I have now had the good fortune of experiencing a number of smart watches and I came at them all with little or no experience, so a number of my reviews have been from that perspective but now I have come to know a fair amount about them and I appreciate the good ones, much more than I would have, back then.
This is the most accurate, customizable, full featured and best looking watch, of all of them to date.
At this price (and higher) I have yet to come across any inherent watch that performs better.
The metrics are bang on, based on several others sources that I can test against, with the exception of the heart rate monitor and even that, is very very close to accurate. On average, I find it to be off by about 3 bpm. That is entirely acceptable for a non medically certified device. The pedometer is the most accurate, by far, that I have used to date. It is much better at measuring my footfalls than it is at arm movement and bumps in the road, while driving, which others that I have tested, are notorious for.
The screen is very responsive, has meaning brightness settings, has proven to have a very tough screen, with no damage to date (wearing it for over a month now) or scratches. The fact that you can change the digital watch face, to a picture of your chosen, is icing on the cake. You can also edit how (and what) the watch displays. Awesome!
Battery life is phenomenal, dependant on usage, of course. Of you are using the watch alot for message retrieval, phone call or media player, the battery will suffer a MUCH quicker decline. I do not use my for those functions and am seeing about 2 weeks off a charge (100% down to 5%).
The media/phone aspect of this watch, is what truly impresses me the most. Whether you will be using it or not, is a different question but ai have yet to see another smart watch that can pull these two functions off, as fluidly, as this one does. With an easy and reliable interface and very usuable audio. Dialing from thr watch with a digital key is directly from your contacts list, is a breeze. Call and music are also clear, much better than any other that I have used to date.
Charging is a typical, proprietary magnetic bonding cable and charging time.seems to come in, right around an hour.
This watch looks great, is comfortable to wear and the band allows for sizing adjustment.
Like all of these devices, you may be concerned about the permissions that they ask of you. “Contacts”, “photos” etc… That can easily be understood. You can virtually eliminate these issues by simply using the watch as a stand alone device, that does not interact with you phone but if you wish to use any need of the additinal functionally, such as the phone or text/email, you need to let the watch access those elements on your phone.
Life is all about decisions…
This one, is HIGHLY recommended.
Genie - Research Bot
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