I live in China and was considering getting a smart watch here as they are relatively cheap and have begun to make a wider appearance across major internet retailers recently. So I was wondering if anyone here has experience with any Chinese brands and could give me some tips.
I have been looking at the Otium Gear Smart Watch (which can be found on Amazon) as it seems it do well enough for my basic expectations of such a new sort of device (and it is pretty cheap here). I like the idea of the SIM card slot and the camera, mostly as novelties, Bluetooth is good for listening to music wirelessly and general phone connectivity, and I assume I could put my own apps on here, as the real reason I want this is for some mini game emulation on my subway commute.
So if any of you could offer some advice, product reviews or any other information, I would greatly appreciate your help.
I got one from amazon. I have been used these for couple of months. so far so good.
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Hello everyone.
I have been looking for phones over the last week and I found this nice phone that's pretty affordable with awesome characteristics . Is k3 worth buying, because since it is so cheap,there must be a problem with it,I guess...
Its a good mid range phone from middle 2015. Buy it if you find one cheap.
Also, there seems to be a batch with many issues with the touch screen (Ive one with a bad screen) and with no support from the company: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/K-and-...h-Screen-Issue-in-Lenovo-K3-Note/td-p/2128737
So in my opinion its a gamble when you buy from Lenovo (because the issue the screen issue is still there with k4 and k5 (or what its called)).
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imo, dun buy it.
i bought it based on its spec, very impressive.
regret ever bought it.
dun buy it.
ps:
out-of-box, chinese version will download tons of crappy chinese apps/games once the data connection/wifi is 'ON', b4 u realised/understand wats going on.
all stock apps/games r restricted use for china (restrictly no settings for any other cities out of china).
sound speak is too small, too soft, cant even hear alert/alarm.
usb connection non existence for sd storage, only for charging or otg.
external sd storage another screwed problem, unfriendly usage.
risk brick phone in order to install custom roms, experimental stage not sorted-out teethling problems.
no support from lenovo, retailer support scuks, new phone replace with refurbish phone, etc.
good luck if u wishes to buy lenovo phones.
pss:
seriously wants to buy lenovo k3 note, dun ever buy the chinese version, get the ROW (Rest-Of-World) version.
psss:
screen start to show sign of flickering after six months. damn :-[
Hads mine for nearly a year and it`s been fine, great phone for the price.
You can find it on aliexpress for 90€ shipping included (100$) at this price, its really hard to get such a good device.
About all the chinese stuff inside, just flash international android 6 and it will be more clean and you get play store
Also this device has huge comminuty and now we start to see Cyanogenmod running quite good
Even right now, its the best device you can get for 100$ !
And if it break after a year or two, you need to remember you just paid 100$ for it
Hello
I've looked all over the net and can't find answers to these questions. Maybe someone can help?
1) are there any standalone smartwatches that use sim cards? i want to be able to use whatsapp and get sports scores without needing a phone.
some smartwatches seem to have gps but not Internet, Internet but no appstore etc. very confusing.
sony smartwatch 3 was perfect if it had a sim slot.
only found Samsung gear s and lg urbane 2 that have sim slots. Samsung gear s sold out and runs tizen, and lg urbane is ridiculously priced at apple customers level.
2) are there any chinese smartwatches running Android that can do the above? that i don't know of?
3) are there any chinese smartwatchs running Android that can be flashed to run android wear?
4) i saw these articles last year of a $49 realtek chip mt2601 smartwatch running Android 4.4 on it, but can't find it being sold anywhere even a year later?
thanks
Why do only two watches have NFC ?
Little worried if anything happened to my LG Sport, at this point the watch is hard to find for sale online.
The Huawei Watch 2 the other watch I was not crazy about the small screen and I do not know how long Best Buy will carry it.
No NFC = No Android Pay, something I use everyday.
Hopefully in the 2018 trade-shows somebody announces something
Well the wear24 has the hardware, but Verizon did not enable it
There are a few others but two are expensive, Movado Connect and Tag Heuer. The third is the LG Urbane 2nd Edition, my watch for the last couple of years. Still not very many choices. I use Android Pay all the time and if my watch broke I'd have to settle for getting the same model refurbished/used. Not sure why it isn't standard at this point for new watches.
Hello, I've recently been intrigued with Android head units and for what they can do as I've seen on YouTube they are impressive for the price. I own a '14 Ford Fiesta and I found a plug and play unit for my car on eBay which is branded as "KiriNavi" model: WC-FE8021 A7 and I am considering it. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this brand or product and can tell me how reliable it is. Perhaps this model has been sold before under a different name, or unbranded as the seller has told me?
I don't want to spend nearly $400 for something that'll only work a couple months, I plan to use it for apps such as Waze and Spotify and the aesthetic upgrade from my ****ty looking stock unit. I am not an audiophile by any means and I prefer the functionality over sound quality as long as it's reasonable and doesn't completely crap out of me.
Thank you!
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Hello all,
I've been trying to find a good Android head unit, and have run into a few wrinkles. Know how deep people on this forum dive into Android gear, I figured you guys would have the best first hand/technical experience!
There is a size limitation to start. The opening for my double din is:
7.15" x 4.44" (or ~181 x 112.7mm). So it can be slightly bigger as long as all the controls/screen can fit in that space.
On reviews I've read on other forums or sellers, people talk about the Joying dying out or having hardware failures of different types in less than 2 years, and struggling with RMAs. Pumpkin issues seem to be less? So any recommendations on a brand that would have a unit in the size I need would be greatly appreciated!
The other trick is finding a 4G dongle that will work with Android (I've found some where people have managed to shoehorn them, and some that have never worked). The dongle would need to be compatible with AT&T OR Verizon (those are the two wireless carriers in my area of the US with the best coverage, I'm happy to get a plan with either one). The issue is, while AT&T offers a dongle, they say clearly "Windows Only".
I'd rather avoid hotspotting to my phone, or relying on downloading chunks of maps from my wifi in my driveway.
Thanks everyone!