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Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by will0 »

modeless wrote: post #96
ce4 wrote: post #93

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Look for devices supported by the gadgetbridge 3rd party app (found in android's f-droid store). I have an Amazfit Bip S lite. 45days battery, always on lcd. Custom notification filters by gadgetbridge. Great https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge

I assure you, I have evaluated everything on the market. Amazfit devices are >1cm thick (even the ones that claim 9.2mm, it's a lie). They are also larger diameter than the Pebble Time Round, so overall more than twice as big and much less comfortable. The phone software is nowhere near as good, the watch UI is poorly designed, and the watch face/app selection is poor in comparison to Pebble. I haven't tried gadgetbr…

I know you said you don't want a replaced battery, but if you were interested in doing the (fairly easy) battery replacement yourself, there's a link to where you can purchase a battery on Aliexpress here:

https://willow.systems/pebble/#hardware

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by colordrops »

jerlam wrote: post #85

Smartwatches have fallen so far from their peak. In 2015, Pebble had a watch that had: - an app store, third party apps, third party watch faces, and a developer ecosystem - always on screen that didn't require a button press or specific arm gesture, and worked in bright, normally lit conditions - physical buttons instead of tiny buttons on a tiny screen barely larger than the finger pressing it - week long battery l…

Google acquiring fitbit? Nooooo, I've been in the process of de-googlification and fitbit has massive amounts of my health data from the last half year. Need to figure out how to nuke all of that.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by filoleg »

kissgyorgy wrote: post #95

If you want a "smart enough" watch and you are mainly care for your health, I highly recommend any of the watches from Withings: https://www.withings.com/hu/en/ They are a really awesome company, not trying to sell you some shit and making money, but honestly wanting to develop good products to improve your life! Very useful features for health monitoring and they don't cost as much. Plus the watches looks super cool…

Can fully back you up on this. Also, as a sidenote, their scale devices are awesome as well, and the watch line you linked used to be Nokia-branded (back when they owned Withings, before they spun out to be independent again).

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by m463 »

jerlam wrote: post #85

Smartwatches have fallen so far from their peak. In 2015, Pebble had a watch that had: - an app store, third party apps, third party watch faces, and a developer ecosystem - always on screen that didn't require a button press or specific arm gesture, and worked in bright, normally lit conditions - physical buttons instead of tiny buttons on a tiny screen barely larger than the finger pressing it - week long battery l…

It also had an open ecosystem.

You could create and compile your watch apps to your heart's delight without asking someone for permission.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by breck »

antasvara wrote: post #86
breck wrote: post #75

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It's a reasonable perspective, and one a lot of my friends share. I guess I look at value/cost. I drive a $2,000 car and use a $1,000 phone because I get a lot of value for the extra $500 in the phone, but wouldn't get more value out of having a nicer car. Like you, I also find it nice to worry less about the car because the replacement cost is low. But I view the value of smart watches in the $100,000+s if not $1M+s…

I think your last line is key to why a low price is a good idea. As someone who did a lot of research before buying my first smartwatch, I found it difficult to actually estimate how much benefit I would get from owning a smartwatch. What this essentially does is lower the barrier of entry. Now, a prospective buyer doesn't have to see much benefit to take a chance on buying the product.

Yes, and I realize that maybe my comment about Wyze is harsh——I think it is a FANTASTIC thing that more companies are making these things (and getting the price down!). I just think from a business point of view the smart watch business is all about the top end, because the real estate is so valuable, literally on top of someone 24/7, that the focus should be on how much value can you deliver to that person, and target a 1% of their income price point (hopefully delivering a much greater benefit than 1%). But absolutely, this is an awesome development, to have a $20 smart watch, and I agree if Wyze is getting more people wearing these things, that will be a huge win for the world.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by m463 »

gm wrote: post #17
adkadskhj wrote: post #10

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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.

I hate being the product as well, but it's pretty much inescapable now. Paying for a service does not opt you out of being marketed to other income streams as a product (ie, combined stats, being part of a test group, etc). The best we can hope for by paying for a product is getting additional features and not being inconvenienced (ie, avoiding ads).

don't give up.

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by eecks »

kissgyorgy wrote: post #95

If you want a "smart enough" watch and you are mainly care for your health, I highly recommend any of the watches from Withings: https://www.withings.com/hu/en/ They are a really awesome company, not trying to sell you some shit and making money, but honestly wanting to develop good products to improve your life! Very useful features for health monitoring and they don't cost as much. Plus the watches looks super cool…

Those watches are nearly 300 euro..

Re: Wyze $20 Smart Watch

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Post by sorenjan »

CWuestefeld wrote: post #12
fullstop wrote: post #8

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Look into the Amazfit Bip. A bit more than $20, but cheap and the battery lasts ~40 days. If you're using GPS a lot it will be less than 40. Even so, battery life is measured in weeks, not days.

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…

Can you get your data to other apps like Strava, or do you have to use Amazefit's app?
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