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[Q] Which smartwatch do you guys recommend?

Hello,
I'm planning to buy a Smartwatch but there are so many of them around that I don't know where to start looking.
I want a watch that can give me my notifications and runs android so I can install apps on it.
For which smartwatch should I go or have you guys a list of watches that I can check which watch suits me the best?
Niels

Do a web search on cleardroid smartwatch comparison. That should hive you a start.

ronaldheld said:
Do a web search on cleardroid smartwatch comparison. That should hive you a start.
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I don't think that this page is up to date.
it doesn't contain Smartq Z and ZGPAX for example.

True but it is someplace to start. You could PM Cleardroid and ask him to update the pages?

Smartwatches
I am also confusing with all the smartwatches that coming out now but after reviewing all the smartwatches I think the best is the AI Watch
cool specs and nice design.
Hesitate between it and the Neptune Pine.
The problem with the Pine is the size
What do you think guys ??

I was going to buy the Pine but they killed the CDMA version.

geekwatch said:
I think the best is the AI Watch cool specs and nice design.
What do you think guys ??
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Only issue with the AI Watch I see is I'm pretty sure the final design is 18mm thick. I'd think that'd be hard to cover with a shirt/jacket sleeve and may look bulky. For reference, a dime is 17.9mm wide.

BBowermaster said:
Only issue with the AI Watch I see is I'm pretty sure the final design is 18mm thick. I'd think that'd be hard to cover with a shirt/jacket sleeve and may look bulky. For reference, a dime is 17.9mm wide.
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I think with the latest design they are now talking 16mm. Plus I'm hoping the curved finish should help with shirt sleeves, making it less obvious that something is poking into the sleeve as it were.
Guess it depends a lot on what kind of sleeve fitting you wear. If it is a tight fit sleeve, then yes it would be a problem.

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BBowermaster said:
Only issue with the AI Watch I see is I'm pretty sure the final design is 18mm thick. I'd think that'd be hard to cover with a shirt/jacket sleeve and may look bulky. For reference, a dime is 17.9mm wide.
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The AI Watch look very small comparing the Pine or other smartwatches, I see yesterday real pictures in facebook and look pretty good on the guy wrist.
I just measure my G - Shock and it is 18mm and it is not big on me.
I read in Kickstarter that Pine have a lot of issues so I think will take my bet on AI Watch look better and better specs.
My question is what model you are thinking the best ?
quadcore with 1gb or octacore 1gb ?

With the announcement at I/O, which Android Wear will you get?

And why?! Please no bashing of certain brands/watches! Discussion thread only!

First to reply !?
Well, personally I use a LG G2 as my daily driver now. I would naturally go for the G Watch.
I agree that the circular watch face on the Moto 360 is way awesome. But it is not available just yet
In comparison of the G Watch and the Galaxy Gear Live. I would go for G Watch, on same company and the fact that it has more battery.
400 vs 300, thats 1/4 differences, which is a lot. My previous experiences with Galaxy 3 didn't occur to me that Samsung's products are not battery hungry. I would rather have 25% more battery than say, having an extra heartbeat sensor (which will potentially use up more battery?)
I also like IPS screen more :good:

I like the look of the 360 best but from videos I've seen, a square screen has a lot more usable real estate than a round one. So I would choose the Gear.

Little confused. I was looking to get the gear 2 but figured I'd wait. With the news today..will one be able to answer calls and text on the android wear watches? Also..it looks like they are basically revolving around Google now?
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I have ordered the Gear Live. Higher resolution and heart rate sensor made me pick it over the LG. The fact that it was cheaper helped too.
I will probably pick up a Moto 360 when it becomes available as well.

Are there any hands on that show how you wake the Gear Live from it's sleep state? Does a simple flick of the wrist work, or do I have to press the button. If I have to press the button, I'm going to get the G Watch in a flash.

I voted galaxy gear one hundred percent because its 30 bucks cheaper. Dont know why the LG G is more? Haha so thats why i came to this thread.

