LG G Watch R

[nicklmg]

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1D476ao

Amazon: http://geni.us/21Gf

 

Linus decided to give Android Wear another shot with the G Watch R from LG. Did it improve on the poor impression of Android Wear he had with using the Moto 360?

 

[askmax]

Yay

[burningfyra]

Thanks nick

I believe that another component that you need to look at with a smart watch is price to functionality

[UltraNeonGaming]

It's here!! Thanks Nick!

I still love my moto 360 though!

[sina]

Looking forward to this for a while, thanks!

[winningsince1337]

Woohoo!

[shadowblitz3]

the best looking smart watch

[Imabigmac]

Maybe I will be that old cranky guy down the street who refuse to accept computers or (in a confused tone) "smartphones" . 

 

But I just can't wrap my head around the whole "smartwatch: concept. ....yet

[GlassBomb]

I just WATCHED this video.

Badum-tish~

[Guest]

At first I listened to the bit about not worrying about display burn-in and it made sense, but then I started thinking. It's kind of sad that it sounds logical to say

'I'm not too worried that this piece of tech is designed to be obsolete in a couple of years because it's designed to be obsolete in a couple of years anyway, so I will have replaced it by then.'

Why is the battery glued in? Why shouldn't there be support for future versions of Android wear?

[Hyp0xia]

Can't stand all this pop tech stuff. Can't we just stick to CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, HDDs, ODDs, motherboards with twenty-two SATA ports and fans with LEDs?

[VincentC]

Although the bezel makes it look more proper, its thickness scream gaudy. The development of Android Wear is extremely limited because of its low PPI (Google still doesn't have an built in way to calculate it) that doesn't only much graphics, so it confined to only to be text information display.

[Fuwafuwataimu]

Having worn the same watch day and night for the past five years, I can't get over the fact that all smart watches seem to be aiming for a 2-day battery life, tops. Something like http://www.cnet.com/news/e-strap-puts-a-smartwatch-strap-on-a-dumbwatch/ seems much more appealing.

[Quiet_One]

Liked the video, nice watch, but going to stick with my pebble steel.

[LinusTech]

I just WATCHED this video.

Badum-tish~

Aw man....

[zappian]

I have watched this watch on Linus instagram for a while.

 

Sorry for being a stalker .(

[GlassBomb]

Aw man....

My humor is as dry as yours

[Never Summer]

I appreciate that Linus likes the battery improvements of the G Watch R over the Moto 360, but I just feel so opposite him on its looks.  He said the sporty look suited him better, but it just reminds me to much of the cheap Timex and G-Shock watches that look more like toys than something I'd actually wear.  I'll take the shorter battery life if it means I can have something that I would wear to work rather than to go for a run.

[Agent181]

 

AFter Vid:  I want it, but after the second version comes out so it can have a bigger battery for it.

[Never Summer]

Can't stand all this pop tech stuff. Can't we just stick to CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, HDDs, ODDs, motherboards with twenty-two SATA ports and fans with LEDs?

 

Seeing as the top three videos on the channel are about an RC firetruck, excavator, and drone I'm going to say that the hardcore stuff is pretty solidly secondary to the pop-tech.

[kameshss]

LG G Watch R is the great smart watch in my opinion.

Great All rounder!

 

Nice review @LinusTech

[Raphael_123]

I think i should let android wear keep improving before i buy a $300 watch. Specially the battery, 410 mAh is NOT too far away from 500mAh !!

[Stanvard]

Congrats on the 3000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sidiox]

And I just recieved my Pebble Steel yesterday.....

 

Although considering the price the Pebble is still nicer for me

[Assdwellingmnky]

I was about to pull the trigger on a Moto 360. I'm glad I waited though. The thickness of the 360 really turned me off to it. I still can't justify spending 300 hundred dollars on Android Wear yet, it just seems too unpolished.