Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “TicWatch Pro 4G LTE Review: Solving The Wrong Problems”.
This video is sponsored by Surfshark VPN.. I asked you answered. Of the three specialty smart watches. I covered a few weeks back Mobvoi’s TicWatch, Pro 4G LTE won the poll for the watch you’d most like to see reviewed.. So it’s time to give the people what they want, even though, in my view, this smartwatch does a lot of the opposite. ( upbeat music ).
Let me justify that pessimistic lead in by recapping. Some of my complaints from the last video. Style is crucially important to a smartwatch, more so than a smartphone that most people will put in a case. And the TicWatch Pro 4G LTE. Just kind of feels like it has a split personality. There. It has this fine textured, knurling and minimal bezel markings like a dressy watch, but a block plastic and metal casing, and generic rubber wristband more suited to fitness, tracker.
And man. Mobvoi’S refusal to include a rotating side button really twists my hair spring., A rotating crown, makes a huge difference in how easy Wear OS is to use and on a TicWatch. It’S an especially big.
Shame to miss it. Because remember this is the company that back in 2017 brought us the Tickle Strip. One of the most interesting wearable interfaces, ever. I’d of loved it Mobvoi used those close Google contacts. It’S always talking about to figure out a way to make this work with Wear OS., But instead we just get two buttons and a touch screen. It’S just kinda weak.. Okay, let’s talk about somethings. This watch gets right. ,’Cause, there are quite a few.. I feel, like I’ve talked this dual layer display to death so long time.
Subscribers, please forgive me, but I’ll, never get tired of saying what a great idea it is. When other smartwatches wan na give you an always on display. They have to it using minimal power.. So it’s usually a dim or low contrast watch face. That’S tough to see in sunlight. A display like this. With the LCD places atop, the OLED gives the TicWatch Pro the most readable outdoor watch face. You can get. Unless you want a huge Casio or a pricey. Garmin. And when the watch’s battery dies, which is does often stay tuned for that that LCD is economical on power that it keep telling you the time your heart rate and step count for up to a month..
The speaker is new and it’s nice and loud. So talking to Google Assistant on your wrist is easier, then, on wearables [, Google Assistant ], The time in New York. Usa is 6:17 a.m.. [ Michael ], And alarms have a real alarm to go along with the vibration.
( watch, jingles ), MIL-STD-810G and IP68 water and dust resistance mean you probably don’t need to worry about hurting this thing unless you’re climbing up a volcano or something. And while the watch is build around the old Snapdragon 2100 platform, instead of the newer 3100, you barely notice it., All you really need to make Wear OS seems to be a gig of ram, which is present and accounted for. Here.. Also, keep in mind most of the 3100’s improvements are designed for watches running an always on display. TicWatch sidesteps this thanks to its dual layer watch face..
The real claim to fame here is to the suffix on the brand name. This is one of the only Wear OS watches you can buy with its own 4G LTE radio.. I’Ve been using it on Verizon the exclusive carrier in the United States for about 12 days, and you know it does what you’d expect.
You can make and take phone calls, send and get text messages and get notifications when you wan na leave you phone at home. When the speaker isn’t loud enough for you as it wasn’t, when I was tryna, take this conference call out in public, you can pair a Bluetooth, headset to watch and that works well too.. Mostly, this functionality is useful on runs or walks, and the Tic exercise sweet is pretty handy for those too.. I enjoyed mapping my cross-town treks, using the built in GPS, which locked on quickly and seemed accurate..
Careful though, that kind of exercise will burn more than calories.. I found that used the GPS in concert with the LTE ate about 20 % battery per hour., And you know, even if you never touch the exercise stuff, the TicWatch Pro 4G has worse battery life than it’s predecessor in my testing. Last year’s model reliably got me Three days per charge, this one is almost always down to 50 % by the end of the first day.
Mobvoi likes to advertise this as one of the longest lasting Wear OS devices, but that’s only if you switch it to the Essential mode. I called out before which takes all the smart out of this watch.. It’S kinda like saying you have the longest lasting electric car, but you’re not allowed to drive it you’re allowed to turn on the radio.. In reality, it’s just another one to two day smartwatch and that’s a shame.. My final thoughts after a quick work from my sponsor about staying safe on the internet.
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That’S built on the latest silicon. Wear OS continues to be my preferred wearable platform, despite its flaws, and I think we’ll soon get to the point where a Wear OS watch that costs $ 300 plus an extra $ 10 a month for 4G, will actually be worth It., But this hypothetical future smartwatch, it isn’t the TicWatch Pro 4G LTE. Folks, there’s a ton of smartwatch news due at IFA 2019 in Berlin, starting in early September., Follow me on Instagram. So you can see that news as soon as it drops.
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