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Pebble or SonySmartwatch

I am thinking about getting a smart watch which one is best.
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It depends what you're after, personally I chose the pebble for battery life, permanently on screen and amount of apps for it, 3 weeks in and no regrets.
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Is the pebble waterproof?
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yes, waterproof
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Write down what you think it's mandatory for the way you would use a smartwatch, what you would like to have it and what you absolutely don't want on a smartwatch. After that maybe we can give you good advice.
I chose Pebble for battery time, readability, always on, good price, looks (as a woman I find most smartwatches too bulky), apps. After a few days I'm totally happy with it. But if you think speaker, microphone and camera are very important in a smartwatch or you hate black and white screen then you'll have to choose another watch. Also keep in mind that Pebble is a young company with some startup-issues like slow support, underdeveloped sdk etc. If you're an impatient person, think twice before ordering a Pebble
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I would like long battery life weather, read text messages, vibration, I would also prefer color screen, and be able to download different apps, and it should be water proof
PS it doesn't have to be pebble or sony
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Pebble for me. I got the SW2 free with my Z1 and I think I'm going to sell it before I even open it.
Waterproof, always on screen, customisable notifications and watch faces, plus much better battery life - the Pebble is better, for my needs.
But, hey, I am not suggesting someone someone else wouldn't love the Smart Watch because of the additional functionality and colour screen. I just know I barely used my LiveView.

I like the pebble for what everyone else likes: eReader screen (best screen for outdoor use), water-resistance (once again great for outdoor use), always on screen (i don't want to push a button to see my watch), long battery life (about a week).
I don't need my watch replace my phone.. I like seeing who's calling, texting, emailing, or seeing voicemail msg's without pulling my phone out of my pocket everytime it rings, beeps, or vibrates.
I love the Pebble Bike app.. it's basically a bike computer on your wrist (which uses your smartphone as the computer and GPS).
The Pebble is perfect for my needs and life style.
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Would pebble be compatible with a droidx running android 4.0
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Muledog17 said:
Would pebble be compatible with a droidx running android 4.0
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Yes (in fact all androids with 2.3 and above and working bluetooth), but you might want to use apps like Pebble Notifier to get it to do exactly what you want.
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I am going to jump in here because I used a Pebble for six months and have gotten an SW2 to give it a try. First asking this question in a Pebble forum is bound to get you Pebble-centric responses so I hope you have also asked it in other Smartwatch forums as well.
Battery Life:
Pebble is the clear winner with routinely >7days and sometimes as much as 10 days as long as you don't use a watch with a seconds display which in my calculation uses 20% of the power. The SW2 is >1day so far but I have not stressed it.
Screen:
This is personal preference but the SW2's color screen is really nice and it's black and white standby mode is essentially always on and visible in direct sunllight even easier than the Pebble's.
Waterproofiness:
Pebble is better here as people have reported swimming with it on without ill effect. The SW2 is just splash proof (which is better than its predecessor).
Charging:
Both take about the same amount of time to charge to fill but the SW2 uses a standard micro-usb cable so it is likely you will have plenty of those around. The Pebble uses a proprietary cable so you either need to stock up on extras or plan your charging according to where the cable is.
Watchfaces
The clear winner is Pebble with open platform for creating watchfaces there is a huge selection and someone has even created a website interface to create your own masterpiece. The basic SW2 watchfaces are in the firmware, there are watchface apps but they use more battery.
Apps
The SW2 has a slight advantage here as it's apps are more mature and easier to navigate, However, with Pebble's open approach to app development they are not too far behind. There is at least one app (augmented smartwatch) that gives extra functionality to both the Pebble and SW2. There are other functionality increasing apps for both platforms.
Appearance and build quality
Again, personal preference but I prefer the SW2 as it is metal and the watch pins are placed more like a traditional watch instead of exactly even with the bottom of the body as on the Pebble.
At this point I am leaning towards the SW2 for the screen and marginally better apps for what I want to do (phone call handling, music start & stop, text & calendar notifications, and a quick check on the weather). However, the short battery life may make me go back to the Pebble.
Hope that is helpful,
Fred

The battery on the sw2 last more than a day and it is fully waterproof

I have a question: how does pebble affect the battery life of the phone since bluetooth is always on?
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Cheetah1024 said:
I have a question: how does pebble affect the battery life of the phone since bluetooth is always on?
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Depends on your phone (radio/rom) and amount of data being transferred ofcourse, but I think the guide is about 5-10%

Oh, ok, thats not too bad...
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It takes about 5% as far as i calculated. Too hard to figure out...
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Pebble Watch on Android Review.
Get Pebble + Tasker = Make Life Easier.))

