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[WANNA BUY] GPS tracking question?!

Hello boys and girls
I would like to buy this smartwatch, but I am on half way between Moto 360 and SW3.
This thing can decide, so I have really important question:
as I am playing soccer/football a lot (outside) I would like to track my distance and top/average speed and things like that. Is that possible with this piece of tech?
Thanks

Yes the SW3 will let you track your distance, tune, etc since the watch has built in GPS. The measurements you record would likely be determined by the app you use.
One caveat is the potential GPS errors people have gotten (including myself) once they start to sweat. There's something about moisture on the back of the watch that can cause the GPS to go haywire. I have alleviated the problem by wearing the watch over a wrist sweatband while running. Check out the ghostracer app thread in original Android development under this SW3 list of forums. The app is great and there's a lot of discussion on the sweat/GPS problem.
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Thanks for replay, I don't sweat that much, only problem about that GPS is accuracy. When I am playing/running I make short fast runs 10-20 meters. If you have watch if there is chance check GPS location accuracy please. Also I am concern about refresh time of GPS location, because that's key factor to get accurate speed in "real-time".
Maybe I will try tracking with with Ghostracer and my Nexus to see how that looks like.
edit:
I find app called "Wear GPS Status" that can get data about GPS accuracy. Please check that for me

I've heard of the wear gps app but have never used it. As far as accuracy goes, in my few runs I've had with it, I'd say the watch is as accurate as my Nexus 6. Yesterday I had a 4 mile run. I intentionally ran 2 miles and turned around and took the same course 2 miles back. The distance and map tracking were both almost identical. This route had quite a bit of heavy tree coverage and I didn't lose gps. I haven't yet tested it in heavy cloud coverage.
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I would add, that AFAIK, the moto360 does not have built in gps.

I was in a similar position as you between moto 360 and Sony SW3 - I've had the SW3 for 3 days and I've gone for 2 jogs with it ( around 4.5 km each). I'm using Endomondo for tracking and Google Play Music for tunes while I jog (with a Blueant Ribbon bt for my headphones). So far I love it! The GPS tracking is really good so far - I have to turn on Endomondo on the watch for about 2 minutes to get a good GPS signal and then I start my music and GPS tracking and start jogging.
It uses about 15% battery during my jog. Also, if you do decide to buy the SW3 and think you'll eventually want the metal band (I do!!) then I would suggest getting the metal band version of the SW3 and then buying the silicon strap extra. The reason being that it's almost impossible to buy just the metal band afterwards...
I can update you with my experience after a week or so if you like.

Thanks for all info. I would like to see accuracy of GPS. I test GPS tracking on my Nexus 5 and it's impossible. Accuracy is 15 meters... It's really bad. Everything above 2 meters is bad.

Many apps change the settings on gps to be less accurate in order to save battery power. Backcountry navigator allows you to adjust the sensitivity and the refresh rate, but as of now, it does not run standalone on the watch. I have not tried ghostracer, but it may allow that too.

Ghostracer will run standalone on the watch or from the phone. It does allow setting the recording interval for time and distance. Time allows for 1 second up to a minute. (app recommends 2 seconds as default) . Distance allows intervals of 1 meter up to 100 meters (10 meters is the Rev recommend default) .
I've never changed the default recommendations and have had good results for GPS accuracy on Watch standalone mode.
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Doogee Y100 Plus Review

This Chinese company has recently introduced new smartphone called Doogee Y100 Plus.
They believe that this model can be very successful like Y100 Pro.
So let's see what this phone brings.
Comparing Y100 Plus with Y100 pro the main difference between this smartphones is the screen size.
Where the Y100 Plus has bigger screen 5.5 inch and the second difference is battery capacity where Y100 Plus has stronger battery
with capacity of 3000 mAh. All other hardware is the same and design is more or less the same.
From what we can see it has medium strong hardware for this price range which is around $120.
Camera photo samples and other information here on my blog: Doogee Y100 Plus
I tried many different apps like games, watching HD movies and other staff. Everything was working as it should to work.
I have also tested the phone with several benchmark applications and below you can see benchmark results.
I tried also Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. All connectivity functions works good as expected but Wi-Fi has several meters weaker
range for connection. GPS works with out any help with precision of 3 m.
Hands-on & Review
Camera test
For more information please visit the official website if you want.

