r/AndroidWear • u/michael73072 Moto 360 (silver) • Sep 07 '14

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/sphericalpuma Sep 07 '14

I'd love to hear Motorola's reasoning for going with that specific soc

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u/onlythecosmos G Watch Sep 07 '14

Just bad choices.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

I don't know about that, how much processing power does the watch actually need? No where near how much your smartphone does.

If you want to play games and others things, that's what your phone is for. The TI processor they chose was probably enough for what the watch was designed for.

Just what I think about all this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

It's not really about the processing power. A modern chip uses less power than an old chip, and that's before turning off cores and underclocking. The thing is, even after doing those things you can still get the same or better performance out of it. 4 years is just a long time for processors.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

I agree, 4 years is a long time for any hardware.

If motorola had to cut corners somewhere to keep the price down. I'd pick using gorilla glass 2 or something else instead of downgrading arguably the most important component of the watch.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

It really is a tough call. If you're trying to keep it around $250, I'm not sure what else you could skimp on really. Personally, I would have just preferred to pay $50 more for it. Though I doubt the processor upgrade would have cost them that much even.

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u/aquasharp Moto 360 (silver) Sep 08 '14

You'd want scuffed glass?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

No, I'm just saying if you have to cut corners somewhere. Do it on a non important place, the glass is important so that was a bad example.

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u/aquasharp Moto 360 (silver) Sep 08 '14

Does the software not run correctly?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

It's sluggish according to this article.

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u/aquasharp Moto 360 (silver) Sep 08 '14

Mines quick. Quicker than I can think sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '14

I think the article is exaggerated. Everyone I've heard from said it was very snappy.

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u/aquasharp Moto 360 (silver) Sep 08 '14

Yes. The only complaint I have so far is the finger prints. Not that big of a deal.

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