Hello
I've looked all over the net and can't find answers to these questions. Maybe someone can help?
1) are there any standalone smartwatches that use sim cards? i want to be able to use whatsapp and get sports scores without needing a phone.
some smartwatches seem to have gps but not Internet, Internet but no appstore etc. very confusing.
sony smartwatch 3 was perfect if it had a sim slot.
only found Samsung gear s and lg urbane 2 that have sim slots. Samsung gear s sold out and runs tizen, and lg urbane is ridiculously priced at apple customers level.
2) are there any chinese smartwatches running Android that can do the above? that i don't know of?
3) are there any chinese smartwatchs running Android that can be flashed to run android wear?
4) i saw these articles last year of a $49 realtek chip mt2601 smartwatch running Android 4.4 on it, but can't find it being sold anywhere even a year later?
thanks
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I live in China and was considering getting a smart watch here as they are relatively cheap and have begun to make a wider appearance across major internet retailers recently. So I was wondering if anyone here has experience with any Chinese brands and could give me some tips.
I have been looking at the Otium Gear Smart Watch (which can be found on Amazon) as it seems it do well enough for my basic expectations of such a new sort of device (and it is pretty cheap here). I like the idea of the SIM card slot and the camera, mostly as novelties, Bluetooth is good for listening to music wirelessly and general phone connectivity, and I assume I could put my own apps on here, as the real reason I want this is for some mini game emulation on my subway commute.
So if any of you could offer some advice, product reviews or any other information, I would greatly appreciate your help.
I got one from amazon. I have been used these for couple of months. so far so good.
I recently bought what I thought was the GT08 smartwatch. 3 to be exact, for me and a couple of family members. When it connected to a phone I saw the name listed in the bluetooth menu as GT08S so it had me thinking something was wrong, after looking in the forum on how to flash my smartwatch.
My interface is exactly as in this video "GT08s Smart Watch Unboxing"
but when I bought it I thought it would look like this "Review & Unboxing of GT08 Bluetooth Apple Smart Watch Clone with 3G From Aliexpress & Gearbest"
(Sorry for not providing the links, I'm still a new user)
So, did I buy the GT08S instead of the GT08 and is there a way to prove it so I can get a refund?
In the list of specs, in the stores webpage, there isn't any info about the cpu. But other stores which sell the same smartwatch, named GT08, the cpu is MTK6261. So, is every store in my country selling the GT08S instead of the GT08?
Any help will be appreciated.
eleniagn said:
I recently bought what I thought was the GT08 smartwatch. 3 to be exact, for me and a couple of family members. When it connected to a phone I saw the name listed in the bluetooth menu as GT08S so it had me thinking something was wrong, after looking in the forum on how to flash my smartwatch.
My interface is exactly as in this video "GT08s Smart Watch Unboxing"
but when I bought it I thought it would look like this "Review & Unboxing of GT08 Bluetooth Apple Smart Watch Clone with 3G From Aliexpress & Gearbest"
(Sorry for not providing the links, I'm still a new user)
So, did I buy the GT08S instead of the GT08 and is there a way to prove it so I can get a refund?
In the list of specs, in the stores webpage, there isn't any info about the cpu. But other stores which sell the same smartwatch, named GT08, the cpu is MTK6261. So, is every store in my country selling the GT08S instead of the GT08?
Any help will be appreciated.
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This is a late response but my GT08S shows up as the Bluetooth name in my watch settings.
this is a later answer but the Gt08s is a copy of the gt08 the difference is in the capacity that does not have some applications such as the FM app and other changes more ...
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How can you make a full rebuild of the firmware for that model.
I'm a newbie into the world of Android smart watches but in the past week I've watched hours of YouTube videos on these Chinese smart watches. I've come to a couple conclusions. Battery life sucks across the board and none of them can hold a candle to samsung or apple. But with that in mind Istklm want to try one out. And I've narrowed it down to two on AliExpress. One is the Zeblaze Thor
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And the other is the Colmi I1
Both are 3G android 5.1 watches with 16gb memory. But the Comic has 2gb ram and the Thor only 1gb ram. I've seen more about the Thor but next to nothing about the Colmi.
Any suggestions?
And just to be clear, cam any of these Android Chinese smartwatches send and receive texts? I don't care about calls but I want to be able to send and receive tests from my watch without having to do it from my phone on the middle of a meeting.
Also, some of these watches are approaching the $150 mark which st that point makes no sense because I can get a hold of a Samsung Gear 3 for $200 and not have to worry about any of this.
Thanks in advance.
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Any help??
Really just need to know if any of these Chinese smartwatches can send and receive texts that come in through your cell phone?
40 some views and not one person can answer. This is the least helpful board I've ever posted in.
Ended up buying a Samsung Gear s2 so I don't have to worry about the cheap Chinese knockoffs.
Why do only two watches have NFC ?
Little worried if anything happened to my LG Sport, at this point the watch is hard to find for sale online.
The Huawei Watch 2 the other watch I was not crazy about the small screen and I do not know how long Best Buy will carry it.
No NFC = No Android Pay, something I use everyday.
Hopefully in the 2018 trade-shows somebody announces something
Well the wear24 has the hardware, but Verizon did not enable it
There are a few others but two are expensive, Movado Connect and Tag Heuer. The third is the LG Urbane 2nd Edition, my watch for the last couple of years. Still not very many choices. I use Android Pay all the time and if my watch broke I'd have to settle for getting the same model refurbished/used. Not sure why it isn't standard at this point for new watches.
Hello all,
I've been trying to find a good Android head unit, and have run into a few wrinkles. Know how deep people on this forum dive into Android gear, I figured you guys would have the best first hand/technical experience!
There is a size limitation to start. The opening for my double din is:
7.15" x 4.44" (or ~181 x 112.7mm). So it can be slightly bigger as long as all the controls/screen can fit in that space.
On reviews I've read on other forums or sellers, people talk about the Joying dying out or having hardware failures of different types in less than 2 years, and struggling with RMAs. Pumpkin issues seem to be less? So any recommendations on a brand that would have a unit in the size I need would be greatly appreciated!
The other trick is finding a 4G dongle that will work with Android (I've found some where people have managed to shoehorn them, and some that have never worked). The dongle would need to be compatible with AT&T OR Verizon (those are the two wireless carriers in my area of the US with the best coverage, I'm happy to get a plan with either one). The issue is, while AT&T offers a dongle, they say clearly "Windows Only".
I'd rather avoid hotspotting to my phone, or relying on downloading chunks of maps from my wifi in my driveway.
Thanks everyone!