'Made for ipod/iphone' but only 'works with android', not with ipod/iphone

You might want to check the Kreyos Meteor, it's a slightly different approach but a similar concept of a basic smartwatch (monochrome, good battery life...) with some extra features (mic/loudspeaker to answer phone calls, for instance).
Not yet available, though, and the design is more "sport" (read "bulky and rubbery") than the rather classical design of the Pebble.
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If you think maybe you should have gotten a Pebble....

Go here to see some of the watch faces and you will know you made the right decision!
http://www.mypebblefaces.com/?appType=0&generated=1&date=desc
I have a Pebble and like it too, but there is no contest.

Black and white only, holly pos crappy pebble.
Love my Gear even more now after that.
Ian B

Mr Ian B said:
Black and white only, holly pos crappy pebble.
Love my Gear even more now after that.
Ian B
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crappy pebble? pebble was released long time ago, and easily lasts a week on it's battery due to e-ink display. comparing gear and pebble when it comes to watch faces is ridiculous, and i still think that gear faces are awful. this is a 300$ device for god's sake! should be easily customizable out of the box.

I've got all 3 Sony watches and a pebble and even tho the gear has a few teething problems it is bar far a more superior piece of hardware the screen amazes me how soft and responsive it is and every day here on xda the device is coming on leaps and bounds we cannot be to hard on Samsung they have given us a great watch it just needs more work to unlock is full potential. A custom Recovery is what is needed at present so if you are friendly with any developers that know a thing about recovery have a word with them
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I have a Pebble and like it much, but I haven't charged it up since I got my Gear. A lot more functionality and COLOR. It's a 1.0 product but has come along in the just the last month. Root, Nova launcher, widgets. etc. My battery hasn't gone dead since I turn off the wrist montion. Get 2-3 days, justa little less than my pebble.
I'll get a Google watch and a HOT one via kickstarter. I'm looking for the best and so far the Gear is it. Soon we will have TWRP. custom ROMS, etc. Don't see any of that coming to the Pebble soon.

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I have a Pebble and like it much, but I haven't charged it up since I got my Gear. A lot more functionality and COLOR. It's a 1.0 product but has come along in the just the last month. Root, Nova launcher, widgets. etc. My battery hasn't gone dead since I turn off the wrist montion. Get 2-3 days, justa little less than my pebble.
I'll get a Google watch and a HOT one via kickstarter. I'm looking for the best and so far the Gear is it. Soon we will have TWRP. custom ROMS, etc. Don't see any of that coming to the Pebble soon.
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This! (my pebble hasn't been touched either since the gear)

Is there a way to use this without Touchwiz? If not, pebble or SSW2 would be the obvious choice then?

Oilersfan said:
Is there a way to use this without Touchwiz?
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It's easy enough to use Nova Launcher instead of TW.

Oilersfan said:
Is there a way to use this without Touchwiz? If not, pebble or SSW2 would be the obvious choice then?
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You can side load nova launcher to the device through using adb commands on your computer

Unless you dont have electricity, have to tell time often and want a watch with no colored then by all means get a pebble. Who needs a watch on 24-7 anyways??? If you want something with color, can totally customize, play games and more then u will like the gear. Samsung kept it simple for quick access and simplicity. Mine will go approx 3 days on a single charge and will fully charge in little to no time. The gear is capable of so much more which these guys from XDA has proved. I'm waiting as to when we can push or watch a movie off this lil sucker! Haha
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I've not used my pebble since getting the gear. Have ordered a Nexus 5 though and if I decide to keep that, my s4 and gear will go and I'll be left with pebble
Gear looks better, colour screen, battery life is acceptable, touch, microphone, speaker, android based. It has so much going for it
No sdk though and pebble has tasker support which is a big bonus

Pebble just never appealed to me at all. I like the idea of it, but hate the design of it and the black and white screen. If you could get the Gear for 30% off, it was really a no-brainer

Would you still get the Gear?

as the title says, would you buy again a gear today? or in the end it was an awful choice?

It would be an awful choice if I couldn't use Null ROM. But then on the other hand, all other smart watches currently released have way too limited functionality for what I would like SW to do.
So, stock Gear? Give me my money back.
Null ROM? I keep my gear.

Jerry69 said:
as the title says, would you buy again a gear today? or in the end it was an awful choice?
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GEAR = Worst + Expensive + To be not called a Gadget....

