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Really wish someone would step up to the plate with an Android or open platform smartwatch that even approaches the level of quality of the Apple watches. Their

Really wish someone would step up to the plate with an Android or open platform smartwatch that even approaches the level of quality of the Apple watches. Their watches are slick but I'm very much opposed to "buying in" to the system. Correct me if I'm wrong, but an Apple watch without an iPhone to talk to (and subsequent iCloud account, apple text messages, Apple music etc) is just a very pretty watch with swappable faces, yea?

glhaynes 8y ago
I don't believe you can even get to the pretty watch with swappable faces part without an iPhone to activate it. It's very definitely only for iPhone users — as of now, at least.
nradov 8y ago
How do you define "quality"? There are smart watches from Samsung, Garmin, and other vendors which are superior in some ways but worse it others. It depends on what you want. All of those are open in the sense that you can write your own apps.
- komali2 8y ago
  Wait, I wasn't sure if any of those have a cellular radio in them - that was the first thing that comes to mind. I do like the Galaxy Watch quite a bit though, though it requires "buy in" to Samsung's suite of things (Samsung Pay instead of Android Pay/Google Pay for example... which is just me preferring google stuff over samsung to be fair).
  - nradov 8y ago
    The Samsung Gear watch includes 4G LTE connectivity just like the Apple watch.
biohax2015 8y ago
Yep, one of the things keeping me from going Android is rendering my 250$ toy that I bought a year and a half ago useless.
deergomoo 8y ago
You need an iPhone to even set it up I’m afraid
GFischer 8y ago
Xiaomi makes nice watches but it probably has the same issues you're wanting to avoid, and you're very much buying into their system. https://www.androidcentral.com/amazfit-verge-new-smartwatch-xiaomi-costs-just-115 https://www.androidcentral.com/amazfit-verge-new-smartwatch-...

glhaynes 8y ago

I don't believe you can even get to the pretty watch with swappable faces part without an iPhone to activate it. It's very definitely only for iPhone users — as of now, at least.

nradov 8y ago

How do you define "quality"? There are smart watches from Samsung, Garmin, and other vendors which are superior in some ways but worse it others. It depends on what you want. All of those are open in the sense that you can write your own apps.

komali2 8y ago
Wait, I wasn't sure if any of those have a cellular radio in them - that was the first thing that comes to mind. I do like the Galaxy Watch quite a bit though, though it requires "buy in" to Samsung's suite of things (Samsung Pay instead of Android Pay/Google Pay for example... which is just me preferring google stuff over samsung to be fair).
- nradov 8y ago
  The Samsung Gear watch includes 4G LTE connectivity just like the Apple watch.

biohax2015 8y ago

Yep, one of the things keeping me from going Android is rendering my 250$ toy that I bought a year and a half ago useless.

deergomoo 8y ago

You need an iPhone to even set it up I’m afraid

GFischer 8y ago

Xiaomi makes nice watches but it probably has the same issues you're wanting to avoid, and you're very much buying into their system. https://www.androidcentral.com/amazfit-verge-new-smartwatch-xiaomi-costs-just-115 https://www.androidcentral.com/amazfit-verge-new-smartwatch-...