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It has a 25(!) day battery life in its ultra low power mode.quote:For extra battery life, a new watch mode to squeeze out extra juice. Huawei has said that with 10 percent battery remaining, the watch mode can extend the battery for an additional 40 hours. Keep in mind, this basic watch mode is limited to watch display and step count, and the watch screen isn't always on. Basically you could go hiking for almost a month with it working more or less like a regular watch plus step counter, and can use it as a smart watch with a fall back to dumb watch mode to give you almost 2 days to find an opportunity to charge it. Nitrousoxide fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Feb 26, 2017 |
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Nitrousoxide posted:It has a 25(!) day battery life in its ultra low power mode.
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Feb 26, 2017 17:46
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Tunga posted:The Classic is almost the perfect watch except no crown and why does it have numbers around the face? I don't use analogue watch faces which makes that look stupid. Will consider it though. My OG 360 now only lasts about four hours on the battery! Agreed. I do use analog faces but I'd prefer the subtle tick marks the black models of the original HWatch have. Also disappointed at the lack of crown. That said if I get a new watch the HWatch 2 Classic is now at the top of the list. I've said give me the original one plus NFC and ALS without LTE and I'll be happy, they've done pretty much that. CNET's listing shows it having GPS even in the non-LTE model which I don't really want, but typically in mobile devices GPS comes along with the cellular radio so I'm not sure if that might just be an inaccurate listing. The old one runs AW2 just fine though (a factory reset has seemed to resolve my battery issues from a few weeks ago), so at this point I still haven't had any reason to think I really need a new one.
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Feb 26, 2017 18:33
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No more saphire screen, boo
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Feb 26, 2017 18:49
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Here's the classic Definitely better
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Feb 27, 2017 05:01
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No LTE in the US release of the classic is kinda a bummer, and I really dislike the numbers and ticks on the frame, but other than that it's a really nice looking watch that would satisfy my criteria of round with no flat tire, with traditional lugs, and replaceable bands. Might be what I finally replace my G Watch with.
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Feb 27, 2017 14:27
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Android Police REALLY don't like the Hwatch 2. http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/02/27/huawei-watch-2-first-impressions-uh/
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Nitrousoxide posted:Android Police REALLY don't like the Hwatch 2. No clue if the Hwatch 2 is any good or not, but I haven't been impressed by any article from David Ruddock.
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Feb 27, 2017 16:05
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Ars doesn't seem to care for it too much either https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/huawei-watch-2-hands-on-this-feels-like-a-last-gen-smartwatch/
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withoutclass posted:Ars doesn't seem to care for it too much either https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/huawei-watch-2-hands-on-this-feels-like-a-last-gen-smartwatch/ The lack of a crown is not really a downside to me personally. As a lefty i wear my watch on my right hand, so the crown is facing in pretty uncomfortable position to use as a input device.
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Nitrousoxide posted:The lack of a crown is not really a downside to me personally. As a lefty i wear my watch on my right hand, so the crown is facing in pretty uncomfortable position to use as a input device. lol Wait Android Wear doesn't let you put it the other way? Or is it because all the ones worth getting have terrible flat tires that would look even worse on the top?
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So I guess your choices in 2017 are: - buy the LG Style and have a reasonable sized watch with bad battery (and is already hobbled out of the gate for Android Pay), or - buy the Huawei 2 or LG Sport and have something that looks like a tractor tire strapped to your wrist.
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Feb 27, 2017 18:38
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Endless Mike posted:lol Wait Android Wear doesn't let you put it the other way? Or is it because all the ones worth getting have terrible flat tires that would look even worse on the top? Nope, no lefty mode at all.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Nope, no lefty mode at all. Seriously? Wow that's...really dumb. Even the Microsoft Band let you select which wrist you wore it on. kitten smoothie posted:So I guess your choices in 2017 are: To be fair the Huawei 2 Classic is't too bad, but the bezel is still pretty thick, yeah. I think it's still gonna be what I go with though. It has all of the features I want (HR Sensor, NFC, GPS) and looks pretty nice IMO. Though the ZenWatch 3 is just really stylish looking... hm. Well, I suppose I have a month to really mull it over, heh. I usually go for function over style with tech but I'm genuinely torn about what watch to get.
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kitten smoothie posted:So I guess your choices in 2017 are: What about the Wear24? It doesn't look awful but we know almost nothing about it still.
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As far as I can tell the screen on the Huatch 2 Classic is poo poo-tier garbage.
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Thermopyle posted:As far as I can tell the screen on the Huatch 2 Classic is poo poo-tier garbage. Hey, at least it's tiny poo poo-tier garbage. Imagine how terrible it would be if it were large? You'd be able to see all of the flaws!
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Thermopyle posted:As far as I can tell the screen on the Huatch 2 Classic is poo poo-tier garbage. How so? Are there clear videos/pictures of it running? Is it poo poo resolution, or what?
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I went to store.google.com to see what watches were selling in Canada these days, and... they are not selling any watches at all. Brutal. At first they had the LG Watch/Gear Live/360, then a few of the big next gen ones, then some sporty watches, and now nothing.
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I've never been too worried about the lack of left handed mode (even though I wear my Hwatch on my right wrist) since every single nice watch I own has the crown on that side anyway so I actually find it more uncomfortable to try to use it on the other side.
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:I went to store.google.com to see what watches were selling in Canada these days, and... they are not selling any watches at all. Brutal. At first they had the LG Watch/Gear Live/360, then a few of the big next gen ones, then some sporty watches, and now nothing. I was at Best Buy tonight, and I saw they had one of the LG Style watches on display. With no card saying what it was, no price tag, and no indication that it's buyable. Nobody's even loving trying to sell this platform.
