GT08 Smart Watch. looks a lot like iWatch hitting aliexpress.. Thoughts?
jiggygent said:
GT08 Smart Watch. looks a lot like iWatch hitting aliexpress.. Thoughts?
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Agree.... someone needs to buy and review it!
I just ordered one last night. I'll do a review and possibly a video when I receive it.
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I just ordered one last night. I'll do a review and possibly a video when I receive it.
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Have you done the review yet?
janez2001 said:
Have you done the review yet?
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I haven't received it yet. These things usually take awhile to arrive since they are being shipped from China.
When your GT08 does arrive, I was wondering if you'd be willing to answer a few questions about it for me:
Does it have a compass? I've seen some product descriptions say "yes" and others say "no". (This is a very important feature to me, for no valid reason whatsoever other than it's cool to have a compass on your watch.)
Is it water-resistant? I don't necessarily need to go diving with it, but something that could survive a quick hit by a water faucet would certainly be useful.
How customizable are the watch faces? I know that it comes with several built in, but is there a way to make a custom watch face?
Is it usable WITHOUT a SIM card just over Bluetooth?
Thanks, and let's hope those ePackets have swift wings!
- Dave
I just received it. I will still do a more thorough review, but for now I will answer your questions.
There is no compass. Sorry.
I'm afraid to wash my hands while wearing it. I don't think it would survive.
There are 3 watch faces and they cannot be customized.
It is usable over Bluetooth. A lot of the features require an Android phone, so I cannot test them because I have an iPhone. The phone features work and all audio from the phone (music, voice navigation, etc.) can be routed through the watch.
Keep in mind I've seen multiple versions of this watch, so my answers may not apply. Mine has a mix of iPhone and Android icons. I paid $60, so I can't complain. Video review coming soon.
GT08 review
Just ordered mine. I'm going to make a full review with photos and videos on my blog when I receive it, stay in tune.
JoshClarke said:
I just received it. I will still do a more thorough review, but for now I will answer your questions.
There is no compass. Sorry.
I'm afraid to wash my hands while wearing it. I don't think it would survive.
There are 3 watch faces and they cannot be customized.
It is usable over Bluetooth. A lot of the features require an Android phone, so I cannot test them because I have an iPhone. The phone features work and all audio from the phone (music, voice navigation, etc.) can be routed through the watch.
Keep in mind I've seen multiple versions of this watch, so my answers may not apply. Mine has a mix of iPhone and Android icons. I paid 55.85€ so I can't complain. Video review coming soon.
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Hello Josh, could you please test phone calls through the watch sim? Thank you
janez2001 said:
Have you done the review yet?
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Sneak-peak on how it's look like:
youtube.com /watch?v=my439mw5zOA
Has anyone can make a rom dump installation freware to watch if I give this dump rom?
It is called Aiwatch GT08?
This smartwatch costs only €39,99 on the site tidybuying.com
I like this smart watch and price is relatively low.
It has 1.54 inch screen,
ROM 128 MB
RAM 64 MB
and it supports 2G.
Firmware for GT08
Hi
I'm looking for a firmware to download, because my version has only English and
Chinese languages installed.
Thanks
Klaus
I bought the GT08 smart watch today and can't wait till I get it. I noticed that there were lot of different names for the same thing (GT08, CK3s, Oumax S6 etc...) and the screenshots on the watch look slightly different, so there must be different firmwares. Does anyone know if the firmware can be downloaded, edited or flashed in some way? Is it possible to install apps or games on this system? Java apps perhaps? This would be sooo cool :fingers-crossed:
any good review ? please include available watch faces and what do you think of it ? is it worth buying ?
Smartwatch GT08 / CK3s / Oumax S6
Ok I'll try a short review then...
Hardware
The watch arrived today and on the first sight it looked really cool and good quality. It's big of course but not too big and I like the design very much ( seems they 'borrowed' it from the apple watch) . The belt can not be changed because it contains the nfc antenna. This is bad, because the shutter is really annoying and bad quality. You can insert a micro sim card and a TF card into the watch, so it can be used as a phone itself but I didn't try it out. There is a built in camera but it has only 0.3M and the pictures are really crap (sorry for that). The screen ist colorful and bright but its not IPS and the viewing angles are very small, the touchscreen works very good.
Software
The watch has some strange chinese proprietary firmware and not android wear so it is not possible to install any apps. In fact it feels like a litte time warp to the time before devices had android. There is a filemanager and I've copied some java apps to the watch but the system doesn't know what to to with them. Some of the pre-installed apps don't work either. There is a browser (useless because you don't have wlan or 3g) and a FM-Radio which is also useless, because you have to plug in earphones as antenna and the watch simply has no jack für earphoes. One app is a qr-code to download btnotification software for your smartphone, but the code points to a dead link. There is a pedometer that works, but I don't know what it actually does (at least it doesn't count steps) and some other smaller things (alarm, stopwatch, voice recorder, sleep monitor, etc..)
