Samsung Orbis

Samsung Gear A watch face revealed? (Updated)

Rumoured Samsung Gear A watch face

It’s been quiet on the Samsung Gear A smartwatch rumour front for a few weeks. Fortunately, SamMobile, which has revealed quite a few details about Samsung’s upcoming circular smartwatch is back today with what appears to be one of the watch faces for the Gear A (also known as the Samsung Orbis). #round pic.twitter.com/vXUZRv93mt — SamMobile (@SamMobiles) July 7, 2015 […]

Samsung Gear A to use Exynos processor?

Samsung Exynos headed to wearables

Rumours back in March suggested that Samsung would use its own octa-core Exynos 7420 processor for the upcoming Samsung Gear A (known back then only as the Samsung Orbis) round-faced smartwatch.This is the same processor that Samsung uses in its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge flagship smartphones. A tweet by @SamsungExynos today gave credence to this rumour. The tweet […]

Concept Sunday: What the Samsung Gear A smartwatch might look like

Samsung Gear A concept

We featured some early concept work of what the Samsung Gear A (also known as the Samsung Orbis) might look like last month. South Korea’s xplash has since finished a number of new renders giving us a much better sense of what Samsung’s next smartwatch might look like. The new images suggest that Samsung could offer a wide range of colour and material options. […]

Samsung Gear SDK reveals some Samsung Gear A specifications

Samsung Gear rotating bezel

Samsung today released the Software Development Kit (SDK) for its “next generation of the Gear device” that it had first teased last month. As hoped, it confirms a number of details about the device Samsung currently calls the “Next Gear,” better known so far as the Samsung Gear A or Project Orbis. Among them are some key Samsung Gear A specifications. As widely expected, […]

Round Samsung Gear A smartwatch to launch alongside Galaxy Note 5

Samsung smartwatch ring interface

While Samsung has not confirmed that it is working on a round smartwatch, rumours of such a device, codenamed Samsung Orbis, have been around for some time now. At least one rumour suggested that Samsung would unveil it as the Samsung Gear A at CTIA 2015 which will take place in early September. SamMobile has learned that the company is […]

Samsung to offer custom watchbands for Samsung Gear A

Swarovski edition Samsung Gear S

Samsung may once again borrow a page from Apple’s marketing playbook when it launches its round-faced Samsung Gear A smartwatch later this year. SamMobile has learned that the South Korean company is looking to partner with a number of artists and fashion houses to offer custom watch bands alongside the smartwatch. Along with Miami-based pop-up artist Romero Britto, Samsung is reportedly looking to […]

Samsung files Gear W and Wheel UX trademark applications

Trademark filing for Samsung Wheel UX

Early signs suggest that the round-faced Samsung Orbis smartwatch will launch later this year as the Samsung Gear A. Not only will it sport a round display but it is also rumoured to come with a rotating bezel and digital crown to control various watch functions. New trademark filings with KIPRIS (Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information System), South Korea’s equivalent […]