I sometimes get excited about smart watches then I shop for them and immediately get disgusted at the prices, severe limitations and never even come close to buying one. I want to like them, but because I'm not deep into fitness tracking, I'd be using maybe 10% of the watch overall.
I used to have the same opinion but I got one as a speedometer for my EUC and fell in love with it, having the option to leave my phone at home and still being able to call and use maps is awesome but so is to check if a new message is important or not, responding to messages is pretty good too and honestly even playing a simple game right on my watch feels great. On my phone, I reach for tiktok on my watch for one of the games and it's good for me.
I was the same way until I found the PineTime. I don't need all the extra things like fitness tracking. I only need the time and notifications. I've taken mine in the pool without issue and only have to charge it every 7-10 days. It's also only 35 dollars.
I got a 2nd hand midrange garmin and I've been loving the thing! t was relatively cheap because watches with (light) cratches depreciate in value A LOT ButI don't care about that, if I bought new it would've gotten scratched eventually anyway, and this makes me less paranoid about scratching it when at work or whatever :P Battery life is counted in days, I just charge the thing whenever I shower and I wear it on me the rest of the time. Smart stuff like notifications, controlling music works very well (it does less than the apple or wear OS watches of the world, but honestly how much does that *really* matter) Has a reflective screen, meaning it's always readable in the light, in fact it gets brighter the more light shines on it And no block of light on your wrist in the dark unless you activate the backlight! Fitness stuff (in my *very* casual opinion) works very well too All in all, would recommend buying a 2nd hand watch And especially take a good look at the garmins of the world, they might not be as flashy, but they're imo very practical
- Charge while showering and getting dressed - I don't understand why it isn't more common to charge your smart watch while showering. If you combine it with drying and getting dressed you have a good half hour of charging everyday or every other day, depending on how clean you are and your schedule. It's garbage time that doesn't involve much activity or steps. For me, it's been more than enough to keep any wearable charged.
Yeah I've been doing that with my Ticwatch Pro 5 for quite awhile now. Use it every night for sleep tracking, then charge while I'm in the shower. The issues lie I think with watches like the Google Pixel watch 2, Samsung watches, and CrApple Watch that charge very VERY slowly. 30 minutes of charge on some watches only get you maybe 15 -20%. Whereas my Ticwatch 5 pro is almost fully charged every time I get out of the shower usually about 97% when I pull it off.
I thought this was normal. I only take mine off for showers twice a day cause I live in a hot and humid country. So I just charge it during that period. And unless I go for a run 3-4 times a week my battery lasts 7-9 days anyway.
@@kingzach74 Apple watch user - never had any issue with charging in morning while showering/getting ready. Do people actually shower with their watches on?
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Yeah, I’m still on an “ancient” Apple Watch Series 3 and that has been my routine, charge it while I’m getting ready for the day and it has held up reasonably well. I tend to do a bit over 2 hours of exercise every day and it has not died on me during t a normal day. And this is one of the models before smart watch batteries improved. I want to upgrade to a new one but I promised myself use this watch until it refused to turn on.
Nice that they brought receipts for battery life. 100 Hours is good. When they get to the 10 Day mark, that'll be good. Saying that as a Garmin Instinct Crossover Solar user who's not had to charge their watch in 43 Days.
My Amazfit smartwatch, with beautiful OLED display has a battery life of little over a month (with my usage, which is not heavy) even still after 2 years!
I don't think it's fair to compare the battery life to fitness watches. Before I was finding my Garmin to be more than enough, but now I need something that would help me with my work and the OnePlus Watch is great and I am not reaching for my Garmin. Also keep in mind in battery saving mode (which basically turns it into a Garmin watch) you can still get 10 days battery :)
Garmin watches barely count as smart watches and I say this as an owner of the Garmin Epix Gen 2 Sapphire. Garmin Smartwatches are more fitness trackers than actual smart watches, and to get that much battery life they sacrifice a lot of functionality. If Apple would just put in ANT+ support on the ultra I would ditch the Epix gen 2 in a heart beat.
Linus being a Pebble fan, then talking about a big feature for him on this watch being the GPS, makes it hurt even more that he hasn't tried out the Garmin Instinct series yet. I'm not a Garmin fan, I'm a Pebble fan, and the Instinct 2 is the first watch I've had since the Pebble that I've kept wearing over a year after getting it.
It has an awful lumpy design, looks like an old Casio military watch. I have the Forerunner 255S which I found to be a very good watch to replace what Pebble watch used to be. The price is a bit much for what it is, but you get a watch without that stupid touch screen, a fairly sleek design and 10 days between charges.
@@Tomazack I'm glad you find that the Forerunner suits your needs! For me, a smartwatch that doesn't use an e-ink/e-paper display isn't worth my time, so I went with the Instinct. >1 month battery life is a worthwhile compromise for a (comparatively) limited featureset!
I'll never understand why smart watches took the path of being used for fitness. Why can't I store music on it? Why can't I stream Spotify independently of a smartphone? Where's my walkie-talkie? Where's my laser so I can cut open my Amazon packages? I wanna be a spy damn it! At least give me a camera so I can video chat like Kim Possible! Ugh.
Right, I don't know anyone who does fitness or needs a fitness tracker, but almost everyone has two hands and wouldn't mind to have a smart watch to get notifications, walking directions and calls without holding a phone in hand.
I have a Garmin Fenix 6 pro that has been exceptionally reliable for going on 5 years now, continues to receive updates and I only charge it when I defecate at home, so once-ish a day for 5-15 minutes. And when I shower, for 5-10 minutes on alternating days. It has never once died on me. I do use GPS when I hike a couple times a week, but otherwise it's off, and generally pulseox is off, but HR is always on. It's a very, very nice watch for what it is. I also really like that it has buttons!
I have a Garmin Fenix 7S Pro and it is just so nice not having to worry about the battery as much as other smart watches. Also the fact I don't need to connect it to my phone for it to work, that part is nice too.
Garmin Instinct Solar is the king for battery life. I can get mine to run for over a month in between charges. It too has multiband gps support for improved accuracy on workouts
About phone calls on a watch - pretty much all MFGs of these devices place the speaker at the front of the watch case (bellow the buttons) and the microphone is on the opposite, back side of the case. This is to allow the user to lift the wrist and bring it up close to their face on the opposite side of the watch wrist, because that arm position is most comfortable and the speaker aligns with your right ear, as the microphone aligns with your mouth - also then the wind doesn't blow directly into the mic. You cannot really use it as a speakerphone, and it's not meant to as such. You also cannot hear the phone conversation from the phone when it's not in speaker mode, naturally you have to bring it up to your ear/face. Kinda same/similar deal. Hope that helps! 😊
I LITERALLY just finished writing a support ticket to OnePlus regarding my OnePlus Watch 2. There is no consistency to if and when i get notifications. I constantly get a popup on the watch saying "App protection settings", and wanting me to do some kind of additional setup/permissions in the OHealth app. The instructions provided in the app make no sense! So i just gave the app every possible permission. But i keep getting the popup on my watch.
i think this happens when you are too far from the phone and the watch loses touch with it. Apple watch would just say your phone is missing but this watch says "check app protection settings" lol
I've had a Huawei GT2e for a few years now and have to say that I'm impressed. At just over $100, 2 week battery life, and all the usual tracking and features and onboard storage. Just cant beat it. Was supposed to be a stopgap but 4 years later, Im still wearing it daily.
