Hi all,
Here is a video of me unboxing the Moto 360 and the Sony Smartwatch 3 which I received on the same day. http://youtu.be/0zLxA8hDQjA
I brought the two of them expecting there to be a clear winner for me (and sell the other). There was not and there still isn't. I prefer the backlit LCD screen of the 360, better blacks and viewing angles ect. But the Sony looks alot less conspicuous on my wrist. As I have dainty wrist this is a big issue for me. I love the wireless charger of the Moto and seeing as I have 4 other QI chargers at home, work and in the car I am not worried about running out of juice. I also like the Micro USB charging of the Sony as they can be found anywhere in the world, but it is a bit more fiddly to charge instead of just 'plonking' the watch down to charge.
The Sony has GPS and NFC built in as well as WIFI according to the white paper from Sony, although there is no use for it yet but I am sure there will be in the future. Although the Sony does not have a heart rate monitor. But my Samsung S5 does.
Long story short, I am keeping both. I will use the Sony for general day to day work but wear the Moto if going out. I will be changing the strap of the Moto as I hate the type of strap that comes with it. I will be fitting a stainless steel strap which will hopefully add a bit of weight as I found that both watches are allot lighter than I was expecting and prefer.
Any questions please feel free to ask.
I am interested in a direct comparison from a dedicated fitness device vs moto 360 with fitness apps. Can or will it ever compare? 360 has a heart rate monitor, add a killer app and can it compete with Basis peak? or Fitbit Charge HR?
Any thoughts is appreciated!
riz
Well I have a fitbit flex and the 360 but I guess the 360 would hold up well except I wouldn't want to have a leather strap or metal that would get sweat on it...besides my step count is almost significantly lower on the moto 360 compared to my flex...just my 2¢
Just got the Huawei watch. It is certainly very very nice. Having a full circle and no flat tire is great. A couple of things though. With the Huawei watch when I turn my wrist it takes 2-3 times of flicking my wrist before it turns on, not sure why that is. The Moto watch pretty much turns on every time without fail. Second the leather band on the Huawei watch is IMO too fancy compared to the Moto 360. The Huawei watch is something it seems you would wear with a suit and tie, where as the Moto can be wore with shorts or jeans and a t-shirt. The moto 360 also gets much brighter. On the Huawei watch I have to set it to 5 brightness and on the Moto at the same brightness its like 3. The leather band is very very stiff on the Huawei watch. I hope Huawei comes out with like a sport leather band like on the Moto 360 I would change to that in a second. And also wear as the Moto 360 has an APP in the play store to check your watch for stuff Huawei has nothing. If the Moto 360 didn't have that dumb flat tire for me anyone I would get the Moto 360 over the Huawei watch. But Because of the flat tire I will probably keep the Huawei watch.
The flat tire gets you auto brightness tho, right? Don't u think that's worth it? Got my Huawei yesterday and already its starting to irritate me having to manually adjust the brightness, also as the menu is not one click away or can it be adjusted for easy access somehow? Agree on the band but I guess that will get more comfortable in a couple of days.
Here's something to try...
Create an all black watch face...no hands, text or anything...just black. Now go in a dark closet with all the lights turned off and see what color your screen is.
Bet its not black...
Because of this and my fear of Huawei's likely lack of response to this and the potential for long term shortened pixel life, I've gone to the Moto 360 2015.
Yes I read the screen issues here on the forums as well. I tried that, and in ambient mode my screen is pitch black and off 100%. It's only when I wake the screen to normal mode and the brightness is set to 100% that i can see a bit of a tint and glow. That shouldn't happen I know but in ambient mode it's off which is 95% of the time so I'm not worried about that.
I do love the amoled blacks tho, if the Moto had amoled it would have been my first choice as well. I'm still in doubt if I'll keep the Huawei, it's just a lot of money for something not perfect.
TX-Brad said:
Here's something to try...
Create an all black watch face...no hands, text or anything...just black. Now go in a dark closet with all the lights turned off and see what color your screen is.
Bet its not black...
Because of this and my fear of Huawei's likely lack of response to this and the potential for long term shortened pixel life, I've gone to the Moto 360 2015.
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I get to my menu with a swipe left on the watch face. Easy enough for me.
I'm currently using the G Watch R and as far as this watch is concerned, I would not want a flat tyre + ambient sensor. Setting to a constant 4 gives me enough brightness and batt life. I can go up to 6 and I'll still be comfortable with the batt life. Just not sure how Huawei watch compares to this though. Main reason to look at other watches is to get a non-plated finish (s.steel) so that color won't peel off upon being scratched.
GwatchR is durable.. but erm I'm used to G-shocks and accidents do happen. And then there's a Urbane...
redeuxx said:
I get to my menu with a swipe left on the watch face. Easy enough for me.
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Well, I did it the way you said. Changed the face it into black with Pujie Black and went into a dark room. It's not red to me, but deep black .
Just got a Huawei watch to replace my Moto 360 first gen as well. Have you noticed that you have to speak louder, much much louder to use voice commands. I tested the volume and the Moto 360 works at 50db while it takes 70-75db for the Huawei watch. Which is just ridiculous I have to yell at my watch now and it drives me crazy. I can't use a watch like this. Also the haptic motor is so weak I rarely ever feel it, I hear it more than I feel it. Can't believe I wanna go running back to my Moto 360 after trying this watch for 2 days. These issues are much worse than a flat tire.
he Motorola moto 360 one of the most popular Android wear smartwatches on the market.The design of this watch is similar to regular watch. It suffers from poor battery life, just like other early smartwatches.Now about a year later, its has arrived not in one size.It is available in two sizes and three unique styles Moto 360, Moto 360 for Women and Moto 360 Sport.The new Moto 360 screen has a higher pixel density than last year’s version.The men’s wear 46mm watch measures in at 1.56 inches, with a resolution of 360 x 330 and 233 pixels per inch.while the Women’s wear 42mm watch has a 1.37-inch display with a resolution of 360 x 325 and 263 pixels.
You can wear it with a suit, or with a T-shirt.This watch is also compatible with IOS but IOs have a limited compatibility.The first Moto was a bit slow and have some performance issues but the newer Moto 360 is faster from the old version. The biggest change in the processor. It’s now a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chip with 1.2GHz quad-core CPU also has an Adreno 305 450MHz GPU.These advancements make for a quicker and sensible Moto 360, but it comes with the same 512MB of RAM, 4GB of interior memory and a IP67 water proof level, which grants for one meter submergence for 30 minutes.The operating system is Android Wear and runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.It can be update to the recently release Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
Hi there,
I just got my Moto Z2 Play and as I'm still in the transition from my previous Moto X (1st gen), I noticed the difference of contrast between the 2 devices while neither has a screen protection.
The Z2 Play seems to have shallower darks on my Instagram.
- Moto X: HD Super AMOLED @ 316PPI & RGB S-Stripe
- Moto Z2 Play (assuming it's the same screen as Moto Z Play): Full HD Super AMOLED @ 401PPI & RGBG PenTile
Do you think this could come from the matrix family or maybe different color profile in the OS? Moto X is 5.1 while Z2 Play is 7.1.1.
Do you guys have a process to compare efficiently the colors accuracy/contrasts? My Moto X seems to have deeper blacks and I like it this way.
Thanks!