Moto 360 review
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Moto 360 review
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#2Not even a day of battery life - that's such a deal breaker for me :(
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#312 hours is the reported life, but I bet that's with constantly fiddling with it. The device's battery life is probably proportional to how often the screen is kept on and CPU fully awake.
In real world usage, after the initial geek factor expires, the device will probably last longer. I've certainly had that experience with the other Android Wear watches and Google Glass.
I'd also expect the upgrade to Android L to improve battery life.
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#4I have a Pebble and I'm quite ready to upgrade to a 360. Google Now is the secret killer feature that reviewers don't take into account — probably because they've only had the device for a day and are in plugged into Apple services instead anyway.
My two caveats are battery life and wrist straps. The early reviews suggest about 12 hrs battery life which is the bare minimum I'm willing to accept. I don't mind charging it every night for the increased functionality over my Pebble. The one disappointment is the lack of steel bands at launch. I'd prefer to get that now from Moto instead of paying extra when it's released later this fall. Despite those issues, I'm buying one today.
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#5Not even a day of battery life - that's such a deal breaker for me :(
Form over function? They made something that looks elegant without considering how people use watches. As the reviewer mentioned, you forget about it, it just becomes something you use adhoc during the day. Adhoc has to last 24+ hours.
Could they not have made it thicker just to increase the battery size and make that a selling point?
From a design point of view, you could then have made a chunky watch component that could then sit inside a chunky colourful wrist strap and housing.
I really cannot see the point in a watch with a 12 hour battery life.
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#6For me smart watches currently seem like tablets before the iPad. There's something not quite right about them but it's hard to pinpoint. I'm hoping that Apple is going to come along and fix that next week. Being their first new product category in 4 years I'm guessing than they've spent a lot longer working on it that LG/Motorola have. Of course I could be completely wrong.
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#7A colleague of mine purchased a Samsung Gear 2. I think it took about 2 days before it was discarded. He said it was awkward doing business in a display like that when the phone was in your pocket anyway. I suspect the same is true with this: it has initial appeal but lacks practicality and genuine use cases.
I myself, after owning everything from a Timex DataLink, Fossil Wrist PDA, through a TI EZ430 to an expensive Omega, settled on watch perfection: £7 Casio F-91W.
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#812 hours is the reported life, but I bet that's with constantly fiddling with it. The device's battery life is probably proportional to how often the screen is kept on and CPU fully awake. In real world usage, after the initial geek factor expires, the device will probably last longer. I've certainly had that experience with the other Android Wear watches and Google Glass. I'd also expect the upgrade to Android L to…
> The device's battery life is probably proportional to how often the screen is kept on
I would expect a smartwatch's display to always be "on", displaying a watch face.
Re: Moto 360 review
#9A colleague of mine purchased a Samsung Gear 2. I think it took about 2 days before it was discarded. He said it was awkward doing business in a display like that when the phone was in your pocket anyway. I suspect the same is true with this: it has initial appeal but lacks practicality and genuine use cases. I myself, after owning everything from a Timex DataLink, Fossil Wrist PDA, through a TI EZ430 to an expensive…
Why would you do business on your WATCH? The purpose is to propagate notification in a non-intrusive manner, not being a phone replacement.
Re: Moto 360 review
#10A colleague of mine purchased a Samsung Gear 2. I think it took about 2 days before it was discarded. He said it was awkward doing business in a display like that when the phone was in your pocket anyway. I suspect the same is true with this: it has initial appeal but lacks practicality and genuine use cases. I myself, after owning everything from a Timex DataLink, Fossil Wrist PDA, through a TI EZ430 to an expensive…
Why would you do business on your WATCH? The purpose is to propagate notification in a non-intrusive manner, not being a phone replacement.
Sorry: "doing business" means accepting calls, changing music, getting a glance at the state of things etc.
It's supposed to augment the phone but fails to do so according to him.