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Apple Watch Nike +, Huawei Watch 2: The strengths and weaknesses of these watches connected

sivertime — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:31:40 +0000

Running Android Wear 2.0, the Huawei Watch 2 is compatible with iOS, which places it as a potential rival of the Apple Watch Nike +. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of these watches connected? Answers in these next lines!
More sporting than its elder, the Huawei Watch 2 has something to compete with the Apple Watch Series 2 or the Nike + version of the watch. Although both manufacturers have different approaches in the wrist world connected, I decided to oppose their watches. Given that the Huawei Watch 2 offers great features in sports tracking, can it shade the latest Apple Watch that is considered by many to be the best watch connected to the market ? Discover my smartwatch comparison that highlights the strengths and weaknesses of these products.
Design
The thickness of the Huawei Watch is one of its main weaknesses
At my wrist, the Apple Watch Nike + throws. But if you hoped for a round watch, it is dead, the Apple loves things square. Its 1.5-inch OLED display offers good brightness and is more powerful than the first generation of the Apple Watch (340 x 272 pixels). On the side of the watch of Huawei, one is entitled to a screen AMOLED of 1.2 inches displaying 390 x 390 pixels. Its round design is pretty cool but, I regret that the watch is quite thick. Heavier than the Apple Watch, the Huawei Watch 2 visually gives the impression that the ring and dial are not fixed. But in reality, this is not the case. The crown does not move, which is really a shame for a watch under Android Wear.
The Huawei Watch 2 is much larger than the Apple Watch Series 2
Unlike the Apple Watch Series 2 and Nike +, which are available in two sizes (38 and 42 mm), the connected watch of the third smartphone manufacturer in the world is only available in 45 mm. Although this is not a problem for most guys, those who have the (bad) chance of having very fine wrists will find that Huawei’s proposal is too big for them . But it is probably the use of the watch that interests you the most. And at that level, there is a lot to say.
Navigation
Thanks to the digital crown (rotary knob) of the Apple Watch, one can easily navigate between the different apps. On the Huawei Watch, there is no digital crown but only two buttons: one allows to activate Google Assistant and the other facilitates the access to the apps recently used. This is how the watch headed, in my eyes, won this first battle focused on design and navigation . But in terms of technical data, which watch is the most muscular? Check out the answer below!
Characteristics
Equipped with a dual-core S2 processor, the Apple Watch Nike + is more powerful than the first Apple Watch. With GPS, waterproofing is the big novelty of this connected watch that allows you to geolocate even when you are away from your smartphone. On the Huawei side, we bet on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 2100 chip. The main asset of this processor is to enable 4G connectivity, which gives freedom to the Huawei Watch 2. And above all, it can be used independently of A smartphone . Thanks to its GPS, its 4G antenna and its nano SIM port, the Huawei Watch 2 is a kind of smartphone compressed in the format of a watch . In short, you can make and receive calls with the Huawei Watch 2 ,
Autonomy
While Apple believes that its latest Apple Watch can ensure a day of use, I could easily hold two days with the connected watch when I was not touching the Activity and Exercise apps (which really make me move). On the Huawei side, there is an expectation of an average of 2 days. But these figures do not really mean much, when we know that the lifetime of the battery depends primarily on our way of using it.
Verdict
Everything seems better thought about the second generation of the Apple Watch that gains in efficiency thanks to watchOS 3. But to intimacy perfection, Apple must review the autonomy of its watch connected and improve the role of its digital crown . Finally, I personally hope that the next Apple Watch will opt for a round design but hey, it’s like wanting to stop the waves with his hands: unnecessary. As for the Huawei Watch 2, she is still as beautiful as her eldest son, but she progresses enormously in the sport . However, it is not yet the queen of the smartwatch because of its screen too small (strongly the arrival of the borderless screens in watches connected) and the absence of rotating crown.

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WWDC 2017: With iOS 11, AirPods are even more customizable

sivertime — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:04:41 +0000

IOS 11 brings a lot of new features. The update of the mobile operating system of Apple can allow you to customize the double tap of your AirPods as you like!
With iOS 11, you can really do everything with your iPhone or iPad. This major update from Apple’s mobile operating system brings a lot of new features . And among these, the possibility to parameterize each AirPods with a special function for double tap . One can for example decide to launch Siri with the right earpiece and to put the music play on pause with the other headset. Yes, you read well. Apple’s AirPods will become even more cool. And these next lines are likely to amaze you.
The wireless headphones from Apple is also the parent of new features. You can now switch from one track to another via a single tap. Such a feature will prevent us from pulling the iPhone out of the pocket, and it’s really handy. In the editing, one expects more than one thing: That Apple finds a solution to modify the audio volume from the taps and without passing by Siri. Meanwhile, you can also (re) discover HomePod, the home iPod that wants to revolutionize music listening .

