Samsung's Gear S3 has GPS, LTE, and a bigger screen

Samsung hit on a good formula with last year's Gear S2 smartwatch. So for this year's model, it's making small changes and sticking with what already works.

That's the gist of the Gear S3, which Samsung is unveiling today in Berlin. It's basically a blown up version of the Gear S2 with a bit more tech inside, which should be good news for anyone who wants a big smartwatch.

And "big" is really one of the key changes here. Where the S2 was relatively small for a smartwatch, the S3 feels downright chunky. Its actual dimensions aren’t that much larger — it has a 46mm casing and a 1.3-inch display, compared to 44mm and 1.2-inches on the S2 — but the jump feels significant. Samsung claims this big size is "on trend in the luxury watch space...

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