Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 18K Gold Rose Variant Launched

Samsung Gear S2 18K Rose Gold, Platinum edition launched in India with 1 GHz CPU and 4GB memory

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of three new variants of the Gear S2 smartwatch with a whole new set of applications & dial faces for the Indian consumers.

The company introduced two new editions of the Gear S2 Classic, one encased in 18K Rose Gold and another in Platinum. The third variant is Gear S2 White, where a sporty white elastomer strap is matched to a silver dial.

Along with the new Gear S2 variants and unique watch faces, Samsung is also offering an enhanced choice of apps such as cab services from Uber, G'Night sleep tracking app, reminder specialist My Notes in Gear and an all-new YouTube browsing app Xenozu to its customers. Gear S2 will also feature a host of new games, enabling the intuitive rotating bezel as a natural game controller.

With this, Samsung Gear S2 is now available in five variants in India: Gear S2 Classic Black, Gear S2 Classic Rose Gold, Gear S2 Classic Platinum, Gear S2 Black and Gear S2 White.

The Platinum and Rose Gold variants come with plating that encases the dial and buckle. The new variants are complemented by premium leather straps, in Ivory White for the Rose Gold and Black for the Platinum. As before, both straps are standardized 20mm straps, giving the customer complete freedom to 'dress' their Gear S2 further with straps of their choice.

The new variants of the Gear S2 wearable are available across all Samsung retail channels at a price of Rs 24,300 for the Gear S2 White and Rs 34,900 for the Gear S2 Classic Gold and Platinum variants.

Samsung launched its Gear S2 smartwatch in January this year. During that time the company launched two variants of the device called Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic priced at Rs 24,300 and Rs 25,800 respectively.

The device features a 1.2-inch circular Super AMOLED display with 360x360 pixels resolution. Powering the smartwatch is a dual-core Exynos processor clocked at 1GHz, coupled with 512MB of RAM. The internal storage of the smartwatch stands at 4GB and it is based on the company's Tizen operating system.

Samsung Gear S2 boasts of an IP67 rating that makes it dust and water resistant. It also comes with a heart rate sensor. Its connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC and houses a 250mAh battery.