My Oneplus Watch 2 sits at about 82% after a 24-hour period. AOD is not enabled, but I do use it for most standard things (fitness/step tracking, sleep tracking, etc.). It generally charges back up to full in the time it takes me to take a shower and get a cup of coffee in the morning. Probably the most intensive thing I'll do with it is to play a round of golf with a GPS app enabled (honestly, it's the primary reason I have it), I can be done with a 4-5 hour round of golf and have the battery sitting somewhere around 80%. It's not as impressive a battery life as the Ticwatch Pro 5 was, but it's basically superior in every way to it.
I just got it a week back. It's really really amazing. I use extensively for workouts, running and pickleball (tennis activity). Really amazing stats and analysis. Sleep analysis also great. It has accurate sensors. Plus it's wear os , great design. Really happy to have it.
7:20 an accelerometer inside of the watch should be able to tell how fast the watch moved, this would get them swing speed, how accurate that is is anyone's guess.
As an owner of a huawei watch gt4, it looks like a cheaper clone of it. The gt4 lasts 2 weeks for me on battery but I don't use it for workout recordings (only sleep/heart beat/steps recording).
I still haven't been able to figure out a use case for getting a smart watch, for myself. I have a Polar heart rate monitor that straps around your chest, which at least at the time I bought it was more accurate than light sensors in a watch (I had a Garmin that said I was asleep while driving to work ... thankfully the watch was wrong!). I never not have my phone with me, and it can do GPS tracking when I go out for a ride on my bike. When I'm out riding, I'm listening to music or an audio book. Not anything else. I'm not texting anyone, I'm not calling anyone. It's like driving a car, I need to be aware of my surroundings at all times. I don't know, just don't see what a smart watch would give me (I have a regular watch, it never needs charged or even battery changed).
I still can't find a single watch that can beat a Garmin venu for the money, the onboard Spotify, GPS, golf and notifications have it on top tier. Along with all the monitoring. I will admit Garmin needs to do work with their app
I love my Garmin, their hardware is awesome, but they really can't do UI. The watch UI is terrible. Their GPS trackers' UI is terrible. So many nested menus and sometimes duplicated settings. It's a mess and they don't seem to be able to fix it.
Starting back up sleep tracking from my watch (Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, gotta have that rotating bezel), I've found it perfect to charge an hour or so before bed, when I get ready for bed but before actually going to bed, then put it on right before sleeping, then take it off to charge when I wake up, and by the time I'm ready for the day it's topped out at 100%
100h is good for a WearOS / Apple Watch, but that basically kills it for me as my 3 years old rather small Venu 2S Garmin watch still manages 7 days just fine. It used to be 10 or more days when it was fresh.
Can you start/control the fitness tracking with wet hands? Watches should let you control with the hardware buttons alone. My Huawei GT is annoying for this although it lasts over a week between recharges.
I got this watch! Battery life with AOD is great, just slightly worse than a Garmin Venu with AOD. Heart rate tracking has been hit or miss for me, as is OHealth syncing with Strava
for my watch usage an easy and reliable scrolling option, even with wett or even oily fingers is mandatory. nothing beats a good old ribbon ring on that.
I know what I'm about to ask is extremely niche but it would be really nice if you could review the ease of setting up a cgm to a watch as a diabetic its extremely useful being able to see how easy it is to set up and there is almost no one out there that covers this and in the diabetic community connecting a cgm to a watch is almost a must its massive. The two main cgms are dexcom and freestyle libre. I'm surprised no one big in the industry still doesn't put a tiny segment just for us diabetics in the community. Anyway great vid like usual
As far as charging overnight. I have found my smart watch batteries have stoped degrading as fast when. I stoped charging my watch overnight. I setup a smart outlet thing and set it to turn on 90 min before my alarm to charge my watch without over charging
2-4 days between charges simply isn't long enough (how Apple Watch users put up with daily charging I'll never know or understand). A smartwatch shouldn't need a charge for a week under normal use and 10-14 days with light use. Anything less is a complete waste of time - you'll have a flat battery most of the time, especially if you use it for sleep or fitness tracking.
Thats a pretty good solution but I just toss my galaxy active 2 watch in the charger when I hop in the shower and then it last me until the next morning when I take another shower 😂 I get my sleep data and it lasts all day
@@rklrkl64 It's honestly perfectly fine. They all take half an hour to an hour to charge these days. You could probably charge it enough for a day in the time between you waking up and leaving your house. And afaik, most people don't seem to want a watch in the shower, so that little bit of downtime is acceptable.
The OnePlus has smart charging. It either starts charging later while connected (and tells you it will do so) or it stops charging early (while staying connected).
Guys you have to understand that wear os eats battery no matter which watch you have. Take away wear os and your battery will last much much longer. That's how it works.
Garmin ticks all the usability boxes for me. A UI that's fully navigatable with buttons. A minimum of 1 week of battery life for regular daily use. Always on display. Easy to use in the outdoor sun. Super durable. The list goes on.
Any idea of how accurate the SpO2 is on your watch? Not knocking your watch, just curious. as a comparison I've tested my Galaxy Watch 3 many many times against hospital equipment and I've found it's never more then 1% off, a buddy of mine with a Apple Watch 6 I think has seen a 2% difference at least once again using hospital equipment as a comparison.
@@1300BlueStar I don't know honestly. The SpO2 accuracy for me wasn't a factor. It has been a while since I saw the reviews, but my guess is that it's well within those parameters.
Can you guys review the Garmin Descent mk3i? It's designed around scuba diving, but finding informative videos is difficult for anything BUT scuba diving. And most people who know that industry already know it's benefits. But it is a full smart watch for everyday use, and that part isn't spoken about much.
I would like to see you try a Garmin epix gen2 or forerunner 965 both are sport watches but with the oled screens they are perfect smart watches and have more battery life (6 to 18 days depending on the settings). Nobody from the tech industry does a reel comparison of the smartwatches with the sport watches
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Nice! Affordable tho? It's over 400 canadian rubels here in Sweden.
I still watch reviews for these Wear OS watches. And in the end, I'm still not convinced. My Edifice is still my daily driver and my other Casio watch with 1 year battery life and step counter that syncs to my phone is my morning workout watch.
