Smart-watches: review of the best, reviews. Smart-clock with SIM-card: rating, overview

Quite recently a new, unique niche in its kind appeared on the market of technologies, which quickly gained popularity among fans of electronics. It's about the so-called smart-watches.

To tell you the truth, the idea of releasing such a gadget is not new - it was demonstrated thousands of times in fantastic films, when heroes had special portable devices for communication among themselves in the form of clocks, so the developers only had to implement such a solution "in metal and plastic" that They did. However, it is another matter that such devices are not limited to the function of calls. Modern smart clocks, the review of which we will carry out in this article, have a mass of other interesting options. Which ones? You will learn in the course of our review.

Benefits

Before disclosing data about a smart clock with a SIM card (rating, review, which we prepared, do contain such information), we would like to emphasize one more important point - about the advantages of these gadgets. So, without hesitation, we can note multitasking of such devices. Having a compact watch on your wrist, the user can, for example, make calls. This is convenient if you do not want to get a smartphone out of your pocket if you do not want to take the phone with you (for sports, for example) if you are in the cold and would like to answer the call as quickly as possible.

The second point is the ability to quickly learn information. Many smart watches (the review also includes such models) have browser support and can even access search engines. This means that you can (only with the help of such a miniature gadget) find the necessary information in two accounts, guided by a compact display. The same goes for access to media content (working with music, various applications, and so on).

The third aspect that should be pointed out concerns additional functions. Of course, they differ in each particular model. In general, we can note that these include: step counter, sleep sensor, heart rate meter and other options. All of them, we repeat, differ among themselves, but the fact remains: with their help you can monitor your health, combining business with pleasure.

disadvantages

Given the advantages of having a smart watch, the review of which we are preparing, we can identify some of their shortcomings. In particular, it is too small in the first place. Due to the compactness of the case, it's impossible to place a large, convenient screen or any navigation tools that are intelligible to all in such a gadget. It turns out that the user is compelled to be satisfied with what is, to work with all the smallest ones. Proceeding from this problem of such devices, one can draw one more conclusion: they have low "endurance" (in terms of charge consumption). Since these gadgets can not accommodate a sufficiently large battery, they have to be charged quite often, sometimes daily, in order to keep the work at a normal level. And this, in turn, creates additional tasks for the user.

Let's not forget about one more drawback - this is a high price. Now our describing the smart watch review will show how unreasonably expensive such devices are. And this is for the reason that the market is relatively new, and there simply is not such a huge competition between manufacturers, as we see it in the field of smartphones. And whether it will be in the future is a controversial issue. It should be borne in mind that the level of demand for smart watches (reviews, reviews confirm this) are much lower than for mobile phones. Accordingly, and the same wide range in this area should not be expected.

Well, let's not talk about the negative. As practice shows, buyers of smart watches are becoming more and more, and this is a positive trend. In this article, we give a rating of devices and make an overview of each model. Recall that the information concerns only those devices that support the operation of the SIM-card and are in a sense independent device.

Samsung Gear S

As the characterizing smart watch "Samsung" review shows, these devices are the leaders in the market. The first two generations of Gear could only work together with a phone or tablet of the same manufacturer. Version S is equipped with a module for "simka", because of what you can call it even without a phone. The disadvantage of the users is the fact that the device does not have a (3.5 mm) audio connector (hence, it will not work through the headphones). In all other respects - quite a worthy device worth 350 dollars.

Bizarro

Bizarro, with its 101, 501 and 505 models, is the second most interesting manufacturer in our rating. The devices have a lot of advantages: a low price (up to 80-90 dollars will cost the simplest instance), wide functionality (hours include availability of such Options, such as pulse monitoring, user sleep monitoring, activity counter), as well as opportunities for communication (receiving calls, sending SMS). Of the negative sides, people note except that the rough, square design of the device.

On a single charge, the watch can "hold out" for 3-4 days. The gadget can be safely included in the review of Chinese smart watches (more precisely, their best models).

Iconbit Callisto 100

And the next gadget is already the workings of the Russian company, which also decided to join the "race" of the developers of "smart" watches. The phone also operates on the basis of Android, which makes it compatible with the category of devices with the same preinstalled system. There are a lot of functions here: browser, calls and SMS, Internet search, camera. The price of the device is 110 dollars.

Burg

In our review of the best smart watches, you can not help but include the brainchild of a famous Dutch designer who has developed several unique devices. In terms of their capabilities, watches are the same as those described above: they represent a "cut-down" version of the smartphone based on the Android OS. But the gadget is implemented in a different way: it is presented in the form of a complete set of leather strap and "core" (the body, "stuffed" with everything necessary for the work of the clock).

At a price of $ 200, the focus is not on functionality, but on appearance, in particular, a whole set of different color combinations for the strap (8 variants) is transferred to the sale.

FixiTime

Another product of Chinese engineers is a $ 100 watch called FixiTime. The device is protected from getting into the body of moisture and dust, equipped with a vibration motor and is offered on the market complete with a 600 mAh battery. This device is enough for a couple of days of work.

In addition to the options described above (fitness tracker, means of communication), the device also has a function such as "parental control." This allows parents to see on-line where their child wearing an accessory is. Thanks to this, users often prefer this kind of watch.

Other

Of course, there are quite a few other models on the market that may interest you. In particular, these are products from companies such as Top Watch, Smarus, Zgpax and others.

Many of these devices are products, again, of Chinese companies working in the electronics field. Because of this, the capabilities of such gadgets are comparable with those functions, which we mentioned above (these are calls, fitness tracking, alerts from the smartphone). At the same time, the cost of gadgets fluctuates around 3-5 thousand rubles. Most of these watches are based on Android OS, equipped with a small display (size within 1.5-2 inches), a processor for solving all the tasks (often a product of the companies supplying the "snap-in" for smartphones: MediaTek, Snapdragon or Cortex) .

The review of the best smart watches showed that many devices have internal memory for working with media files of audio and video format. However, it is simply impossible to include everything in our rating, alas.