Samsung Gear Fit raises the bar on fitness trackers with its dual utility. It's not just a fitness band. Though not as capable for a Smartwatch as other Gear watches, Gear Fit does half the job of showing all the notifications on its curved screen that you can wear more comfortably during workouts.

Water resistant; Fitness friendly design; Swappable strap

50% of a Smartwatch; Pricey and only for Samsung phones

Got this on a deal when bundled with a GS5. The ONLY reason I bothered with it, is the very low price was too tempting to resist. I read up about it first to see if I could really make use of it. All in all, I'm glad I bought it.

Samsung launched the Gear Fit along with the Gear 2 Smartwatch. The Gear Fit is another wearable device designed for style, comfort and can keep a log of your fitness activities. Gear Fit – as the name suggest is for fitness conscious users.

The Gear Fit is a superbly designed wearable fitness band and watch, but it is somewhat limited by price and app issues. Smartwatches are one of those categories that, outside the very geeky, still sit in the "waiting to go mainstream" space.

The Samsung Gear Fit is a lightweight and good looking, but has too many drawbacks, including accuracy issues and the fact that it's only compatible with Samsung Galaxy devices.

Slap on a Pebble, Sony's Smart Watch or one of the many smartwatches that are vying for a place on your wrist, and the inevitable questions follow – "So what exactly does this thing do?" or "Why do you need notifications on your wrist when you can just pull out your phone from your pocket?

Better battery life than the first-gen Gear; good UI and hardware design; comfortable to wear

Tightly tied into Samsung-only devices; no third party apps; charging a pain; heart rate accuracy issues

Buy the Samsung Gear Fit now for $204.95 from Amazon Advances in technology have certainly played a big role in making our lives a whole lot easier, but with almost everything now available at the tip of your fingers, it has also been a contributing factor in making us a lot lazier.

As you guys know, I'm kind of into the whole fitness band thing. I've talked about my dedication to Nike's platform , including the Fuelband (which I recently retired). I've picked up random Kickstarter items like the Misfit Shine , all because I'm constantly looking for something to help track my...

Somewhere in my first few days of using the Gear Fit, I stared at the band on my wrist. Curved display, eye-popping colors. A notification was on my wrist: someone liked my last tweet. My sister posted new photos on Facebook. I pressed the heart rate monitor button, and noticed my heart was beating a little faster than it should.

The Samsung Gear Fit is a great-looking wearable, but doesn't successfully reconcile its dual roles as activity tracker and smartwatch.

The Gear Fit has a forward-looking design, many more extras than the average fitness band, and the ability to measure heart rate; Its curved AMOLED display looks fantastic, too.

The long display means text reads awkwardly on your wrist; The Fit only works with certain Samsung phones; Can’t load apps, so you’re stuck with the features included; And the price is high, so much so that you might consider a cheaper alternative or the same-priced, more full-featured Gear Neo.