Some Chinese products are just better than their US counterparts.
A Huawei sports/smart watch, for example, is better in so many ways than an Apple smart watch - according to many reviews.
14 days between charges compared with between 18 and 36 hours for Apple is just one.
The only good reason to buy an Apple is if you are tied into the Apple infrastructure with an iPhone which does mean better - it just means lack of foresight by the blinkered user.
I donāt know which Huawei you have in mind, but thereās a massive difference between a smart watch, like my Samsung Galaxy or an Apple Watch and a sport watch. The Garmin Forerunner for example has 23 days of battery life.
Apple Watch is shit for many other reasons, but battery life for a smart watch isnt one of them.
The Huawei GT watches are smart watches - and sports watches combined. Not sure what your definition is though.
As a Sports watch, it has a battery life of six hours using the GPS (when new).
I had one - absolute crap when on an activity like a long run.
Samsung Galaxyās have a short battery life too.
No, they are not. The āOSā of Huawei is essentially a fitness app masked as an OS of a smart watch. Its not even close to a full fledged watch OS. I am not saying this is good or bad, just something that you should know. I also donāt like Garmin as I am long passed my prime as a fitness aficionado. The good news is that thereās a watch for everyone, you just need to decide what are the priorities. Anyway, were offtopic, but this might be worth a separate thread.
I beg to differ, I have a near indestructible Apple Watch Ultra that has several days of battery life and a cellular connection so I can use it on runs, hikes etcā¦ to make/receive calls, write basic replies to messages, stream podcats and spotify as well as all the activity stuff. It also acts as a Tesla key, NFC touch payments and when I go to the gym all of the cardiovascular machines have Apple watch integration so my vitals are all synced up.
Early gens of Apple watches were indeed crap but with a data connection and several generations worth of refinement, its the shit!!
Thereās a trade-off between functionality and battery life. Since people use watches for so many different things, the ideal point on this trade-off curve will vary for each person.
I hate charging watches, so I go all the way to the extreme of chosing a very dumb casio watch which has a multi-year battery life (or maybe an infinite life if it has a solar charger built-in).
Range anxiety was the same impediment to me getting an EV for quite a few years, but once you jump in you realise its not an issue at all.
In the case of the watch I have two of these (home and office) and when Iām working I just mount all my devices to the tree for a top up. Its become completely routine and my batteries never drop below 60%.
And when Iām travelling or on vacation I use one of these on my bedside table.
For me it makes sense as I never wear watches 24/7 since its good to let your skin breath from time to time and also stop the build up of bacteria that feed on sweat and dead skin 
I find charging a watch every couple of weeks less hassle than charging a phone everyday and thatās hardly a big ordeal in the grand scheme of things.
From another thread, the Galaxy Sā¦ watch was mentioned:
I think another plus for the Huawei watches is just that they look better for everyday wear:
Perhaps we need a thread merge with a new title: Smart wearables.
Iām still not sure what I might want a Smart Watch for, TBH. Been looking at them cos Iāve got a lot of āreward pointsā from my wife to use up (sadly the plan to get gift cards to buy a camera is no longer on the table).
I donāt want an activity monitor.
I donāt want to monitor my sleep - my sleep patterns are all over the place, particularly now Iā on my own, and I do not need a watch to tell me that.
I donāt need a BPM and ECG. I know my blood pressure is a bit on the high side, but it has been for many, many years and is unchanged, periodic testing with my proper cuff is sufficient.
Messaging and calls? Maybe. But I always have my phone with me and most communications Iām bothered about would need my phone or computer anyway.
So what else do they do? Am I missing something? Convince me!
It all depends. Hubby used to check his arrhythmia, some people I know to check if there is an indication of sleep apnoe, some because they just think it is funny to track your sleep pattern.
So if you do not see a need, donĀ“t buy.
Nothing. You donāt need one - especially if you, as you say, always have your phone with you.
This is the one feature I hate. Tried it, its terrible. Talking to your hand might have been fun in Blakeās 7, but its weird and unnatural. If you donāt want a health tracker and youāre not big on fitness/jogging, then probably thereās no use case for you.
There, I saved you CHF 200!
Thanks!
Actually, given Iāve got all these points to use up I was looking at some higher-end Garmin ones costing three or four times that much.
I use mine daily as a music (Spotify), audiobook (Audible) or podcast player (with Bluetooth headphones) when Iām exercising. And if it has a cellular connection you can even stream live internet radio e.g Radio 4 or Capital FM when youāre out for a jog.
Its horses for courses, but I like the freedom of not having to take my phone with me everywhere and yet still have basic connectivity. The other day I used ChatGPT (voice controlled) during an evening walk and it struck me as being pretty wild just how far weāve come in a couple of years.
Could you use your reward points for a holiday? Maybe a new adventure would be just as valuable as a new gadget.
I hate being tied to a mobile phone. I appreciate they are useful but they are just so cumbersome.
I donāt get on with most gadgets and see them as intrusive and cumbersome. I donāt find that with a watch.
Iāve always worn a watch so itās not a burden.
There are loads of small, minor features which I like:
I can chose the watch face: I have one with large figures I can see without glasses.
I donāt need to press a button to see the time when itās dark.
The compass is great in foreign cities.
The timer is useful.
I do like the call answering - I donāt need my phone near me and I donāt need to talk into the watch.
Thereās a reminder to get up and move if you sit for too long.
Aside from activity monitoring - thereās a virtual running partner whoās behind you but can catch up and overtake you if you slow down. (and they donāt need to stop to rest).
So, if you are not enamoured by mobile phones, or would rather the phone stays in your bag or rucksack then they can be of benefit.
No, thereās nothing like that.
Iām a bit annoyed actually, I was able to access the reward points under my late wifeās account, having reset password via her personal email to which I had access, and on the Roche version there were several options including the gift vouchers I mentioned before and some āexperiencesā, which are not available now theyāve āconvertedā them to give me access. Apart from those itās exactly the same catalogue, but most of the items that are still there are also a little more expensive than they were.
I suspect it might have been technically illegal if Iād just used them under my wifeās account to get the gift cards, so I just let them follow the process to transfer them to me, never imagining that those options would no longer be available.
I donāt do running, jogging or any other specific āexerciseā activities, so as you already said, no point in me getting one.
Iām still not clear on how they are better than just the phone for podcasts, music, audiobooks etc. Donāt you still need bluetooth earphones anyway? (Not that I do those things anyway, except music when Iām driving, and you know, cars already do that).