Yes. Although I did return my Galaxy Gear after Christmas to wait for the Gear 2. I'll be buying the Gear 2 over the Galaxy Gear. I think the watch is handy, especially when the Note 3 is in my pocket. I'm not looking for a toy or something to replace my Note 3, so I am satisfied with stock.

I would think this question would be better asked in the Gear General section but,
Yes, stock it is expensive crap. Null makes it amazing!
The bottom line is buy old Galaxy Gear for cheap or buy new Gear 2.... and that really depends on your $$$ and if Tizen is as unrestrictive as they are claiming it will be. So either way your good but rooting it is a must, and getting Null on it is key.

I sure would get it again!

I love my gear with null rom as it sits today. If I were in the market to buy a smart watch I would just wait til the NeptunePine is released.
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hurdlejade said:
It would be an awful choice if I couldn't use Null ROM. But then on the other hand, all other smart watches currently released have way too limited functionality for what I would like SW to do.
So, stock Gear? Give me my money back.
Null ROM? I keep my gear.
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I agree! If the gg 2 is at the right price I may purchase, but the asking price for the gg was too much. I luckily picked mine up for half the price from a mate that got it free with his note 3.
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AndiF85 said:
I agree! If the gg 2 is at the right price I may purchase, but the asking price for the gg was too much. I luckily picked mine up for half the price from a mate that got it free with his note 3.
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This.

I own the Sony smartwatch 2. It is quite good with the stock. I just purchased the gear 1 at a bargain price in France to test it (60€!) And will root and install null ROM as a start.
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I would buy it again. Cause it's even cheaper ^^ i have the hope that it will be possible to bring Samsungs Ultrapowersaving mode onto the gear. This is the only concearn i have about it...Batterydrain. Currently it runs on 2 cores 400mHz-1100mHz...still laggy sometimes...which annoyes cause of the clock syncing...
But i like this little thing...
GG2 is a no go with Tizen as long as i am not sure about the possibilities...

No.
In the previous year I had the Sony Smartwatch. After 2 weeks of continuous use, and serious effort to make the best of it, I stopped using it. I was disappointed mostly with the dim display which made it hard to use outside.
Last fall I got the Galaxy Gear, just weeks after it was available. Again, I made a concerted effort to use it and make the most of its functionality. But after a few weeks, again I stopped using it. My disappointment was:
MAJOR FAILINGS
- Bluetooth connection often fails when running outside (wanting to track performance on Runtastic app).
- Buggy (notification of missed calls)
POOR DESIGN
- Not adequately weather proof.
- Short battery life.
- Noisy when taking camera photo.
POOR FUTURE
- Very few third party apps. Evidence of now future apps being developed.
- Don't like that third party apps often use lots of resources on Note-3 phone.
I won't upgrade to the Galaxy Gear 2 either - since I have lots confidence in this type of device (smart watch).

Skeleton said:
POOR DESIGN
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Curios to me that so many people does not like the design i like it. But Gear 2 is better. Except for the removed lock key and the removed screws...
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- Noisy when taking camera photo.
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Nope not with Null rom. Photo taking is quiet.
Blame the government fot the sound.
Skeleton said:
POOR FUTURE
- Very few third party apps. Evidence of now future apps being developed.
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But other smartwatches use android. Devs developing apps for them? or not? In future Smartwatches will a normal thing. if the android smartwatch itself grows. The Galaxy Gear with android grows too...
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I won't upgrade to the Galaxy Gear 2 either - since I have lots confidence in this type of device (smart watch).
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I hope Tizen fails and they will bring back an Android Gear with the Note 4...Tizen makes this a nogo for me. Because of the compatibility to android...for the moment...

Bell Canada drops price of Galaxy Gear Smartwatch to $99 (Clearance)
'Nuff said!
Be Well,
DrNicket

Taizen will and feel like Touchwiz. This way the regular consumer will not notice the engine underneath. The same will likely happen to phones down the road as samsung wants to have control of their own ecosystem. Soon many more apps will appear on the samsung app store that mimics thier android counterpart and the majority of users will not notice they are using tizen, nor will they care as long as they have the 'samsung experience'
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I think the Gear is great fun. It's not meant to be a fancy mini phone which I think too many people think it is/should be.
However, I just put Null on last night and either Iäm really missing something or I just don't get it. But. I prefer stock. It's fussy, trying to be a tiny phone which is pointless and it destroys battery. Stock up to 4 day usually 3 days and recharge at 20% or so, Null, less than 1 day, barely touched the watch, 20% after 18 hours. Rubbish! Only thing it has gained for me is the ability to see Facebook messenger (technically, as message received today didn't show) although you can't reply which kinda makes it pointless, and also Gmail, but again can't reply so kinda pointless. Unless reading around, I find something that everyone else is getting excited about Null, iäm flashing stick back. I way prefer the simple look of it too.
So for me, stock GG is great, but buy of eBay or something cause 300 is way too much

