There was a time when budget smartwatches were poorly made, cheaply packaged, had few working functions, dim low-resolution screens, hard to read and poorly printed User Guides. Those days are gone and watches like this although still cheaply priced…
There was a time when budget smartwatches were poorly made, cheaply packaged, had few working functions, dim low-resolution screens, hard to read and poorly printed User Guides. Those days are gone and watches like this although still cheaply priced have drastically upped the game as regards functionality, build quality and presentation. Although at £34.99 this is certainly no iWatch it is much more than a piece of tat that will end up in the bin after a few days.
Inside the small but stylish presentation box was the watch itself, watch strap, USB charging cable, and a User Guide. The User Guide is well printed in colour. I enclose a scan of it at the end of my unboxing video. Switch to full screen and pause as needed to read it.
The watch has a bright and clear 0.96 inch OLED touchscreen with a single button to toggle the power and screen on and off. On the rear are a row of pogo pins to which the charging cable magnetically attaches. The cable is black and fluorescent green to match the default screen theme and is made of soft and flexible silicone. The rather short USB charging cable has a non-standard charging head and if lost will render the watch useless as I doubt if spares can be obtained, so take care of it. Build quality seems first rate and if not up to Apple quality is genuinely not too far behind it.
Using the watch is easy enough with the surprisingly responsive touchscreen. The features and their screens are well laid out and easy to navigate.
After charging the watch for an initial two hours the next thing to do is to install the 'Fundo Wear' smartphone app which is available for iOS or Android. Follow the instruction in the app to Bluetooth pair the phone although this can also be done and confirmed directly from the watch settings screen. The app is a pretty comprehensive health monitoring tool and although not up top Fitbit levels it is far better than I was expecting.
The main functions the watch offers are:
Calls - made from the watch di..
