One of the big highlights from the 2015 IFA was the Samsung Gear S2, the smartwatch was light, the wristband was supple and comfortable. At IFA 2016, Samsung introduced the successor to the gorgeous watch, and the device was a big old thing bearing the name of Gear S3.

The new Samsung Gear S3 is packed with LTE (a standard for high-speed wireless communication), a long-lasting battery, GPS, as well as the latest Gorilla Glass designed specifically for watches and a leather strap. But in becoming better in more ways than one, the Samsung Gear S3 has also become worse in the one aspect that matters to most of the people, it's bulky.

The Samsung Gear S2 was the unimposing companion that really could reside on the user's wrist 24 hours a day, but the Samsung Gear S3 is heavier and larger in every dimension. The Gear S3 turned out to be a very thick smartwatch, as the original S2 is only 11.4mm while Gear S3 is 12.9mm, based on the report of The Verge.

However, Samsung Gear S3 is a more stylized type of smartwatch when compared to Gear S2. The latest Samsung smartwatch has a solid steel case and standard 22mm watch straps for a high quality design. As the Gear S3 still runs its own Tizen-based OS, the smartwatch will work with Android phones, according to CNET.

As stated in the new data, the latest Samsung watch is powered by an in-house Exynos 7270 system-on-chip, in which it features a dual-core processor clocked at a frequency of up to 1.0 GHz. The Exynos 7270, that offers the best-in-class performance and efficiency for a person's mobile device, is a new contender in the mobile processor world.

Interestingly, the Exynos 7270 was created using a 28-nm manufacturing process, unlike Samsung Gear S2's Exynos 3250, Android Headlines reported.

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