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I have been experimenting with a few smartwatches recently, some cheap ones and also the mid-price LEMFO LES1. I purchased this Sony Smartwatch 3 as a low-cost opportunity to explore the Android Gear environment. First, the information did say it was refurbished. I took this to mean working OK but could be a bit scuffed on the outside and this is what was the case. It works fine but the strap is a bit worn and there is a small scratch on the face. Am I bothered - not particularly. Setting up the watch was a breeze. The Android gear phone app is pretty minimalist and setting up is really just a case of starting all the settings you would want - WiFI, Bluetooth etc. From then on, things just really started to happen automatically. I guess so far my main usage for the watch has be receiving notifications when I dont want to take the phone out of my pocket/bag. You get all the notifications from your phone straight to the watch instantly. On the watch you can read all of an e-mail (provided it is not too long), you can ignore the notification and remove it from the watch but not the phone or you can delete it from the phone remotely. With other notifications you can ignore them or launch the appropriate app on the phone. You can also reply to e-mails by voice recognition into the watch. Body monitoring seems to be accurate, although I have yet to complete a My Tracks event. Just a point - the Argos advert says it does heartbeat monitoring but, if that is the case, I have yet to find out how! Bluetooth connection is strong and stable (where have I heard that phrase before?) and works fine with other devices so, for example, the watch works well in conjunction with the bluetooth connection to my car's information system, although I did have to "forget" the car's connection and then re-pair it at first. But now they both work well together. So, for example, the watch displays the next instruction from Google's navigation at the same as the phone, all the while with me having voice access to my car's information system as well. The choice of watch faces is very large and you can have lots of shortcuts (I think in Android Wear-speak they are known as "complications") on your watch face. I have a "Husky" watch face that I have customised with: - Start a My Tracks event - Battery level for the watch and the phone - switch on the watch's torch - Steps taken today - Weather - Timer - Shazam (which is really fast - I was always taking so long to get my phone out that I missed the music!) - as well as a digital watch face with seconds, the date and the phase of the moon! I know battery life is an issue on smartwatches and one of the reasons I have not settled with the LEMFO LES1 is because, with all engines firing, you are lucky to get 6 hours out of a charge. With the Sony it easily goes a full 18 hour day and sometimes longer, if not much is happening. Personally, I am happy to get a full day out of phones etc and I have no problem with regularly charging things overnight. The strap is comfortable to wear and very easy to change the size fitting. All in all I am extremely happy with this watch and I have not worn any of my other watches since it arrived.Read full review
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Overall it is very good choice in good price. Very easy connection and use. Good quality of material. The only negative is that the strap's lock. The strap must be tight fasten on the wrist in order the lock to work effectively. In case the strap is loose the lock can open easily.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
It's a good nice watch with many features/apps like step count, to-do app, translate option, messaging and email prompts along reply feature via google voice assistant. Overall I am happy with the device, not forgetting to mention about android wear 2.0 update install in-compatibility with it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New