Gear S3 Frontier Review: Samsung's best smartwatch, just got better

When I reviewed the Gear S2 last year, I thought it was one of the better smartwatches on the market. Partly because Samsung design their Tizen OS to be a great operating system for smartwatches and wearables.

Great premium design and feel; Tizen is a better smartwatch OS; Rotating bezel makes it easier to navigate OS; Good battery life

Limited app selection; especially high-quality apps and watchfaces; Expensive for some

Samsung Gear S3 frontier smartwatch review

ImageTagInstance gallery-4868e575-7b23-4f30-b4d8-b5e00189be0d IntroductionI have a confession to make – I don't like watches. I don't like how they get bumped against doors and get caught in my clothes, I don't like how they remind me of school, where I had to instantly get from one class to another, I don't like the idea that they're intended to serve as a fashion accessory (not unlike a peacock's plumage), and I particularly don't like that they can't do much beyond telling the time – something that my phone does perfectly. But when I reviewed the HTMLTagInstance html-tag-24a5adb4-1860-4264-9101-e2ffa1fb39c7 Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch last year, I actually enjoyed it. The wearable looked good and felt okay on my wrist, but above all, it could do much more than to tell me that I was late for my weekly editorial meeting. That's why I'm now excited to test the Samsung Gear S3 frontier, which comes with a bigger battery, a built-in speaker, and a dedicated GPS for improved location track...