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1 SAMSUNG GALAXY RING
● £3 99, samsung.com
Some launches wow us with the tech – and there’s plenty to be wowed about here – but some excite us most with their attitude. Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy Ring scores highly on the latter: Samsung’s philosophy is clearly that there should be no barriers to improving your health, and it’s done everything to ensure that’s possible.
Look past the somewhat high ticket price of the Galaxy Ring, and at the price of its monthly subscription. It’s a big fat zero – your access to personal tracking features, handled through the Samsung Health app, is completely free. Your data isn’t locked away behind a paywall, it’s yours. Just wear the Ring, work towards your goals, and watch your progress. As long as you have a Samsung phone, that is.
You won’t need to take it off too often, given that it’ll supposedly keep going for seven days straight, and it’s rated to be water resistant down to 100 metres, so there’s really no reason to remove it other than to charge. When you do, there’s no rinkydink charging cable to fiddle with, as Samsung’s juice-up solution is a gorgeous transparent protective case.
This is quality through and through, not just in its sharp miniaturisation and optimisation, but in Samsung’s presentation and passion. The proof is on the pinkie, of course, but the Korean juggernaut might just have made the smart ring relevant – and that’s an achievement in itself.
NICE GESTURE
There’s no display on the Galaxy Ring. There are no buttons, either. It takes its input from your pulse, your skin and your movements – the latter of which enables it to work as a gesture control device for a Galaxy phone.