Looks fantastic. And a smart watch I don't have to charge every night or two like all the rest? I'm intrigued...it doesn't have to completely match my Garmin's (insane) battery life (roughly three WEEKS!), but if it could actually do a week or two, I would be VERY interested in looking into it more!!
I just bought the CMF Pro 2 an absolutely amazing watch for the price of $70. The review you guys put up made me pull the trigger and now I’m thinking I just might make this watch my Christmas wish list.
I had the first gen Galaxy watch. found that while i loved setting unique watch faces, (particularly The Division as I was playing that at the time and thought it was sick), I never used it for its smart features. The fitness stuff was good, but thats on every wearable. I would read my texts, but would never send them, call, or literally use any other app on my watch. I never found it convenient and would still pull out my phone to do any of those tasks. I went back to wearing a normal watch for awhile, but eventually got a ScanWatch. tells me the health info I want to know, I can still read my texts like I like to do, but its still an "analog" watch and looks way better than any other smart watch out there. Because its not smart, I only have to charge it about once a month. Since then, no other smart watch has interested me as theres no reason for me to get one. The ONE thing that i did love about the smart watch, was the ability to snooze my alarm from my watch haha. My ScanWatch has its own alarm, but its just basic and isnt connected to my phone alarm, though it serves my needs.
If it were a smaller watch I might be tempted. My wrists are miniscule so watches around the 40-42mm size are about right for me, this would just look a bit stupid in my wrist
The Oneplus Watch 2 is my first wearable. Changed my life in a lot of ways so I probably can't give an honest review. I work a job that sometimes involves heavy lifting and cardio and sometimes not much at all. So keeping track of my physical output each day helps me know that when I have a chill day at work I should probably compensate. Helps to answer my phone and check notifications without pulling my phone out which during work is really helpful. It has the minimum set of features I would ever accept to justify getting a wearable.
Still love my TicWatch Pro 5. Not sure why they have such an issue with os updates, but fantastic battery life, secondary display I can see in the sun, and the rotating crown. Can't beat it for the money.
The issue is software: I had to return my Enduro because I literally had 3 Wear OS crashes every week... And after each crash I had the Time and day wrong so my calendar was wrong, the hour and day was wrong... I've waited for any update, but still, they gave up the day after the release... Still on Day 1 patch...
Charging your watch at your desk is surely the most sensible ways to charge? That way you get full access to all the features you've paid for at the time you need them. Desk work is just dead time. If I've bought a watch with sleep tracking then bought a night stand to charge it - that just seems counterintuitive
3:24 I have the Galaxy watch 7 and I charge my watch at home and I use it for a sleep tracking and I get up and go to work for 8 to 10 hours and I still have a charge when I get back home. I never charge my phone while I'm out at work.
I had an early Sony Smart watch - it was great whilst I had it, rarely missed important messages - but when the charging port finally went? Couldn't go back to a smart watch - just need a watch to tell the time now!
Same! I loved early smartwatches, but they all look so lame and are awful at actually telling the time. I also got really tired of notifications and charging, and no doctor of mine has ever cared about my steps lol
This seems to be a contender for best android watch right now. If only my ticwatch pro 5 actually supported google assistant then there would be no comparison. But actual real battery life, with actual real water proofing is what i need in a watch. I think 3-5 days is when ill really be able to jump on board with a watch though.
I have the standard 2 after my Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire finally gave up the ghost earlier this year. I used a bunch of reward points I had saved up so I essentially got it for free. I actually love it. Garmin definitely had more hardcore fitness features but the sleek interface of WearOS is just easier to navigate. I would eventually go back to Garmin if their software became a bit more modernized. Perhaps a Fenix 9 😂
I just found my old samsung s3 frontier somthing like 10 years old l, I found a replacement battery online and now it's getting 3 days average use no battery saver modes or anything I'm amazed lol. Only issue is the slow charging it now takes like 2/3 hours to fully charge the thing 🙃
I got excited when i saw the thumbnail because i thought someone besides Fossil made a smart watch with a real watch face with arms. Smart watches use so much of your phone anyway id rather just look at my phone for the numbers and all that. I just want a nice looking watch that has fitness sensors and maybe buzzes when you get a text. The fossil hybrid is what im using currently but their software just sucks so i was hoping for some competition.
Using Huawei GT3, battery life up to two weeks, about 10 days with daily exercise tracking. Using while swimming, squash, has titanium frame and sapphire glass. Very curious how it would review.
Compared to a real fitness tracker like Garmin. Probably not well. This is a smartwatch that has fitness capabilities. Your GT3 is a fitness tracker with smartwatch capabilities like a Garmin and Fitbit.
The features i would use from a smartwatch: Nfc payments Checking the time Calendar to see my meetings Music controls Call and message notifications The reasons i haven't yet bought a smartwatch: They are humongous They don't offer that many more features than smart bands, which are lighter and cheaper and have weeks of battery life
So not the main point of the video but Linus mentioned that his had started swimming a lot and was both tired and sore. As someone who recently started swimming for fitness on 'doctors orders' I have found that while I do feel tired after I actually less sore and more flexible. Linus has said that he worked as lifeguard so I assume he probably has reasonably good technique probably as good or better than mine. Is it common for fit people to experience soreness when they start swimming and did I just avoid it because I was so out of shape?
im interested in it, i have a nickel allergy (theres nickel in stainless steel) so i cant use stainless steel watches. so despite it might be a downgrade/less preferred. its 1 of the few options remaining that i can use
I have never understood the issue with charging before bed to use sleep tracking. With my Apple Watch 6 I plug it in when I start getting ready for bed, changing, brushing teeth, pee and it has charged 30-40%. Then I do the same in the morning with added shower and its at 100% for the day.
I'd be interested in a smart watch if it replaced all the sensors and trackers with a larger battery, bigger screen, speakers, and ect. If I could get a Spotify/Discord/UA-cam machine with a clock for my wrist, that might be more up my alley. Maybe put in a camera with optical tape measure and document scanner functions.
As a double XL individual, I don't care about lightweight products. I want something big enough to fit my wrist. I also just want to receive notifications from my phone.
Hey LTT, with the massive flurry of new foldable phones coming out such as the galaxy fold 6, pixel 9 pro fold, the honour v3 magic etc will you be doing any sort of tests on these devices? I've been dailying a foldable now for a little over a year now and I love the form factor, I had a galaxy fold 4 for a little while until the hinge dust seal failed and Scamsung refused to warranty it despite it being a well documented manufacturing defect, so I had that repaired and promptly got rid of it in favour for the pixel fold and thankfully it's been an amazing switch with the tablet style interior screen screen as opposed to the book form factor of the galaxy, with the Pixel Fold 2 (pixel 9 pro fold is a stupid name) only a couple days away from release I'm contemplating switching up as my mobile provider is offering a significantly better price for the pixel fold 2 than I'm currently paying for my pixel fold but all the reviews I'm seeing seem to be paid adverts and Ive not seen any unbiased videos of a direct comparison between the pixel fold 1 and 2s, the Honour V3 magic is also looking like an awesome contender.
