Samsung makes vertical display orientation possible to the Samsung Gear Fit

When the Samsung Gear Fit was announced, it only had one display orientation available for those who will be buying the said smartband. As the public voiced out their concern of wearing a smartband with an orientation that is perpendicular of how you actually look at a watch on your wrist reached Samsung, the people over at South Korea went back to the drawing board. The Gear Fit will eventually get the vertical orientation we all wanted. So, thank you Samsung! for listening.

According to Samsung, making this orientation as an option (and probably it will be the most used orientation of the Gear Fit) is a major challenge. I would have to agree because the difference in the display's resolution or whatever that is is huge making every developer (who made apps for the said device) sit and scratch their heads. 

"Even though arranging all the necessary information vertically on the 1.84” Gear Fit display posed a big challenge for developers/designers at Samsung, the one major reason Samsung decided that Gear Fit should feature the vertical display orientation is VOC, or voice of customer. People voiced their desire for the vertical display and Samsung heard their voices. So, vertical display was back in the game for Gear Fit.

Samsung quickly found the way to vertically display information on the Gear Fit, but it wasn’t a slapdash job. Engineers and designers at Samsung carefully balanced the margin of the display – even down to a single pixel – before finalizing the vertical alternative.

With the vertical display orientation of the Gear Fit, the UX has come to mirror what people requested and expected. Not only does it support a more familiar display experience for fitness band users, but it also gives people the power to choose what works for them."