[Closed] So... iBought one of these iWatch clones from Aliexpress. What does it do?

Probably needs a bluetooth connection to your phone...

No idea

Sorry

I've managed that part. Just. Kinda. It's seems to be talking to my phone (iPhone 4s), but not in an entirely functional way.

Makes a loud clicking noise every time I type a text - which is quite exciting!

Other than that..? 😕

So, what is it good for? .

Stripping you of the last shred of your dignity?

The only thing sadder than an Apple fanboi is a fake Apple fanboi.

I have no shame 😛 😳

It has to be said, I do feel like a bit of a cock wearing it. 😆

does anyone still use these ? ive never seen another person actually wearing one.... other than the initial 20minutes after their release.....

maybe its different down in that their london but i cant imagine geoff from up the road got his to sync well with his john deere 😉

Looks like one of those 80's calculator watches. Retro!

Use it to rate how good your ****ing technique is. There's bound to be an app for that.

Can I use the 'step' function for that? 😆

There's bound to be an app for that.

A Fapp?

Crikey thats a terrible fake too.

The whole iWatch thing is to be a companion to your phone. Which probably doesn't work if it's fake.

mine lets me read my text messages in a really small font, or in a really big font that doesn't let me scroll in any way useful.

also allows me to answer calls on it, by speaking into my wrist, like penny from inspector gadget, but without the cool poppy uppy bits.

also allows me to stream my high def audio from my sony phone to the watch. so I can hear all that high defyness on a really really small tinny speaker, located on my wrist, rather than the not bad by comparison phone speaker in my pocket, or on my desk, or the pretty good quality headphones I could connect via bluetooth to my phone, if my phone wasn't already connected via bluetooth to my watch..

it does have a vibrate alarm though, which is why I paid all of £10 for it. so I don't wake the wife up when my alarm goes off, or so I actually wake up when my alarm goes off cos my wife snores and I need to wear earplugs.

🙂

A Fapp?

Doubles as a ****le bracelet.

It has to be said, I do feel like a bit of a cock wearing it

For you that is perhaps an upgrade ? 😉

The real one seems to beep when you have message/text/tweet/email etc, then you try and read it on the tiny screen before getting your phone out anyway.

Connect it to your car obvs.
Then you can get it to arrive just in the nick of time when you're chasing crims.
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Hmmm. Apparently iFapp does not exist as an app yet. There's a market there if you ask me and, if someone on here does make it, Perchy and I want royalties.

Maybe I should have used private browsing for that search though.

Why is he using his watch to talk to the car that he's sitting in?

Michael Knight? Clearly rhyming slang.

So, what is it good for? ...beats me.

Michael Knight? Clearly rhyming slang.

Thinking about it, so is KITT.

You tell us. You're the one that's got it.

lovewookie... that pretty much sums up my conclusions on this truly awesum device so far.. 😕

Well, at least it has a watch function! 😀

I probably really must stop buying crap on Aliexpress. This month I've had 10 pairs of 'clone' CK trunks arrive, which would probably be more suitable for a five year old. 😆

The matte carbon topcap (£2!) that arrived was sweeeeeet though 😎

sending all your phone and cloud data to Shenzhen Industrial area.

Come to think of it though, it did ask me to install and register for an App to 'support' the phone
😯 #tinfoil 😯

Say goodbye to your personal data then.

Still, at least you'll have a good reason when your credit score plummets and you find yourself in solitary in Gitmo. And the guards will be impressed with your tech.

Or not.

Probably not.

iDontknow.

I do feel like a bit of a cock wearing it

If you can't feel the whole of a cock then you've probably done the strap up too tight

That's massive compared to the iPhone ones.

A few people at my work have them. They see it as an advantage so they see emails as they come in when they are sat in meetings.

Personally I can't see the point, I don't use a watch as it is

It's one of those items I thought might be useful but rapidly lost interest when I realised as usual that there's nothing out there that does all things, or at least all things easily without jumping through more hoops than a dog display team. Gave up in the end. They are all gopping as well.

GT88 - spec sheet: "Compatible with Android and iOS. Please note that some functions cannot support iOS for now " 🙁

Bloke at work has got one (a genuine one) that his Wife bought him as a Christmas present....

It mainly seems to sit on his desk being charged.....

By creating this thread, you've fulfilled its main purpose, which appears to be to tell other people you have one...

😉

Seems unlikely the OP would show off. The shirt marks him out as a shy retiring type... 😉

The shirt marks him out as a shy retiring type...

either that or its wear your pajamas to work day

😆

Aren't you worried about your wrist bursting into flames or your bank details going to the highest bidder?

