Headphones need any smart phone users, ultimately you want to sometimes listen to music, watch videos or listen to an audio book on the go. But really comfortable that's only if no cables interfere. And here the Samsung Gear IconX comes into play. It is a new type of Bluetooth headphones that disappears wirelessly in the ear. Not even between the two ear plugs, there is a cable. We were able to test on a small Samsung event, the first pre-series of Samsung's Gear IconX for you and probehören. Whether worth the wait, you can learn in our hands-on for Gear IconX.
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Price and Availability
Samsung has the Gear IconX announced together with the fitness tracker Gear fit2 early June 2016 but in the trading of Bluetooth headset comes with built-in fitness tracker and MP3 players until July. While in the US, the price of the Gear IconX with 199 US dollars has already been announced in the German price has not yet been specified. If the US price is a guideline for the European price, then the Gear IconX is cheaper compared to the only competitor of Bragi, because The Dash costs in Germany the figure is 299 euros.
Design & Processing
The Gear IconX will be available in three colors: black, blue and white. The earrings come with dimensions of 25.9 x 19.5 x 17.9 mm slightly smaller than that of The Dash. Also the weight of the individual Studs 6 grams less than the 7 grams of each Bragi Studs.
Otherwise the two products from different houses are relatively similar, but is simply due to the very narrow anatomical conditions of the human ear. One can not extravagant design and still ensure good fit for the majority of mankind a Studs.
Samsung Gear IconX is the South Korean response to Bragis The Dash. / © EnTech
The biggest difference is in the transport tray and an integrated battery. Samsung loading and transport shell is tubular, while Bragi The Dash is parked and loaded into a square and larger in volume box. That was already the differences and design features of the Samsung Gear IconX.
Particularities
Integrated MP3 player
Samsung Gear IconX are not only Bluetooth headset, but they can be used completely without phone as an MP3 player. Altogether there are in IconX 4 GByte (effectively available to the 3.5 GB) of internal memory, on which your audio data can take the form of MP3s.
To dub the MP3s on the IconX there are two possibilities: either a PC or Mac when the IconX Studs are in the charging cradle and these are connected via USB cable to the PC. Or by phone, but then you need a Samsung smartphone with at least Android 4.4 and 1.5 GB of RAM. In plain language, it means that users of non-Samsung smartphones have always record on the internal memory on the PC.
Headphones, fitness tracker and MP3 player in one. / © EnTech
Fitness Tracker Included
As already Bragis The Dash can also Samsung's Gear IconX various sports activities to measure and record for you. A pulse sensor measures your heart rate and other sensors record the distance and number of steps on. In sum, the calories burned can be given. Since the IconX a display is missing, the fitness values you are announ-. In addition, you can IconX say by heart rate, if you are in the optimal training area.
All collected fitness data can then be transmitted to Samsung's S Health app, so as to obtain a kind of training diary. How accurately the fitness data, we were unable to verify for you unfortunately during the brief hands-on time. We get to but once with us the final production samples have been received and we were able to test extensively.
Audio
As The Dash of Bragi is Samsung's Gear IconX of two ear plugs, get the music from the internal memory or streamed via Bluetooth from your smartphone. It is still unclear whether Samsung for each Studs a Bluetooth connection to the smartphone builds, or whether the Studs synchronize via another radio technology and exchange data.
Although where we tested IconX yet these were pre-production models, this worked straight away. Once the connectors are firmly in the ear, the Gear IconX switched on automatically. A quick tap on one of the Studs launched the music and by vertical wipe you could control the volume.
The sound quality of IconX can be described as good, but it was heard a slight noise and for my taste the IconX were not perfectly matched in terms of volume. Both negative points are due to the pre-production of our test model and should be observed by us in the final test with serial patterns again.
Battery pack
In each of the two Studs ever there is a battery with 47 mAh capacity. Samsung speaks of a maximum of three hours of use. Since the shipping box contains a battery, the Studs total times can fully charge two, you can see the Gear IconX go up to 9 hours benefits. Unfortunately we were unable to verify whether the term is accurate and how long it takes until the IconX are fully charged during the hands-on period. This lack of information we serve you but after the final test on the Gear IconX.
Always safely stored and charged: Gear IconX in the transport and charging cradle. / © EnTech
Preliminary Ruling
For a final conclusion on the Samsung Gear IconX, the Bluetooth headset with built-in MP3 player, and a fitness tracker, it is still too early. Too many question marks still behind the numerous features. Firstly, it is up to the Vorserienprodukt we had for the hands-on available. Secondly, it takes more time to test all the features and functions.
However, it is becoming apparent that the Gear IconX similar Bragis The Dash, a must-have product for tech-savvy smartphone junkies will be. Price it is even cheaper than Bragis The Dash, the least cost proud 299 euros. Samsung Gear IconX has still no German price, but the US price of 199 US dollars is ever a sign that is more favorable the Gear IconX of Samsung.