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cosurgi [kozicki.pl] writes:

Some people like smartwatches, some don't. I thought it might be worthwhile to ask fellow Soylentists about a decent phonewatch. Maybe there is something nice out there?

About 1.5 year ago I replaced my old Nokia 5310c with Omate Truesmart. This Omate has just died this week - it fell for the third time from my desk, and this time it wouldn't charge (or connect to PC) anymore. I guess that the USB wirings inside it got disconnected. So now I'm back to my old Nokia.

Besides I was never completely happy with Omate: crappy software and not a single software update from the seller. Buggy apps desperately needed updates, which were in fact released by software authors, but not pushed as Omate updates. But at least Omate worked, and I was mildly content with that. I felt comfortable talking to it on my wrist. It made me pay attention to find a silent spot first, so that I troubled people less during my phone conversations. That was good since I too hate listening other people yelling at their phones.

I never used a smartphone or a phablet because those are too big for my taste (my wife uses one and sort-of accepts it). I prefer smaller mobiles than bigger ones. They are supposed to be mobile after all, this is why I deliberately did not use the term "smartwatch" in the title because some companies think that smartwatch is "good enough" when it has a companion phone. Well, that is not the case for me, a phonewatch has to have a simcard slot in it. Also it must be able to record audio memos (e.g. to record some idea that I had), and a decent calendar. In fact I look forward into some opensource ubuntu phonewatch, but it didn't arrive yet. So until then I'll have to use something worse.

I looked into Samsung Gear S, but I am not entirely convinced. Did any of you fellow Soylentists had any experience with phonewatches?

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