Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 Smartwatch SM-R730V 4G (Verizon) with Large Rubber Band - Renewed , Heart Rate Monitor(Dark Gray)

This is an all around nice watch. It's a bit heavy, and a bit big, but both of those things come with the territory. Wireless charging is a nice feature and works beautifully. $100 is a good price for a smart watch. It's pretty easy to find its features online, and it works as expected.Be aware that if you buy through A4C, they will put a serial label over the heart rate monitor, and if you remove it, the warranty is void.

Great watch, great look and easy to use but battery lasts only about 8-12 hours with very minimal to no use other then as a watch. I shut everything off and still can't get through my work shift.Working on a return.

This was my second smartwatch - my first being an LG G-Watch I got in 2014.I bought it renewed almost exactly 2 years ago(23 months to be exact) off of Amazon. The seller still sells them, 10 bucks more now 2 years later. So I guess you could say they hold their value.I loved the rotating bezel idea and the infinitely customizable watch faces. I really liked the step and exercise tracking on the watch, although the exercise detection was usually pretty horrendously bad. Also, when I'd do ab crunches or sit-ups, it wouldn't always detect the reps, which was frustrating.The HR monitor doesn't work unless the back is totally clean and you are not in motion. When it does work, it works well.The battery failed after 2 years. I just ordered a new battery and some tools to replace it with, we'll see how well that works out. I almost ordered a replacement battery for the G-watch instead, because I really like the Google Wear OS a lot more than Tizen. It's more intuitive and powerful, and works much more seamlessly with my Pixel phones.When I bought this watch I was using it with a Google Pixel; now I am using it with a Pixel 3.Bad stuff: There's a whole laundry list. The most frustrating is the fact that there are constant updates with this thing and after every stupid update of the software, EVERYTHING must be set up again. From scratch. Not just the Samsung Pay, which makes you go through the credit card authorization process over again with each upgrade, but EVERY SINGLE UPDATE. Your watch will make you do a "soft factory reset" which will leave it looking like it did out of the box. Then, you have to re-pair it with the phone, re-download all of your software and re-install them all, and re-set up everything all over again. Super frustrating and annoying. And sometimes they'd have updates that would come out 2 weeks from each other, so you'd have to go through this process often. NEVER had this problem with my old smartwatch, which was by no means perfect either.Other than that it was handy, but Google integration was not so good. Would've been great if you could just say "hey Google" to do a search like you would on a Google OS watch but whatever. The nasaly voice assistant they included on this watch is completely useless.Also it would have been nice if the watch could stream music off of your phone, since it does have BT and a builtin speaker, or even if it had controls for the major streaming services that could be installed on your phone (YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, SiriusXM, etc. etc.) but no such luck. It is useless in this regard as well.This thing also made me download a ton of Samsung crap onto my phone to get all of the features to work. All need constant updating. What a PITA.Overall, it was worth a hundred bucks just to say I had one and it looked pretty snazzy, which is why I decided to replace the battery. But honestly, I'd much rather have a Google based OS (whatever they call it) based watch.

Nicely refurbished, completely scratch-free. I will say that the device itself is not as well-constructed as an Apple Watch, which I'm coming from as part of leaving iOS behind for Android, but it does everything. Since I also moved from Verizon to T-Mobile, I was unable to activate a number with Verizon, but the workaround is to activate with a Verizon-compatible cell company, which I've done and it works just fine on a pay-as-you-go basis. I doubt I'll be using the Gear S2 in the absence of my phone very much. All in all, I'm very pleased with this purchase, and now just have to learn how to use the device.

These watches are junk if you are remotely active. If your very active forget it, it will not survive a year.Mine died on a trip to a conference. But I took it to Verizon and they concluded that despite warranty it clearly had been dropped or banged. So I sent it to Samsung. They concluded it had been ruined by water. Bottom line neither wanted to uphold warranty.I used the watch to track exercise. Strava thinks I did about 4000 miles while the watch worked. I sweat a lot and I did get rained on a few times. But a sports watch cannot handle that?Clearly Verizon and Samsung will find excuses to not live up to the warranty.So if your active and do things outdoors NEVER BUY THESE DEVICES. EVERAny sports concept is fraud as sports activities of a 60 year old can kill these pieces of crap.

This is my first wearable, I love automatic watches and didn't want to buy a digital watch. I recently started running more and my girlfriend has an apple watch. It was so cool that she could leave her phone at ho.e and still answer calls and receive messages. Plus track calories and distanced traveled.I wanted one, but didn't want to pay $450. I have an extra business Samsung phone, so I decided to give the gear S a try. For $100 I'm not disappointed at all. I was able to add the device to my Verizon plan for $5. ($10 for apple watch). It does what I need it to do. I can answer business calls while out running and don't have to carry my huge Note 8. The battery life is good, but I only wear it for workouts, not sure if it will last all day to be honest. The heart rate monitor seems to be accurate, and making custom watch faces is pretty cool.I bought this item refurbished but it looks brand new. Overall really satisfied.Update on battery.So I used it on a hike today, 10 mile loop. I had the activity tracker on for 3 hours. I then wore it for the rest of the day and only removed it to shower. The battery is at 55% after a day of moderate use. I think it could go 2 days with light or normal every day use.

I like it...I don't have to have my phone on me all the time while at work. On the down side, the battery does not last the day. I have to charge it a couple times a day, so that sucks. The charge does not last the night...i go to bed with 100% and wake up with 20%. Sometimes I have to charge it 3 times...that needs to be improved...

Have had this for a few days and love it! I was a little worried with buying a refurbished product but other than the box it came in it looks brand new. So, I feel great about my purchase considering the price. The band it comes with is actually pretty comfortable as well.