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Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by hourislate »

adkadskhj wrote: post #10
miguelrochefort wrote: post #2

I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…

It's funny - i avoid Wyze because it seems such a good deal. Something seems off about that, the price is simply too good - and i loathe being the product these days.

Been a customer for a few years. They're upfront with everything. From what I know I'm not the product (so far). Everything I ever purchased was an excellent value and met 99% of my expectations. My only gripe is there is no desktop software to manage all the devices. You should give them a try, the cameras are awesome.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by electriclove »

xnx wrote: post #5
miguelrochefort wrote: post #2

I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…

You were able to find sensors? When I've looked they've always been sold out for months.

They are coming out with new sensors.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by dogma1138 »

megaunicorn123 wrote: post #16
miguelrochefort wrote: post #2

I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…

"Wyze Labs, Inc ... are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates." I would like to believe there is good in the world, but other than Linux nothing has held it up.

While Wyze has undoubtedly a relationship with Amazon that goes beyond them being just ex engineers the trade mark disclaimer isn’t for Wyze Labs Inc itself which is privately owned but for Alexa and the rest of the Amazon products they integrate with.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by patentatt »

hourislate wrote: post #21
adkadskhj wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's funny - i avoid Wyze because it seems such a good deal. Something seems off about that, the price is simply too good - and i loathe being the product these days.

Been a customer for a few years. They're upfront with everything. From what I know I'm not the product (so far). Everything I ever purchased was an excellent value and met 99% of my expectations. My only gripe is there is no desktop software to manage all the devices. You should give them a try, the cameras are awesome.

Honest question: what do you base that off of? I can’t think of a way to prove the negative, that I’m not the product, that overcomes the assumption that the hardware prices are so low that they will have great incentive to monetize in other ways.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by breck »

Apple was smart not to compete on the low-end for watches.

Median income in the USA is $68,703.

Why would someone spend 1/25 of 1 percent of their income on something that they wear 100% of the time? That makes no sense.

I shell out $200-$300 each year for the latest FitBit (Apple Watch is promising, but that battery life :(. The sleep tracking is gold).

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by umeshunni »

How is Wyze churning out so many new hardware devices so rapidly?

I hadn't heard of them till this year when I saw their camera on sale, but now they have a full suite of hardware products with ~50 employees.

Are they essentially rebranding some Chinese manufacturer?

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by woah »

miguelrochefort wrote: post #2

I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…

There are a lot of cameras at that price range. I got one from a competitor (some router manufacturer, forgot which one).

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by Shared404 »

megaunicorn123 wrote: post #16
miguelrochefort wrote: post #2

I often wonder how Wyze makes any money. They're usually 2-10 times cheaper than their competitors, while providing better features, better design, and better support. I love all of my Wyze devices and purchased another $100 worth of them just yesterday (3 bulbs, 2 sockets, 3 sensors, 1 camera, 1 SD card). I like how they go out of their way to add features to their devices. For example, they provide a firmware for t…

"Wyze Labs, Inc ... are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates." I would like to believe there is good in the world, but other than Linux nothing has held it up.

> but other than Linux nothing has held it up.

You could probably include the EFF, GNU Project, BSD's, and a couple others as well.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

fullstop wrote: post #18
CWuestefeld wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've got a Bip. Using the GPS to track running or hiking does use a lot of power. I need to recharge about every 2 weeks, tracking a 1-hour walk every day. I do recommend it. Another differentiating factor is the display. The Wyze product doesn't indicate the display tech, but the Amazfit using e-Ink, so it's always on and has good visibility even in bright light, something that competitors like Apple (with its minus…

Just one point of clarification, the Amazfit Bip does not use e-ink. It's a transreflective LCD screen, kind of like the old Game Boy Advance screens. It's easier to see in bright sunlight, and always on.

Another clarification, the display of the Bip(and Pebble, Garmin and others) is not a transreflective type but a SHARP Memory LCD where pixels only need power to change their state but need almost no power keeping their current state, like e-ink, but better, so it looks like transreflective in the sunlight.

The transreflective LCD type of the Gameboy would absolutely nuke your battery life as it needs to be actively refreshed even on stationary images.

I'm deeply saddened this type of display is not more popular among wearables vs OLED. Who doesn't want 30 day+ battery life and always-on sunlight visibility?

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