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Motorola - Moto 360 Smartwatch 46mm Stainless Steel - Black Leather
Motorola Moto 360 Smartwatch: Stay connected with this convenient smartwatch, which features a 1.56" LCD touch screen that displays alerts from your compatible Android device. Easily pair your device using the Bluetooth 4.0 interface.
Fantastic Features, Weak Battery
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As may be obvious from the size of the battery that is the weak point of this device. I wear it about 14 hours and it has typically 10-20% battery left. With the lower range it will go into power save mode on the way home. The upshot on this is that since it is a small battery the built in Qi charging can add 50% in a matter of 30 minutes. I purchased a no name Qi charging little hockey puck off ebay and charge it if it looks like I am going to struggle. I have noticed a increased battery usage rate when my paired phone is also having a difficult day with battery life as well. This may be caused by my usage that day but I don't have any real data to show that. There are thousands of watch faces you can add to this device including some apps that allow you to design your own as well as go through their extensive library. I bought some aftermarket watch bands but make sure that you are getting 22mm bands with the relief cut in it for the 360. I bought a leather one for mine with it and for my wife without and was able to easily cut the relief in the band to allow it to fit. I also found a metal band that looks absolutely fantastic on this watch for a much more reasonable price also online. These are definitely a first gen device but it typically stays connected without the crashes that I would have anticipated with a new device and connection to the phone so I am extremely pleased with that. Each update to the watch they roll out it adds more functionality. Soon to be enabled is wifi so that if your phone is on the same wifi network you will still get notifications to the watch when you are out of bluetooth range. I really use the voice reply on the watch for emails, social media threads and texts a great deal.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Motorola - Moto 360 Smartwatch 46mm Stainless Steel - Black Leather
Motorola Moto 360 Smartwatch: Stay connected with this convenient smartwatch, which features a 1.56" LCD touch screen that displays alerts from your compatible Android device. Easily pair your device using the Bluetooth 4.0 interface.
How long is the watch band in inches or mm? Will it fit someone with a large wrist?
I don't have the actual length measured but I bought an aftermarket 7" band that was shorter than this and didn't fit my wrist well. The stock one did however fit well on my larger wrist.
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Motorola - Moto 360 Smartwatch 46mm Stainless Steel - Black Leather
Motorola Moto 360 Smartwatch: Stay connected with this convenient smartwatch, which features a 1.56" LCD touch screen that displays alerts from your compatible Android device. Easily pair your device using the Bluetooth 4.0 interface.
Does the watch still have a lot of functions that work if I leave my house and leave my smartphone at home?
I am wondering how "tied" the watch is to my android smartphone. For example, what can I do with the watch when I don't have my smartphone nearby and paired to it via bluetooth.
It is pretty much an extension of the phone. The notifications are pushed to the watch from the phone. It works great away from the phone but only as a watch. You can set alarms and it will vibrate but it offloads most of the work to the phone to do and then that information is passed back to the watch. So in short it is really "tied" to the phone.
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Motorola - Moto 360 Smartwatch 46mm Stainless Steel - Black Leather
Motorola Moto 360 Smartwatch: Stay connected with this convenient smartwatch, which features a 1.56" LCD touch screen that displays alerts from your compatible Android device. Easily pair your device using the Bluetooth 4.0 interface.
is watch and cellphone proximity always necessary
On my regular bicycle ride of 2 hr duration can I leave the cell phone at home? Can I sync the watch and cell after coming home? Does the phone have enough memory to store heart rate data as well as GPS data ? On week ends the run could stretch to 4 hrs/100 kms. Would that be too much data?
If I could, I would rather leave the phone at home while on the bike?
If I could, I would rather leave the phone at home while on the bike?
The watch works fine without the phone but only as a watch. The notifications and information are pushed to the watch from the phone. It DOESN'T have built in GPS so you will not be able to use it for runs or biking without the phone.
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