Are you looking to buy a Smartwatch in Qatar? We are increasingly being flooded with smartwatches in all sizes, colours and shapes. However, there are some basic tips you should pay attention to when deciding to buy a smartwatch.
Compatibility with your smartphone
Criterion number one is of course that you get a smartwatch that is compatible with your smartphone. Obviously, there’s no point in buying an Apple Watch if you don’t have an iPhone. The Apple Watch is, as usual, only compatible with iPhones. The other way round is possible: some smartwatches from other brands can be used with your iPhone. There are smartwatches that are compatible with both iOS and Android, such as the Pebble or Alcatel OneTouch Watch.
Each smartwatch comes with a few apps as standard, but you can almost always add a lot of third party applications. For many people, these apps are crucial. Keep in mind that apps on a Pebble do not work in the same way as on an Apple Watch or an Android Wear device. With the Alcatel OneTouch, your app library is also very limited, so if this is really important to you, you should definitely keep this in mind when choosing.
Battery life
Where a classic watch can go a long time without a new battery, this is not the case for a smartwatch. The calculations that a smartwatch has to do, in combination with the light of the screen, is very demanding on the battery.
The battery life is, as with smartphones, an important parameter in choosing a smartwatch. If you want a battery that really lasts, it is best to choose a Pebble. It uses an e-paper screen, comparable to that of an e-reader, and thus offers a battery that lasts about five days without recharging.
That is a lot longer than smartwatches with a colour screen, and therefore a lot more pleasant to use. If you don’t want to or can’t constantly hang your device on the charger, this is definitely something to take into account.
Full Touch or Physical Keys
Smartwatches with touch screens are becoming more and more common, but they are certainly not everywhere yet. Most devices use a combination of the two: a touch screen complemented by a ‘touch’ button or one or more push buttons.
Simslot
The presence of a slot to insert a separate SIM card is a feature that is often overlooked and perhaps the reason why smartwatches have not yet fulfilled their full potential.
No SIM card means that you always have your smartphone at hand in order to use the smartwatch to its full potential. All notifications come from your smartphone because the smartwatch itself has no access to a data connection. A separate SIM card for your watch solves this problem.
This also makes it possible to use the smartwatch completely independently. This way you can use your smartwatch to make calls or send text messages without having to connect to your smartphone.
However, smartwatches with a SIM slot are thin on the ground. Samsung’s Gear S is such a device, but there aren’t many alternatives (yet).
Gps
A big selling point for a smartwatch is a built-in GPS. This is especially useful if you want to use your smartwatch while walking, cycling or hiking. Today’s smartwatch comes with fitness apps and hardware more often than not, so a built-in GPS is also becoming more common.
Sporty or stylish
Fitness apps or not, the smartwatch is also widely used in daily life and can also be worn at parties. The smartwatch is actually meant to never be taken off, except to charge the battery.
But of course, a stylish watch with a metal wristband is not comfortable during sports, and a rubber, colourful device does not exude much class at a wedding. So if you really want a device you can wear all the time, look for a timeless design and a device with interchangeable wristbands.
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