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Price: `15,450 Fit Price: `25,000 A trendy looking smartwatch that can last two days on a single charge – Ashok Pandey n this smartwatch, Samsung has ditched Android over OS. It Seagate Backup Plus Fast 4TB looks more like a trendy fitness band on the wrist, with its 1.84 inch High capacity portable external HDD made for quick back up on the go ISuper AMOLED Curved display, which incidentally, is available in vi- — Ashok Pandey brant colours. The text on the watch is readable even in direct sunlight, he massive 4TB capacity Seagate external hard drive is made when using “Outdoor Brightness” mode, but it doesn’t have an ambient for quick backup. This is the first drive that houses two internal light sensor thus there’s no auto-brightness setting. hard drives on the inside. These two are combined into one single The display background can be changed when the device is synced T with Samsung’s smartphone or tablet. The fitness-band sports Bluetooth volume in a “RAID 0” configuration to provide complete 4TB storage. But, 4.0 Low Energy connectivity, an accelerometer and gyroscope. It is also it also increases the risk of data loss, because if one disk fails, second IP67-certified like the new S5, meaning the device is will also be affected and entire disk data can be lost. waterproof in up to a meter of water level for up to 30 minutes. It comes with two USB cables; one is standard USB 3.0 and another The hybrid fitness band has heartbeat rate, pedometer sensors on Y-shaped cable that draws power from two USB ports of a computer the down-facing side and comes with an interchangeable wristband that can be needed when single USB port can’t provide enough power that allows colour swapping. One physical home button is placed on the to work, majorly with older PCs or laptops. The Fast 4TB drive supports device that can also be used as a shortcut to certain apps by double- Windows systems as it comes formatted with NTFS file system. Mac OS press (requires customization). The charging port is placed on the users can customize it to enable Mac to read and write to drive or can downside, which uses a small dock with micro-USB port to connect the reformat into NFS+ that allows Windows systems to read and write to charger to it. The dock is quite small and one more accessory to take the Mac file system. The preloaded Seagate Dashboard backup software around, which is easy to lose. offers three features – PC Backup, Mobile Backup and Social backup. Comparing Fit with its successor sibling Galaxy Gear, this one boasts It also enables users to schedule automate backups for their PCs, a slew of features and looks smart. Other devices like Fitbit Flex and smartphones and social networks. PC backup function works only with Jawbone UP also offer similar or better features at a lower cost, but the Windows and other two are compatible only and major difference is they don’t with Mac as well. have a display. Gear Fit is alone capa- In comparison with 1TB drive, as Key Specs: ble of showing results without pairing Key Specs: Super AMOLED 1.82 inch Screen, no other 4TB drive is available in the Tizen OS, Pedometer, Heart rate it with a Galaxy device while others 3.5-inch portable hard drive, monitor, call alert, notification require a smartphone’s display. Preloaded Seagate Dashboard, market, ground for comparison is not Cloud, USB 3.0 Pros: The watch delivers two days battery viable, and it delivered 51.5MB/s write Lightweight and attractive design, backup on one full charge and can do Pros: and 54.1MB/s read speed with our Super AMOLED screen, software Massive capacity, Portable and 3.3GB assorted data, which is 1.5 times interface better, depending on usage. Though, lightweight, Affordable it’s not great performance, it’s decent. faster than other 1TB drives. Cons: Bottomline: If you have a Galaxy Cons: Bottomline: With the massive Cheap plastic strap, awkward Cloud feature, Not serviceable charging dock, inaccurate device or are planning to buy one, then by user storage, 3.7TB (available to the user) pedometer, limited fitness features you can consider Gear Fit. It offers it would cost Rs 6.6/GB, which is Write to: Write to: several features with an effective in- Seagate India, New Delhi economical. The storage capacity and Samsung India terface, but its performance for serious (city STD code) 30308282 Phone: 011-26207782 higher transfer speed makes it a decent Email: [email protected] runners isn’t very effective. Email: support2.seagate.com package to consider.

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