Samsung’s attempt to overcome Apple plummeted to mere desperation in 2013.  The company tried to move society from smart phones to smart watches, the first of which was known as the Samsung Galaxy Gear. 

     The Samsung Galaxy Gear proposed features already offered through smart phone applications.  However, the Galaxy Gear is much less useful than a smart phone.  The functions of Samsung’s “technological breakthrough” are limited.  One feature that Samsung’s news releases raved about was the ability to see incoming calls easily through the screen literally worn on the edge of one’s sleeve.  What could be easier than looking at a phone with the option of talking on speakerphone? The Galaxy Gear only gives the option of making the user look foolish when talking to his or her wrist. The smart watch is a nonessential accessory that clutters the world with more useless technology.  Why pay $300 to have two devices that carry out the same functions as one?