Sports Band with NFC pay
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Similar situation. My Huawei Watch 2 has died so looking for a new smartwatch.
Other than the usual functionality inc GPS and the ability to install 3rd party apps including Strava (which rules out the newer Huawei watches), it needs to have NFC for pay, plus ideally have LTE/4G. I don't want to take a phone with me when I run and in an emergency its useful to have the ability to pay and make a call with a watch.
The Huawei Watch 2 did it all - was a little slow but otherwise was great (till it broke).
Had a Garmin in the past and would be the default but fails on pay and making calls and I don't currently have an iphone which rules out an iWatch and the newest Samsung watches have some functionality that is tied to a using aSamsung phone.
TicWatch Pro 3 LTE is currently the only option but the reviews are a bit underwhelming, and the LTE seems to be tied to Vodafone which is a pain; old-school sims were easier than eSims.
Interested to know if you go for the TicWatch how you find it.
Other than the usual functionality inc GPS and the ability to install 3rd party apps including Strava (which rules out the newer Huawei watches), it needs to have NFC for pay, plus ideally have LTE/4G. I don't want to take a phone with me when I run and in an emergency its useful to have the ability to pay and make a call with a watch.
The Huawei Watch 2 did it all - was a little slow but otherwise was great (till it broke).
Had a Garmin in the past and would be the default but fails on pay and making calls and I don't currently have an iphone which rules out an iWatch and the newest Samsung watches have some functionality that is tied to a using aSamsung phone.
TicWatch Pro 3 LTE is currently the only option but the reviews are a bit underwhelming, and the LTE seems to be tied to Vodafone which is a pain; old-school sims were easier than eSims.
Interested to know if you go for the TicWatch how you find it.
I'm currently using a Ticwatch Pro 2020... battery life is not great 2 days max with low usage and taking it off at night.
Not a fan of the interface and forget how smart it actually is so really only use it for checking phone messages...
It was purchased in April 2020, strap and general appearance is good considering it gets a moderate bash. Obviously technology has improved since then but I did not pay anywhere near its retail price of time £223, with newsletter codes and monthly installments brought it down to £150ish which was probably the main reason why I got it.
A lot of people I know have Garmins and Samsungs but just checking the google wear page theres a few more contenders Moto360 was £299 down to £199 and looks nice, even Citizen are doing a watch but at £349 both do payments and voice activation but no LTE version...
Not a fan of the interface and forget how smart it actually is so really only use it for checking phone messages...
It was purchased in April 2020, strap and general appearance is good considering it gets a moderate bash. Obviously technology has improved since then but I did not pay anywhere near its retail price of time £223, with newsletter codes and monthly installments brought it down to £150ish which was probably the main reason why I got it.
A lot of people I know have Garmins and Samsungs but just checking the google wear page theres a few more contenders Moto360 was £299 down to £199 and looks nice, even Citizen are doing a watch but at £349 both do payments and voice activation but no LTE version...
esuuv said:
I have a Garmin 945 - Garmin Pay isn't ideal - I set up a starling bank account, and just keep some money in there should I need it when I'm out with my watch - works when I need it.
Thanks for the suggestion. Got a Garmin Fenix 6. Very pleased with it, great sports tracking obviously with more stats than will ever need plus offline Amazon Prime music and nfc payment (albeit via a revolut card). Only thing it cant do is make phone calls, so for running have a second cheap Chinese watch that takes a sim card 2 watches looks silly but better than carrying a phone.oh and the Garmin battery lasts over a week- upto 20 days!!
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