There are only few possibilities for personalisation: 3 (boring) analog watch faces and 3 themes (meaning backgrounds for the menus).
Bluetooh pairing worked well and after I tried some apps from the playstore I got notifications from my smartphone at last. I was able to remote control my smartphone to make and receive calls with the watch and to access the contact list of my phone. I've tried to use a bluetooth headset with the music player but the sound quality ist so very bad, its abolutely useless. So you have to play the music on the tiny built in speaker but who would want that? So the music player ist also useless, which would have been an important feature for me.
my opinion
Don't buy! I will definately return it to the seller, because it is so very not what I wanted.
Ok, it is a cheap watch with benefits and a telephone funktion. The design and built quality is very good for a chinese smartwatch but when it comes to usability, customisation and all day handling there is hardly anything positive to tell. I wanted to post pictures but I didn't understand how. I clicked the icon and was asked to enter some url? Anyway there are some reviews on youtube, just enter one of the names GT08 / CK3s / Oumax S6 which mean all the same device.
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Ok I'll try a short review then...
Hardware
The watch arrived today and on the first sight it looked really cool and good quality. It's big of course but not too big and I like the design very much ( seems they 'borrowed' it from the apple watch) . The belt can not be changed because it contains the nfc antenna. This is bad, because the shutter is really annoying and bad quality. You can insert a micro sim card and a TF card into the watch, so it can be used as a phone itself but I didn't try it out. There is a built in camera but it has only 0.3M and the pictures are really crap (sorry for that). The screen ist colorful and bright but its not IPS and the viewing angles are very small, the touchscreen works very good.
Software
The watch has some strange chinese proprietary firmware and not android wear so it is not possible to install any apps. In fact it feels like a litte time warp to the time before devices had android. There is a filemanager and I've copied some java apps to the watch but the system doesn't know what to to with them. Some of the pre-installed apps don't work either. There is a browser (useless because you don't have wlan or 3g) and a FM-Radio which is also useless, because you have to plug in earphones as antenna and the watch simply has no jack für earphoes. One app is a qr-code to download btnotification software for your smartphone, but the code points to a dead link. There is a pedometer that works, but I don't know what it actually does (at least it doesn't count steps) and some other smaller things (alarm, stopwatch, voice recorder, sleep monitor, etc..)
There are only few possibilities for personalisation: 3 (boring) analog watch faces and 3 themes (meaning backgrounds for the menus).
Bluetooh pairing worked well and after I tried some apps from the playstore I got notifications from my smartphone at last. I was able to remote control my smartphone to make and receive calls with the watch and to access the contact list of my phone. I've tried to use a bluetooth headset with the music player but the sound quality ist so very bad, its abolutely useless. So you have to play the music on the tiny built in speaker but who would want that? So the music player ist also useless, which would have been an important feature for me.
my opinion
Don't buy! I will definately return it to the seller, because it is so very not what I wanted.
Ok, it is a cheap watch with benefits and a telephone funktion. The design and built quality is very good for a chinese smartwatch but when it comes to usability, customisation and all day handling there is hardly anything positive to tell. I wanted to post pictures but I didn't understand how. I clicked the icon and was asked to enter some url? Anyway there are some reviews on youtube, just enter one of the names GT08 / CK3s / Oumax S6 which mean all the same device.
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did you try the mediatek app ? it allows you to some stuff, from playstore. does it look cheap ? I think the bezels are too big for the screen. How much did you get it for ? I have a store here selling it for 68$.
Plus, I have seen it pop a keyboard for typing an SMS, and have a reasonably long battery life. I don't know why you didn't like it. What makes the galaxy Gear 1 for example more special than this ? (forget S-crap)
And did you try having the earphones in THE PHONE, maybe that will make the radio work on the watch, just some thought.
Yes, I used the mediatek app. Thats how I made the notifications work although I had some troubles with it loosing the connection or crashing the app. It was not possible to install anything over the app onto the watch, maybe it is made for other models or firmware. It also didn't look, as if there were lot of possibilities with the app and the app had nothing to do with a playstore.
The watch has the ability to write sms and pops up a small onscreen keyboard. It is really small but can be customized. I didn't say I like the Samsung smartwatches better, I didn't try and it would be too expensive and without a real phone funktion. Maybe it's not yet time for a good and cheap smart watch, using real android. There are some offers from simvalley, but their models look really big and ugly.
Of couse I can put earphones in the phone, but what use will the watch have then? It is possible to stream music via bluetooth from the phone to the watch but not the other way. The fm-radio is a feature of the watch and needs the earphones plugged in the watch as an antenna, otherwise noting will happen. I thought it would be possible to use the watch as musicplayer without the phone, but it doesn't work good with bluetooth headset.
