Samsung Gear A Specs News: Korean Tech Manufacturer Confirms Features Ahead of Unveiling
The news about Samsung's first round smartwatch, the Samsung Gear A, has been getting a lot of attention lately. The wearable device, which is being referred to by insiders as "Orbis," is assumed to be officially unveiled alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus this Aug.12.
However, ahead of the given date, the South Korean tech giant is confirming a handful of spec rumors. This was done during the recently-held Tizen Development Summit in Banglore, India, according to SamMobile.
The Gear A is indeed coming out with a round 360 x 360 resolution touchscreen. It remains to be seen if it has the earlier rumoured Super AMOLED display feature.
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Samsung further acknowledged that the rotating bezel ring will give the users access to the smartwatch, which will be running in the current 2.3.1. version of the open-source Tizen operating system.
Although not confirmed by Samsung, previous reports said that the Orbis/Gear A will come with an Exynos 3472 dual-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and the Mali-400 MP4 GPU clocked at 450 MHz, 768 MB of RAM, 4GB of on-board storage, and a 250 mAh battery.
For connectivity, it will have Bluetooth 4.1 which enables the device to tap seamlessly into its companion smartphones and/or tablets. A handful of sensors can also be found on the wearable tech, including an inbuilt GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, and heart rate sensors.
