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Gone are the days when all watches did was to tell the time. Today, they have been fitted with sensors allowing them to serve as your fitness companions among with a plethora of other cool functions.
Smartwatches look good &incredibly cool. But beyond being just pointless geeky accessories, the best of them now work in seamless coordination with your smartphone allowing you to view notifications without touching your mobile devices, check the weather forecast for the day, search Online with your voice or run native apps. 2018 was a massive year for smartwatches.
Here are best 5 smartwatches of 2018:
One of the best picks for 2018 is the Samsung Galaxy, coming after the Gear S3 series that was released a year earlier, Samsung decided to dump the much expected Gear S4 name choosing instead to call it the Galaxy Watch.
The Samsung Galaxy watch easily gets into the list of the best 5 smartwatches of 2018. It offers some remarkable improvements over previous models. It runs on the Tizen OS which seems to be a better alternative to Google’s Wear OS although with a limited number of apps but more in terms core basics. Samsung still retained its spectacular rotating bezel navigation which has been touted as one of the best you will find on a smartwatch.
There are 42mm &46mm versions of the watch &both of them offer an impressive battery life which is one of the main selling point of this watch. With four days from a single charge on the 46mm &2 to 3 days for the smaller screen model.
Apple did an overhaul on design with its new Apple watch 4 this time offering 40 &44 mm sizes as against the 38 & 42mm of the Series 3. it also sports a larger speaker as well yet retains the aesthetic sleekness Apple is known for.
It still retains a lot of the core fitness & sporting features in the previous series with the addition of improvements in terms of run tracking &also with the addition of new activities such as hiking & Yoga. Apple also added a new ECG monitoring feature which allows for even more serious health monitoring allowing the watch to detect irregularities in heart rhythm. There is also a new fall detection mode which makes it possible for users of this watch to contact emergency services through Siri on the event of a fatal fall. All of these features & more make the Apple watch one of the top choices of 2018, especially for iPhone users.
A relative unknown to make it to our list of the best 5 smartwatches of 2018 is the ‘TicWatch Pro’. It pairs with both Apple & Android devices but that’s not even the coolest thing about this watch. What makes it unique is its dual-screen feature. It features an LCD which can display time, your heart rate & other basic information when the battery runs low, below this is a bright OLED display which offers the full features of a Wear OS wristwatch.
You will also find this watch cheaper than your typical high-end models with functionality as close to them. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 chipset &offers basic smartwatch features like GPS, Plays music, Google pay & so on.
The Iconic is Fitbit’s 1st smartwatch but performs more as a fitness tracker in the long run. The iconic has a unique algorithm that allows it to track a wide range of workouts & activities ranging from running to biking, weightlifting, &swimming among others.
Also, it offers all the standalone functionality of a typical smartwatch but without the option of a cellular collection which might be a downer especially if LTE functionality is a must-have feature for you in a Smartwatch. If this is not then the Iconic might be the watch for you, with features like heartrate monitoring, GPS &music playback still very much in place at an average of the cost of Apple Watch 3 or Samsung Galaxy watch. You can also opt for the Fitbit Versa if you are willing to sacrifice a little more functionality for the even lesser price.
If you are looking for a versatile Android Wear watch with a slim waterproof design &basic work out monitoring features together with LTE that allows you to carry your Smartphone less then LG watches sports is the one for you.
It will track your heart rate for both indoors &outdoor activities. However, you can only do light swimming with this watch if any at all as it is only water resistant to a depth of 1.5 meters for only about 30 minutes. But you still get the holy grail of smartwatch functionality which is GPS, NFC <E support
So these were the best 5 smartwatches of 2018. These are few of the best buys in 2018, & there are still plenty to look forward to in 2019 with some hybrid & touchscreen watches on their way in the new year.
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