Just ordered both (UK) as I'm undecided and expect them to sell out fast... my brother wants one anyway so will give him the Samsung most likely.
Strange that the LG was the cheaper one in the UK? Maybe it has a secret spec :fingers-crossed:
Prefer the LG anyway as it is smaller and looks to have a longer battery life (essential in a watch device).

Ordered the LG.
Battery life was the decider.

The Moto360 - because of its circular display with near zero bezel
Joe0113 said:
And why?! Please no bashing of certain brands/watches! Discussion thread only!
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The Moto360 is a reinterpretation of the classic circular wrist watch which makes it a classic in its own right. The display has a near zero bezel, running edge to edge which is a first. I find these two enough to go for it. There's a high novelty value. The screen looks fantastic.
Apparently the screen is off most of the time, and can be turned on with a) a gesture b) touch c) the button.
Wireless charging is the right move.
Negatives:
The screen doesn't have an anti-reflective coating, though, so it will be hard to read outdoors, impossible in the sun.
The battery won't last more than a few years, and sinces it's likely to be non replaceable. This prevents the Moto360 from becoming a true classic worn in the future. Not that important, perhaps, since there will be better versions out in the future, but it makes it less of a classic, more time bound, ephemeral.

Find it a little strange the LG is cheaper in the UK, but more expensive in the US.
Went for the Gear, no real decider as they're really similar, hoping as samsung have a history with them the hardware will be a bit better

Gadgety said:
The Moto360 is a reinterpretation of the classic circular wrist watch which makes it a classic in its own right. The display has a near zero bezel, running edge to edge which is a first. I find these two enough to go for it. There's a high novelty value. The screen looks fantastic.
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Good points. I'm a guy who wears a classic round-faced watch everyday and want to get into Android Wear. Moto360 seems to be the right choice for me.
Does the Moto360 actually have Android Wear on it? Why were they allowed to release a bunch of pics and advertise before the I/O while everyone else had to/wanted to wait? What else do we know about it? Price? Release date?

Ordered the Gear
Better style, heart rate monitor, cheaper

granduke said:
Ordered the Gear
Better style, heart rate monitor, cheaper
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Same. Ordered it last night.
My s/o thought the gear live just looked way better.

I was torn on what to get. Obviously the 360's design is fantastic. For a poor graduate student, though, it is going to (likely) be well above my price range at the moment. I have $150 from the recall of my FitBit Force and decided to go with the Gear Live because of the AMOLED screen and the overall design. JR Raphael of PC World and Artem Russakovskii from AndroidPolice both recommended the Gear Live over the G Watch. Neither of them have led me astray yet, so I will take their word.
Once I am done with grad school and have a good job in hand, I will upgrade to something more fancy-schmancy. I'm stoked to get my Gear Live, though!

Ordered the Samsung here in the UK
I wanted the LG until I saw it ....
I think the Samsung looks better, has higher screen res, and the HRM - the other main factor was that Samsung have been making smart watches for a while now, so should have learnt a few things
All that said - I like the Moto with the metal strap - so will probably change later in the year --- by which time HTC may have come up with something

I orderded the G watch. Personally think its better looking than the Gear. Hoping the 400mah battery pays off as well. Ultimately hoping whatever HTC has up their sleeves will be as amazing as their phones.

I jumped for the Gwatch. I personally like the less flashy design, and chose to support LG over Samsung. Pretty excited to get it! It's a step in the right direction I would say.

Just ordered a Gear Live, G-Watch was tempting but it is more expensive has a worse display and fewer sensors ?
The Motorola Watch is vaporware, this is why Motorola dropped from number one manufacturer to a company bought out by a Chinese corporation. Motorola has not been first to the market with anything in years.

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Still AndroidWear SmartWachtes is are so young
No Camera
No Speak-Mic to Answer Call
and lots of more features.
when i compare androidWear by Tizen Powered SmartWatches I will choose Galaxy Gear2

[Q] PIPO W5 with active stylus

Guys have you check out PIPO W5 its 175 USD now on aliexpress and really I think is a game changer because it has active stylus rumoured come from hanvon.
Any of you have experience with the device?
Or, what do you think?