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I tested for you, a week without the Apple Watch Series 2!

sivertime — Mon, 29 May 2017 15:20:08 +0000

You dreamed of it but being in the skin of James Bond, it’s stronger than you? I spent a week without my Apple Watch Series 2, Apple’s connected watch, and here are my impressions.
By forgetting the charger of my Apple Watch in Morocco in the margins of the festival Mawazine 2017, I simply tried not to use my watch connected. This looks simple but, the Apple Watch Series 2 is on my wrist since its release. And ten months of living together with the Apple Watch, it’s not nothing! Even if obviously, the indispensable side of a connected watch has never been proven, I finally found many benefits. And then, I’m still part of generation 89 that does not find any difference between an Apple Watch and hot water.
The first day without my Apple Watch was a Sunday, an endless day. If I got into the habit of running every day on the watch to check my emails, answering SMS and calls, everything changed without this condensed technology. I now felt like I was away from action and info alerts. My iPhone 7 never seemed so overwhelmed by the events . Yes, I can do everything with the smartphone headed but have a Watch in addition, it has nothing to have. Imagine being able to phone on one side and play on the other? If the most skeptical will say that it has not succeeded in replacing the iPhone, I will try to explain in the next few lines why life without Apple Watch is not as simple as what the ”
Live without Apple Watch is snober the know-how . At the restaurant for example, I no longer go out my iPhone at the table. Thanks to the head-watch, discretion was part of my personality. Today I feel like I’m going back in a world where the ultra-connected had not yet its place. Living without Apple Watch is certainly less hard than going without its smartphone but, the chic side of the watch is priceless. Tactile, intelligent and square, the watch connected the firm to the Apple has the DNA of Steve Jobs . And thanks to the Apple Watch, I felt less alone.
By becoming waterproof, the Apple Watch Series 2 showed its muscles. I could share my performance at the pool (I take you when you want to breaststroke ) with my friends who also have a watch. Suddenly, you felt less alone and you could challenge her girlfriend oklm. So there is a social side that I have never seen in the world of telephony. And icing on the cake, doing sports has never been so hilarious for a geek . But the Apple Watch miss me most, when I’m driving a car.
The Apple Watch Series 2 replaces the famous hands-free kit. Basically, one can make calls from the watch and speak James Bond way in his car. And I have to admit that with the Watch, I never had a ticket for talking at the wheel. It is difficult to talk about the connected watch without telling his life, so much the relationship with this gadget is personal. And although I easily zapped the classic watches with the arrival of the iPhone in 2007, I still can not get used to a life without Apple Watch . Without being perfect or indispensable, it has revolutionized my everyday life ….

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Test: 15 days with the Huawei Watch 2, the connected watch that will push you to zap your smartphone!

sivertime — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:29:50 +0000

The Huawei Watch 2 spent two weeks in my hands. I was able to test this new connected watch which can do without a smartphone as well seems and here is the time of the verdict.
After seducing smartwatch enthusiasts with its Huawei Watch, the Chinese manufacturer decided to continue the wrist adventure connected in 2017. Equipped with the latest technologies, the Huawei Watch 2 regaled me . Light despite its thickness, independent despite its format, the new connected watch of Huawei throws. She successfully completed all the steps of my test . But is this Watch 2 truly revolutionary compared to its big sister? Does it bring real added value? I will try to answer it in the next few lines.
Aesthetically, Huawei radically changed its Watch 2, compared to the Watch Classic. If the first generation of Huawei’s connected watch was distinguished with its leather strap and metal dial, the new generation is more sporty, more masculine. Featuring a lightweight silicone bracelet and a metallic and plastic frame, the Huawei Watch 2 is easy to wear . But if the Huawei smartwatch visually gives the impression that the ring and the dial are not fixed, it is not. In reality, the crown does not move. Which makes it difficult to navigate the system, as you will see. To finish with the negative sides of the design of this new watch connected, I must mention its size.
The thickness of the Huawei Watch 2 has nothing to do with the finesse of an Apple Watch but this is due to the fact that all the components of this watch are housed in different places compared to other smartwatches. Weight level, the Watch 2 is even lighter than its elder who was nevertheless less muscular. And even if the screen of the Huawei Watch 2 is small enough (a strong impression with the big ring), Android Wear 2.0 draws the best from this connected watch . The icons are large and the information is clearly legible. To navigate the Huawei Watch 2, there is no question of using the ring that is fixed. No, everything is done on the finger. At first, I had a little trouble getting out but after a dozen interactions,
And thanks to its light sensor that adapts to all conditions, the Huawei Watch 2 adapts to all lighting conditions . The colors are glowing, the rendering is really wow. The new “dock” of the watch, which is accessed by pressing the first side button, allows me to easily access the apps and it’s really cool. And Android Wear 2.0 allows you to enjoy a drawer of quicker settings more accessible and organized. But what is really stupid on this connected watch is its independent side. Available in 3 versions, the Huawei Watch 2 is offered in a model that can be equipped with a nano SIM or e-Sim integrated. These two versions can push you to leave your smartphone at home!
As Huawei France’s marketing director summarized so well, “when you run with the Huawei Watch 2, you do not need your smartphone anymore . ” Even better, both SIM and e-SIM versions can send messages or make calls , even if your smartphone is not within reach. Basically, these versions of the Huawei Watch 2 turn into a kind of smartphone at the wrist. And the cherry on the cake, the autonomy of the new connected watch of the third smartphone manufacturer in the world is better than that of his big sister.
The battery lasts two days in normal use (like responding to SMS with short pre-recorded answers or, to use simple features like alarm). If you put on the watch so that it becomes the best ally for your sports sessions, its battery will not hold the day. But good, it can still do without charge for 10 hours . Let us hope that the next generation enjoys greater autonomy. Oh yeah, I was forgotten. The Huawei Watch 2 can also display the time, number of steps (and basta) in a “Clock” mode that resembles an extreme energy-saving spell.
The new Huawei Watch is still a beautiful kid but is making good progress on the sport. Even if it gets wet, it can accompany us from morning to night. A bigger screen would have helped to establish itself as a gadget that would make us crack every time. But personally, I’m already seduced. This connected watch is one of the best things I’ve tested. And it is not for nothing that she has already won several prestigious awards. If you want to get it , it’s by HERE that it happens .

