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I missed out on the Amazon Prime deals for a new smart watch because mine didn't break until yesterday. With that being said, what does everyone have on their wrist right now? I'm not an Apple person myself, and previously had a Samsung Galaxy watch that worked fine. It was a bit bulky. I've considered a fitbit but I want something a bit more all-around, that has some style, using android OS. Are there any deals out there to be had? Verizon is my carrier so I could always pay for a plan through them, but they don't have too many options and I have no problem dropping cash on something.
 
Swiss Army Infantry watch. But I think it’s broken…….all I can get it to do is give me the time and date……
 
Apple Watch Series 3. It's a bit dated, but I love it.
 
Shaboid said:
Cheap and easy to replace. I suppose that's nice. I'm looking for something a bit more substantial though.
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It's going to be interesting to see what Google does with Fitbit.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It's going to be interesting to see what Google does with Fitbit.
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I have a Google Pixel 4 so part of me wants to wait and see if there is any integration between that and what they release. Maybe I will scoop up one of those Wyze watches for now. That would be a perfect back up watch or something you aren't too worried about just beating the shit out of.
 
I do not wear a watch, but my better half has a galaxy active 2 watch which she seem to enjoy
 
I don't have a smart watch. What are the main benefits over something cliffy's daddy rocks?
 
Shaboid said:
That's fine, I don't have an iPhone. Are you liking it?
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Sorry my post was kind of unclear.

I don’t have one because I haven’t seen good reviews with iPhones. A couple coworkers hve one with different phones and they seem decently happy with it
 
ABM said:
I don't have a smart watch. What are the main benefits over something cliffy's daddy rocks?
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All depends on what you want it for. Simple things such as heart monitoring and pedometer, all the way to full blown fitness monitoring. It's basically a mini smart phone on your wrist. Oh yeah, and it tells the time.
 
Shaboid said:
All depends on what you want it for. Simple things such as heart monitoring and pedometer, all the way to full blown fitness monitoring. It's basically a mini smart phone on your wrist. Oh yeah, and it tells the time.
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So, these things are more for fitness....effectively replacing the fitbit?
 
tlongII said:
Apple Watch Series 3. It's a bit dated, but I love it.
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Ditto. Love it except for the fact that it has limited memory and that's a problem when they issue an update. Apparently, this most recent one is going to be the last one that will support the Series 3.
 
ABM said:
So, these things are more for fitness....effectively replacing the fitbit?
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They are all in the same space. I don't think fitbits allow you to do things like make calls and view texts/email/notifications on them, the older ones at least. I still have a few regular analog watches too, just depends on the time and place when I'll wear what.
 
Shaboid said:
They are all in the same space. I don't think fitbits allow you to do things like make calls and view texts/email/notifications on them, the older ones at least. I still have a few regular analog watches too, just depends on the time and place when I'll wear what.
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To do all that you need the Fitbit Sense which is their most expensive model. I have it and really like it. I seem to miss a lot of calls on my phone especially when I am out and about, the watch helps that a lot. Voice recognition for sending texts is very good. It integrates into google assistant so I can control most of my house by whispering into my watch. It even has the answer a call feature. All in all its competitive with everything else out there and I like it better than my previous galaxy watch. The exercise and sleep monitoring are top notch also of course.
 
donkiez said:
To do all that you need the Fitbit Sense which is their most expensive model. I have it and really like it. I seem to miss a lot of calls on my phone especially when I am out and about, the watch helps that a lot. Voice recognition for sending texts is very good. It integrates into google assistant so I can control most of my house by whispering into my watch. It even has the answer a call feature. All in all its competitive with everything else out there and I like it better than my previous galaxy watch. The exercise and sleep monitoring are top notch also of course.
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THIS is the kind of info I was looking for. Thank you!
 
donkiez said:
To do all that you need the Fitbit Sense which is their most expensive model. I have it and really like it. I seem to miss a lot of calls on my phone especially when I am out and about, the watch helps that a lot. Voice recognition for sending texts is very good. It integrates into google assistant so I can control most of my house by whispering into my watch. It even has the answer a call feature. All in all its competitive with everything else out there and I like it better than my previous galaxy watch. The exercise and sleep monitoring are top notch also of course.
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Hmmmmm....interesting.
 
Got the Wyze delivered this afternoon and I'm liking it. Was working out in the yard and I didn't notice it was there. Good alternative for the price. Thanks @SlyPokerDog

I am thinking I'll try and fix my Samsung since it is a only small, cosmetic defect. If anyone has any suggestions, below is a picture of the issue. I'm thinking I'll heat the rubber 'gasket/seal' with a blow dryer and place it back in there. Might need a heat gun if that's not hot enough. Or pull that glue stuff out of there and just rock it. Idk.

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Shaboid said:
Got the Wyze delivered this afternoon and I'm liking it. Was working out in the yard and I didn't notice it was there. Good alternative for the price. Thanks @SlyPokerDog

I am thinking I'll try and fix my Samsung since it is a only small, cosmetic defect. If anyone has any suggestions, below is a picture of the issue. I'm thinking I'll heat the rubber 'gasket/seal' with a blow dryer and place it back in there. Might need a heat gun if that's not hot enough. Or pull that glue stuff out of there and just rock it. Idk.

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Have you looked for a youtube video on how to repair your watch?
 
Shaboid said:
Got the Wyze delivered this afternoon and I'm liking it. Was working out in the yard and I didn't notice it was there. Good alternative for the price. Thanks @SlyPokerDog

I am thinking I'll try and fix my Samsung since it is a only small, cosmetic defect. If anyone has any suggestions, below is a picture of the issue. I'm thinking I'll heat the rubber 'gasket/seal' with a blow dryer and place it back in there. Might need a heat gun if that's not hot enough. Or pull that glue stuff out of there and just rock it. Idk.

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Hair dryers work as a heat gun.
 
Lanny said:
That's how I once fixed a Samsung TV.
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I'm not a fan of those, especially the larger models. The display quality is great of course, but trying to drive with it strapped to your wrist is really tough.

barfo
 
barfo said:
I'm not a fan of those, especially the larger models. The display quality is great of course, but trying to drive with it strapped to your wrist is really tough.

barfo
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It wasn't that big, maybe 42 inches. I coupled my electronic knowledge with the video and saw it was a bad electrolytic capacitor in the power supply. I've fixed a ton of those at Tektronix. I spotted it and replaced it with an even better one than the video called for. There must have been thousands of complaints about that in early model Samsung LED TVs.
 
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