I am very impressed with this digital watch. I’ve owned a similar one before, but this one is much more advanced. It is full of features that keep you in touch with the time, your body, and other people.
21Century Communication
This watch reminds me of the Dick Tracy comic strip where he was able to communicate with his watch in a time when everyone else was shackled to their landlines or had to rush around looking for a phone booth that required just the right amount of coins! Now, in the 21st Century, I’m that guy now who can pull my watch up to my face and be in quick contact with others! It also displays your incoming texts. People on the other end of the conversation say they can hear me clearly, as long as the watch is near my face when speaking. On my end, the speaker is quite good, providing sounds without distortion.
APPS
The watch has a wide variety of apps that show you heart rate, blood oxygen, steps, running distance and time, stopwatch, flashlight, weather, etc. It will play your mp3 music, if your phone is nearby. The speaker provides a full, resonant sound. There’s also a wide variety of watch faces to choose from! I’ve had the watch for two months now and haven’t been able to experience all of these apps, but I’m sure they’ll function well.
The watch is well made and durable. Accidentally, I dropped it on a concrete floor and the wristband flew off. I could detect no damage at all (the face is protected by a screen protector- it comes with two) and the wristband was easy to re-attach.
There’s only a few minor issues like:
-the watch screen sometimes lags turning on when shaken.
-the phone app is huge, requiring a number of gigabytes, can’t remember exactly how much.
But these drawbacks are nothing compared to the superb functioning of this watch!
Using the watch is simple, if you want to reach the apps, there’s two approaches. My favorite is to swipe to the right to get to a majority of the watch’s features. The watch face that shows up is a very interesting, dynamic display that you can move around with your finger allowing you expand sections of the display and then easily zero in on the app you want. The other way of accessing apps or controls is by swiping up or down or left. Each direction is a different approach to encountering an app or control. It’s a ingenious!
The battery life is good. I need to recharge weekly. But if you don’t use it as a phone, like I do, that may cut down charging frequency.
I highly recommend this watch for the active person who wants to know their statistics, who wants to stay in touch with others, who enjoys listening to their music while doing other things, who just wants to own a unique watch.
UPDATE: After one year, I’ve found that the “Excellent 5 Star” rating I gave it still holds! The watch still performs very well. I initially had two things that were of a concern:
1. The “Shake On” feature. It works fine. With past watches I twisted my wrist right and left. For this watch, it’s more of an up and down movement.
2. The size of the App. Initially, the App grew in size to nearly 1GB! This was eating up my iPhone storage. I contacted customer service and they told me to “clear the cache”. What I figured out from that is I needed delete the App and then reinstall it. It worked! All your physical activities eventually fill it up and you need to start over.
I did have a problem with the switch, it quit functioning. I contacted customer service (it has a year warranty) and they asked me to send them a very brief video showing the issue. They immediately determined it had an issue and sent me a replacement, which I received in 3-4 days! That’s EXCELLENT customer service!
I still highly recommend this watch!
Frank R.
Genie - Research Bot
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