According to the rumor, we could see a glossy black S7 as early as December. Samsung hasn't announced the shade and told CNET it won't comment on rumors. Samsung is reportedly unleashing a new black color for its Galaxy S7, hopefully in time for the holidays. iPhone diehards swarmed when Apple announced its new jet black color -- they plain sold out. Samsung may have picked up the trend that "shiny black is the new black" and could be planning to reveal a glossy black version of the Galaxy S7. Korean news site The Investor first reported that the S7 would get new shade on Monday, but photos posted by a Chinese Samsung Weibo account also show the S7 Edge in the glossy hue. Although we have yet to see official renderings of the two devices side by side, this may be our best look yet at the new finish.

My review is still in progress, but I wanted to give you a heads-up on what to expect, In short, instead of big changes in software, Samsung went for lots of tweaks to hardware, Design: impressive, but big, First of all, by the way, you can't use the Gear S3 with an iPhone, And you can't use the Apple Watch with Android phones, so consider the Gear S3 an alternative to Android Wear watches instead, strictly for Android phone owners, Samsung impressively revamped its smartwatch last year with the Gear S2, It had a round display like Google's many Android Wear watches, but it also had a much more interesting design and better software, Its clever rotating bezel acted like a giant scroll wheel, The watch faces, and Samsung's own fitness app, were well executed, It looked great, It worked with many Android lovecases paradise lust iphone x case - what-a-melon reviews phones, not just Samsung's, But it was hamstrung by a weak selection of apps from Samsung's own apps store, because the watch runs its own distinct software apart from Google..

The Gear S3 is bigger, and it looks more like a larger-case men's sports watch. But it runs the same Samsung Gear apps, has that round display and uses the same rotating bezel. Its hardware, however, is improved across the board..sometimes in pretty subtle ways. This is what you're paying up for. A bigger battery, bigger watch. Samsung promises somewhere around three days of use this time in a bigger watch, jammed into this watch's bigger steel case. After one day, I'm hovering around 46 percent battery life. And the 46 mm case feels big. On my wrist, it's fine. But this won't have universal appeal, and there's no smaller size.

Improved Samsung Pay that works anywhere, This is a biggie, Samsung not only lets you tap to pay like the Apple Watch does, but its MST technology basically lets you use the watch at any credit card terminal, even ones that aren't tap-to-pay enabled, This lovecases paradise lust iphone x case - what-a-melon reviews is what Samsung's recent phones already do, and it's pretty great on the Gear S3..but you have to press and hold a top button and tap the screen to make the payment mode activate, And it should work when paired with non-Samsung phones, too, A speakerphone, Like Apple Watch or older Samsung Gear watches, all Gear S3 models can make speakerphone calls, The Gear S2 (£200 at Amazon.co.uk) lacks this..

Gear S3 on its included charger. Optional LTE. Some models can act as their own independent 4G LTE-enabled phone-watches, via AT&T or T-Mobile in the US. I'm testing an LTE model, and not only is the connection speed faster than the older Gear S2 3G cellular smartwatch, but the watch looks better than last year's 3G model. It's a thick watch, but well designed and not uncomfortable. Improved water and dust resistance. The Gear S3 isn't swimproof, but it should handle any everyday exposure otherwise. It's IP68 water resistant, a step up from the Gear S2.