Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy Watch, its $330 answer to the Apple Watch — here's everything we know about it
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- Samsung unveiled a new smartwatch called the Galaxy Watch on Thursday.
- The Galaxy Watch is a fitness-focused smartwatch. It's waterproof, has LTE connectivity, and gets "several days" of battery life on a single charge.
- The Galaxy Watch will come in two sizes and three colors. It will be available to buy on August 24 and starts at $330.
- With the Galaxy Watch, Samsung is abandoning the Gear branding from its smartwatches. "It was about simplification," Elina Vives, Samsung's head of marketing for computing, audio, smartwatch, and VR, told Business Insider.
Samsung has a brand-new smartwatch.
At its Unpacked event on Thursday to introduce the new Galaxy Note 9, Samsung also revealed the new Galaxy Watch. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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