I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
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Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#2"Should I buy one? That's up to you, champ. I'm not your real dad"
cool cool cool....
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#3"Should I buy one? That's up to you, champ. I'm not your real dad" cool cool cool....
Sorry son, I didn't mean for you to find out this way. Xoxoxo
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#4Impressive for a 16GBP watch !
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#5> The watch is simply missing the two 5.1k resistors connecting the CC1 and CC2 pins of the USB-C connector to ground that are required to indicate to whatever is plugged in that it wants 5v power.
This is so annoying. Back when USB-C was less prevalent, I bought a pair of wireless earbuds over another for the same reason as the title - because it used USB-C. But then I cannot charge it with my macbook, unless I add a USB-C to USB-A adapter.
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#6Can it run doo...
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#7It's always good to remember that battery life in sports watches (aren't they smart?) can last a whole week, and some models even have complementary solar charging.
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#8> The watch is simply missing the two 5.1k resistors connecting the CC1 and CC2 pins of the USB-C connector to ground that are required to indicate to whatever is plugged in that it wants 5v power. This is so annoying. Back when USB-C was less prevalent, I bought a pair of wireless earbuds over another for the same reason as the title - because it used USB-C. But then I cannot charge it with my macbook, unless I add…
This problem seems prevalent on cheaper devices. When I buy a device and discover it has this problem I always return it. I've seen it on the Hypervolt Go 2 (which I returned and replaced with a Theragun Mini) and on the Hitachi Magic Wand Micro (which I replaced with a Dame Dip).
Like the post mentions, I think this happens because the devices are missing two resistors that are needed to indicate, when connected via a USB-C to USB-C cable to a charging brick, that the device wants 5V power. Resistors are cheap and I think the only reason they get dropped is carelessness.
The whole point of USB-C is that you can charge any device with any power supply.
Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
#9It's always good to remember that battery life in sports watches (aren't they smart?) can last a whole week, and some models even have complementary solar charging.
You can also use a "dumb" watch that has 10 years battery life.
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#10Wow! “built in torch” immediately puts this one ahead of all other competition I’ve seen so far. Not even kidding.