Samsung Gear s3 experience
andyluvv
Posts: 281 Member
Hi there
I've had a Fitbit for years but feel I'd like to upgrade to a smart watch. I like the Fitbit and use it for running and the heart rate monitor (I have a blaze). I use my device mostly for lifting and running (on a treadmill mostly!)
Is the Gear S3 a good option? Is the GPS step and Heart Rate Monitor counting accurate? Does the battery last long? I'm going for the frontier and I noticed it has Bluetooth but what about NFC?
Thank you
I've had a Fitbit for years but feel I'd like to upgrade to a smart watch. I like the Fitbit and use it for running and the heart rate monitor (I have a blaze). I use my device mostly for lifting and running (on a treadmill mostly!)
Is the Gear S3 a good option? Is the GPS step and Heart Rate Monitor counting accurate? Does the battery last long? I'm going for the frontier and I noticed it has Bluetooth but what about NFC?
Thank you
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I have a Blaze as well and am hoping for a Garmin Vivoactive 3 for Christmas. I liked the look of the Samsung, but it's like twice as heavy as the Blaze and this took awhile to get used to for sleeping as it felt heavy.2
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I thought I repied earlier, but I guess I didn't. I have a gear S3 as my main watch. I love it! However, garmin and fitbit make better fitness specific wrist wear. Using the s3 as yiur main fitness watch means u have to use S-health which is not as developed or as widely used as the garmin and fitbit ecosystems.
I'd still get the s3, but maybe flex two as well. That's what i do.0 -
Thanks for the response. Ended up just sticking to the Samsung. I like s health as I can incorporate stuff to it.:)
Just hope the hrm for the s3 is good!0 -
The biggest problem I had with the Samsung was battery life.0
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I'd like to know why you didn't consider the Ionic since you've enjoyed fitbits in the past? I've had a few Garmins, but last night I ordered the Ionic. It will be my first experience with Fitbit products.0
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stephanne13 wrote: »I'd like to know why you didn't consider the Ionic since you've enjoyed fitbits in the past? I've had a few Garmins, but last night I ordered the Ionic. It will be my first experience with Fitbit products.
Tired of having the same product and I didn't feel it was working for me with accuracy. Fitbit won't allow third party integration either so I couldn't use my chest HRM for workouts, which Samsung allows. Ionic runs its own his which doesn't have a lot of support as of yet. So balancing both and the willingness to try something new, I decided for the Gear sport.0
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