Big brother is watching. Samsung is a product of the CIA. Their TVs are always listening too. MUHAHAHAHAHAH!(Best Vincent Price scary laugh)
The LTE model is the one which operates as a free-standing cell phone and, for that, you have to open up a separate data line with your carrier, at a cost. Mine is the Bluetooth model. It has to hook through my phone or WiFi. Now, if you were out and in range of a hotspot, it should work. I carry my phone when out, so I don't have that enabled. For one thing, the watch set up Samsung Pay, again without permission. I'll probably disable that. At any rate, I would not want that set up and my watch automatically hooking up with hotspots, as I'm paranoid even about buying anything or having banking info on my phone...
Not only that, but, if you don't move for an hour, it buzzes you and harangues you to get up and get active...
I will. So far, I'm pleased, despite my humor about it. I don't really use it to keep up with heartbeat constantly. I have a little oximeter, like the ones they use in hospitals, on my desk and check occasionally. Also, I check BP every couple of days and that gives me pulse rate. I have read from other users that, in order to have an accurate pulse rate, the band has to be tight, almost uncomfortably so. There are a number of owners' forums for these phones. You might look one up and see what people say. I did that before I bought it...
Well, not quite. I have a Seiko watch, made out of titanium, which runs by charging a capacitor, not a battery. Normally a capacitor lasts about 7 years but they don't respond well to not being charged, and it's a known fault with this watch. Of course, I couldn't take it to the hospital and, instead of 2 days, I ended up stuck in the hospital for 8. This capacitor was nearing the end of its life, anyway and, sure enough, when I got home, it wouldn't hold a charge. So, crossroads time. After major abdominal surgery, it's really hard to get up and get your butt moving on a regular exercise regimen again. My wife was trying to nag enough to motivate me but it wasn't working. Then's when I decided to try the smartwatch to track progress. It's worked well for me...
I'm a fan so far. Every day, it hits me with something new and asks if I'd like to do it. OTOH, it's done a couple of things where I wish it'd've asked...
