Smartwatch Thread (news/apps/updates)

[Glaucus]

had a look, but couldn't see anything on the tizen website. bt something must exist if they advertise it.

hopefully some one on here will get on and can let me know.

as this is what I really want from a smart watch.

and battery like on the Apple Watch is apparently about 6hours with gps on, which well is rubbish to the point its unusable.

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

Wondering if I can pick up a S3 on black friday for a bit cheaper perhaps?

 

[hartgeh3]

Does anyone have a Android smart watch from Asia which works with whatsapp/any fitness apps?

 

[Pookie Bear]

I saw the Gear S3 in the local Samsung shop today. It's pretty big, but it's a beautiful watch.

 

[Lakeland]

The gear s3 is calling me, must stop myself!!

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

Preordered mine from Samsung was meant to have it yesterday, still not dispatched, wonder if the shops have them.

 

[jazzy68]

Huawei W1 down to £189.99 on the rain forest now, good watch and price.

 

[BaZ87]

Does anybody know when the ZenWatch 3 is out?

 

[AndyCr15]

Huawei W1 down to £189.99 on the rain forest now, good watch and price.

Ahh, might have to pull the trigger on one of these then. Still using my LG GWR but it's not really working as it used to now. Most times I say 'Okay Google' to it, it ignores me Also, dbl press for cinema mode doesn't seem to work very often.

 

[jazzy68]

@Andy

I have one of these watches and find it great, always getting comments from people when wearing it.

Good screen, speaker and functions.

 

[Mart2912]

The gear s3 is calling me, must stop myself!!

I feel the same. Could do with something to replace my Moto 360 (1st gen) which is no longer working. While £350 does seem a bit steep for a smart watch, I am very tempted.

How is Tizen compared to android wear?

 

[Pookie Bear]

I've actually put aside the money for an S3, but am I being daft holding off for the Friday just in case Samsung offer something? They've already announced in the US that it will be $50 off during the Black Friday sales.

 

[kevpuk]

Well, I have the S3 Frontier.....pre-ordered as soon as they became available on the Samsung site, and bagged the Level Active headphones (which I don't need) too. As one of the early round of pre-orders, they actually sent mine out on Friday 11th, and it arrived Monday 14th, although I was working away until Wednesday last week.

First impressions, having come from a gen 1 Moto 360, it is larger but really not cumbersome. The software is really nice, and the user interface very very slick - I love the rotating dial, not just the hardware feel of it, but the functionality. The watch comes with a fair few bits and bobs in situ, but I have added apps like Uber and Goal+, and they seem to work very nicely. Screen is really nice, very colourful and sharp; even viewing a photo on the screen is actually pretty good! Speaker sound quality is decent - not really one for those banging tunes, but will actually play a mp3 or something OK.
Battery life is excellent. So far, I have not tried longer than 3 days, but not having to charge more or less every day is good. The charging dock is similar to the 360's, i.e. wireless, but is also magnetic so the watch 'sticks' nicely in to place.

 

[Born_2_Kill_83]

Serioulsy doubt it'll be in the sale given the way pricing is in the UK atm.

Sounds good should be getting mine today or tomorrow, hopefully get the headphones to flog on as well

 

[partycan]

Huawei W1 down to £189.99 on the rain forest now, good watch and price.

It's dropped to £168 now for black Friday

 

[Pookie Bear]

Well, I have the S3 Frontier.....pre-ordered as soon as they became available on the Samsung site, and bagged the Level Active headphones (which I don't need) too. As one of the early round of pre-orders, they actually sent mine out on Friday 11th, and it arrived Monday 14th, although I was working away until Wednesday last week.

First impressions, having come from a gen 1 Moto 360, it is larger but really not cumbersome. The software is really nice, and the user interface very very slick - I love the rotating dial, not just the hardware feel of it, but the functionality. The watch comes with a fair few bits and bobs in situ, but I have added apps like Uber and Goal+, and they seem to work very nicely. Screen is really nice, very colourful and sharp; even viewing a photo on the screen is actually pretty good! Speaker sound quality is decent - not really one for those banging tunes, but will actually play a mp3 or something OK.
Battery life is excellent. So far, I have not tried longer than 3 days, but not having to charge more or less every day is good. The charging dock is similar to the 360's, i.e. wireless, but is also magnetic so the watch 'sticks' nicely in to place.

Promising comments.

I like the buttons on the Frontier but I prefer the silver of the Classic. Tough choice.

 

[sgavan]

It's dropped to £168 now for black Friday

Just ordered myself one as a nice little Christmas present for myself had a moto 360 v1 and really liked it until it broke so looking forward to getting this

 

[NvidiaDan]

That Huawei w1 looks interesting! As a newcomer to smart watches what would be the main differences between the gear s2 and the w1? Apart from the price of course!

 

[AndyCr15]

I cracked and ordered the Huawei W1... coming today.

 

[kevpuk]

Promising comments.

I like the buttons on the Frontier but I prefer the silver of the Classic. Tough choice.

Yeah, I did consider the Classic as maybe more office suitable(?)....but felt that the Frontier just looked better - I think, next to the Frontier, that the Classic bezel just looked like it was missing something, detail perhaps, I dunno....very subjective!

Further update on my Frontier......took it off charge around 6.30am on Monday, and not charged it since; currently sitting on 50% exactly, which whilst not having been through 'heavy use', has been fiddled with and demoed to peeps in the office. Few more apps installed, including Here navigation, and it really does seem to be an excellent watch.

On the whole, I really like the interface and it makes using the watch quite a bit easier/slicker than Android Wear on the 360....Of course, time will tell more