I got my Zenwatch 3 yesterday. I'm moving from a Moto 360 that I've had for over 2 years so I'm not new to Android Wear.
This appears to be a very high quality watch. It's the first smart watch that actually looks very pretty. The first comment I get from most people is that it "looks like a regular watch." Which is a compliment in the Android Wear or Apple Watch world.
Once I fired it up and paired it with my watch it literally took over 40 minutes until it was usable. Most of that time was spent syncing the 21 AW apps already on my Galaxy S7 Edge. After that it worked exactly as I had been used to on the Moto 360.
Here are some random first day thoughts.
- The Gold bezel isn't as deep as it looks on the pictures. The crystal isn't indented very much.
- Overall it feels a little heavier than the Moto 360 but I haven't weighed them.
- It comes with "always on" turned on. I could never do that with the Moto 360 because it would eat the battery. But this is AMOLED and only the pixels that are turned on will use energy. I'll leave it that way and go for a week.
- It charges FAST. Very fast.
- The charging situation is kinda awkward. There's a tiny little puck to sit the watch on while charging. It's kinda OK. But once disconnected the charging ring isn't heavy enough to sit in one place. If there's any tension on the cable it will move around.
- I can't find anywhere to buy a spare charging unit. I need a second one. Or maybe a third one. With my Moto 360 I could just plop it on any available Qi wireless charging unit. And I have those everywhere.
- There are a ton of watchfaces that come with the watch. All somewhat customizable. Most of them are very professional looking. But there is no watchface that lets me use my own background like the Moto 360. I'll have to find such a watchface in the Play Store. I often take picture that I just took and make it my watch background (wallpaper if you will).
- The watch is much faster than the Moto 360. Downloading a watchface is instantaneous where could take up to 10 seconds on the Moto.
All in all I'm happy with the watch. Only time will tell if that feeling continues to grow.
This appears to be a very high quality watch. It's the first smart watch that actually looks very pretty. The first comment I get from most people is that it "looks like a regular watch." Which is a compliment in the Android Wear or Apple Watch world.
Once I fired it up and paired it with my watch it literally took over 40 minutes until it was usable. Most of that time was spent syncing the 21 AW apps already on my Galaxy S7 Edge. After that it worked exactly as I had been used to on the Moto 360.
Here are some random first day thoughts.
- The Gold bezel isn't as deep as it looks on the pictures. The crystal isn't indented very much.
- Overall it feels a little heavier than the Moto 360 but I haven't weighed them.
- It comes with "always on" turned on. I could never do that with the Moto 360 because it would eat the battery. But this is AMOLED and only the pixels that are turned on will use energy. I'll leave it that way and go for a week.
- It charges FAST. Very fast.
- The charging situation is kinda awkward. There's a tiny little puck to sit the watch on while charging. It's kinda OK. But once disconnected the charging ring isn't heavy enough to sit in one place. If there's any tension on the cable it will move around.
- I can't find anywhere to buy a spare charging unit. I need a second one. Or maybe a third one. With my Moto 360 I could just plop it on any available Qi wireless charging unit. And I have those everywhere.
- There are a ton of watchfaces that come with the watch. All somewhat customizable. Most of them are very professional looking. But there is no watchface that lets me use my own background like the Moto 360. I'll have to find such a watchface in the Play Store. I often take picture that I just took and make it my watch background (wallpaper if you will).
- The watch is much faster than the Moto 360. Downloading a watchface is instantaneous where could take up to 10 seconds on the Moto.
All in all I'm happy with the watch. Only time will tell if that feeling continues to grow.