[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My first impression with the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier was a bit frustrating, trying for days to turn off all of the beeps and buzzes. Once I got those settings out of the way, the watch really started to show it's talents. I took the watch on a three day trip to the 10th Mountain Division Huts in Colorado and it performed amazing. The battery was still at 40% after three days, turning it off only at night when I slept. The altimeter was off by 600ft to start, but once calibrated it stayed accurate for the entire trip. The baremoter was also nice to predict storms coming in while out skiing. The music player is great and I can plug my earphones in and stash my phone in my backpack. Selecting music, fast forward, volume is all available on the watch. This is probably my favorite feature. Turn the dial and you see the weather, turn again for calendar, google hangouts, missed calls, emails, texts . . . The google maps display is do-able but the map seems strange to me still at that size. The heart rate montor, calorie counter and step tracker provided good data and provided a history of how hard I was excercising. The watch band is a standard size with pins so you can purchase an absolutely massive variety of watch bands for it. I'm looking to swap in a stainless steel band in the near future. Overall, I really like the Gear S3 Frontier.

With the Gear S3 Frontier, Samsung has set the bar in the smartwatch arena. The size is perfect for any average sized person and fits with the current fashion of slightly bigger watches. The dark grey color of the body and bezel is excellent. I continually bash my Gear S3 accidentally on door frames, counters, etc, and the finish and glass hold up exceptionally well, with no scratches on the glass. The screen is beautiful; it defies description and puts my wife's iWatch to shame. On the performance end, it is fast and I personally run it for 3 days and still have over 40% battery left. I use it heavily, but I don't have facebook or instagram notifications forwarded to it. I constantly use the phone feature to answer short calls. Receiving texts is easy, even with a third party texting app (such as Textra), and responding via the quick responses is easy, but typing a message can be challenging, as it is on any watch sized item. Voice recognition is good, and all of the activity monitoring features are outstanding. When you add Samsung Pay to the mix, it easily eclipses anything else on the market. Highly recommended.

I have recently had the pleasure to test drive the new Samsung Gear S3 Frontier. This review is being done by someone who has never owned a smartwatch, so I may not get into a lot of the internals as I think at least some of us who buy this are just going to buy it because it’s really cool and not because we have any understanding as to “what’s under the hood”. First off the packaging is very nice as you would expect from any high end device you may purchase. The bottom half even becomes a charging base stand if you have a lot of room where you want to charge your S3. The Gear S3 comes with a charging base, cable and block to plug it all in. It also comes with two different sized bands. The Large comes pre-installed and there is also a Small provided. The bands are very easy to change thanks to the Quick Release. This is a little nub that is in a recess of the band and you just push it over with a fingernail. I have pretty small wrists and am female. My wrists measure 6.5 inches. While large, the Gear S3 does not actually seem as big once you are wearing it. I do highly recommend buying a new band. For my wrist size I found the one provided to be too stiff and made the S3 a lot more uncomfortable than it is now. The provided band is Silicone and is easy to clean, but I found the black metal mesh one I bought to fit me better. Thanks to the Gear S3’s water rating you are supposed to be able to really put this sucker to the test! White water rafting anyone? I have yet to try any water tests but I would be willing to wear the Gear S3 to the beach! The Samsung Gear S3 is rated to 5 feet of water for 30 minutes so I guess Swimming is out but you could leave it on in the shower? Just make sure the band and your wrist is dried off after because you can cause some real funk to your wrist if water is trapped under the band! Washing the S3 is simple with a little water and some non sudsing soap. Guys, you are going to have to make a trip down the facial cleansing isle. Or you could just buy it online, I bought Auquaphor. I also use it on the families fitbits and other household watches. The first thing I noticed about the Samsung Gear S3, the screen is amazing! Viewing photos, playing games, and…. WATCH FACES!! There are hundreds of free watch faces to choose from! I absolutely love the live saltwater aquarium! I shut off the “Always On” watch face to save battery. I also disabled “Quick View” this turns on the screen when you lift your arm or turn your wrist as if you want to check the time. All I have to do is tap a button or turn the bezel and I can see my fishes swim! Oh and I guess see the time, date, day of the week, BPM and steps. You did read right earlier, I did say GAMES! So far I have only played fruit ninja but wow, not having to take out my phone like everyone else at the doctor’s office made me feel special! I have no other way to measure my heart rate but the average that the Gear S3 seems to record sounds about right from what I know of myself. I used to have a fitbit HR and it seems on track with that. If you are really concerned with tracking accurate heart rate though you should buy one that has a strap. I do currently own other Fitbits and there really seems to be a discrepancy between their data and what the Gear S3 records. The Gear 3 recording about 500 less steps a day. The floor counting is kind of a joke and takes forever to sync. I had climbed 6 flights of stairs and sat down for at least 5 minutes before my watch buzzed and congratulated me on climbing one flight. Then the Gear S3 only recorded me doing 2 flights of stairs. So if you are looking for a device to accurately track your fitness this is not for you. It will keep you motivated by constantly telling you you have been sitting too long though! I watched a movie at the theater with my son yesterday, our theater has an app that rewards you and silences your phone during the movie. My Gear S3 however did not get this memo because towards the end of the movie it buzzed, lit up and told me I had been sitting too long! Yikes! I downloaded the theater widget for future use! The widgets are quite useful. I have Weather, Calculator, Samsung Pay. I can even turn the screen into a flashlight! Samsung Pay works independent of your phone, I believe this is because you do not have to have a Samsung phone to use the Samsung Gear S3. You can even use an Apple phone! This means even if you have Samsung pay on your phone you are going to have to re-add all of your cards to the watch. Once you do this it will add a pin you pick out to lock your watch anytime it loses contact with your skin! Kinda neat but also a pain… especially if you like to wear your watch loose. I did try last night to use Samsung Pay for the first time and got an error. I have never used it before so may have been my fault! I had no idea how long I had to keep my wrist next to the car reader. Answering calls is a breeze! I don’t even think my callers know they are talking to me through a watch! You can add individual contacts to the Bezel rotation or grab the multi contact widget so you don’t use as many spots. I have my husband’s cell separate because he is the one I use most. I wear my watch on my right hand, which makes using Samsung Pay easier, but texting is a lot slower when you are using your off hand! I use the feature where you draw the letter with your finger. It will not correct if you use a mixture of upper and lower case in a word however. So I had to actually think to make SUrE it DIDn’T CoMe OUt LiKe ThiS… Get to fixing that Samsung! Lol. The Samsung Gear S3 is also capable of tracking your sleep. This worked pretty good when I took a nap on the couch but sleeping at night is a whole other thing! I really don’t know how well it would track actual sleep, I have to take it off. Even with the always display off, and quick view off, the screen lights up all the time! Every time you move and accidentally touch the bezel you will be bombarded with light! This may not happen with some of the darker watch faces but with my aquarium it is quite distracting at night and will wake you up. I would love a night lock, but until then I use night to just set the Gear S3 on the charger, which is not necessary because after a day of use the Samsung Gear S3 is still at 80% Battery! Overall I am extremely pleased with the Samsung Gear S3 and I am sure there are many things I have yet to discover! I would also be interested in trying to make my own watch face someday to share with others!

