Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsIt's a great smartphone notification machine! Do more at the expense of battery life.
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2019
I don't usually write reviews (I am a virgin, be gentle) even though my superpower is consumption and I am hella opinionated and invested in gathering more stuff I don't need. This watch is solid and does deserve 4 solids stars but I am giving it 5 to offset for the folks out there who are not intelligent and patient enough to use the device intelligently and with realistic expectations. And not to bash on them - you need to be fairly intelligent and patient to get proper use out of this watch. Just like you should have these same qualities before you have a kid. Imagine those reviews - I got this infant from Amazon - he just seems to cry, poop, and want to eat all the time! 2 stars because he is cute at times!! Anyway, I write this review to actually reiterate what a very intelligent reviewer has basically said - this is NOT a smartphone you wear on your wrist - Apple is getting close to that, but with a more expensive machine - NOR is it a replacement for the best the Fitbit or Polar has to offer in terms of a heart and fitness tracker. What is it? Its a smartphone notification machine you wear on your wrist, a mechanism to control your tunes on your wrist, and a platform by which to give Google Wear OS more time and experience to evolve. Yes, it is evolving - milking you of valuable information -mwuuhahahahaha! I suspect that besides the battery life, the main limitation here is with Google Wear OS which leaves a lot to be desired but I think may become a dominant force if they invest in it. Currently I am guessing that Google likely has its minions taking over other parts of the world, quite successfully I might add, and not that I am complaining - I mean they sold me on the maps and calendar years ago and if they want to drive me to work, F-yeah, cool! I dont even care if we crash 5% of the time. Oh yeah, their search engine is pretty OK too - because I am too lazy to use anything else and Yahoo? Well, Yahoo is just Yahoo. Anyhow, back to the watch. Basically if you kill all the functions besides app notifications I think you will be pretty happy, because that's really its best function and it does that well, because who wants keep taking your phone out of your pocket every 2 minutes when you are in transit? And in using it basically for notifications only the battery is probably going to last 2 days so if you are too drunk to plug into the charger before bed or you are at your mister or mistress' house and don't have the charger with your for a night you are probably OK. And beyond that - well, don't drink so much and get back to your family for Pete's sake! If you start using it as your main interface with your smart phone then forgetaboutit, might not get through the day. So in order how to figure out how to kill the other functions it will take a little intelligence and patience because I swear, like zombies, those functions seem to come back to life. So kill GPS, screen always on, Wifi, hear rate sensor, and any extra apps. And maybe even kill the motion/step sensor, whats it called gyromometer, tico, what? - IDK, anyhow I am not intelligent enough to kill that and I am doing fine on battery and glad to know I did 600 steps today. Whew!! Unless I am playing the Cure and its shoots up to 7500! DO NOT load a bunch of extra apps you dont need that suck power. And Google! Ignore the haters, forget the Apple interface cause their phones and watches are way better and just do what you do - make simple, killer apps that don't die, are easy to use, and work on the Android, Chromebook, Windows, and now Wear OS platforms. Actually someday I hope to use the Google maps and GPS function and perhaps even Spotify to listen to tunes on the watch - both would be useful while exercising and leave the phone at home - but WTF! I cant leave my phone at home, that's madness. So it seems like a cool function, but is it really? Anyhow, drop the $150 already.