I payed about 60€ for the GT08 from a german seller, but I know there are offers from chinese stores about 35$. For me it was important to have the ability to return it easily if something wasn't right and get my money back then.
I have noticed that another member of this forum (BigBison420) has made a review of the oumax s6 smart watch some time ago which is the same device. for additional information it might be worth reading. I'm sorry I can't post links yet, but I'm just new to this forum.
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I mentioned in my review that I will send back the GT08 smart watch, because it was not the real thing I was looking for. Now I found a new device which has nearly the same design, a better screen and runs on android (including playstore). It is just called K8 android 4.2 3G smart watch, I don't know if I'm allowed to tell the sellers page (I cannot post links yet). Here some specs:
OS:Android 4.2
CPU: MTK6572 Dual Core 1.0GHz
GPU: Mali-400 MP
RAM+ROM: 512MB+4GB
Bluetooth version: Bluetooth V2.3
Display: 320*320 pixels
Camera: 2.0MP
Support MP3/MP4/GPS/WiFi/3G Function
Compatibility：Compatible with Android smart phones
Notes: Provide E-file English manual
Note: This phone will only work with GSM+WCDMA networks: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz WCDMA 850/2100MHz
It looks really promising and seems to be a lot smaller and more beautiful than other android watches with those specs and it'll cost below 100$. I can't wait to get it, but delivery will last about two weeks or more. If anyone is interested, I can do another review, altough I didn't have much practice on that...
So, my grandparents bought me this cheap smart watch (I liked the look of it and it wasn't expensive so they got it for me as a present) but it's honestly a little slow, in terms of OS and stuff. I can't even keep the screen on to look at my watch face, they're not customisable etc.
Is there anything i can do for it? Like, mod it or port Android Wear OS on it? Anything to make it better? It's just pretty meh right now but I do like it.
Since i'm new here, i can't post a link! but here's the name from amazon.co.uk
LEMFO® S19 Bluetooth Smart Watch Phone 1.54" Touch Screen GSM Support SIM TF Camera Smartwatch for Android Cell Phone Sync SMS Phone Book Call History APP Notification (Blue)
Hello,
Please bear up with me as I know almost nothing about smart watches or electronics!
I have a project where I need to make a smartwatch (preferably Android Wear OS) that can detect when it is in close proximity (e.g. 5”) to an NFC tag, when this happens then the smartwatch either beeps / flashes / or vibrates and it does so as long as it’s within the close proximity range from the NFC tag.
The idea is to help breaking habit. For example if some pulls their hair out (trichotillomania) or bite their nails, then the tag will be attached to one’s shirt collar and when they bring their hand to their eyebrows or their mouth then the smartwatch will alert them. This will help them be aware of their habits helping them reduce the habit or even break free from it.
I know there are smart wristbands out there that does this such as Keen by HabitAlert but they all work by calibrating your hands position. I don’t want the smartwatch to be calibrated. I want to be able to come to work, sit at my desk, attach a tag to my shirt’s collar and that’s it.
Can someone help me in directing me how to start with this project?
-What smartwatch is a good match for this project?
-What NFC tags can work?
-How do I program the smartwatch to detect the NFC tag and alert me?
Thank you very much in advance for your help
It is too difficult to create it, as it require very precise distance from the tag. Most smartphone NFC reader only works for several cm (1-2 inch). Even if it is possible to do so, the battery impact maybe is too high to be feasible in daily usage. Even the latest smartwatch can only have maximum 1,5 days battery life, that is not added with any background running apps. Can't imagine if you have to detect it all the time, probably only can last less than half day.
Habit usually very difficult to break. Even if you successfully create the flow, I don't think it will be helpful, as they just have to learn to bare with vibration/notification and continue to do it. It requires will from the user itself.
I would suggest another method of constant reminder to the user. The user him/herself must cooperate and willing to change. Create a task/flow to pop up and vibrate every 10 or 15 minutes to remind them about the habit. You can do this in tasker + autowear, or using Automagic alone. It is even better to create a new good habit that can replace the old one. As most old habit keeps coming back because it doesn't have any replacement. Maybe it is a good time to learn new language, as I have show in my other thread. Or it can be any other new good habit that suit the user.
-What smartwatch is a good match for this project?
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If you use NFC, then of course the smartwatch must have NFC reader. Fossil Gen 5 can be a good choice, but it seems the first batch still have a lot of software issue as you can see in other thread. If you don't need the NFC, just to use periodic vibration/notification, then any WearOS smartwatch can be used for this.
-What NFC tags can work?
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I don't know if the nfc tag can work as you expected, but I think it will be not suitable for this usage case.
-How do I program the smartwatch to detect the NFC tag and alert me?
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This require app that can read NFC directly on the watch, and then send the event to the phone (probably should support tasker/automagic plugin). I can't find any app that can do that.
Thank you for your reply. Yeah, it seems like it's a difficult task to accomplish and I don't have the knowledge to get it done.