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Huawei Watch 2 (45 mm, Plastic, 2G)

Huawei Watch 2

45 mm, Plastic, 2G

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  • GrandDixence

    6 years ago •
    purchased this product

    Suitable for emergency communication when you don't want to carry a mobile phone, such as jogging, cycling

    Suitable for emergency communication when you do not want to carry a mobile phone, such as jogging or cycling. Suitable for emergency communication in wind-sheltered areas where there is good mobile phone reception (at least 3 signal bars on the mobile phone). 

    Pro

    • Thanks to the nano-SIM card slot, Swisscom prepaid SIM cards can also be used
    • Surprisingly good mobile phone reception, which lags only slightly behind mobile phone reception.
    • Voice quality from the microphone is surprisingly good when wearing the SmartWatch on the arm.
    • Well-protected SIM card compartment (Nano-SIM)
    • Functions like heart rate monitor etc. make a great toy for tech-savvy adults.
    • The most advanced smartwatch with nano-SIM card currently available for the European mobile phone market
    • Wristband easily interchangeable. Mobile phone/WLAN antennas are fully integrated in the watch case
    • Battery lasts several hours without problems. Suitable for several hours of outdoor use.
    • Ceramic or plastic watch case for good mobile phone and Wi-Fi reception
    • SmartWatch charges very well with the display against the ground. Magnetic charging cradle.
    • Hardware and software appear to be state of the art.
    • Watch case makes a robust impression.
    • Metal watch case back

    Contra

    • Poor voice quality from the loudspeaker. Therefore only suitable for emergency communication.
    • Not suitable for use outside Europe (lack of radio frequencies)
    • No Voice over LTE (VoLTE), no support for LTE Band 20 (800 MHz)
    • Smartphone required to set up the SmartWatch (Why?)
    • No reception of WLAN in the 5 GHz frequency band (802.11a) possible
    • no possibility to read, write and delete the phone contacts on the SIM card
    • No emergency call app can be found in the App Store (Google Play) (for example, REGA App)
    • No app for sending the coordinates of the current position (GNSS) via SMS can be found in the App Store.
    • Not suitable for large wrists. The strap attachment to the watch case cannot be rotated.
    • No GNSS reception of Galileo and Beidou satellites possible. No support of EGNOS.
    • No support for telephone calls with high voice quality (HD Voice => Audiocodec AMR-WB)
    • Automatic rejection of unknown/suppressed telephone numbers not possible
    • "Automatic rejection of telephone numbers on blocked list" not possible
    • Bluetooth reception is always switched on when the SmartWatch is started
    • "Mobile data" is switched on now and then as if by magic, resulting in unwanted costs
    • The display is difficult to read under strong sunlight
    • When deleting SMS, the SMS are not always deleted from the SIM card
  • MWSchmidPrivat

    6 years ago •
    purchased this product

    Standalone could be improved. Pulse measurement not very reliable depending on the type of sport.

    I've been using the watch for four months now with a SIM card and always without a mobile phone (you still need a smartphone to set up the watch, though... the cheap one from Wiko does the trick).

    Battery: Ok, I always     get through the day (< 10 messages, < 45 min calls). Even until the morning if necessary (i.e. 24 hours is usually possible). Important: Google Health should not have access to the heart rate monitor - otherwise it measures far too often and the battery is used up within a few hours (in the past, this could only be controlled by revoking permissions).

    Sports function: Step and heart rate monitor are ok for everyday use. When running, the heart rate monitor is not very reliable and when rowing it is completely unusable (shows < 100 bpm although it is at least 150).

    Other functions that are overdue (i.e. for the standalone version):
    - Ringtone on call and alarm even when the watch is not worn.
    - Access to reminders even without phone

    Conclusion:
    The watch works quite well standalone, but a few updates are urgently needed.     

  • philipp

    7 years ago

    Purchase recommendation only if the watch is rarely used as a telephone replacement.

    I bought the watch so that I don't have to limit myself to dual-sim phones or even have two phones in my pocket. I like the watch very much, of course that's a matter of taste. But my big problem with this model is the battery life. Screen on cinema mode and never Always on, location switched off, the only phone Bluetooth paired with a headset, no wifi or the like. The watch lasts just under 4 hours without a phone call, which is simply too little for me. When the sim card is not in the watch, the smartwatch lasts about as long as the Huawei Watch 1. 

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