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Guys have you check out PIPO W5 its 175 USD now on aliexpress and really I think is a game changer because it has active stylus rumoured come from hanvon.
Any of you have experience with the device?
Or, what do you think?
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I've had mine since December 2014. Pretty zippy, screens a lot more brighter than my old Asus Vivotab Smart me400. The build quality is pretty good. The only spot that is creaky is where the headphone jack is.
The bezels are very small and the back is metal giving it a premium feel. However, it also makes it slippery compared to a plastic back.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the stylus and I would say this tablets stylus input is about 80% close to the experience on my Note 4.
Writing and input with the stylus is pretty accurate and an overall good experience.
I found that the screen input technology is the same as Hanvon (a chinese rival to Wacom).
So if you lose the stylus just goto Aliexpress type in the search box "hanvon stylus" and buy anyone of those as a replacement.
Overall I'm quite impressed with the tablet. I use it to take notes at work and surf the net here and there. Being Windows OS its pretty easy to use (if you can get over it Windows 8).

I finally made up my mind on an Android Wear Watch! Which did you go with and why?

Hello,
So I was in the market for a new watch. I figured that if I am going to go out and buy a watch, I may as well go with a smartwatch. I want it solely to show me what time it is and for notifications. (Phone Calls and Text Messages mainly) So I could care less about a heart rate sensor. Here are all of the watches that I have considered, but decided against for various reasons:
Asus Zenwatch 2: This was originally what I wanted to get, until I went and looked at it at Best Buy. I can't stand the bezels. If the watch face was all display, I would have one on my wrist right now.
Moto 360 1st Gen: Then I looked at this, as it was $150 from Motorola for the model I liked. (Champagne w/ brown leather) The dated processor and smaller battery turned me away.
Moto 360 2nd Gen: I do like this overall, however by the time I get it the way I want, I can just buy a Huawei watch for the same price. (Dodging the flat tire LCD for an AMOLED)
LG Watch Urbane: I have mixed feelings about this one. I'm not crazy about the overall design and I have heard numerous reports of screen burn in.
Huawei Watch: I like this watch overall. However, I feel a 2nd Gen is right around the corner, and the price is a bit high.
Tag Heuer Connected: I really like this one! I do not like its $1500 price tag though....
Samsung Gear S2 Classic: I feel this watch is PERFECT for me. I love the design and the rotating bezel! I was super bummed to find out the display size and that it wasn't running Android Wear though....
This brings me to my last choice, and the one that I ended up ordering: The Fossil Q Founder.
I really do like the design of the watch itself! I feel it looks quite nice. I prefer leather bands, so the fact that it accepts pretty much any 22mm watch band is a big plus. (I wont wear metal bands) I also feel the Fossil Q is a better investment, which played a big part in my decision. The Intel Atom processor, 1GB of ram, and internal speaker make it seem more future proof to me. The 400mah battery should be sufficient for a full day of use. I expected to have to charge whichever watch I ended up getting nightly. The only downfall to the Q in my opinion is the infamous flat tire on the display. I can live with it though. Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to have a Fossil Q Founder with the Huawei Watch Display. It is what it is though.
After reviewing pretty much every Android Wear watch, I found that none of them are perfect. There are pros and cons to all of them really. Even the Tag Heuer Connected, although I feel its only con is its price tag. lol. With very similar hardware and pretty much identical software I guess it comes down to personal preference of aesthetics ultimately. I like the design of the Fossil Q. The fact that it is a little better specd than others as well is what ultimately made me decide to get it.
I will update more when I get it. I am also going to (very carefully) pop the bottom off to see if I can find out which Intel Atom processor it is running exactly.
So what Android Wear watch did you go with and why?

