& it's ok, but the phone would get really hot & the performance was

Make sure to read the fine print before buying, you are going to need a compatible smart phone to get this so called standalone headset to work

You can only use the Gear for so long until your phone gets hot and if you use it for Ride Social or VirZoom

This may not be a problem with newer, more powerful Samsung phones

I am a VIVE user and have had a Gear VR that eventually broke my phone

Nice to use phone-like VR without needing to fumble around with my phone

This allows them to gut out useless phone hardware

Lenovo Mirage (2* the price), Gear VR (broke my phone), and Google Daydream (haven't tried it?).

I loved the Gear VR but between the screen fog, visible debris from your phone screen and the overheating issue, Gear VR became something I could use 10-15 minute at a time.

Once you have it set up (which requires downloading an app on a smart phone) it is pretty much put it on and you are ready to go

I enjoyed it, but often when doing a long session the screen would go black and a message would pop up saying that the phone needed to cool down.

These are the best thing since the invention of the smart phone.

Kind of annoyed at the need for a smart phone for setting this up

The big seller for me was the fact that you don't need a computer or a console to run it, just a smart phone and that is only for the initial set up

No phone support

this little $200 beauty FAR surpasses the abilities of a the smart phone vr

that you dont need a phone because trying to put smart phones in these vr glasses is a pain

No not everyone has a smart phone

Everything that's cumbersome about using your phone in a *headset is improved with this

I am very happy to free my phone from the Gear for once and for all and the fact that the darn controller wouldn't stay connected drove me crazy.