Samsung continues to closely monitor the activities of Apple. And, of course, the South Korean manufacturer could not ignore the launch of "smart" watches Apple Watch, receiving pre-orders which began April 10.
Press secretary Samsung Mobile Europe Rory O'Neill shared in an interview with CNBC his impression from the start of pre-orders for the first wearable computer Apple.
"In the industry of many well-known brands. This is Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many others. What is happening now, creates a huge competition in the market. This means that brands such as ours, are investing about $ 14 million a day to develop new products and services that delight our consumers"- said Rory O'Neill.
When asked about how important the launch of Apple Watch the consumer market, O'Neill said: "We are very pleased that Apple after us came into this market". In other words, in Seoul have made it clear that they consider themselves a pioneer in the market of smart watches, so users Apple Watch should be largely grateful to the South Korean manufacturer.
Apple Watch favor competitor models Samsung Gear S , presented last summer. Korean watches have curved Super AMOLED display diagonal of 2 inches and a resolution of 360 x 480 pixels. Dual-core processor with a frequency of 1.0 GHz is adjacent to the 512 MB of RAM and a 4GB solid state.
Unlike Apple Watch smart watches Gear S allow you to make voice calls without using a smartphone. In the Samsung watches built not only 3G-modem, but also wireless adapters Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.1, as well as the receiver A-GPS / GLONASS.