First smart watch, I like it
This watch is pretty great. I bought it was a renewed watch since I wasn't sure how much I'd like having a smart watch, but I'm pretty happy with it. It's my first smart watch; I bought it originally to keep track of my steps/general fitness and for the obvious time function itself. For the most part, I haven't had issues with it. I've dropped it a couple of times, I've dropped something onto it and smacked it into something when swinging my arm around, but there's no obvious damage to it at all, it still functions as intended. The wristband is also holding up surprisingly well, given that I've had it for over a year from when I originally bought the watch (ordered it 5 Feb 24). My ONLY real grievance about this watch is, because I wear it on my left wrist, when I bend my hand back enough it'll trigger the buttons. During exercise, this'll pause my workout tracker; outside of exercise, it can trigger one of the trackers to start tracking something I'm not actually doing. Both are annoying, but they're minor inconveniences. Otherwise, it does what I want it to: tracks my steps, fits correctly, tracks my workouts, tells me the time. The "AI" function on it, Bixli, is kind of useless? I don't know. You have to yell at her to make her listen, and even that's a struggle. I've tried her out a couple of times and it didn't go well, so I just disabled the function. The other features are good though, and there's apps you can download if you want to really personalize your watch face. Otherwise, Samsung does have a lot of good ones to choose from in the watch itself. Oh, I've also taken this watch swimming and into the shower and it did just fine. The water might trigger a sensor to where it thinks you're trying to do something on the watch if it hits it just right, but otherwise no issues. It also has a water "remover" function that you can scroll to and it'll vibrate to shake the water out. The battery life is pretty good. I usually charge it every night or every other night, especially if I know I'm going to the gym, but general use it goes around 2-3 full days before it needs another charge. Obviously, the more you use it, the sooner it'll need to be recharged. You can just slap it onto the charger base and you're good, it doesn't take long to recharge at all. For example: right now, my watch is on standard power mode and says 88% battery left. It estimates it has 2 days, 5 hours, and 21 minutes of battery life left. It was fully charged this morning, before I put it on and went to the gym. The text function is also good, you can read texts pretty quickly and it has quick responses for you to send, or you can write something out on your watch face, but that obviously is a little more time consuming. Phone calls also go through and you can answer them on your watch, so that can be a handy function as well, but I rarely use it. It obviously has other functions/apps you can add to it, but I'm just telling you what I use and what works for me. Overall, I'm happy with this watch. I recommend it if you just want something simple for time and tracking things. Read more
