Best smartwatch for me?

[Keudn]

With my Pebble Steel finally giving up the ghost I am looking to find myself a new watch. I really like the Samsung Gear S3, specifically I love the altitude and barometer readings and the fact that I can pay at any normal cardswipe location instead of only at google pay enabled places. There are a couple things that make me hesitant to buy it though, the fact that it doesn't run Android Wear, and that it doesn't appear to support google maps navigation. Does it support a lot of android apps or will I be stuck mainly with the apps it has already plus a handful that I can get from samsung? I don't have a samsung phone, is that going to affect using the watch? Is there a way to get it to support google maps? Is there a better watch that does everything the S3 does but with Android Wear?

[Armakar]

i can't even see the point of any smart watch, why not just use a phone? it does everything a smart watch does but better lol

[Keudn]

1 minute ago, Armakar said:

i can't even see the point of any smart watch, why not just use a phone? it does everything a smart watch does but better lol

Not to be rude, but im not asking whether or not I should get a watch, im asking which one I should get. Even if you don't see a purpose for them other people do

[seon123]

2 minutes ago, Armakar said:

i can't even see the point of any smart watch, why not just use a phone? it does everything a smart watch does but better lol

The same way a laptop and landline can do anything a phone can do. 

Having a small handicapped phone on your wrist is surprisingly nice, once you get used to it. 

[Armakar]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

The same way a laptop and landline can do anything a phone can do. 

Having a small handicapped phone on your wrist is surprisingly nice, once you get used to it. 

Yeah, a large laptop with generally bad battery life (worse than a smartphone) and a large phone with a fixed radius does just what a smartphone does..

 

 

10/10 comparison 
 

[seon123]

Just now, Armakar said:

Yeah, a large laptop with generally bad battery life (worse than a smartphone) and a large phone with a fixed radius does just what a smartphone does..

 

 

10/10 comparison 
 

Yes, a large smartphone that generally has to be recharged more often than a smartwatch, and that is in your pocket or bag instead of on your wrist. 

[LLEBTNCJD_its_something]

5 hours ago, Keudn said:

With my Pebble Steel finally giving up the ghost I am looking to find myself a new watch. I really like the Samsung Gear S3, specifically I love the altitude and barometer readings and the fact that I can pay at any normal cardswipe location instead of only at google pay enabled places. There are a couple things that make me hesitant to buy it though, the fact that it doesn't run Android Wear, and that it doesn't appear to support google maps navigation. Does it support a lot of android apps or will I be stuck mainly with the apps it has already plus a handful that I can get from samsung? I don't have a samsung phone, is that going to affect using the watch? Is there a way to get it to support google maps? Is there a better watch that does everything the S3 does but with Android Wear?

Go and watch, Mr mobile reviews, there are lots of it, ask Edzel on twitter/forum he used lot of smart watches. (I am not promoting another YouTube channel, any ways he covers different things than this channels)