Good Quality Affordable Smart Watches?

pekitivey

Looking into buying a smart watch. The Samsung option seems to be very pricey and other options seem to be more fitness orientated. Any suggestions?

JoeCat

I have Xiaomi Amazfit, the round one, I think it's called Pace. I've had it for over a year now, it's been good for running but notifications barely work anymore and battery usually lasts 1 day. I was checking the Amazfit Startos 2 but I would imagine I would end up with the same issues.

I am also thinking of getting a different one. I was looking also into the Samsung ones but I can see that they are pricey and limited to own reduced Samsung apps (for example, despite having NFC, Samsung Pay is not supported in Ireland, so unable to use NFC for payments and Google pay can not be loaded to the Samsung watches.

Anyone knows of a good smartwatch, that has Android pay + notifications + long battery + running apps?

Any good Huwaei? Anyone using the Ticwatch Pro?

peteb2

JoeCat wrote:

Any good Huwaei? Anyone using the Ticwatch Pro?

Big thread in the android forum.

meep

I have a Fossil. Maybe not budget but it’s 2 years old, has no battery issues (can get well over 24 hours on a charge), still gets all the Android wear updates and has amazing support (they replaced a faulty one purchased in US from their uk support center after 3 months without any hassle).

The extra cash upfront bears dividends over time.

pekitivey

JoeCat wrote: »

I have Xiaomi Amazfit, the round one, I think it's called Pace. I've had it for over a year now, it's been good for running but notifications barely work anymore and battery usually lasts 1 day. I was checking the Amazfit Startos 2 but I would imagine I would end up with the same issues.

I am also thinking of getting a different one. I was looking also into the Samsung ones but I can see that they are pricey and limited to own reduced Samsung apps (for example, despite having NFC, Samsung Pay is not supported in Ireland, so unable to use NFC for payments and Google pay can not be loaded to the Samsung watches.

Anyone knows of a good smartwatch, that has Android pay + notifications + long battery + running apps?

Any good Huwaei? Anyone using the Ticwatch Pro?

Funnily enough I just bought a Xiaomi Phone and really enjoying it, I might look into those watches too. Never really thought of it.

JoeCat

I have a Xiaomi phone for the last 3 to 4 years and price wise it much better than the other brands.

MoMo2020

Huawei Band 2 looks like nice smartwatch from a good brand. Although it looks more of a fitness tracker but can be linked easily to android smartphones. You can find them for around 40 euros online (Amazon UK)