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dazultra2000 said:
I stopped wearing watches a few years ago as the bulk on my wrist started to annoy me and my phone told me the time so it seemed pointless. A few months ago the vibrate on my M8 stopped working, and as it was out of warranty and considerably hacked in the software department, I was kinda stuck until I can upgrade. I found myself missing notifications and calls and got pretty annoyed about it. I was holding out for the zenwatch 2 as it was cheap enough that if I didn't get on with it, it wouldn't be such a loss money-wise. However, it had limited availability and I didn't want to wait any longer as I would end up just waiting for the next better watch. I found a decent discount for the urbane and went for it. I always had chunky metal watches before (my last was a casio g-shock GW-1210U which I loved dearly, so I figured if I could change the band on the urbane to a nice metal one it wouldn't be much different. The Urbane is actually thinner than my old G-shock. Anyway, I love my urbane. Battery life is great, display is nice and it feels like a quality item. My only real issue with it is that it does lag sometimes, but I was expecting that so it doesn't put me off too much.
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Nice! I did look at the LG Urbane. Amazon has it right now for $250 brand new. So it was tempting. Especially being it has an AMOLED display with no flat tire. I just felt for $25 more dollars I am getting a slightly larger display, double the ram, and future speaker support. Personally, I like the design of the fossil more as well.

Zenwatch 2. I love it. Honestly, the software is all the same, and hardware to mostly. Zenwatch is more affordable meaning when gen 2 or 3 watches come out, you can put that extra money to get those.

Best MTK2502 Watch Right Now?

Whats the best MTK2502 Smartwatch to get now?
Just looking at gearbest there a quite a lot of options. I realize that functionally speaking the watches are baaasically the same, but there are variances in stuff like how many watch faces and apps you can install, the quality of the screen, microphone, and speaker, and the battery life. Some watches even have features like tilt to take and other gesture based controls.
Are the No.1 round watches all basically the same internally? G3, G6, G8, S9
What about other round watches like the ZeBlaze Classic, A11, DM88, etc?
Finally what about the ZeBlaze Cosmo, is it custom face compatible? It has a weird aspect ratio compared to other square watches like the U11c, M2, W08, and GV68.

I've got five MTK2502 smartwatches: this is my chart
Hi! As I wrote, I've got 5 of these smartwatches and I wanted to share my experience with a top chart.
5. place: No.1 G7
Really nice the idea to make the watch detatchable, but it's very easy to fall down. The battery life is ridiculous: about 6 hours. Maybe my watch is faulty... Nice soft touch buttons, average screen. Never tried it with a sim card. It has also a micro SD slot. Not waterproof obviously.
4. place: Oplayer SW1605H BLE
I found this on GearBest at the incredible price of 0.90€: I bought five, one for me and the others for my friends. Works pretty good, same way as the others. Average screen, good battery life: more than 2 days. It is sweatproof, so you can do sport with it, but it's really too big, it looks terrible on a small wrist.
3. place: No.1 G6 (metal strap)
Really goodlooking! Average screen but round is prettier. Not waterproof so don't choose the silicone strap version, it doesn't make sense. About one day of battery life.
2. place: Haier Iron
One of the best, but not perfect. The screen is the brightest, and the battery life is the longest: almost three days of normal usage. Unfortunately it's not waterproof: I almost broke it by wearing it while running. The strap looks cheap, but it's interchangable: I mounted a nice metal strap and now the look is amazing! The pre-installed watchfaces are the only decent I found in these watches.
1. place: Aiwatch C5
More expensive than the others, but there's a reason. Amazing look and bright screen. Sim card (never tried), barometer that works pretty good for the altitude, and UV sensor pretty useless. It has a little gear on the side that works for changing watchface, navigate the menu and control the volume during the calls: nice! Really waterproof: I never tried to put it in the water but it should resist. Battery life ok: one day and a half of normal usage. Unfortunately the strap is not interchangable.
All these watches have heart rate monitor, stepmeter, sedentary reminder and sleep monitor. I use all these five with the Fundo Smart Device app, and with that I can install new watchfaces on all of them. But if you're here, you will probably know it already...
I hope I've been helpful!

Would have a look at the >>>> A8S on Aliexpress <<<< , it seems to have sim, sd card, 128/32 MB .
As always be carefull when choosing chinese watches, alltough alixpress does get you your money back in case of fraud, it can be a waste of time.