Smart watches

[Irving]

Can you tell me your opinion of Samsung Pay without high jacking your own thread? If not, we can talk about it in another thread later.

[JohnnyEgo]

Anyone else? I'm a big fan of optimizing and spend a lot of time in areas where reaching into my pocket for my phone ranges from inconvenient to dangerous. Just trying to gauge if there are functions that would be useful to me.

I really like the idea of not having to reach for my work phone when dangling off a 12/12 extension. Particularly if I can just scream at my wrist to call someone to come put the ladder back up. Not a situation I find myself in very often these days, but I would have had ample opportunity to find virtue in the tech a few years back.

[hurley842002]

Can you tell me your opinion of Samsung Pay without high jacking your own thread? If not, we can talk about it in another thread later.

No worries, I was actually going to give a shout out to Samsung Pay in the thread. It's the best thing since sliced bread IMO, and I pretty much use it exclusively when I can, which is pretty much everywhere. I have it set to use thumb print, and it's pretty much been flawless. With the watch, I would just type in a PIN and hold the watch up to the card machine, and bam.

You earn Samsung rewards, however I'm not really familiar with what they actually do for you, I need to research a bit more, as I'm earning quite a few.

[Gman]

My primary credit card registered to Samsung Pay gives me cash back. Never looked into the new rewards program. It works pretty much everywhere since the phone communicates with the head on the card swiper. I've even used it at places where the checker says "We don't have that." and is totally surprised by the transaction.

Apple Pay requires special equipment and I haven't run across any places that use it.

I also have the Chase app installed and get immediate notification of the transaction as well.

[hurley842002]

Got my UPS notification, should be here on Thursday. Picked up a pack of tempered glass screen covers as well.

[Madeinhb]

My primary credit card registered to Samsung Pay gives me cash back. Never looked into the new rewards program. It works pretty much everywhere since the phone communicates with the head on the card swiper. I've even used it at places where the checker says "We don't have that." and is totally surprised by the transaction.

Apple Pay requires special equipment and I haven't run across any places that use it.

I also have the Chase app installed and get immediate notification of the transaction as well.

I have apple pay and use it constantly. Almost every business now allows for both android and apple pay stuff.

[Gman]

Then you know what you're looking for. I haven't seen anything on the devices listing "Apple Pay", but I guess any NFC reader can use it? By the way, Samsung Pay is different than Google/Android.

[hurley842002]

Bump with an update after receiving my S3 Frontier, and using it for a day and a half.

This thing is freaking awesome, and due to the watch face and band options (standard 22mm), the aesthetic possibilities are endless.

I've purchased 4 faces so far, with the most expensive one being $1.55, I found my favorite for daily use, but different faces display different info, so I can use a certain one depending on the activity (for instance, there is a face that displays all your S health info that would be handy while working out).

Here is my favorite, and the one I plan to use day to day:



You can change the background design as well as the color of the hour numbers and digital time readout.

I used samsung pay for the first time a little bit ago, and it worked awesome as expected, my only complaint is it doesn't seem to be synced with the same account as I've been using on my phone, so I don't think that transaction counted towards my previous points, but I plan to get that figured out.

I will be going to the gym in the morning so I'll see how the watch performs with S health during a workout.

If anyone is interested I'll continue to post updates.

[Irving]

What does it look like when it's off? Just curious how much of the face is digital. I assume all of it, and that's pretty cool.

[hurley842002]

What does it look like when it's off? Just curious how much of the face is digital. I assume all of it, and that's pretty cool.

It's all digital and the screen is just black when it's off. You can choose always on, and the screen will display all the time, which obviously will drain the battery quicker. If you choose the other option, the display will turn on when you turn your wrist to look at the watch.