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Re: Huawei Watch

#151

Post by sfjailbird » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

sdrothrock wrote: post #133

Doesn't it bother anyone else that what's on that page (and in the video) doesn't really resemble the real thing[1]? This happened with another company -- I want to say LG -- and their renders were very optimistic views of the real thing, hiding the bezel and depth of the screen as well as falsely depicting how sharp the screen would look. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/3/8140837/huawei-watch-design...

Indeed, there's no way the screen is going to look that bright in real life, even IF they put all the battery output behind it.

And that's a big reason why smart watches will never look as good as a real watch - the screen is just a big dumb surface with some vague electronic light. Compare with intricate mechanics, colors and materials of a proper watch.

I'll still switch to a smart watch, once they nail power consumption and features (it needs to substitute a phone, including phone calls), but good looking it ain't.

Re: Huawei Watch

#152

Post by wingerlang » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 3:56 PM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #148

wingerlang wrote: post #143

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Fair enough, although I'd still imagine the arrow down goes before any of those for most people.

Most programmers, perhaps.

I'd actually pin that on most non-programmers. Arrow down is the most intuitive as far as I've seen. I've never seen anyone not "tech proficient" use anything else anyway.

Re: Huawei Watch

#153

Post by shubb » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 6:42 PM UTC

quanium1337 wrote: post #150

shubb wrote: post #87

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If all your tech might be spying on you, you should pick the one not controlled by someone with legal authority in your local area... Unless you are working with military technology, or some real 'secret sauce' company confidential tech, you are probably not interesting to PRC but fascinating to the IRS...

I think this is probably why you mentioned IRS: http://m.cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-buying-spying-equipmen... But then again, if you don't belong to one of the groups "interesting" enough to the US government, you wouldn't care if your tech is bugged? Privacy should not be a means but an end in itself. If we all "have nothing to hide", then we should all use postcards for our mail. Techs made by someone with _direc…

Also, I guess western governments have Huawei bent over even more of a barrel than say google. Huawei devices are used extensively in infrastructure. Most governments (known to include the UK and India) insist on huawei funding government labs to inspect the devices for backdoors. I guess if you already have secret inspection deals with creepy government security types, they might ask you to add a backdoor of their own as part of the certification process.

Re: Huawei Watch

#154

Post by aamar » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 8:15 PM UTC

artr wrote: post #111

aamar wrote: post #44

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"Ergonomic button placement": http://imgur.com/Ed57fhj Makes sense. Since it's just a button, not a dial, the higher placement is more convenient for the index finger.

and the higher placement makes it less convenient for a left thumb.

Good point. I see, by the way, that the parent post was talking about the dial of the watch face, but I mistakenly interpreted that as a reference to the crown/button on the side.

Re: Huawei Watch

#155

Post by liotier » Wed, Mar 04, 2015, 9:37 PM UTC

No mention of battery life in either features or specifications... I guess that most users won't find in any way troublesome that this thing barely runs for a day between charges...

Re: Huawei Watch

#156

Post by john_other » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 8:19 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #149

john_other wrote: post #145

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I similarly ended up with a Sony Z3 Compact. The ultra stamina mode is excellent. It shuts off all extraneous circuitry and you have to reboot to start up again. Meanwhile you're left with a minimalist greyscale screen with essential functions and a estimate of battery left. It's too optimistic I think but it will happily tell you there's ten days charge left on ultra stamina mode if you started with a full battery.

Me three! The camera and flashlight are disappointing (my 3 year old 4S was brighter), but aside from that I really like the Z3C. I'm not exaggerating to say I've gotten 3 days of battery life without touching Stamina Mode or Ultra Stamina Mode.

I've gotten more use out of my compact than my surface pro 2, ffrom day one. I think this little phone is more usable and certainly faster for browsing. ( opera for word wrap rules!) and I simply feel it's faster, renders faster, LTE when I have signal better than consumer FTTC !

Not having wanted a android phone particularly ... a Lumia seemed right for my use and Microsoft centric world... I didn't lose the great maps just downloaded Nokia Here , still have office and one note... And outlook. Oh and I got Opera browser which is for word wrap just indispensable.. All in all a bargain. But I really am almost using this phone for every task but design and code so I've not gotten more than a day and a half yet... Still amazing for it being picked up constantly and running about five apps simultaneously standard .. and I got it on a wicked deal bundling 20GB data so I'm in clover! I feel bad like I'm shilling especially as I forgot my older login here but it's such a neat package all I want is a sweet little repl with loads of libraries and great auto predict to play with this thing...