FYI guys if you are a oneplus phone owner and get this phone - use the oneplus adaptor to charge your phone. It charges at the full 7.5 superVOOC speed (yeah that's what is says lol) It's noticeably faster, taking half the time as opposed to a normal USB pc port or something.
I don't think you need a turntable crown to scroll, but damn... It looks SO much like one of those, so I'm gonna feel sad realizing this isn't it! Add it OnePlus!
Bring back small and simple smartwatches like Pebble! They were cheap, the screen was always on, battery lasted forever! I don't understand how the smartwatch industry jumped so far backward since then. And they're just now starting to catch back up lol.
As someone who plays badminton, that swing speed is nothing more than a gimmick. Most people wouldn't wear a watch on their racket hand and beginners with no technique wouldn't get anything near what they'd expect and it may probably even downplay the sport. Going for rally count is pretty cool tho but I do wonder hoe accurate it is with defending/net shots
RE: Guy who charges his smart watch at his desk, I started charging mine while I shower on one of those shelf/plug/nightlight/usb combo units I got from Amazon for $15. After I'm done in the bathroom it's always more than charged enough to last me until my next shower. Should be scrubbing under where your watch sits anyway, so it's ideal for people who want 24/7 stats!
I want to see you review the Garmin Fenix 7, or the new 8 that;s about to drop. Those watches can get 2-4 weeks battery life while using the always on display, and functionally they are not as smartphoney as this, or an Apple watch, but they're not far behind.
I heard good battery life and got excited, only to then later hear a meager 100 hours. How is it that there are so few smart watches that do the basics well and with an actually convenient battery life like the pebble used to? For me: Time and notifications are priority 1. Battery life is priority 2. Biometrics is priority 3. Nowadays I use a PineTime 64. It's not super polished, but if I just want the time and notifications, I can get the battery to last nearly a month - for less than $40 shipped. I can still check my heart rate on demand, and if I need the screen always-on for a period of time I can toggle it. Surely a large company can do better than this, though... alas, nobody has.
I still have the very first galaxy watch. The battery lasted for a whole week. Now it still lasts a whole week if I turn it off for the night. No other smartwatch has ever come close to this. I hope it never dies on me.
Mobvoi in my opinion is one of the few "true" smartwatch manufacturers with good battery life. My Ticwatch Pro 3 lasted a week on a charge (until the battery bulged and died) and my Ticwatch Pro 5 lasts a week between charges easily. It fully charges during a shower and it only takes about 5 minutes on the charger to give me close to 50% charge.
I just want a thin bezel transflective watch that lasts a month. The Amazfit Bip was GOAT and its such a shame they ditched it for AMOLED 😢. If they made an extremely thin bezel version that lasted even more I would gladly pay $200
You should definitely do some Garmin reviews, especially with the new OLED forerunners. There's nothing that comes close for fitness tracking, accuracy or battery life. They're always more of a fitness watch then a lifestyle watch but still. There's garmin and there's nothing behind them for a long stretch.
Why not switch what hand you have the watch on to play badminton? Yeah it may be uncomfortable for the break in period but its not like your life is depending on utmost concentration on the game for a livelihood.
I’d be interested in more about this watch, I’ve been interested in getting a new watch that looks nicer than my Apple watch 3, and this seems like a candidate
I sometimes get excited about smart watches then I shop for them and immediately get disgusted at the prices, severe limitations and never even come close to buying one. I want to like them, but because I'm not deep into fitness tracking, I'd be using maybe 10% of the watch overall.
I have pixel watch only because they came for free when i pre-ordered my pixel phone. For the price of 0 eur they are pretty good!
I just bought the nothing watch 2. £69 and does what I need.
I used to have the same opinion but I got one as a speedometer for my EUC and fell in love with it, having the option to leave my phone at home and still being able to call and use maps is awesome but so is to check if a new message is important or not, responding to messages is pretty good too and honestly even playing a simple game right on my watch feels great. On my phone, I reach for tiktok on my watch for one of the games and it's good for me.
I was the same way until I found the PineTime. I don't need all the extra things like fitness tracking. I only need the time and notifications. I've taken mine in the pool without issue and only have to charge it every 7-10 days. It's also only 35 dollars.
I got a 2nd hand midrange garmin and I've been loving the thing!
t was relatively cheap because watches with (light) cratches depreciate in value A LOT
ButI don't care about that, if I bought new it would've gotten scratched eventually anyway, and this makes me less paranoid about scratching it when at work or whatever :P
Battery life is counted in days, I just charge the thing whenever I shower and I wear it on me the rest of the time.
Smart stuff like notifications, controlling music works very well (it does less than the apple or wear OS watches of the world, but honestly how much does that *really* matter)
Has a reflective screen, meaning it's always readable in the light, in fact it gets brighter the more light shines on it
And no block of light on your wrist in the dark unless you activate the backlight!
Fitness stuff (in my *very* casual opinion) works very well too
All in all, would recommend buying a 2nd hand watch
And especially take a good look at the garmins of the world, they might not be as flashy, but they're imo very practical
- Charge while showering and getting dressed -
I don't understand why it isn't more common to charge your smart watch while showering. If you combine it with drying and getting dressed you have a good half hour of charging everyday or every other day, depending on how clean you are and your schedule. It's garbage time that doesn't involve much activity or steps. For me, it's been more than enough to keep any wearable charged.
Yeah I've been doing that with my Ticwatch Pro 5 for quite awhile now.
Use it every night for sleep tracking, then charge while I'm in the shower.
The issues lie I think with watches like the Google Pixel watch 2, Samsung watches, and CrApple Watch that charge very VERY slowly.
30 minutes of charge on some watches only get you maybe 15 -20%. Whereas my Ticwatch 5 pro is almost fully charged every time I get out of the shower usually about 97% when I pull it off.
I thought this was normal. I only take mine off for showers twice a day cause I live in a hot and humid country. So I just charge it during that period. And unless I go for a run 3-4 times a week my battery lasts 7-9 days anyway.
@@kingzach74 Apple watch user - never had any issue with charging in morning while showering/getting ready. Do people actually shower with their watches on?
Yeah, I’m still on an “ancient” Apple Watch Series 3 and that has been my routine, charge it while I’m getting ready for the day and it has held up reasonably well. I tend to do a bit over 2 hours of exercise every day and it has not died on me during t a normal day.
