Smartwatch buying help

wickuma

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    Man smartwatch ekak ganna inne danata hithagena inne Huawei GT2 eka hari Samsung galaxy watch eka hari ganna dekama ekama ganan mokakda hodama?

    I had a Huawei Watch 2 eSIM version, runs on Android Wear OS. only downfall of the watch is the battery last only one and half day. every other things were great. then I switched to Huawei Watch GT2, it has huawei's own OS and has no cellular capability, and its battery last for more than week.

    I am sure you already have done your home work regarding those mentioned watches. my advice is to check the available functionalities suites your requirements because they are both based on their own OS. and i can see that Samsung Galaxy Watch has only 72 hours stand by time, so probably the actual working time on battery probably less.

    I switched from Huawei watch 2 to GT2 mainly because the battery, and I don't use the watch eSIM facility in the watch to make calls.

    if you want to have eSIM facility and battery is not a concern for you, go for Samsung, otherwise GT2.

    if you have any question about GT2, feel free to ask.
     
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    dakshinasd

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    GT2 user.
    Battery life is amazing. Build quality is top notch. For me notification + call answering + health monitoring is enough.
    Huawei app is also good. Ask anything if you want to know :)
     
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    Prabasha

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    I had a Huawei Watch 2 eSIM version, runs on Android Wear OS. only downfall of the watch is the battery last only one and half day. every other things were great. then I switched to Huawei Watch GT2, it has huawei's own OS and has no cellular capability, and its battery last for more than week.

    I am sure you already have done your home work regarding those mentioned watches. my advice is to check the available functionalities suites your requirements because they are both based on their own OS. and i can see that Samsung Galaxy Watch has only 72 hours stand by time, so probably the actual working time on battery probably less.

    I switched from Huawei watch 2 to GT2 mainly because the battery, and I don't use the watch eSIM facility in the watch to make calls.

    if you want to have eSIM facility and battery is not a concern for you, go for Samsung, otherwise GT2.

    if you have any question about GT2, feel free to ask.
    Now I'm using ticwatch e for 3 years mainly using to
    1 track my progress in spin bike through Google fit
    2 Call answer during spin bike workout
    3 Music track change
    4 Music track select through Google assistant
    5 I also like the feature of AOD in that watch (using pujieblack)
    6 SMS reading function (really helpful during driving)
    7 Remote shutter for phone camera (When using with the tripod)
    Honestly I didn't like the looks and battery life of this ticwatch e
    So what's the best choice?
     
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    Now I'm using ticwatch e for 3 years mainly using to
    1 track my progress in spin bike through Google fit
    2 Call answer during spin bike workout
    3 Music track change
    4 Music track select through Google assistant
    5 I also like the feature of AOD in that watch (using pujieblack)
    6 SMS reading function (really helpful during driving)
    7 Remote shutter for phone camera (When using with the tripod)
    Honestly I didn't like the looks and battery life of this ticwatch e
    So what's the best choice?

    I have no idea about ticwatch but according to your description, I assume it runs on Wear OS
    So here's my reply regarding GT2

    1. this is supported though Huawei health app and then it can be linked to Fit to transfer data. all the google fit supported activities are already on huawei health + Stress monitor. for me Google Fit is more like a central app to share / gather fitness data with different apps whereas Huawei health / Samsung health apps has more features / sensors.
    2. already on GT2. even can go knight rider mode :ROFLMAO: I mean talk and listen to the call from watch.
    3. watch has inbuilt music player + storage, you can either store mp3 in the watch and pair a bluetooth headset and listen, or can configure it to play / control music app on the phone. I use paid JetAudio app on my phone when workout and works fine thru the watch.
    4. GA does not support by the watch because it does not run on Wear OS
    5. AOD is there and can change watch faces, have to rely on the faces provided by Huawei thru health app. but there are many good faces there (personal feeling)
    6. default. but cannot reply to the sms from watch.
    7. default.

    I choose GT2 over Huawei Watch 2 (which has an eSIM and runs on Wear OS) mainly because of the battery life. I have learned that watches that runs Apple / Google Wearable OSs typically has only one and half day battery life.