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.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have had this watch for a week so far and I have been amazed by how the technology has become better in order to limit actual time relying on a phone. I enjoy that the watch carries it's own wi-fi when not connected to your phone, you can listen to music w/o having to have your phone with you on iconX blue tooth headphones, the screen is amazing (best of it's kind), water resistant, responsive, tracks your fitness quite well (better than anything I've used thus far (nike fuel band, fit bits, etc.), and most of all, it actually tells you the time! This device has created a break away from requiring you to have to look at your phone, which I love my Galaxy s7 edge, but if I can enjoy just as many features on a smaller device that's attached to my wrist, why not!? I also enjoy being able to send full texts and answer or make calls from the s3. Keep the best coming Samsung, you've got this!

So far I've had the watch for a few days now and already have fallen in love with it, I think it's going to help me track my fitness levels better. Also the ability to pay with just your watch is great. Overall I would recommend this watch to anyone.

I've had my classic for eight months now. Went through all the questions that I see most ask. But, after it's set up like you want, Samsung fit, custom apps and unlimited watch faces it will turn out to be your best companion. I'm always finding something new once I think it's the final form. It's a great timepiece along being a full computer that can manage everything you want it to or let it. If mine would get lost, stolen or fail me I would have another within 24 hours. After doing a "find my watch" procedure on my linked phone of course. Great device with unending toys, oops apps!

I have had the Galaxy S3 gear for less than a month. I have added many apps and charged it many times as some of the apps can be "power pigs" and need to be monitored. Currently only three apps are using power and the battery life seems to be adequate. There are functions available that will prevent apps in the background from consuming power and a general power saving mode which, of course limits the functions & apps that can be utilized but extends the battery life considerably. The time out for the watch display can also be adjusted which will affect battery life. This watch is not "waterproof" and expecting it to be an underwater timepiece will, no doubt, shorten the life of the watch. For all my watches, I do not expose them to water and temperature changes such as hot/cold water as different materials expand and contract different amounts and at different rates and the more constant the temperature, the better the overall performance will be. Extreme temperature variations I am sure also affects battery life in general? So far, I have tried to take care of this computer/watch and it appears to be working well for me!

Overall, the s3 was a satisfying watch with its easy to use interface and the scroll bezel. However the leather strap was a minor annoyance- not in that it's uncomfortable, because it's really confortable- but the inside of the strap gets stained easily by water when I wash my hands. Aside from that, I wished the music app would be able to distinguish music from YouTube as well as adding more excersise and maps compatibility and Google voice, since the s8 is currently using it(since Bixby isn't out yet)

I received this as an early 2018 Christmas present and have been wearing it for about 1-month. The Gear S3 Frontier does absolutely everything I expected plus a few good surprises. I was initially worried about the size of the watch, but it's perfect and looks very good on my wrist. The standard band is somewhat flimsy but I'll solve that with a new $10 band.