And this is one of the models before smart watch batteries improved.
I want to upgrade to a new one but I promised myself use this watch until it refused to turn on.
Some older watches took 2 hours to last a single day which means a shower wouldn't be enough
2:15 They count my what....?
I did a double take as well
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Am I the only one who only sees the Renault logo in his t-shirt? I know its a case t-shirt from ltt store, but it looks so similar to their logo LMAO
Is it NOT a Renault logo?
@@clearspirt Noooope. Apparently it's a computer case that's tilted?
I don't think you are. I'm pretty sure I heard people make this comment before when they first launched the shirt
If I'd be Renault, I'd start sending a letter. That's a Renault logo 100%
Renault doesn't operate in North America @@ThisMarv
Thanks Nick Carter for the unboxing!
Lmaoooo
Isn't he dead?
@@TheJubessnaaah, the dude is still touring with the backstreet boys
@@jeinnerabdelyou're thinking of Aaron Carter. He's dead.
@@TheJubess Sadly that's his Younger Brother.
Nice that they brought receipts for battery life. 100 Hours is good. When they get to the 10 Day mark, that'll be good. Saying that as a Garmin Instinct Crossover Solar user who's not had to charge their watch in 43 Days.
My Amazfit smartwatch, with beautiful OLED display has a battery life of little over a month (with my usage, which is not heavy) even still after 2 years!
I don't think it's fair to compare the battery life to fitness watches. Before I was finding my Garmin to be more than enough, but now I need something that would help me with my work and the OnePlus Watch is great and I am not reaching for my Garmin. Also keep in mind in battery saving mode (which basically turns it into a Garmin watch) you can still get 10 days battery :)
Garmin watches barely count as smart watches and I say this as an owner of the Garmin Epix Gen 2 Sapphire. Garmin Smartwatches are more fitness trackers than actual smart watches, and to get that much battery life they sacrifice a lot of functionality. If Apple would just put in ANT+ support on the ultra I would ditch the Epix gen 2 in a heart beat.
Garmin watch owners are the new linux enthusiasts 😂
If you can't install app it ain't a smart watch, it is a fancy smart band
Linus being a Pebble fan, then talking about a big feature for him on this watch being the GPS, makes it hurt even more that he hasn't tried out the Garmin Instinct series yet. I'm not a Garmin fan, I'm a Pebble fan, and the Instinct 2 is the first watch I've had since the Pebble that I've kept wearing over a year after getting it.
As a Pebble fan who has been unable to find another smartwatch I'm happy with, thank you for this suggestion.
It has an awful lumpy design, looks like an old Casio military watch. I have the Forerunner 255S which I found to be a very good watch to replace what Pebble watch used to be. The price is a bit much for what it is, but you get a watch without that stupid touch screen, a fairly sleek design and 10 days between charges.
An older model in the Garmin Fenix series is also a great option! That's what I've been rocking.
@@Tomazack I'm glad you find that the Forerunner suits your needs! For me, a smartwatch that doesn't use an e-ink/e-paper display isn't worth my time, so I went with the Instinct. >1 month battery life is a worthwhile compromise for a (comparatively) limited featureset!
Pebble as in the pebble smartwatch company? Which produces affordable smartwatches?
Linus looking like the Adoring Fan from Oblivion LOL
Damn I thought it looked good and was thinking about doing it myself until I read the comments.
@@saphricpcgaming5182this is why some people shouldn't be allowed to make their own decisions.
I'll never understand why smart watches took the path of being used for fitness. Why can't I store music on it? Why can't I stream Spotify independently of a smartphone? Where's my walkie-talkie? Where's my laser so I can cut open my Amazon packages? I wanna be a spy damn it! At least give me a camera so I can video chat like Kim Possible! Ugh.
Idk about streaming but you can store music and walkie talkie is also possible
Right, I don't know anyone who does fitness or needs a fitness tracker, but almost everyone has two hands and wouldn't mind to have a smart watch to get notifications, walking directions and calls without holding a phone in hand.
You can do all those things but you will need to get the ultra versions of the watches which are like 500-600 dollars
@@Drzzlt on wear OS the only way to listen to music is with Bluetooth Speakers/headphones.
@@Dirty_Hobofalse, you don’t need the “ultra” version of the watches for those features.
I have a Garmin Fenix 6 pro that has been exceptionally reliable for going on 5 years now, continues to receive updates and I only charge it when I defecate at home, so once-ish a day for 5-15 minutes. And when I shower, for 5-10 minutes on alternating days. It has never once died on me. I do use GPS when I hike a couple times a week, but otherwise it's off, and generally pulseox is off, but HR is always on. It's a very, very nice watch for what it is.
I also really like that it has buttons!
I have a Garmin Fenix 7S Pro and it is just so nice not having to worry about the battery as much as other smart watches. Also the fact I don't need to connect it to my phone for it to work, that part is nice too.
Garmin Instinct Solar is the king for battery life. I can get mine to run for over a month in between charges. It too has multiband gps support for improved accuracy on workouts
It's just so ugly :(
About phone calls on a watch - pretty much all MFGs of these devices place the speaker at the front of the watch case (bellow the buttons) and the microphone is on the opposite, back side of the case. This is to allow the user to lift the wrist and bring it up close to their face on the opposite side of the watch wrist, because that arm position is most comfortable and the speaker aligns with your right ear, as the microphone aligns with your mouth - also then the wind doesn't blow directly into the mic. You cannot really use it as a speakerphone, and it's not meant to as such. You also cannot hear the phone conversation from the phone when it's not in speaker mode, naturally you have to bring it up to your ear/face. Kinda same/similar deal. Hope that helps! 😊
I LITERALLY just finished writing a support ticket to OnePlus regarding my OnePlus Watch 2.
There is no consistency to if and when i get notifications.
I constantly get a popup on the watch saying "App protection settings", and wanting me to do some kind of additional setup/permissions in the OHealth app. The instructions provided in the app make no sense! So i just gave the app every possible permission. But i keep getting the popup on my watch.
i think this happens when you are too far from the phone and the watch loses touch with it. Apple watch would just say your phone is missing but this watch says "check app protection settings" lol
@@ilaripori6148 it is 100% this, it happens everytime im too far from my phone
@@ilaripori6148 phone is either in my pocket, or on the table next to me all day
I see one plus still hasn't gotten proper software support figured out.
It's related to when your watch loses connection with the phone, I clicked "don't show this anymore".
I've had a Huawei GT2e for a few years now and have to say that I'm impressed. At just over $100, 2 week battery life, and all the usual tracking and features and onboard storage. Just cant beat it. Was supposed to be a stopgap but 4 years later, Im still wearing it daily.
This! Similar experience with Amazfit. It's not perfect but it works good enough
agreed, have the same watch and it is still going strong. os is not the best though.