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I think the Gear is great fun. It's not meant to be a fancy mini phone which I think too many people think it is/should be.
However, I just put Null on last night and either Iäm really missing something or I just don't get it. But. I prefer stock. It's fussy, trying to be a tiny phone which is pointless and it destroys battery. Stock up to 4 day usually 3 days and recharge at 20% or so, Null, less than 1 day, barely touched the watch, 20% after 18 hours. Rubbish! Only thing it has gained for me is the ability to see Facebook messenger (technically, as message received today didn't show) although you can't reply which kinda makes it pointless, and also Gmail, but again can't reply so kinda pointless. Unless reading around, I find something that everyone else is getting excited about Null, iäm flashing stick back. I way prefer the simple look of it too.
So for me, stock GG is great, but buy of eBay or something cause 300 is way too much
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I think you are missing the whole point of null ROM...do a little of homework
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Just picked up a GG for £125 in o2, so far quite impressed, not blown away, but by the time I can upgrade (Galaxy note 4,5?), hopefully the third iteration will be kicking about, it's brilliant as a media remote (as beats don't allow for volume up /down etc. ) feedly is fun to.
All in all, yes I think I would by another iteration of the GG.
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Gear 2 Neo or Sony Smartwatch 2?

I'm debating between the Samsung Gear 2 Neo and the Sony Smartwatch 2. The Sony is only $140 on Amazon right now and it appears to most of the features I would actually use. The one big concern about the Sony is that it doesn't have the IR blaster, so the remote is out (but meh, I've got my S5 set up with my TV, so no big deal). My big concern with the Samsung is that when I get ready to upgrade my phone under T-Mobile's Jump, who knows if I'll get another Samsung (who am I kidding, I'll probably get another Samsung, but just in case I didn't...).
I'm having trouble finding a good comparison of the two that would sway me one way or the other. It would be nice to save the $60 on the Sony, but at the same time I really like the Neo look over the Sony. Any thoughts? I don't care that the Sony lacks voice commands. I'd probably never use it, and obviously I don't care about the camera or else I wouldn't be considering the Neo.
Thanks!

It's too bad you couldn't jump in on the AT&T deal when it was 25% off with two other accessories. Saving $50 would have swayed you instantly. I am 100% glad I purchased this, as it provides exactly all of the functionality I need it to...
Vibrating alarm so I don't wake up my wife on her days off.
Notification and full text of SMS
Notification and full text of work Emails
Notification and full text of Appointments from my work calendar
Notifications are with just enough vibration so those around me don't know it went off
Don't show notifications until I look at the watch
Customizable watch faces depending on my mood for that day
Won't be overly susceptible to dings/scratches - it's got Gorilla Glass 3!
It also adds some things I didn't need, but use nonetheless
Pedometer (wish the pedometer allowed you to enter your stride length instead of estimating off height)
Heart rate monitor (a little wonky sometimes)
Exercise tracking
Tracks my sleep (when I remember to turn it on...or sometimes OFF...lol)
Backup Remote w/ the IR Blaster (need a way to add a Roku so I don't need either remote)
I can answer the phone and talk if I'm busy
I can reply to text messages with canned quick text responses
I can skip tracks and pause Pandora with my phone charging in the other room
If I had to pick a couple negatives...
Battery power is okay. I have to charge it every other day or at least top it off every day.
It would be nice if I felt more comfortable showering with it. Some people say it's possible and they have had no issues. I would rather not at this point.
All I know is I love it and I'll be using it for a while. I also have 3 coworkers who have Pebbles and they've all commented on how great it looks/acts. One of them is waiting for the LG G Watch to drop. I'll probably wait for the second gen of Android Wear before committing.
Best of luck to you in figuring out what it is you want/need. ;-]
EDIT: Just thought of a more significant con...
If you spend time at a desk typing, you may end up scuffing the clasp against the desk. This will cause wear on that clasp as well as metal transfer to the desk itself. It wipes off fairly easily, but the wear is very evident on the watch.

