Samsung Gear S3 Frontier

The Samsung Gear S3 Frontier is a smartwatch with a 1.3-inch touchscreen color sAMOLED display, compatible with iOS and Android and includes step counting, sleep tracking, and calories burned.

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CR Expert Take

How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

What goes into the Overall Score?

Ratings

EXPERT LAB TESTS

Ease of use

/ 5

Versatility

/ 5

Health

/ 5

Step-count performance

/ 5

Heart-rate performance

/ 5

Scratch test

/ 5

Water resistance test

/ 5

Ease of interaction

/ 5

Readability in bright light

/ 5

Readability in low light

/ 5

Ease of pairing

/ 5

Heart-rate monitor accuracy

/ 5

Step count accuracy

/ 5

Color

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

Overall this model was somewhat easy to use, somewhat accurate for counting steps, and very good at measuring heart-rate accuracy. With recent version smartphones, our experts found it very easy to pair, somewhat easy to interact with, and very easy to connect to charger. In our water immersion test it passed the manufacturer's claim of 5 feet for 30 minutes.

About

The Samsung Gear S3 Frontier is a smartwatch compatible with iOS and Android and includes real-time heart rate monitor, steps, sleep, and calories. It has a touchscreen display with 360 x 360 screen resolution. Lacks always-on display capability. It has an on-screen battery indicator and a wireless non-magnetic charging dock. It has phone notifications, and vibration/sound alerts. It includes inactivity alerts that remind you to move if you are sitting for a long time. It has a find my phone feature and a find my watch feature, can control playback of music stored on your smartphone, and can control playback of music stored on your watch. It can accept phone calls on the watch, and dismiss phone calls from the watch. Has WiFi, GPS and NFC. The manufacturer offers changeable straps. It has weather at-wrist feature, is 22 mm standard watch band compatible, to send an SOS tap 3 times and send customized text, call 911 and provide location of emergency condition and location, S Health: 24-hour-log, steps, floors, heart-rate, challenges, leaderboard, Samsung pay, and water/caffeine logging. It has multi-sport tracking features: walking, running, cycling, elliptical trainer, rowing machine, and dynamic workout. Its dimensions are 2.15 x 1.89 x 0.55 inches (LxWxD) and it weighs 3 ounces.

Features & Specs

Features

Cellular

Yes

Standalone GPS

Yes

Standalone music

Yes

NFC

Yes

WiFi

Yes

SpO2 sensor

ECG

VO2 Max

Blood pressure (claimed)

Menstrual cycle tracking

Menstrual cycle tracking with temperature

Guided breathing

Stress tracking

SWOLF

Heart rate variations (HRV)

Sleep tracking

Alerts

Navigation

Breadcrumb navigation

Ambient sound level notification

Crash detection (claim)

SOS emergency calling (claim)

Fall detection (claim)

Siren

Low battery indicator

Always-on display capability

Touch screen

Yes

Display type

color sAMOLED

Heart-rate monitor

Active

Battery life (claimed)

3 days

Phone compatibility

iOS and Android

Depth and duration (ft., min.)

5 feet for 30 minutes

Menstrual Cycle Tracking with Temperature

Specs

Crystal type

Gorilla Glass SR+

Case material

Stainless steel

Diameter (in.)

1.9

Display size (in.)

1.3

Weight (oz.)

Thickness (in.)

0.55

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