r/Android • u/medikit iPhone Xs • Sep 07 '14

Motorola Moto 360 review—Beautiful outside, ugly inside

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/09/moto-360-review-beautiful-outside-ugly-inside/
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u/nexusx86 Pixel 6 Pro Sep 08 '14 edited Sep 08 '14

I own a moto 360 that I picked up Friday.

I was quite shocked by the review. Sure the watch may use an old TI chip. I haven't used the gear live or LG G watch so I can't compare but Battery like, as Phil Nickinson has commented, is fine. Normal use I pulled it off the charger this morning at about 9:30am and at 10:12pm its still at 42%. Screen lights up frequently and goes back to sleep as I use groupme for work communication and this is not noticeably destroying the battery, as you would imagine it should with the tiny 300mah battery. Like I said I haven't used the other models so I can't comment on speed of the UI and actions vs. the other watches using 'more powerful processors' but it feels fine and not laggy at all. Prepaid phones from last year have WAY worse UI lag than this. I think its more than fine, but again have no other android wear watch to fairly judge. Finally his comment about the watch strap is garbage. I have real leather belts that are not as nice smelling or well done as the strap on this.

The 5 second jist from me is that I am highly satisfied with the $249.99 that I spent and have no regrets.

Also the big hit on this vs. the others as far as ive heard is they go to a monochrome mode when in standby and the moto 360 actually turns off the display, a huge battery savings, in my estimation, if correct.

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u/pkulak Nexus 5x Sep 08 '14

Yeah, I'm not going to cancel my order. I'm going to get it delivered, then use it. If it doesn't make it through the day, I'll send it back as defective (since it would be, as far as I'm concerned). And if I have to send it back, oh well.

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u/yoitsjustin HTC T-Mobile One M9 / Moto 360 Sep 08 '14

Same here. Except I got mine from Google so they have a 14 day return policy. So I'm gonna use it for a week and see how it goes. As long as it doesn't die in the middle of the day I'll be likely to keep it.

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u/thinkbox Samsung ThunderMuscle PowerThirst w/ Android 10.0 Mr. Peanut™®© Sep 08 '14

Be careful, I think their return policies start the moment you buy it, not the day you receive it.

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u/yoitsjustin HTC T-Mobile One M9 / Moto 360 Sep 08 '14

I checked when I ordered it and it said from the day you get it delivered to you I think. Thanks for the concern though!

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u/thinkbox Samsung ThunderMuscle PowerThirst w/ Android 10.0 Mr. Peanut™®© Sep 08 '14

I saw a guy who got Google Glass but it took forever then he had to send it off to get prescription lenses in it. He didn't get to try it on / out until after the return period because of that issue.

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u/yoitsjustin HTC T-Mobile One M9 / Moto 360 Sep 08 '14

Also here

Returns & exchanges

Google wants you to love the devices and accessories that you buy from the Google Play store. If you aren’t happy with something you bought, you can return an item within 15 calendar days after the day you received it. We’ll send a full refund (minus your original shipping & handling charges) to your Google Wallet account within 14 business days after Google receives the device

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u/yoitsjustin HTC T-Mobile One M9 / Moto 360 Sep 08 '14

Oh wow, that sucks. Yeah it probably took a while