Big-brand smartwatches are overpriced, bloated, and invasive

[Redaktion]

My old Amazfit Bip didn't exactly die, but over the years it started looking pretty rough. So I went looking for a simple smartwatch with minimal features at a similar price — turns out that hardly exists anymore. Most smartwatches are stuffed with functions I don't need. That not only costs more money than I'm willing to spend but usually eats into the battery life I actually care about.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Big-brand-smartwatches-are-overpriced-bloated-and-invasive.1169542.0.html

[Jose]

User of amazfit neo +1

[Leag]

Largely agreeing with the take, which is a gap I feel like the CMF Watch 3 Pro is trying to fill.

[Rasec]

50€ for a device with a color screen and decent battery? Maybe ten years ago...

[C]

The key words are vibration alarm. Feature that exists only on large watches smart or not. I successfully used a smartwatch to diagnose an issue while training, but otherwise I only need the vibration.

[JLThom]

totally agree. have always questioned why smartwatches can cost as much or more then a smartphone. insanity. figured Samsung or Motorola wld have realized that there's still a larger market for sub-$150 smartwatches and offered some inexpensive devices. but nobody has come (back) to that. guess still too many consumers buying the silly expensive stuff.

[Amine Bouhafs (Holland)]

FINALLY!!!
I never posted anything on nbc untill now (because I really want things to change hoping watchmaker devs are "watching" this).
Never mind about thinking "YOU" are the odd one because I thought that "I" was that one (untill I read your comment that is}.
I have an Apple Watch Series SE (LTE) and the things I use are,

1. phone calls and texts
2. agenda, calender, e-mail and alarms
3. payments

That's it!
And none of the other bulls... for the same reasons you mentioned.
These are my two cents.

[Salim Tyabji]

At a €50 piece point it'll be tough. At roughly 3x that the new Pebble should get you pretty close if you really needed a smart watch.

But honestly,if you need a watch with alarms and good design/solid build quality/long battery you can't do better than the Casio F91W (or one of its ilk)!