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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

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Post by progval »

vanderZwan wrote: post #38
cattown wrote: post #10

Wow! “built in torch” immediately puts this one ahead of all other competition I’ve seen so far. Not even kidding.

I think they "just" meant "set OLED screen to full brightness white" , which is the kind of app my cheap Amazfit has too. And I can say from experience that that is still really useful, because OLED screens are pretty darn bright. In the case of Amazfit (which I presume is similar here) you can set it up to turn on when long-pressing the dial, it can switch between white and red light by turning the dial, and it take…

> There's a built in LED which acts as a torch - which is only useful if you wear it on the left wrist.

Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

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Post by morsch »

themafia wrote: post #21
mancerayder wrote: post #14

As someone who loathes jewelry on myself and has no interest in the watch culture, nonetheless I have an interest in smart watches I can monitor things with. I'm turned off by big ugly blocks with childish straps.. is there anything remotely attractive?

Fossil?

You may still be able to get an old model, but they're not making smart watches anymore, unfortunately.

Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

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Post by KeplerBoy »

jonathanlydall wrote: post #34

Even includes a screen protector on a GBP16 item! Not sure what it’s like in other countries, but here in South Africa you struggle to find a smart phone cover for much less than that. If you’re at the shops of the local scumbag company with a monopoly on legally distributing Apple products, they don’t offer a cover for less than USD25. Apple Watch covers cost a bit less at only like USD15. For screen protectors typi…

Order the stuff from china instead of paying your local distributor a convenience tax.

You can have it cheap or fast.

Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

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Post by scotty79 »

mancerayder wrote: post #14

As someone who loathes jewelry on myself and has no interest in the watch culture, nonetheless I have an interest in smart watches I can monitor things with. I'm turned off by big ugly blocks with childish straps.. is there anything remotely attractive?

If you are interested in monitoring not the screen maybe a ring would be a better fit?

Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

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Post by dcreater »

dmoreno wrote: post #36

Anybody know if there is some effort for an open source firmware? It would be so cool to have a watch like that with the pinetime firmware...

Why not the software itself? https://github.com/google/pebble

Or the whole stack: https://open-smartwatch.github.io/

Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

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Post by scotty79 »

progval wrote: post #41
vanderZwan wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they "just" meant "set OLED screen to full brightness white" , which is the kind of app my cheap Amazfit has too. And I can say from experience that that is still really useful, because OLED screens are pretty darn bright. In the case of Amazfit (which I presume is similar here) you can set it up to turn on when long-pressing the dial, it can switch between white and red light by turning the dial, and it take…

> There's a built in LED which acts as a torch - which is only useful if you wear it on the left wrist.

Could be useful on the other hand if you could flip the face upside down.

Surely people who wear watches on their right wrist prefer the wheel to be on the left side and the LED is on the same side.

Re: I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C

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Post by dcreater »

mancerayder wrote: post #14

As someone who loathes jewelry on myself and has no interest in the watch culture, nonetheless I have an interest in smart watches I can monitor things with. I'm turned off by big ugly blocks with childish straps.. is there anything remotely attractive?

It sounds like fitness tracker bands or the rings would be a better fit for you
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