@@leonlang2505 Can you tell me more about the OS - I am interested! :D
I’m sure this has been said before but “the return of frosted tech tips”
If only there was a joke about your watch counting the strokes on your favourite physical activity...
You have to move 30cm/1' at a time though, that's wild
Lmao yessss I saw that and immediately was looking for this
My Oneplus Watch 2 sits at about 82% after a 24-hour period. AOD is not enabled, but I do use it for most standard things (fitness/step tracking, sleep tracking, etc.). It generally charges back up to full in the time it takes me to take a shower and get a cup of coffee in the morning. Probably the most intensive thing I'll do with it is to play a round of golf with a GPS app enabled (honestly, it's the primary reason I have it), I can be done with a 4-5 hour round of golf and have the battery sitting somewhere around 80%.
It's not as impressive a battery life as the Ticwatch Pro 5 was, but it's basically superior in every way to it.
I just got it a week back. It's really really amazing. I use extensively for workouts, running and pickleball (tennis activity). Really amazing stats and analysis. Sleep analysis also great. It has accurate sensors. Plus it's wear os , great design. Really happy to have it.
7:20 an accelerometer inside of the watch should be able to tell how fast the watch moved, this would get them swing speed, how accurate that is is anyone's guess.
The GPS can also measure the distance compared to time he's swum. He did say it was super accurate
Please please do a deep dive comparison between this watch and the Pixel watch 3!
As an owner of a huawei watch gt4, it looks like a cheaper clone of it.
The gt4 lasts 2 weeks for me on battery but I don't use it for workout recordings (only sleep/heart beat/steps recording).
But you still can't have Android Play on it without jumping through hoops...
I still haven't been able to figure out a use case for getting a smart watch, for myself. I have a Polar heart rate monitor that straps around your chest, which at least at the time I bought it was more accurate than light sensors in a watch (I had a Garmin that said I was asleep while driving to work ... thankfully the watch was wrong!). I never not have my phone with me, and it can do GPS tracking when I go out for a ride on my bike. When I'm out riding, I'm listening to music or an audio book. Not anything else. I'm not texting anyone, I'm not calling anyone. It's like driving a car, I need to be aware of my surroundings at all times. I don't know, just don't see what a smart watch would give me (I have a regular watch, it never needs charged or even battery changed).
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Saved me a lot of searching, thanks bro
The real mvp
what's up with these comments. I am seeing a lot of them on UA-cam these days
I still can't find a single watch that can beat a Garmin venu for the money, the onboard Spotify, GPS, golf and notifications have it on top tier. Along with all the monitoring. I will admit Garmin needs to do work with their app
I love my Garmin, their hardware is awesome, but they really can't do UI. The watch UI is terrible. Their GPS trackers' UI is terrible. So many nested menus and sometimes duplicated settings. It's a mess and they don't seem to be able to fix it.
I love my withings! I thought about getting a Garmin but cant pull the trigger as my watch works flawlessly 2 years in
Spotify is what I wish it could do but cant justify it for that as I dont care about gps
Garmin doesn't have wear os that's why battery lasts longer.
Starting back up sleep tracking from my watch (Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, gotta have that rotating bezel), I've found it perfect to charge an hour or so before bed, when I get ready for bed but before actually going to bed, then put it on right before sleeping, then take it off to charge when I wake up, and by the time I'm ready for the day it's topped out at 100%
Think Linus might be getting a cease and desist from Groupe Renault for that t-shirt 😂
4:00 samsungs rotaring bezel was amazing on the classic liney shame they discontinued it
100h is good for a WearOS / Apple Watch, but that basically kills it for me as my 3 years old rather small Venu 2S Garmin watch still manages 7 days just fine. It used to be 10 or more days when it was fresh.
Can you start/control the fitness tracking with wet hands? Watches should let you control with the hardware buttons alone.
My Huawei GT is annoying for this although it lasts over a week between recharges.
I love the IDEA of a smart watch and an activity tracker, but the reality is, I want a nice real watch and I just want a passive tracker.
Broke my Watch 4 Classic on a swim, but it is a bummer but fixing them basically coast as much as a new one..
I got this watch! Battery life with AOD is great, just slightly worse than a Garmin Venu with AOD. Heart rate tracking has been hit or miss for me, as is OHealth syncing with Strava
for my watch usage an easy and reliable scrolling option, even with wett or even oily fingers is mandatory. nothing beats a good old ribbon ring on that.
I know what I'm about to ask is extremely niche but it would be really nice if you could review the ease of setting up a cgm to a watch as a diabetic its extremely useful being able to see how easy it is to set up and there is almost no one out there that covers this and in the diabetic community connecting a cgm to a watch is almost a must its massive. The two main cgms are dexcom and freestyle libre. I'm surprised no one big in the industry still doesn't put a tiny segment just for us diabetics in the community. Anyway great vid like usual
As far as charging overnight. I have found my smart watch batteries have stoped degrading as fast when. I stoped charging my watch overnight. I setup a smart outlet thing and set it to turn on 90 min before my alarm to charge my watch without over charging
2-4 days between charges simply isn't long enough (how Apple Watch users put up with daily charging I'll never know or understand). A smartwatch shouldn't need a charge for a week under normal use and 10-14 days with light use. Anything less is a complete waste of time - you'll have a flat battery most of the time, especially if you use it for sleep or fitness tracking.
Thats a pretty good solution but I just toss my galaxy active 2 watch in the charger when I hop in the shower and then it last me until the next morning when I take another shower 😂 I get my sleep data and it lasts all day
@@rklrkl64 It's honestly perfectly fine. They all take half an hour to an hour to charge these days. You could probably charge it enough for a day in the time between you waking up and leaving your house. And afaik, most people don't seem to want a watch in the shower, so that little bit of downtime is acceptable.
The OnePlus has smart charging. It either starts charging later while connected (and tells you it will do so) or it stops charging early (while staying connected).
Guys you have to understand that wear os eats battery no matter which watch you have. Take away wear os and your battery will last much much longer. That's how it works.
Garmin ticks all the usability boxes for me. A UI that's fully navigatable with buttons. A minimum of 1 week of battery life for regular daily use. Always on display. Easy to use in the outdoor sun. Super durable. The list goes on.
Any idea of how accurate the SpO2 is on your watch? Not knocking your watch, just curious. as a comparison I've tested my Galaxy Watch 3 many many times against hospital equipment and I've found it's never more then 1% off, a buddy of mine with a Apple Watch 6 I think has seen a 2% difference at least once again using hospital equipment as a comparison.
@@1300BlueStar I don't know honestly. The SpO2 accuracy for me wasn't a factor. It has been a while since I saw the reviews, but my guess is that it's well within those parameters.
The most important advantage of dual frequency gps is that it has an easier time mapping routes between buildings and high stone walls.