I purchased the Sony SW2 to save money and had regretted it the whole time. Some of what I am about to say can be fixed with some modifications (Sony SW2) and apps but not out of the box. Not being able to raise my arm to active the watch was a negative. Not being able to take a simple phone call was a negative. The positive at the time was being able to change watch bands that is solved with the Gear 2 and Neo being able to change bands. The health monitoring of the Gear is nice as well.
The negative for Gear 2/neo is the limited app market. Since changing to Tizen not a lot of apps out there.
I am 100% happier with the Gear 2 Neo than I was with the Sony. For what that is worth.

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The negative for Gear 2/neo is the limited app market. Since changing to Tizen not a lot of apps out there.
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+1!!!

I also looked at the Sony before buying the Gear 2 (AT&T deal)...
What I did not like about the Sony is that besides watch functionality it only seems to be able to push notifications. If indeed true, the Gear 2 has much more potential to be used offline (running apps locally on the watch), once they are available of course...
The screen looks better on the Gear, but I like the Sony to be reflective (always on). Not sure if it suffers from the same issues as Pebble, such as the fact that with polarizing glasses you cannot see anything on it....
Also, I think the Gear 2 looks better overall, but that is just my personal opinion of course....
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I'm also debating between two of them right now. Seems like if I choose to save some money I should buy SW2, but I can also buy a used Neo so.
Because I was collecting information only about sony's watch, I'd like to ask a couple of questions to the Neo's owners.
1. Can I make (root,rom, hack,etc) the Gear 2 Neo to work with sony xperia z1c? And will all the functionality remain(for example, if sw2 is connected to a phone rather than sony, you cannot answer calls) if connected to sony instead of samsung. This is the main question.
2. Is the screen always on, like on sony sw2, so I can check the time.
3. Can it control the music being played on a phone, or is there an app for that.
4. Can it answer phone calls
5. How long does the battery last
I'm even thinking not to buy any smartwatches at all, because all of them seem imperfect. What I really would like is SW2's functionality in a better screen from samsung. On the other hand, I don't want to spend money on useless(for me) features like IR blaster or pedometer, or even heart rate sensor. I just need a smartwatch to control music on the phone, check notifications, and to answer calls with a headphones on. and maybe an alarm, if its really so useful. Maybe those are not the watches i'm looking for, so sorry for the off-topic.
Thank you in advance.

necr0manser said:
1. Can I make (root,rom, hack,etc) the Gear 2 Neo to work with sony xperia z1c? And will all the functionality remain(for example, if sw2 is connected to a phone rather than sony, you cannot answer calls) if connected to sony instead of samsung. This is the main question
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I have no experience on anything other than a Galaxy phone with this watch, but I do know there are some threads out there about getting the Gear 2 working on other phones. You may have to do some investigation.
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2. Is the screen always on, like on sony sw2, so I can check the time.
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No, but you can set it to turn on when you look at the phone (as well as determine whether you want it to display the clock or the last screen you had up)
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3. Can it control the music being played on a phone, or is there an app for that.
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There is a music player app for playing files on the watch itself. There is also a Media Controller app to control media players on your phone. Both of these are on the device out of the box.[/quote]
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4. Can it answer phone calls
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Yes. it actually works really well. The person I tested it with said they couldn't tell it was anything other than a phone.
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5. How long does the battery last
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This answer really depends on settings and what you have sent in terms of notifications. I get about 2½ days out of mine, but I typically charge it in the evenings when I'm on the PC and again in the mornings while I shower.