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kitten smoothie posted:I was at Best Buy tonight, and I saw they had one of the LG Style watches on display. With no card saying what it was, no price tag, and no indication that it's buyable. I had a similar experience at a Best Buy over the weekend but I'll be honest, with the platform in the shape it's in, it's probably best not to draw attention to it. If I were a realtor I don't think I'd list a house while it's on fire. vvv e: I loving love that movie. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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LastInLine posted:I had a similar experience at a Best Buy over the weekend but I'll be honest, with the platform in the shape it's in, it's probably best not to draw attention to it. If I were a realtor I don't think I'd list a house while it's on fire. The sellers are really motivated now.
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A guy on reddit did an album of what are (IMO) the best three watches on the market right now: http://imgur.com/a/DKy5E e.g. 
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after a few days with the Zenwatch 3, and being very unimpressed with it software-wise, I've decided to throw the one custom rom on there that XDA has, since the latest rumor leaks are that we shouldn't expect AW2.0 until "early 2nd quarter". Well : so far the watch is much smoother. before, it was janky as hell.. super choppy, and a lot of delays when doing simple things. After getting said rom installed, it now performs much better... about as good as my urbane. I was truly spoiled by how silky smooth the otherwise terrible LG Style was.
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How's the battery life on that ZW3 ROM? I've never flashed to a watch before, was it straightforward?
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CLAM DOWN posted:How's the battery life on that ZW3 ROM? I've never flashed to a watch before, was it straightforward? so far, this is my first day with it, and the battery life seems to be the same as stock. it's pretty straightforward if you've flashed phones before. step 1 : enable developer mode, reboot to fastboot, unlock the bootloader step 2 : boot to TWRP (don't install TWRP, just boot it from the .img) step 3 : copy the rom over to /sdcard step 4 : wipe in TWRP, install the rom. step 5 : boot the watch, run busybox, install busybox.
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That's not too bad, might try it. Is there any way to disable the controls that appear on my watch during a phone call? I don't need them and they're annoying since sometimes after a call they stick around on the screen. By controls I mean the microphone, volume, and hang up screens that appear during a call.
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CLAM DOWN posted:That's not too bad, might try it. ZenWatch Manager on your phone > Tools > FoneHelper > Remote call control.
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Nerdrock posted:ZenWatch Manager on your phone > Tools > FoneHelper > Remote call control. Oh my god thank you
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Just got a Zenwatch 3 on Thursday and I really like it, but I've got a couple questions: When I swipe over to apps and launch the Zenfit app, it goes to a screen showing my steps/calories for the day. If I set the shortcut button to Zenfit, when I press the button the only option is to start an activity. Is there any way to get the shortcut to just open the app like normal? In general the Zenfit/Google Fit stuff is just really bizarre. Google Fit will tell me I have no steps. Zenfit will give me a stepcount. A watch face I downloaded will give me a different step count. I don't know if there's some kind of setting in Google Fit/on the watch/on Zenwatch Manager/someplace else I need to change. Any advice? What does eco mode actually do? It seems to just turn airplane mode on? Is there more to it than that? Lastly, I've spent hours upon hours looking for watch faces I like and Skymaster is pretty close to perfect for me, but I'd love to see what you goons are rocking. Thanks for any help!
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Are there any apps (maybe like Tasker or something) that lets me trigger preconfigured HTTP requests from my watch? I know I could do this with IF's Maker channel but I don't want to depend on an external service.
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Humerus posted:Lastly, I've spent hours upon hours looking for watch faces I like and Skymaster is pretty close to perfect for me, but I'd love to see what you goons are rocking. I'm using this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.smartwatchface.odyssey.watch.face with the gold colour scheme that I find matches the ZW3 perfectly, I get a lot of compliments about it (doxxing my own manly wrist here)  The eco mode is just airplane mode, yeah. I'm afraid I don't have an answer for the fitness tracking stuff, I agree it's unnecessarily confusing and weird with the Asus app added in there.
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Humerus posted:
I'll pimp my watchfaces here, since someone asked: Elementary  Inspired by Breaking Bad, tells the time through atomic number. Rorschach  Inspired by Rorschach inkblots, the inkblots flow and animate. Both analog and digital time, configurable. I'm not just advertising, these are my favorite faces and I use them all the time.
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CLAM DOWN posted:I'm using this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.smartwatchface.odyssey.watch.face with the gold colour scheme that I find matches the ZW3 perfectly, I get a lot of compliments about it Odyssey is another I've been looking at and with that color scheme it looks a lot better than the default on the store page, for sure. Guess I'll spend the survey bucks after all. Fitness stuff seems to have sorted itself out, some faces use Google's and some use Asus' but they're within a few hundred of each other (and both pretty wrong probably) so good enough I guess. 5TonsOfFlax posted:I'll pimp my watchfaces here, since someone asked: The elemental isn't for me but the Rorschach one looks pretty cool, I'll check it out.
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5TonsOfFlax posted:Rorschach
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Humerus posted:Odyssey is another I've been looking at and with that color scheme it looks a lot better than the default on the store page, for sure. Guess I'll spend the survey bucks after all. It looks more gold than shows up in that photo too, I recommend it, it suits the ZW3 perfectly.
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I'm on the cusp of getting a ZW3, but work has said they will probably switch to iOS phones in a few months. Am I going to be massively disappointed if bought a ZW3 and this happened?
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A lot of the Android Wear 2.0 improvements is iOS support. So wait to purchase until the watch you are interested in gets its Wear 2.0 update I guess?
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