Fossil Gen 4 Explorist HR Touchscreen Smartwatch FTW4018

This is an honest review for people who want to consider buying. For what it is and the price I payed for it I.E. short of $210. It was worth every penny I spent. Not the top of the line watch and it works decent with an iPhone. I get notifications and am able to do simple tasks with it well enough to not complain. It’s larger the. An Apple Watch witch me for being a bigger guy is perfect. The glass on the watch is good enough to resist most damage. I’ve had this watch for about 6 months now and I work security. This watch has no screen protector on it and it’s been slammed, scratched, slid across the floor, thrown across the room and dropped and has taken no damage to the screen. Operating system is a bit funky to get used to but I read that it’s mostly google OS that’s the issue. The band fits nice and is comfortable. A couple complaints. 1. I’m not a fan of the buttons protruding so far out. I’m ambidextrous so I can put it on my right wrist and it’s not as big of an issue but for anyone who only uses there left wrist be aware in any way of bending your wrist you’ll smack the center button and if held long enough will continually bring up the voice command menu. Not a huge issue. 2. Of you try and use moving back grounds it will lag the watch severely. I found the best performance is from the standard black back ground. Witch leads into my next point is watch battery. It’s got about a day worth of life if you have the normal background on and with a moving screen it is a little less. I hear people complain the watch won’t last 2 or 3 says but who doesn’t charge there phone at night? I just charge my watch when I get home and I’ve never had it die on me during the day. If your looking for an average watch that does what you need it to but don’t feel like spending tons of money for a fancy one this is the watch for you. I love it and it was definitely a budget watch that has already payed for itself and I’ve never thought “wish I had an Apple Watch”. It’s sleek and professional looking and just about no one ever even notices it as a smart watch until I move my wrist and the screen flicks on. Due to its “normal” watch look it works in every attire. I’m happy with my purchase and would record this to someone who was like me and looking for a lower budget smart watch that won’t break the bank but will do the essentials and look good too

The simplest summary is: generally trust the reviews regarding the short battery life. I trusted my millennial powers to be able to figure out how to configure it correctly so that I could get a full day’s worth of use without losing much functionality. I turned off a substantial amount of notifications (including many from vague or ambiguous apps that came pre-installed, some of which were in Chinese characters, so that’s a thing), the heart rate sensor, the location sensing (which I only intended to use for runs), all gesture controls, the screen always-on function, and some other stuff. I could still barely get it to last a full day. Which is basically what it defines on the product description, which is why I only took off one star. But it’s pretty infeasible for a watch to need recharging every single day, so I’m returning it after only a few days. Here are some pros and cons:
PROS
-Looks very good for both a mildly formal and informal setting, and there are lot of watch faces and styles to choose from
-Works fantastic while the battery is alive: notifications are immediate, touch controls are zippy and feel good (with one exception listed below), media integration and connection to phone both feel great
-The watch band feels very comfortable, the watch is light, and it’s easy to forget I’m wearing a watch
-Screen is gorgeous, bright, and informative.
-Keyboard works well, too (I recommend the touch and drag to type keyboard function)
CONS
-The battery life, as mentioned (though it admits to being low, it’s even lower than expected despite turning off a LOT of the functionality of an actual smart watch
-Some heavy lagging with the touch screen at random times, taking in all the inputs after about 10 seconds. Seemed to be particularly prevalent when charging and taking off the charger
-A small but important one for me: I chose a classic watch face to be more subtle, and there were three little circles on the internal radius that I could customize. I chose for the calendar date, the battery, and my next calendar event start time, but the arms on the watch would obscure the text in the small circles so there was a good chance that I wouldn’t be able to read at least 1/3 of the visual shortcuts I chose at any given time. Poor interface for if you actually want to see those shortcuts, and there’s not many other classic, subtle-looking watch faces to choose from based on 10 minutes of looking through the options.

Now I’m going to switch to a Samsung Galaxy thanks to more substantial battery life (supposedly) and convenient timing on a sale.

I was actually sad after buying this watch. The watch looks classy and high-fi but the only issues with it is the Wear OS from google, there is no sleep monitor application available for this. The battery dries very fast like you can imagine if i use it to connect to phone via Bluetooth i might have to change the battery twice in a day.

Apart from the battery issues everything else seems to be fine but if you compare the features with any other watch in the market this phone doesn’t have much features. The only reason you have to buy the watch is for show off since it looks classy.

La verdad andaba cazandolo desde que supe que salió la cuarta generación y no me arrepiento de nada.. inicialmente empecé en el mundo de los wereables con la mi band 2 y quize hacer el upgrade a un reloj inteligente y este por ser Wear OS me animo… Cuando lo prendi lo primero que hice a parte de emparejarlo fue actualizarlo y hasta ese punto tiene android 8 con versión de wear OS 2.2 y después de dos meses se actualizo con las mejoras de ahorro de batería de la versión H del sistema y se nota como aumenta la autonomía cuando está en modo ahorro de energía por citar un ejemplo.. antes al momento de dormir dejando al 100% y apagando la pantalla a las 2 y como a las 8 ya tenía 90%.. ahora al desconectar al 100% y poner el modo de ahorro de energía a la misma hora tiene 96% .. por lo demás todo bien:
•aplicaciones
•Utilidad
•tiene micrófono pero no altavoz así que se puede usar el “ok Google”
•batería en una media de 24 hr con las notificaciones activadas y usando una que otra app (el sensor de ritmo cardíaco está en segundo plano siempre y no he encontrado la forma de quitarlo)
•buena iluminación de la pantalla en exteriores y sensor de iluminación para la iluminación automática
•Es un reloj muy bonito y elegante (aún más si se le consigue su correa de acero ya que viene con la de silicona)
•Tengo la muñeca pequeña y aun así me queda a la perfección (obvio que en el último orificio) no es tan tosco como pensé que sería y no pesa nada(puedes dormir con el sin problemas)
Lo que si note fue que en un principio se me laggeaba demasiado pero después de un hard reset quedó bien y hasta el momento se laggea pero solo cuando son procesos o apps muy pesadas ya que el procesador el del año pasado.. lo único que si hago en falta es la falta de la bocina ya que eso no permite que responda las llamadas en el mismo reloj pero en general bastante satisfecho y más por el precio en que lo conseguí.! Volvería a comprarlo si se da el caso!