Gear live Versus gear2 neo

I just bought a neo 2 yesterday. My reasoning was
- 4 day battery. I have been using neo2 constantly since yesterday, and the battery only dropped 30%. Wow.
1 day battery will not work for me... I go a lot out on weekends and dont want to carry a charger (non-micro usb) with me. I know i will forget and then 1daybattey watch will be a bracelet.
- speaker phone is good.. like how I can quickly take a call, rather than run to find where did I leave my phone in the house.
- fleksy makes it easy to send messages.
- I can choose notifications I like to see on watch. For now I picked up whatsapp, messanger, skpye, hangouts, calls.
- I dont use google now... dont even have it enabled.
- I like the IR port to use for my TV and air conditioner.
So that all is good... I feel like this is a really useful device. BUT...
I feel concerned that this only works with samsung phones.
Android wear may get better that this is due time. Battey usage may improve...
Basically neo2 is miles ahead of android wear today, but android wear will get better in time...
I still have 2 week return window... so just wanted to get opinions of everyone else in the same boat. What did u choose and why?
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My wife read the post and her feedback was that my qn did now emerge out clearly.
So,
1) can android wear work without google now? Like reply back to sms, call notifications etc.
2) do u all forsee battery getting better to like 3 days with firmware updates on android wear?
Neo 2 has same size battery and works 4 days with more functionality... so I hope it gets better on wear platform.
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I just bought a neo 2 yesterday. My reasoning was
- 4 day battery. I have been using neo2 constantly since yesterday, and the battery only dropped 30%. Wow.
1 day battery will not work for me... I go a lot out on weekends and dont want to carry a charger (non-micro usb) with me. I know i will forget and then 1daybattey watch will be a bracelet.
- speaker phone is good.. like how I can quickly take a call, rather than run to find where did I leave my phone in the house.
- fleksy makes it easy to send messages.
- I can choose notifications I like to see on watch. For now I picked up whatsapp, messanger, skpye, hangouts, calls.
- I dont use google now... dont even have it enabled.
- I like the IR port to use for my TV and air conditioner.
So that all is good... I feel like this is a really useful device. BUT...
I feel concerned that this only works with samsung phones.
Android wear may get better that this is due time. Battey usage may improve...
Basically neo2 is miles ahead of android wear today, but android wear will get better in time...
I still have 2 week return window... so just wanted to get opinions of everyone else in the same boat. What did u choose and why?
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The only reason I got the live is because I decided to forego Samsung phones altogether. I got the LG g3 and love it. So I had to get rid of my gear 2 and get the gear live. Quite a step back for all the reasons you've mentioned. But hey, what can you do? Lol.

Actually gear neo 2 can work on non samsung phones as well... u just need gear manager apk on the other phone
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On my Gear Live, I get 2 days battery with the screen always on. More if I turn the screen off. It has improved with each firmware update. The main reason to get one - support from third party apps such as runtastic, and the hundreds of watch faces that have become available in such a short space of time. Things are accelerating very quickly!
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Gear Live and NEO have the same processor, battery and screen.
The difference is you can not always have the screen on, I always want the screen on.
If I am willing to use gestures to wake the watch I would notice no difference.
Yes you can pair the device to non-Samsung devices but you do not get 100% functionality.
Also Tizen, no thanks.

I had a gear one that was given to me. It was way too much a pain in the ass to get it to work with my nexus 4. Plus all the features you don't get. I'm happy with the gear live although it should have the functionality of being able to talk on the phone through it would have been perfect

In all honesty they both have good and bad points
The issue of battery is not a problem for me as I always have to charge the phone overnight so charging the watch is now second nature.
The biggest issue with the gear 2 is the notifications there just is not enough of the message on the screen when it alerts
For me the idea of a smartwatch is to see what's incoming and then I can decide if I need to look at the phone or not and with the gear live (and the original gear using an app caked swapplink ) I can do that, but I can't on the gear 2 which for me seems a waste of time having one.
As regards to apps the live has more apps available now and is growing day by day whereas the gear 2 has gone stagnant.
I have a galaxy gear running null rom , a gear 2 and a gear live and for me I have only used the gear live for a while and I've not missed the others, apart from making a call with the watch but I always felt a bit of idiot when I did hehe

machmandp said:
In all honesty they both have good and bad points
apart from making a call with the watch but I always felt a bit of idiot when I did hehe
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smrsxn said:
Actually gear neo 2 can work on non samsung phones as well... u just need gear manager apk on the other phone
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Yeah it does connect and there are ways to get gear manager on your phone I know. Been there done that. the problem is that in the end the phone sees your watch as a bluetooth headset and when you pick up a call it gets diverted to your watch and you have to divert it back to your phone. You can't have a bluetooth headset and your watch connected at the same time, the pictures you take with your watch don't get transferred to your phone,the weather watch face doesn't work just to name a few things functionality wise. Trust me the calls getting diverted to your watch thing, it gets old fast. I'm sure there must be some kind of tasker workaround but I ain't got that kind of time on my hands.

After playing a whole day with a friends gear live, I decided to stick with gear 2 neo.
Being able to answer calls with my watch when at home, sms discreetly with fleksy when in a meeting, reject calls from watch when in a meeting, and a 4day battey life are more important use cases for me.
I do not use google now anyways... besides I get all app notifications on gear2 neo as well.
Very happy so far... but I am not married to this tizen platform... when android wear matures, i'll be back...
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