the watch for nearly two months now. I have the 3G/4G sport model. I have never been much of a fan of 'classic' smart watches that attempt to masquerade as quality classic time pieces. Any real watch aficionado wouldn't be fooled for a second...even by something as serious looking as the Huawei Watch. In respect to my experience with the model I have. I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed the watch. The design is nice, 'watch-like', but not ashamedly attempting to hide the fact that it is a smart device. I like that. If I wanted a classic time piece. I would buy one. I have a few. Even with the additional bulk of the additional components in this model. The watch still wears comfortably on the wrist (my wrist is about medium size for a man's wrist). My only complaint would be the occasional muffling of the speaker by my wrist due to the placement. The revolving bezel....well do I need to say more? Firm. Quality feeling. Quirky. Great. Love it.

The software experience has mostly been positive as well. Before the recent update. I was having a few battery issues, but everything has since smoothed out. The watch UI is responsive by default...and lacks the jankiness of Android Wear, which really requires a custom kernel to really function as it should in terms of responsiveness and smoothness. I do lament the wholesale lack of application development in some respects. There is a lot of third party potential in the watch and a few great apps exist, but they are largely not updated enough. Thankfully Samsung has baked a ton of functionality into the core Tizen OS, that the lack of development can be forgiven to a certain extent. Android Wear is really what you make it. The OS is pretty basic bare bones out of the box and as others have said in here. It takes a ton of apps and searching around to really get the device basic functionality working right. This can make the smart watch experience feel pretty dirty and lacking optimization in spite of Google's rigid rules. Tizen pretty much 'just works' and it works well enough and feels optimized and complete enough that the smart watch experience really blends into my daily routine organically without me having to lurk through a ton of apps or mess around with installed battery munching stuff. I do my thing. The watch does its thing. We co-mingle harmoniously and my day moves on. At the end of the day. Smart watches are not, and will never be smartphones. They shouldn't be. Lord. We would all need glasses before we hit fifty if that were so. I suppose this last thought all comes down to personal opinion, though. I want an organic smart watch experience. I guess others want a substantial device that becomes another barrier between the user and the world. Lol.

Anyway. Good watch. Needs a few more applications for the finer extended function, but it does its thing, gives me the info I need and doesn't cause problems. It feels more like a more widespread viable wearable experience than Android Wear.... and this comes from someone who owns both the first Zenwatch and a Huawei watch as well for kicks and giggles.

On a final side note. The sport model has just enough of a novel vibe to it, that this is in my opinion, the smart watch that the Swatch folks should have made. The watch feels like a Swatch, and I am alright with that. I am a Swatch kind of guy.