Ron Amadeo, for Ars Technica:
Manufactures can’t seem to release anything anymore without cramming a camera into it, and the Gear is no exception. Integrated into the strap is a 1.9MP camera. Considering this requires a smartphone to function, and all smartphones have cameras, was this really necessary? And a 1.9MP camera? How badly do you want to take a picture of something? They could have skipped the camera and made the Gear fit a normal (classier) watch band.
I don’t want to sound luddite-esque, but I stopped wearing wristwatches years ago, around the time I first got a cell phone. Why do I want a cell phone-tethered wristwatch with a camera? Am I missing some grand vision here?
The ostensible 1-day of battery is the final nail in the coffin for me.