Imo, rotating crown or a rotating ring or sth else that doesn't require touching the screennfor scrolling is a must
Can you guys review the Garmin Descent mk3i? It's designed around scuba diving, but finding informative videos is difficult for anything BUT scuba diving. And most people who know that industry already know it's benefits. But it is a full smart watch for everyday use, and that part isn't spoken about much.
Testing Fiio BTR5 woth this video, and damn, LTTs mics are really good
I would like to see you try a Garmin epix gen2 or forerunner 965 both are sport watches but with the oled screens they are perfect smart watches and have more battery life (6 to 18 days depending on the settings). Nobody from the tech industry does a reel comparison of the smartwatches with the sport watches
Nice! Affordable tho? It's over 400 canadian rubels here in Sweden.
I still watch reviews for these Wear OS watches. And in the end, I'm still not convinced. My Edifice is still my daily driver and my other Casio watch with 1 year battery life and step counter that syncs to my phone is my morning workout watch.
Looks fantastic. And a smart watch I don't have to charge every night or two like all the rest? I'm intrigued...it doesn't have to completely match my Garmin's (insane) battery life (roughly three WEEKS!), but if it could actually do a week or two, I would be VERY interested in looking into it more!!
I just bought the CMF Pro 2 an absolutely amazing watch for the price of $70. The review you guys put up made me pull the trigger and now I’m thinking I just might make this watch my Christmas wish list.
I had the first gen Galaxy watch. found that while i loved setting unique watch faces, (particularly The Division as I was playing that at the time and thought it was sick), I never used it for its smart features. The fitness stuff was good, but thats on every wearable. I would read my texts, but would never send them, call, or literally use any other app on my watch. I never found it convenient and would still pull out my phone to do any of those tasks. I went back to wearing a normal watch for awhile, but eventually got a ScanWatch. tells me the health info I want to know, I can still read my texts like I like to do, but its still an "analog" watch and looks way better than any other smart watch out there. Because its not smart, I only have to charge it about once a month. Since then, no other smart watch has interested me as theres no reason for me to get one.
The ONE thing that i did love about the smart watch, was the ability to snooze my alarm from my watch haha. My ScanWatch has its own alarm, but its just basic and isnt connected to my phone alarm, though it serves my needs.
If it were a smaller watch I might be tempted. My wrists are miniscule so watches around the 40-42mm size are about right for me, this would just look a bit stupid in my wrist
The Oneplus Watch 2 is my first wearable. Changed my life in a lot of ways so I probably can't give an honest review. I work a job that sometimes involves heavy lifting and cardio and sometimes not much at all. So keeping track of my physical output each day helps me know that when I have a chill day at work I should probably compensate. Helps to answer my phone and check notifications without pulling my phone out which during work is really helpful. It has the minimum set of features I would ever accept to justify getting a wearable.
Still love my TicWatch Pro 5. Not sure why they have such an issue with os updates, but fantastic battery life, secondary display I can see in the sun, and the rotating crown. Can't beat it for the money.
The issue is software: I had to return my Enduro because I literally had 3 Wear OS crashes every week... And after each crash I had the Time and day wrong so my calendar was wrong, the hour and day was wrong... I've waited for any update, but still, they gave up the day after the release... Still on Day 1 patch...
Could you guys do a Garmin Instinct? It is better on battery life but has some interesting trade offs
Would love an update on this after some use. My brother needs an upgrade since his Watch5 broke. Curious if this could be a recommendation for him.
Charging your watch at your desk is surely the most sensible ways to charge? That way you get full access to all the features you've paid for at the time you need them. Desk work is just dead time. If I've bought a watch with sleep tracking then bought a night stand to charge it - that just seems counterintuitive
3:24 I have the Galaxy watch 7 and I charge my watch at home and I use it for a sleep tracking and I get up and go to work for 8 to 10 hours and I still have a charge when I get back home. I never charge my phone while I'm out at work.
the lastr watch i was excited for was fossile watch 3... and apple watch 3. this looks. good on paper with its price
I had an early Sony Smart watch - it was great whilst I had it, rarely missed important messages - but when the charging port finally went? Couldn't go back to a smart watch - just need a watch to tell the time now!
Same! I loved early smartwatches, but they all look so lame and are awful at actually telling the time. I also got really tired of notifications and charging, and no doctor of mine has ever cared about my steps lol
This seems to be a contender for best android watch right now. If only my ticwatch pro 5 actually supported google assistant then there would be no comparison. But actual real battery life, with actual real water proofing is what i need in a watch. I think 3-5 days is when ill really be able to jump on board with a watch though.
I have the standard 2 after my Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire finally gave up the ghost earlier this year. I used a bunch of reward points I had saved up so I essentially got it for free. I actually love it. Garmin definitely had more hardcore fitness features but the sleek interface of WearOS is just easier to navigate. I would eventually go back to Garmin if their software became a bit more modernized. Perhaps a Fenix 9 😂
08:20 excuse me, but i immediatly thaught of using it as a SF communication device, finally feeling like i'm in the future !
I ended up with a Pixel Watch 2 and I've been happy. Its very small by comparison.
I just found my old samsung s3 frontier somthing like 10 years old l, I found a replacement battery online and now it's getting 3 days average use no battery saver modes or anything I'm amazed lol.
Only issue is the slow charging it now takes like 2/3 hours to fully charge the thing 🙃
I got excited when i saw the thumbnail because i thought someone besides Fossil made a smart watch with a real watch face with arms. Smart watches use so much of your phone anyway id rather just look at my phone for the numbers and all that. I just want a nice looking watch that has fitness sensors and maybe buzzes when you get a text. The fossil hybrid is what im using currently but their software just sucks so i was hoping for some competition.
Using Huawei GT3, battery life up to two weeks, about 10 days with daily exercise tracking. Using while swimming, squash, has titanium frame and sapphire glass. Very curious how it would review.
Compared to a real fitness tracker like Garmin. Probably not well. This is a smartwatch that has fitness capabilities. Your GT3 is a fitness tracker with smartwatch capabilities like a Garmin and Fitbit.
The features i would use from a smartwatch:
Nfc payments
Checking the time
Calendar to see my meetings
Music controls
Call and message notifications
The reasons i haven't yet bought a smartwatch:
They are humongous
They don't offer that many more features than smart bands, which are lighter and cheaper and have weeks of battery life
So not the main point of the video but Linus mentioned that his had started swimming a lot and was both tired and sore.
As someone who recently started swimming for fitness on 'doctors orders' I have found that while I do feel tired after I actually less sore and more flexible.
Linus has said that he worked as lifeguard so I assume he probably has reasonably good technique probably as good or better than mine.
Is it common for fit people to experience soreness when they start swimming and did I just avoid it because I was so out of shape?