Best use for it is to display "look at my ****ing iwatch", like on off of that website for red trousers

maybe it can run strava apps? have you tried?

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If you pay me I will port Rude time to your platform (whatever it is)

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Lol well funny

Nice link CFH - not least for this gem.....

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Smart watches were one of those things that I knew I never had a need for, but was half expecting someone at some point to at least try and convince me. Nobody has 🙁

Can you see Strava/gps info live?
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Heart rate/zones/etc?
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Is there an app that shows the insides of a wrist - then you could convince your school friends that it's an x-ray vision watch!

Can you see Strava/gps info live?
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Heart rate/zones/etc?
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Some Strava data (at least on Android Wear watches) but nothing that useful. I got one to use as a "remote" for my phone when starting and stopping rides on My Tracks - then I switched to Strava that does it automagically. Then I bought a Garmin and don't use my phone for that anyway 🙄

The only time I use mine now is when I go to the pub - a gentle vibrate on the wrist when someone is trying to get hold of me is more discrete than "ring ring" or a song no one likes playing.

**EDIT** You can follow an arrow indicating direction on Viewranger but it's not that easy riding one handed on some terrain in order to look at the watch........

I bought an Androidwear watch because it was going relatively cheap and now it's what I wear all the time. Wish I'd spent more on one that looks nicer now. What I like is

Checking and dismissing or deleting emails and texts
Checking who is calling and declining if not someone I want to speak to
Selecting music using speech in my car
Skipping music tracks with a tap on the watch when I'm on the turbo
Send a Glympse when I'm on my way home so dinner is ready...maybe
Use viewranger for navigation using direction arrow and descriptions popping up at preset points
Using speech to set a countdown timer when I'm cooking

All of this can be done with my phone but I find it handy that I don't have to get my phone out to do it. Think I will be sticking with the smar****ch until there is some radical change in the format of phones

Not sure the fake apple watch will do all this stuff though....

sending all your phone and cloud data to Shenzhen Industrial area.

They just collect it direct from the NSA data centre in Utah.

Have a real Watch from an ahem.. innovation project .. at work. Needs charging every night or it isn't even a watch. Strava app is OK, and heart rate is useful, but I found it has a habit of stopping recording by brushing your sleeve somehow, so it's back in the drawer. The Maps navigation was quite good for walking round that London, just popping up enough info and saving walking staring at a phone.

I did find the terse auto replies for mail/sms were great ways to ensure a frosty home life.

Rubber_Buccaneer - Member
Wish I'd spent more on one that looks nicer now.

Me too - did you buy a Sony by any chance?

Rubber_Buccaneer - Member
Using speech to set a countdown timer when I'm cooking

I'd forgotten that one - dead handy and means you don't end up with your phone covered in sauce/flour/whatever

did you buy a Sony by any chance?

Yes, how did you guess... Luckily I work with the kind of geeks who wear retro looking Casios so it doesn't get noticed

On using this somewhat esoteric GT88 clone device for 24 hours now. I'm convinced firstly - that it was a complete waste of money 😆

...and secondly - that there is probably a place for this kind of wearable tech, but that will be in 5 years time, when the technology finally catches up with the actual concept.

The thing won't allow me to add apps, so Strava is out of the question. But it has got me thinking that in an ideal scenario - I'd want something that automatically registered where I was and what activity I was doing pretty much all the time. If I went for a run, say, it would detect that and activate the GPS to log the route, time, speed and altitude, etc. It would then automatically detect that I was on a bike - and begin to log my rides - without any need for me to press anything. All the time while monitoring my heart rate, etc.

The GT88 clone thing does actually monitor my heart rate while in situ, but to be honest it is more like a random numbers generator than anything else more useful.

I'd quite interesting if in a few years time, the technology and battery life were to improve - and one of these types of devices were able to passively log all the active stuff I did, without me actually having to bother to tell it to do that.

My wrist hasn't exploded yet though, and the Chinese haven't hacked into my life so far as I can tell. But the 'sitting warning alarm' went off last night repeatedly when I was asleep until I turned the damn thing off.. 😆

I also did have a great conversation with Siri through it last night, much to the amusement of my GF, who was rolling her eyes in embarrasment.

It will be going on eBay shortly. 99p no reserve. God knows who would actually want to buy it!

We can already track you 'movements'. Anytime your you posts have more than 7 paragraphs we know you're on the bog.

I bought a Pebble and it's the watch I wear all the time. It's waterproof, the battery lasts for days and it integrates well with Android. My next watch will "hopefully" be another Pebble (a steel type one).