Samsung and Tumi, a US-based company that
manufactures suitcases and bags for travel, have just announced they have
teamed up to offer consumers who wish to stand out, a luxury version of the
Gear S3 frontier smartwatch.
The new Samsung Gear S3 frontier
TUMI Special Edition is available for purchase for US$ 449.99 via Best Buy and
Samsung. The wearable can only be bought online, but coming August 6, it will
go on sale in stores for the same price.
Unlike the regular model, the special edition comes
with a watchband designed by TUMI featuring the Early Grey color signature. The
watchband is made of Italian canvas (leather would have been more expensive)
and features a stainless-steel buckle along with stitched edge detailing.
According to Samsung, the watchband is durable
enough to resist water, dust, or rough conditions. Furthermore, the luxury
smartwatch comes with a custom TUMI watchface. As far as specs go, Samsung Gear
S3 frontier TUMI Special Edition is similar in every way with the regular
version.
The smartwatch sports a 1.3-inch Super
AMOLED display with 360 x 360 pixels resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass SR+
coating. Also, it packs a 1GHz dual-core processor, 768MB RAM, and 4GB internal
memory. The Bluetooth-only Samsung Gear S3 frontier TUMI
Special Edition includes many other features like GPS, NFC (Near Field
Communications), wireless charging, IP68 certification, as well as speaker and
mic. It's compatible with both Android and iOS smartphones running Android 4.4
or later and iOS 9.0 or above, respectively.