    GT2 I tested with daily wear, one hour workout with music and even after 8 days it has 13% battery remains. which is a great convenience to me.

    oh one more thing. the silver one I bought (46mm) comes with both leather and black straps. looks pretty cool :)
     
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    Prabasha

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    I have no idea about ticwatch but according to your description, I assume it runs on Wear OS
    So here's my reply regarding GT2

    1. this is supported though Huawei health app and then it can be linked to Fit to transfer data. all the google fit supported activities are already on huawei health + Stress monitor. for me Google Fit is more like a central app to share / gather fitness data with different apps whereas Huawei health / Samsung health apps has more features / sensors.
    2. already on GT2. even can go knight rider mode :ROFLMAO: I mean talk and listen to the call from watch.
    3. watch has inbuilt music player + storage, you can either store mp3 in the watch and pair a bluetooth headset and listen, or can configure it to play / control music app on the phone. I use paid JetAudio app on my phone when workout and works fine thru the watch.
    4. GA does not support by the watch because it does not run on Wear OS
    5. AOD is there and can change watch faces, have to rely on the faces provided by Huawei thru health app. but there are many good faces there (personal feeling)
    6. default. but cannot reply to the sms from watch.
    7. default.

    I choose GT2 over Huawei Watch 2 (which has an eSIM and runs on Wear OS) mainly because of the battery life. I have learned that watches that runs Apple / Google Wearable OSs typically has only one and half day battery life.

    GT2 I tested with daily wear, one hour workout with music and even after 8 days it has 13% battery remains. which is a great convenience to me.

    oh one more thing. the silver one I bought (46mm) comes with both leather and black straps. looks pretty cool :)
    Yah ticwatch e runs on Wear OS but it has a terrible battery life every day I've to charge that watch and I don't likes the looks of it
    Thanks for really good informative rep. Honestly I can live without GA if Huawei watch has other features may be in future they will add some features like sms reply?
    Two weeks back one of online site has listed this for Rs 34000 with warranty but I missed that.
    Is there anyone using Samsung Galaxy Watch? My main concern is display quality it's pixel density is 278 even my ticwatch e has a pixel density more than that 287.
     

    wickuma

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    Yah ticwatch e runs on Wear OS but it has a terrible battery life every day I've to charge that watch and I don't likes the looks of it
    Thanks for really good informative rep. Honestly I can live without GA if Huawei watch has other features may be in future they will add some features like sms reply?
    Two weeks back one of online site has listed this for Rs 34000 with warranty but I missed that.
    Is there anyone using Samsung Galaxy Watch? My main concern is display quality it's pixel density is 278 even my ticwatch e has a pixel density more than that 287.


    Yes. Singer provided 20% for GT2 and then when I bought this. you can get it from them with 0% for credit cards.
     

    Prabasha

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    bro
    is there any case when we use use bluetooth head set

    I listening music on my phone using bluetooth head set
    is it possible to change track using a band
    Yes you can connect a Bluetooth headset, you can change music track even can play specific music track in phone using Google assistant in ticwatch e
     
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    5. AOD is there and can change watch faces, have to rely on the faces provided by Huawei thru health app. but there are many good faces there (personal feeling)

    You can install custom watch faces. There is a way where you have to install specific version of Huawei health and then you can install any sort of custom watch faces.
     

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    You can install custom watch faces. There is a way where you have to install specific version of Huawei health and then you can install any sort of custom watch faces.


    Thanks for the tip. I usually found that anything other than on the Google app store usually gives trouble. so I'll stick to what they have provided, for now.
     

    Prabasha

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    Anthimata Samsung galaxy watch ekak gaththa danatanam aulak na Rs 34000 une 6 month warranty ekka
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    Huawei ekath Rs 34000 ganna puluwan
     

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    Anthimata Samsung galaxy watch ekak gaththa danatanam aulak na Rs 34000 une 6 month warranty ekka View attachment 93342
    Huawei ekath Rs 34000 ganna puluwa
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    මචන් කොහෙන්ද watch 46 එක 34ට ගත්තෙ. ඕක bulky වගේ නැද්ද මාත් 42mm එක ගන්න බැලුවෙ
    42mm podi matanam battery ekath adui
    Man gaththe daraz
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