Do you have slow issues with GPS?

Krystyna said:
Do you have slow issues with GPS?
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No, GPS works just fine. why ?
do you have problems ?

chief_wolfinjo said:
No, GPS works just fine. why ?
do you have problems ?
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GPS can't accurate positioning.

Krystyna said:
GPS can't accurate positioning.
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with what app did you try ?

This particular phone have so much bugs that the price of 120$ is to much for it
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Poor Altimeter Accuracy

I'm using Ghostracer with my Sony Smartwatch 3 for running, cycling, and hiking.
I've found the altimeter is not accurate. During my hikes the maps show actual altitude and the SW50 shows nearly 100 ft lower altitude. I've also compared with the altimeter on my Samsung S6 and it provides results much closer to the maps.
Does anyone know how to adjust or calibrate the altimeter on the SW50? I googled this and didn't see any info

geekdaddy said:
I'm using Ghostracer with my Sony Smartwatch 3 for running, cycling, and hiking.
I've found the altimeter is not accurate. During my hikes the maps show actual altitude and the SW50 shows nearly 100 ft lower altitude. I've also compared with the altimeter on my Samsung S6 and it provides results much closer to the maps.
Does anyone know how to adjust or calibrate the altimeter on the SW50? I googled this and didn't see any info
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there is no altimeter... it uses the GPS on watch

The specs say there is one. And I use my GPS in standalone when hiking so I don't think it could estimate altitude without internet.
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With GPS the altitude can be interpolated. Requires at least 4 sats.

Xiaomi Mi Band Review

Xiaomi Mi Band
USD $24.99
Overall 9/10 :
The Xiaomi Mi Band is a fitness band that is comparable to the Fitbit Flex. The band is made by the popular Chinese company Xiaomi renowned for making affordable good quality tech and the Mi Band is no exception, It is comfortable to wear and I often forget that I am wearing it. The band is available from various sources across the internet but I chose Dx.com as they frequently have them on sale ($14 at the time of writing this) and they ship internationally free. The band is of exceptional quality the only area where it is lacking is the tracker sometimes pops out of Band when doing something that required me to more my wrists a lot (Sailing). The Band officially supports IOS and Android with the Mi fit app but there is a more locked down 3rd party app available for the windows phone.
The Band is full of features for such a low price point, as well as being your standard pedometer it track your sleep, Vibrate for alarms and can vibrate and light up when you are getting a call. A massive strong point for the band as the battery life, They say that it can go 30 days on a charge but I charged it up for an hour and a half when I brought it (32 days ago) and it’s still going with 40% remaining. Another good point of the band is that it automatically detects when you are sleeping and starts counting unlike the fitbit where the sleep tracking has to be imported manually. A useless of the band is the leds on the top, They are white only as opposed to the rgb on the previous model and don't turn on unless there is a notification and it vibrates, it would become a lot more useful if you could press the top down and get a rough idea of how many steps you have taken towards your goal as opposed to just lighting up whenever it feels like it.
Pros:
Great Battery life
Silent Alarms (Through Vibration)
Accurate sleep and step tracking (Tested with a Microsoft smart band 2, with the two bands off each other by a difference of 12 steps)
You Can get Notifications from most apps
Came with a replacement band
Cons:
Can only get notifications from 5 apps at a time and you have to have your Bluetooth on for this to happen draining phone's battery life
Device sometimes pops out of the band
Only white LEDS

Is it possible to get higher update-rate on the gps for higher accuracy?

Hi! I've done some cycling and running with the watch active 2 (high accuracy enabled) on one arm and a garmin vivoactive 4 on the other arm. The garmin is basically just as accurate as the GPS on the phone but the galaxy watch seems to have a much slower update-rate, cutting corners quite aggressively. Samsung seems to try to adjust for this in software by simply adding some extra random distance, so even if GWA2 shows a shorter distance on the map, its reporting a longer total distance than both the phone and the garmin.
Is it possible to get the watch to update the gps-position at an even higher rate? Does using another app than samsung health give a higher accuracy?