Smartwatch Thread (news/apps/updates)

Orcvader · 7 Jan 2016 at 23:22

Asus ZenWatch is under £100. lixxus posted above about the Sony SmartWatch 3 being £99 too but I can only seem to find them at ~£120.

The Asgard · 8 Jan 2016 at 12:50

Rilot said:
I've never had to adjust the brightness on my Urbane either. I've just left it as it came.

How are you finding the leather strap?
Just picked mine up and I absolutely hate the stiff strap. Does it loosen up?

If I have to buy another strap then the money could go towards a Huawei. Paid £170 for the Urbane and the Huawei is available for £289 which comes with the metal strap in addition to the leather. Better build but worse battery life, argggg ..... talk about going around in circles!

Rilot · 8 Jan 2016 at 13:46

It does loosen up. Get it soaking wet (not the watch, just the strap) and bend it around. It should become supple quite quickly.

The Asgard · 8 Jan 2016 at 14:13

Rilot said:
It does loosen up. Get it soaking wet (not the watch, just the strap) and bend it around. It should become supple quite quickly.

Good to know, thanks.

CK61938 · 8 Jan 2016 at 16:05

Missus bought me the Moto 360 1st gen for Xmas. But she bought it with the metal strap, because, in her words "It looked nicer". Yeah, looking nice is one thing, feeling nice on your wrist is another. And it did not feel nice. Bought a leather strap for it. Replaced it myself last night. Feels so much better. Also got a tempered glass screen the face.

Ben Cole · 8 Jan 2016 at 20:49

Rilot said:
On mid brightness it's fine for both.

Maybe I just had an early model that wasn't very good then. I most definitely needed max brightness when outside in sunshine which was then quite embarrassing when inside, let alone a restaurant or other similar place. Really struggling to fathom the claims of "I never adjusted the brightness".

AndyCr15 · 8 Jan 2016 at 22:11

Same for me. One brightness works inside and out... erm... I think I said that already though... :rolleyes:

The Asgard · 8 Jan 2016 at 23:11

My Urbane is running on the lowest brightness which seems spot on.

The leather strap is bedding in nicely.

Battery life is pretty good after 15 hrs with it showing 74% remaining.

Ben Cole · 8 Jan 2016 at 23:27

AndyCr15 said:
Same for me. One brightness works inside and out... erm... I think I said that already though...

Yes you did Andy, cheers. Thanks for your replies. What happened with the stolen phone BTW?

AndyCr15 · 9 Jan 2016 at 08:22

House was burgled. Hopefully insurance will cover losses (6 phones and a camera bag full of gear)

Ben Cole · 9 Jan 2016 at 11:50

Oh dear. Sorry to hear that mate.

pinkpound · 9 Jan 2016 at 13:18

AndyCr15 said:
House was burgled. Hopefully insurance will cover losses (6 phones and a camera bag full of gear)

The insurance company going to love you

AndyCr15 · 9 Jan 2016 at 20:00

Yeah, I am wondering if they will think it's dodgy, but I have photo's and e-mail receipts for each one.

Marrio83 · 11 Jan 2016 at 12:45

AndyCr15 said:
Yeah, I am wondering if they will think it's dodgy, but I have photo's and e-mail receipts for each one.

ive always worried about this as i have photos of my stuff but not all the receipts. Hope it all works out for you.

The Asgard · 18 Jan 2016 at 13:01

Anyone with a Urbane? What sort of battery life are you getting?
With a full charge at 8AM with the screen off and reading a few emails I'm down to 91% at 1PM. Is this about right?

Seems high when it doing effectively nothing

JAMAL · 18 Jan 2016 at 14:26

Seems about right tbh, they only have tiny batteries. I get 2 days average

The Asgard · 18 Jan 2016 at 15:22

JAMAL said:
Seems about right tbh, they only have tiny batteries. I get 2 days average

Is that with always on?

Scottland · 18 Jan 2016 at 15:32

Sounds about right to me, even with the screen off it's communicating by Bluetooth and using its sensors etc.

The Asgard · 18 Jan 2016 at 16:22

I suppose I was hoping for a longer battery life with the 410mAh battery.

Atari · 19 Jan 2016 at 00:19

I use about 30% battery per day with my Urbane. Always on screen. I took it off charge at about 8am today and it's hovering on 70% at the moment. I could probably extend that by turning the screen off completely when at work as I barely check it when sat at my desk.