Samsung to release Gear Sport watch and Gear IconX earbuds at the end of this week

Samsung announces that the Gear Sport smartwatch and the Gear IconX 2018 earbuds will be available for sale in the Benelux from Friday. The sports watch costs 350 euros and the wireless earbuds have a suggested retail price of 230 euros.

The Gear Sport has a 1.2″ OLED screen with a resolution of 360×360 pixels. The watch is 11.6 mm thick and weighs 50 grams without the strap. It is waterproof and can withstand pressure up to fifty meters underwater. added way to detect deep sleep with sensors.The watch runs on Tizen, Samsung’s own mobile operating system.

Together with the watch, the Gear IconX 2018 earbuds will be released on the market. Samsung has built in support for its own digital assistant Bixby. The earphones can stream music for five hours or play downloaded music for six hours on a single battery charge. The housing is slightly smaller and lighter than last year’s IconX.

According to Samsung, the Gear Sport will be available in stores in black and blue from Friday for a suggested retail price of 350 euros. The new Gear IconX earbuds will be released on the same day and will be available in black, gray and pink for a suggested retail price of €230. Earlier, Samsung already released the Gear Fit 2 Pro for 230 euros. That fitness tracker with a curved OLED screen was presented together with the Gear Sport and Gear IconX at the IFA fair in August.

Looking back: video preview of the Samsung Gear Sport