Samsung confirmed in early November that the Gear S3 smartwatch would go on sale Nov. 18. T-Mobile has now revealed price and availability for its model of the wearable.
T-Mobile will offer the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, allowing users to make phone calls directly from the phone. T-Mobile tweeted Tuesday that the smartwatch will go on sale Friday for $399.
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The Samsung Gear S3 Frontier will be also be available at AT&T, starting at $249. Samsung announced Verizon as another carrier; however, the network has not revealed its release date details for the wearable.
The Gear S3 features a 1.3-inch circular AMOLED display with a 360x360 resolution and Corning's new Gorilla Glass SR+, a dual-core 1GHz Samsung Exynos chip, 768MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, a 380 mAh battery, IP68 water, wind and dust resistance, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and the Tizen Wearable OS 2.3.2 operating system.
There are two models of the Gear S3, the Frontier model, which is more rugged and includes voice, internet and music streaming support and the Classic model, which is more like a standard watch in design.
Retailers including Best Buy, Amazon, Macy's and Samsung.com will offer the Gear S3 Classic model, starting at $349.99.