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Apple Watch: Third most popular connected watch

sivertime — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:16:24 +0000

According to the latest figures, the Apple Watch would be the third most connected connected watch!
The connected watches are a sector on which the manufacturers try to impose themselves. It should be said that these are some success as demonstrated by the Huawei Watch 2 voted best connected object of MWC 2017 ! The IDC analyst office has unveiled its latest figures that point out that yes, Apple Watch is still one of the leaders of connected watches and ranks number 3 in the market. In front of him is the Chinese Xiaomi, firm that rises, while Fitbit takes the first place. These figures are obviously not based on the total sales of connected watches but only the last quarter of 2016.
In spite of its position of number 1, Fitbit still shows a drop of 22,7% while Xiaomi grew by 96,2%! Regardless of the fields, Chinese seems to impose itself more and more to the point of giving cold sweats to the leaders of the market. Of course, the apple has more than one trick in its bag and now targets sportsmen in its new advertisement for the Apple Watch . Not to mention that with its technicians and developers, Apple is constantly working on new features to accompany users (like the famous Pokemon Go application now available on all wrists). So come back in a quarter for the new numbers. What do you think of these figures?

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We played Pokemon Go on the Apple Watch, and it’s not as cool as the Pokemon Go Plus!

magictr — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:03:44 +0000

Pokemon Go is officially available on the Apple Watch Series 2. Editor, we did not hesitate to test the Niantic Labs app on the connected watch to compare it to the Pokemon Go Plus

At the end of the year, one of the good news was the official arrival of Pokemon Go on the Apple Watch Series 2. And the least we can say is that the mobile game of Niantic Labs Is made for Apple’s connected watch. Henceforth, the number of steps taken during our Pokémon hunts is counted in the activity of the watch. Better still, the app Health of our iPhone will automatically update following our games on Pokemon Go (which should offer new bonuses until the end of 2016) . So the Apple Watch Series 2 would be more effective than a Pokemon Go Plus?

The Pokémon are visible on the Apple Watch but can not be captured!
On the Apple Watch, notifications are more effective and more discreet. At the approach of a Pokéstop or a Pokémon, the watch vibrates. And one can easily access information about the incubation of eggs, or Pokémon friend, the distance traveled since the beginning of our part, on the Apple Watch Series 2 . At meltyStyle, we really kiffé the possibility to open a Pokéstop without needing our iPhone. But on the other hand, we regret not being able to catch Pokémon via the connected watch . What is possible, for example on a bracelet Pokemon Go Plus which, although it does not have a screen, allows us to capture the little monsters without knowing their identity.

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Apple Watch arrives on US refurb

magictr — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:22:19 +0000

The Apple Watch is (finally) available in refurbished version on the American Refurb Store. Vive that this is the case in France!
Since the first Apple Watch was commercialized, you dream of having it on the wrist. Unfortunately, it is a bit above your budget. Reasonable, you were waiting for his price to drop a bit to crack? Good news, you will soon be answered! Indeed, the connected watch of Apple comes to land on the American Refurb Store, and should soon be it also with us. If you have never heard of it, the Refurb is an online store managed by the giant with the apple on which refurbished products are offered at discount prices. The Apple Watch Series 1 and the Apple Watch Series 2 that we tested in preview are currently involved.

Many refurbished Apple Watch are on sale on the Refurb
It’s official, the Apple Watch has (finally) come to the MacBook, the iPad and other refurbished products on the Refurb Store ! Currently, American consumers can shopper the connected watch with discounts ranging from $ 40 to $ 90. For example, the Apple Watch 38mm Rose Gold 1 is displayed to $ 229, then it is worth $ 269 normally . Space Gray version 42 mm is provided at $ 249, while the Apple Watch strap with two 42 mm sports is sold at $ 509 instead of 599. Finally, the Apple Watch Nike + we recently tested n ‘ is itself not of the part . For now, only the Americans can enjoy it … But we hope to soon see the Apple Watch in the French Refurb. Are you interested ?

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