This article was right up my alley. I've been considering buying a cheapo smartwatch. I suppose this one couldn't be used as a mp3 player for jogging though.
I really like my Amazfit Neo. Okay, it doesn't charge with USB-C but I appreciate its "always on" display and retro aesthetic. Can't believe they don't make 'em anymore!
Is there a worthy successor or can anybody recommend a similar minimalist smartwatch that won't break the bank?
A phone for the price of a couple of pints? £16? Two pints? Very London of him to assume that’s the price of a couple of pints. Actually unreadable.
I got a cheapo Xiaomi one a few years back.
Pretty sure it just makes the heart rate up and infers it from how many steps you're doing.
When it gets wet, it randomly skips songs on Spotify.
The water thing is just a quirk of capacitive touchscreens. The same happens on the most expensive watches too, which is why there is usually a water mode that you can put the watch into. It sorta locks the touchscreen until you disable it using one of the physical buttons.
I think you need to pay extra for physical buttons.
This one sometimes has a "lockscreen" that needs a swipe up to unlock, but the rain can do that.
Interestingly it doesn't always have a lockscreen. Sometimes it just switches it on and off depending on how it feels.
the rain falling down can swipe up on the watch?
what a backwards ass world we live in
Rain comes down. Rain goes up. You can't explain that.
I’d buy a smart watch if it displayed my “Heart” stat out of 100.
Also, 16 quid is “a couple of pints” now?!
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