Got mine in black I love it
im interested in it, i have a nickel allergy (theres nickel in stainless steel) so i cant use stainless steel watches. so despite it might be a downgrade/less preferred. its 1 of the few options remaining that i can use
I love my non R Oneplus watch 2. And its held up well
I have never understood the issue with charging before bed to use sleep tracking. With my Apple Watch 6 I plug it in when I start getting ready for bed, changing, brushing teeth, pee and it has charged 30-40%. Then I do the same in the morning with added shower and its at 100% for the day.
Linus tracking his "strokes" is peak athleticism.
I'd be interested in a smart watch if it replaced all the sensors and trackers with a larger battery, bigger screen, speakers, and ect. If I could get a Spotify/Discord/UA-cam machine with a clock for my wrist, that might be more up my alley. Maybe put in a camera with optical tape measure and document scanner functions.
The Bot comments during the first 2 mins of posting are wild.
That tour took 14mins out of Linus's day. That's a lot of Linus time they got!
"I go after Apple because everyone copies their features." Shouldn't you go after the companies copying them and not making the features work instead?
Honestly I'm still wearing my very old Casio Illuminator with the steel band and I don't think I'll be switching it for another watch for a good while
Yeah it's hard to beat a Casio on anything. The only smart features a G-Shock is missing is the most annoying/useless ones
As a double XL individual, I don't care about lightweight products. I want something big enough to fit my wrist. I also just want to receive notifications from my phone.
Hey LTT, with the massive flurry of new foldable phones coming out such as the galaxy fold 6, pixel 9 pro fold, the honour v3 magic etc will you be doing any sort of tests on these devices? I've been dailying a foldable now for a little over a year now and I love the form factor, I had a galaxy fold 4 for a little while until the hinge dust seal failed and Scamsung refused to warranty it despite it being a well documented manufacturing defect, so I had that repaired and promptly got rid of it in favour for the pixel fold and thankfully it's been an amazing switch with the tablet style interior screen screen as opposed to the book form factor of the galaxy, with the Pixel Fold 2 (pixel 9 pro fold is a stupid name) only a couple days away from release I'm contemplating switching up as my mobile provider is offering a significantly better price for the pixel fold 2 than I'm currently paying for my pixel fold but all the reviews I'm seeing seem to be paid adverts and Ive not seen any unbiased videos of a direct comparison between the pixel fold 1 and 2s, the Honour V3 magic is also looking like an awesome contender.
WIsh that one could replace the OS with something secure.
FYI guys if you are a oneplus phone owner and get this phone - use the oneplus adaptor to charge your phone. It charges at the full 7.5 superVOOC speed (yeah that's what is says lol) It's noticeably faster, taking half the time as opposed to a normal USB pc port or something.
I don't think you need a turntable crown to scroll, but damn... It looks SO much like one of those, so I'm gonna feel sad realizing this isn't it! Add it OnePlus!
Bring back small and simple smartwatches like Pebble! They were cheap, the screen was always on, battery lasted forever! I don't understand how the smartwatch industry jumped so far backward since then. And they're just now starting to catch back up lol.
Can someone update this videos description with the link of his long term review on wan show when it gets out? Thanks!
My Seiko has a life expectancy of 2 generations and shows perfect time.
As someone who plays badminton, that swing speed is nothing more than a gimmick. Most people wouldn't wear a watch on their racket hand and beginners with no technique wouldn't get anything near what they'd expect and it may probably even downplay the sport. Going for rally count is pretty cool tho but I do wonder hoe accurate it is with defending/net shots
Given how large this thing is, have you considered just getting a case for your phone with a strap on it, and strapping it to your wrist?
looking very 90's Linus. I dig it.
RE: Guy who charges his smart watch at his desk, I started charging mine while I shower on one of those shelf/plug/nightlight/usb combo units I got from Amazon for $15. After I'm done in the bathroom it's always more than charged enough to last me until my next shower. Should be scrubbing under where your watch sits anyway, so it's ideal for people who want 24/7 stats!
So nobody gonna call him out on that DIY hair job? 😂
No cos he's had it for like a week or 2 by this point, d brand did a sponsor but they wanted him to bleach his hair like it was back in the old days
Im still sad for no watch 7 the bezel on my 4 classic has saved the screen so many times
What if you cup your ear whilst taking a watch call? Bone conduction?
I want to see you review the Garmin Fenix 7, or the new 8 that;s about to drop. Those watches can get 2-4 weeks battery life while using the always on display, and functionally they are not as smartphoney as this, or an Apple watch, but they're not far behind.
I heard good battery life and got excited, only to then later hear a meager 100 hours.
How is it that there are so few smart watches that do the basics well and with an actually convenient battery life like the pebble used to?
For me: Time and notifications are priority 1. Battery life is priority 2. Biometrics is priority 3.
Nowadays I use a PineTime 64. It's not super polished, but if I just want the time and notifications, I can get the battery to last nearly a month - for less than $40 shipped. I can still check my heart rate on demand, and if I need the screen always-on for a period of time I can toggle it.
Surely a large company can do better than this, though... alas, nobody has.
If you want battery life go with a garmin. Apple and Android smartwatches don't have anything remotely close to what garmin watches do.
For Linus I would suggest the Garmin Venu 3 if he wants for health and only a couple of notifications
I still have the very first galaxy watch. The battery lasted for a whole week. Now it still lasts a whole week if I turn it off for the night. No other smartwatch has ever come close to this. I hope it never dies on me.
Mobvoi in my opinion is one of the few "true" smartwatch manufacturers with good battery life. My Ticwatch Pro 3 lasted a week on a charge (until the battery bulged and died) and my Ticwatch Pro 5 lasts a week between charges easily. It fully charges during a shower and it only takes about 5 minutes on the charger to give me close to 50% charge.
i was watching the GSI video and was wondering if we would see a review of thr watch you were wearing
I just want a thin bezel transflective watch that lasts a month. The Amazfit Bip was GOAT and its such a shame they ditched it for AMOLED 😢. If they made an extremely thin bezel version that lasted even more I would gladly pay $200
You should definitely do some Garmin reviews, especially with the new OLED forerunners. There's nothing that comes close for fitness tracking, accuracy or battery life. They're always more of a fitness watch then a lifestyle watch but still. There's garmin and there's nothing behind them for a long stretch.
Would love you to do a review on the Samsung Watch Ultra
Why not switch what hand you have the watch on to play badminton? Yeah it may be uncomfortable for the break in period but its not like your life is depending on utmost concentration on the game for a livelihood.
Wear OS with only 2 charges per week?
Hopefully we get a less chonky option soon.
I’d be interested in more about this watch, I’ve been interested in getting a new watch that looks nicer than my Apple watch 3, and this seems like a candidate