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2.0 out of 5 starsWatch band was poorly thought out.
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2019
I am writing this review after my second watch band died on me, and purchasing a replacement smart watch of a different brand. While I like this watch, the band was very poorly thought out. The first band broke after 4 months of use, right at the connector to the watch. Because the band as antennas inside for the watch, you cannot just use an off the shelf band, and have to have a LG replacement, which LG does not sell. I was able to buy a replacement off of ebay, which worked until this week when the same issue came up again, and the band died. The second band I was very careful with, too, moving the watch closer to my hand to allow a little slack before I braced my watch against my leg, and then removed the watch while trying to keep that joint stationary. To make matters worse, the seller no longer has replacements (I have no idea if they are planning on getting more), so even if I wanted to fix the watch I have, I cannot.
The battery life is also not great. I have the screen set to not always on, I actually turn the screen off when I know I will not need to look at it was a while, and I still get less than day of use. This is with NFC off, WiFi off, GPS off, no cell on, no sound on... basically, I have heart and Bluetooth on, with no screen.
I really like some of the things this watch does, which is why I did not write off smart watches as a whole, but I cannot recommend this watch to anyone I know.
