Earlier this week at Mobile World Congress Samsung announced the all-new Gear Fit wearable smartband. Being one of three smartwatches announced, it joins the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.

What do you expect of the best activity trackers on the market today? Innovation and tough competition among these modern day pedometers have certainly raised the bar. Some devices can read your heart rate all day and night, while others vibrate to wake you from a precisely timed power nap. Brand-spanking new to the fitness tracker category is the Samsung Gear Fit ($199), a wristband that's so sophisticated looking, with a brilliant touch screen, it may raise your expectations—without warrant, though. Part smartwatch and part fitness tracker, the Gear Fit is best thought of as an accessory to one of the 18 Samsung devices with which it's compatible, including the Samsung Galaxy S5, and not as an independent activity monitor. But even as a smartphone companion, it only does a decent job as a fitness tracker, with key features disabled by default and an app that's already screaming for an overhaul. The smartwatch features are better, but not by enough to edge out our Editors' Choice...

The gorgeous Samsung Gear Fit is part fitness tracker and part smartwatch, but it's mainly an accessory for recent Samsung devices; if you want either an activity tracker or a smartwatch specifically, you can do better.

Part smartwatch, part fitness tracker; Supports bicycling; Records sleep; Smartwatch notifications are well implemented; Touch-screen enabled; Very, very pretty

Not functionally independent; requires a supported Samsung device; Pedometer not enabled by default; Touch screen too sensitive to use while in motion; Requires two apps to use fully; Short battery life

Combining fitness band and smartwatch, the Gear Fit is beautifully designed. It just lacks a bit of substance right now.

Beautiful AMOLED screen, Good fitness/smartwatch balance, The Fit is a gorgeous piece of tech, possibly the best-looking out there right now; It's also packed with a good balance of fitness and smartwatch features, and given more attention, Samsung could have a winning wearable on its hands.

Limited fitness features; Accuracy problems; Extra charging component; Most of the problems arise from limitations in the software: the inability to upload data to third party platforms; the lack of a pause feature; the lack of GPS tracking for running.

ImageTagInstance gallery-e3bc9c2b-a2a1-406c-a151-ae0809802856 Image: 1 of 2 ImageTagInstance gallery-c7008529-275b-4049-83f0-dd0001053ccb IntroductionThe Samsung Gear Fit is a device that looks like it comes from the future: with its new-fashioned curved display and extremely light footprint, it looks like a gadget straight out of a Star Trek fantasy. At its core, it’s a cross-over between a smartwatch and a fitness tracker, showing you the time, as well as tracking your steps.The Gear Fit has a few tricks up its sleeve as well, like a heart-rate monitor and a coaching mode that can set the exercise pace for runners and cyclers. It also vows to last up to 5 days on a single charge. Can the Fit live up to all its promises? And is it really the best of the two worlds of smartwatches and fitness trackers, or a jack of all trades, but master of none? Let’s find out.In the box:Charging add-on clipWall chargerUser ManualDesignThe Gear Fit has the looks of a Star Trek gadget, with a curved di...

I'm in the final stretch. My legs are aching; I'm drenched in sweat. The finish line is near, I can feel it. My wrist buzzes. An email: Amazon finally shipped my order of Rice Krispies Treats...

Great display; Handsome design; Comfortable strap

Inaccurate step counting and heart rate readings; Awkward screen dimensions; Limited smartwatch functions

The Gear Fit might just be the first piece of wearable technology we actually looked forward to putting on. Ever since getting our first look at the device at the Samsung Galaxy S5 launch event, we couldn't wait to see if there was a smart watch success behind that beautiful screen.

Unique curved screen; Light weight; Good battery life; music control and notifications;

Unresponsive screen; Unreliable heart-rate tracking; Awkward ergonomics;

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.

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...