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Orange is partnering with Gemalto to launch the Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G in the French market, the first watch with a built-in SIM card

On July 12 Orange launches the Samsung Gear S2 3G smartwatch, the first device in the world equipped with a new generation of SIM cards – the e-SIM, which is built directly into the product. You don’t need to do anything with a SIM card – the watch is activated by the mobile network operator. In addition, e-SIM technology offers a sleeker product with an improved design of 3G Smartwatches.

The watch

Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G smartwatch

Created for those who want to be in touch all the time, anytime, even when there is no smartphone at hand, Orange offers the Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G smart watch with the recommended Multi-SIM Calls & Internet option.

Answer calls even when your smartphone isn’t around, thanks to the Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G, with the option to use multiple SIM cards and Internet access.

Thanks to the product’s 3G network connection, this practical smartwatch enables the wearer to receive calls, messages and mobile app notifications. Thus, the watch gives users more freedom at leisure, allowing them to leave their smartphone at home.

It also has a built-in GPS module, heart rate sensor and 4 GB of internal memory for storing music that the owner can listen to via Bluetooth headset, for example, during running or other sports activities.

Gear S2 3G Smartwatch is compatible with Android smartphones. You can buy it for the price from 399.99 eurosIn select Orange stores.

To benefit from the enhanced connectivity of the device, Orange recommends that mobile users immediately activate the Multi-SIM Calls & Internet option at a cost of 5 euro a month, including the activation fee of 10 euro.

Gemalto provides Orange with a security platform that makes it easy to manage user subscriptions on the mobile device remotely and fit the watch with a built-in SIM card. This Gemalto solution complies with the first version of the requirements set by the industry as a whole, within the GSMA, the Mobile Operators Association and industry representatives.

“We are excited to partner with Gemalto and Samsung to launch our product, a smartwatch with a built-in SIM card, and to be able to offer our customers the best innovations. From now on, our clients will be in touch even when they leave home and do not have their smartphones with them when going out for sports or simply have no possibility to take them due to rush or important business, which requires leaving the workplace … . They will be able to receive incoming calls and notifications wherever they go.”

, – reports Laetitia Orsini-Sharps, director of marketing and consumer access offerings at Orange France.

“Gemalto, is currently involved in the development of several projects involving the industrial and consumer sectors, and is a leader in this market segment, as confirmed in a recent report by ABI Research”,

– Philippe Cambriel, Gemalto’s executive vice president, stresses.

“In a world where billions of cars and people need to stay connected at all times, remote control of subscriptions plays an important role in improving the user experience.”.

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Comments: 2
  1. Harper

    This is interesting news! I wonder if having a built-in SIM card in a smartwatch will enhance its functionality and convenience. Can you provide more details on how this feature will work? Will it have its own data plan or be connected to the user’s existing mobile plan?

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  2. Aubrey Marshall

    This collaboration between Orange and Gemalto for the launch of Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G in France with a built-in SIM card is intriguing. I wonder how this will affect the popularity and adoption of smartwatches in the French market. Will this innovation pave the way for more wearables with built-in connectivity options, potentially eliminating the need for smartphones?

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