I am an engineering student, and am reluctant to spend hundreds of dollars on things; so at first I had some regret on the purchase. I never wore a watch before this and thought I wasn't going to actually get enough use out of it. But after about 6 months with the watch, I think it has been one of the best purchases I made. Being an engineering student I am on technology a lot, and the watch supplements my daily needs so well. Having everything from the time and date, to email notifications on my wrist have proven invaluable. My biggest use is having my google calendar right there. I have a busy schedule and cant remember it all so I keep a very detailed agenda there. Just by spinning the dial I can see when and where I need to go next. I have outlook email notifications set-up, so when I get an email I can check it quickly to see if it is important or not. Same thing with text messages; I will have my phone in my pocket, get a text, and can view the text from the watch and even respond if needed. With calls, I can view who is calling and reject/silence it from my phone. If it is worth answering I can answer it and speak through the watch if i need to. The watch is also very durable. I accidentally hit it on a door frame or desk at least a few times a week. Every time I do that, I have a mini heart attack hoping I don't break it. After all of that, the screen is still impeccable. The only signs of wear are on the bezel due to how much I have hit it, but even then it is minimal. Samsung Pay works great, and it is nice that it works through both NFC and Magnetic. I have gone to retailers and bring up my watch to pay and they stop me and say "Sorry we don't have pay here." It is always satisfying when I prove them wrong by putting it up to the magnetic reader and paying. Overall, for me the watch helps in many small ways, that when added up make it a huge tool for my everyday life.

I previously owned the Gear Fit watch but decided to upgrade to the Gear S3 as it offered more features. I have no regret with the purchase. This is an amazing smartwatch with many features that all perform as they should. Battery life with my usage has been amazing. Quality and durability are excellent. I highly recommend it

This is a great smartwatch. I can get 3 days of battery life using auto-wakeup with the screen turned off, and 2 days with the always-on screen active. Samsung Pay with NFC/MST works great and generates a lot of comments. The fitness and sleep tracking work very well, and the microphone/speaker are better than many bluetooth headsets. Other people could not tell I was speaking through the watch and not on the phone. There are a large number of watch faces and a decent number of included apps. It would be nice if there were more high end apps in the store, but there are only certain types of apps that are useful for a watch anyway. Overall, this is about the best smartwatch out there, and is highly recommended.

I bought this as my fist smartwatch and i was awesome, years later the battery started heating and the watch died, it was more expensive to fix it than to buy a new one so now i have the galaxy watch which is a lot better in overall terms but something that improved a lot is the battery, now it last a lot more.

I've owned the gear, gear S, gear S2, and now the frontier. This is certainly the best looking, best fit I've had out of the bunch. The screen looks great, and I love the sensors. The Samsung Health app has only gotten better, although this watch thinks that my motorcycle is a bike, so it thinks I'm working out when I go for a ride. I do like the positive reinforcement that my motorcycle ride was a great ride though... The Tizen app market is mediocre still. But I don't know how much I need on my watch outside of the preinstalled samsung apps. There is room for improvement, but I'd certainly rate this the best watch on the market right now.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] After initially having some doubts I am totally won over with this stylish watch. Packed full of features it is definitely up there with the best smart watches out there. It works particularly well as I have a Samsung phone and so I am quickly able to respond to notifications on the go or in meetings. The only downside is I feel its a little on the big side. Apart from that its super easy to get used to and customise although it would be good to see more apps added in future. I liked the sleep monitor feature as well as the gps tracking. Making calls were a bit hit and miss but that could just be my signal. The screen is amazing and I love the fact that I can change the face depending on my mood and make it look like an amazing timepiece. Battery life is good and quick to charge also.

The watch is very nice and does not feel cheap. The charge on the battery lasts on average for 3 days. Which is better then the pro fit. Great screen. My only complaint about the watch is that it doesn't have a fast charge. I really like texting from the watch, instead of pulling out my phone for quick texts. Links up to my Note 8 Awesome.

I had a LG Urbane before buying the gear s3 and while I did my homework on both because then I had a LG V10 I went with the Urbane. I still wanted to get gear s3 because I thought it was a better watch and when I bought the LG V20 I bought gear s3. The watch works well with this phone. I did had a little problem with the notifications with the Verizon text though. I had to use the LG text to get it to work. This was the only problem had with this watch.

I opened the box and was impressed right away. The presentation of the watch is immaculate. It has good weight to it and feels like a durable watch. I got this delivered to me at work and had my coworkers watch me unbox it. They were all immediately impressed by the sharp colors in the screen and all of the features I started listing off. They all played with the bezel and felt like it was probably the most helpful tool to have on the entire thing. They all got excited with me as I kept playing with it throughout the day and experiencing some of the features for the first time. There's plenty of apps to download. My wife was skeptical when I got home (I didn't tel her I bought it because it's a little pricey) but when I showed her I had already put several of our pictures on the watch face, she said I earned a kudos. When I showed her the SOS feature, she genuinely was impressed. Still my first day having it but I can already tell how much better it is than my Gear Fit2. Still great watches and fitness bands but the Gear S3 is superior.

On Samsung website they're advertising products stating that these products can withstand water for a long period of time, ok to drop and dust resistant. This information is very very misleading. I'm a service provider and watch my hands occasionally and was told my watch is water damaged because I put in water for too long. This was very disturbing when I know for a fact that the most I do with this watch on is wash my hands. Please don't be misled... I will never by another watch from this company. I have several galaxies and note phone from them and is very concerned at this point. I will be going to other consumers whose products actually does what advertise.