Motorola Moto 360 Smartwatch Price: $159.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard OR $10 Two-Day OR $20 One-Day Shipping Estimates: Ships in 1-2 business days (Thursday, Dec 17 to Friday, Dec 18) + transit Condition: New
I owned the original Moto 360 (this watch) for a year, and loved it for the most part, but as time has gone by, it’s slower CPU and smaller battery have not been able to keep up with improvements in Android Wear. That watch can’t even make it through a work day on a single charge now. I’m not saying this will be true of a “new” last generation Moto 360, but potential buyers should be aware of this. I’m currently wearing the 2015 2nd generation of the Moto 360 with upgraded specs, and it is very respectable in both performance and battery life, even with the “always on” display (I never used that in my old watch due to battery drain).
Still using my 1st Gen Moto360. Love the watch. Recent improvements to Android Wear have made it better. Had some battery challenges early on but the optimizations to the software fixed that. I now easily get a full day out of my watch (6am - 10p with around 40% left).
If you’re wondering why to get one: There’s no ‘killer app’ but it does lots of little things well that makes owning it nice. Here are the features I use/appreciate most often:[list]
[]Check the time without digging out your phone.
[]See immediately who’s calling.
[]Easily answer a call (or silence the phone and send someone to voicemail).
[]Read texts and emails unobtrusively in meetings.
[]Control music remotely (forward, back, play, pause, volume)
[]Numerous great looking watch faces
[]Tracks steps/activity
[]Emergency flashlight
[*]Voice control to set reminders and alarms
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love mine (black). hate the champagne color, but that’s personal preference, I guess. coming from an original pebble, the increase in functionality has been amazing. i got mine for about $50 less than this barely used from your local classified ads website, and i do remember amazon having them for around $150 a while back as the 2nd gen was getting released. that said, if you’re not willing to spring for the full price second gen, and you like the color, this is probably a really good compromise.