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It looks similar to a watch I've seen all over the news. Can't remember the name of it though. (Also IP68 isn't really waterproof. I take it back, I thought it

It looks similar to a watch I've seen all over the news. Can't remember the name of it though. (Also IP68 isn't really waterproof. I take it back, I thought it was IP67 whoops)

orjan 12y ago
OK, I'll bite. First: this watch was introduced before the Apple Watch. I doubt either Sony or Apple knowingly copied the other. Second: it's tricky to define "waterproof". IP68 specifies continuous immersion beyond 1 meter. If that's not enough for you, well... Keep looking. :)
- post_break 12y ago
  Yeah I goofed, I thought it was IP67 specs. Got them confused. Also I was just joking about the apple comparison.
morganvachon 12y ago
This is Sony's fourth attempt at a smart wristwatch, going back to 2010 with the LiveView. I have the first Sony SmartWatch (second in the whole line, released after the LiveView) and it is crap compared to watches that came after like the Pebble, which I also own and use currently. The SmartWatch 2 was a huge improvement over the previous model, but it didn't impress me enough at the time to buy it so soon after the last one; I ended up getting the Pebble instead. This one though, looks like what I'm really looking for in a smart wristwatch. I'd happily trade my Pebble for one, and probably will once they start selling it in the US. As for the waterproof rating, IP68 would be "no ingress of dust" (the "6" in the rating) and "the equipment is suitable for continuous immersion in water (immersion beyond 1m)" (the "8" in the rating). That sounds pretty much waterproof to me. Now, if you mean it's not a diver's watch, well of course it isn't, and never claimed to be. A diver will wear a diver's watch, not a device that connects to a phone she wouldn't dive with anyway.
- post_break 12y ago
  Yeah I just edited my post, I goofed on the IP68 thinking it was IP67. I had the first sony smart watch and it was amazing for its time. Then I got the pebble and loved it. Now I'm onto the Moto 360 and not looking back.
  - makomk 12y ago
    IP68 is actually more waterproof than IP67 - higher digits mean better levels of protection in IP codes. IP68 is basically the highest rating possible under this standard.

It looks similar to a watch I've seen all over the news. Can't remember the name of it though. (Also IP68 isn't really waterproof. I take it back, I thought it was IP67 whoops)

orjan 12y ago

OK, I'll bite. First: this watch was introduced before the Apple Watch. I doubt either Sony or Apple knowingly copied the other. Second: it's tricky to define "waterproof". IP68 specifies continuous immersion beyond 1 meter. If that's not enough for you, well... Keep looking. :)

post_break 12y ago
Yeah I goofed, I thought it was IP67 specs. Got them confused. Also I was just joking about the apple comparison.

morganvachon 12y ago

This is Sony's fourth attempt at a smart wristwatch, going back to 2010 with the LiveView. I have the first Sony SmartWatch (second in the whole line, released after the LiveView) and it is crap compared to watches that came after like the Pebble, which I also own and use currently. The SmartWatch 2 was a huge improvement over the previous model, but it didn't impress me enough at the time to buy it so soon after the last one; I ended up getting the Pebble instead. This one though, looks like what I'm really looking for in a smart wristwatch. I'd happily trade my Pebble for one, and probably will once they start selling it in the US. As for the waterproof rating, IP68 would be "no ingress of dust" (the "6" in the rating) and "the equipment is suitable for continuous immersion in water (immersion beyond 1m)" (the "8" in the rating). That sounds pretty much waterproof to me. Now, if you mean it's not a diver's watch, well of course it isn't, and never claimed to be. A diver will wear a diver's watch, not a device that connects to a phone she wouldn't dive with anyway.

post_break 12y ago
Yeah I just edited my post, I goofed on the IP68 thinking it was IP67. I had the first sony smart watch and it was amazing for its time. Then I got the pebble and loved it. Now I'm onto the Moto 360 and not looking back.
- makomk 12y ago
  IP68 is actually more waterproof than IP67 - higher digits mean better levels of protection in IP codes. IP68 is basically the highest rating possible under this standard.