WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.839 as a surprising number of you have noticed I've been wearing a new 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:11.519 smartwatch for the last month or so without reviewing it sorry it's taken so 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:16.199 long but sometimes it does take a while to get to a particular device CU it's 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:20.080 really inconvenient to stop using it long enough for Brandon to get a chance 00:00:18.119 --> 00:00:24.080 to shoot some b-roll I've actually had a couple of things like that recently 00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:29.039 including the obutto gaming cockpit which is coming soon and this guy right 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:34.239 here welcome to my review of the LG gatch are my favorite Smartwatch so 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:47.199 far experience silent performance with the new Cooler Master silencio 652 s 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:53.000 minimalist design maximum compatibility click now to learn more so after 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:55.440 reviewing the Moto 360 I resolved to let 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:59.960 Android Wear mature a little until sometime after the Apple watch launch so 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:05.360 I could compare its progress to Apple's mation but after seeing how disappointed 00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:09.880 I was with the Moto 360's poor battery life with the screen in ambient usually 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:15.119 on mode with no option for Always on at all and the general bugginess of Android 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:20.079 Weare 4.4 one of my colleagues edzel instead of getting scared off of Android 00:01:17.080 --> 00:01:24.200 Weare ran out and bought an LG Gat R which he declared to be awesome and said 00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:28.320 that I should get one too so I did and it turns out he was right but don't tell 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:32.399 him that the hardware specs are better than the 360 mostly I mean like anything 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:37.119 it's a trade-off but it's a trade-off that I happen to like better the gatr 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:43.159 features a much newer more efficient and significantly faster processor a 30% 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:46.280 larger 410 milliamp battery a power 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:48.399 sipping ped display that some folks are 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:52.240 concerned about burning with but careful selection of watch faces and the short 00:01:50.119 --> 00:01:56.000 realistic lifespan of a piece of tech like this thanks to software updates and 00:01:54.000 --> 00:02:00.880 limited battery charge cycles makes that a bit of a nonissue for me but some 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:05.200 drawbacks to LG's apprach do show up when we look at the construction the 00:02:02.479 --> 00:02:09.239 Moto 360 features a larger display with gorilla glass protecting it and a 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:15.519 reasonably nice leather strap included in the Box while LG relies on the Gat 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:17.640 R's thick bezel to protect its smaller 00:02:15.519 --> 00:02:22.560 plastic face and includes one of the worst leather watch straps I've ever 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:27.080 encountered in my life although the fact that it can be easily changed out for 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:32.080 any standard 22mm strap like this Kevlar fabric one that edzel picked up for his 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:34.080 without any special tools makes it less 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:38.400 of an issue because that's a great way to enhance the comfort and style of the 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:44.680 watch to appeal to folks who like velcro bands metal bands or anything in between 00:02:42.519 --> 00:02:50.400 and maybe that's the biggest reason that I like the gatr better LG didn't blow me 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:55.680 away with their like Space Age industrial design and great you know 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:57.640 durable material choices but the watch 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:03.080 just plain suits me better and at the end of the day it's a watch and I have 00:03:00.239 --> 00:03:06.640 to wear it the build quality is solid enough I didn't get any chips or 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:11.040 anything on it in the last month or so and the round sporty look appeals to my 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.200 practical side which I suspect will be the case for a lot of LG's target 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:19.799 audience for this thing since the folks who are into Super high-end formal dress 00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:24.519 watches were unlikely to buy something that doesn't have mechanical movement 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:27.799 anyway but if you're going to appeal to practical people then you better provide 00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:31.280 some practical functionality right the gatr has a heart rate monitor visible on 00:03:29.959 --> 00:03:35.120 the bottom of the unit that I didn't use at all because as long as the old girl's 00:03:33.760 --> 00:03:38.599 still ticking in there I'm not too fussed about how fast but it also has 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:42.480 some stuff that does matter to me including an IP67 Ingress Protection 00:03:40.959 --> 00:03:46.640 rating which you can learn more about here but in short means that you can't 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:49.599 go scuba diving with it but that would be stupid anyway because capacitive 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:54.439 touch screens don't work underwater and it only has one physical button on the 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:56.439 right side but in you know your normal 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:59.360 life for normal people it'll keep water and dust out of the casing for as long 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:03.120 as I think a half an hour under a meter of water it's also got a gyro 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:07.959 accelerometer and compass for step tracking and motion control with only a 00:04:05.239 --> 00:04:12.079 GPS sensor really missing for folks who want to go running or whatever and not 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:15.079 bring their tethered phone with them now normally I would cover the software of 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:19.519 the device at this point in the review but Android Weare is I mean it's the 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:25.520 same on every device that runs it and it just doesn't really do that much I mean 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:27.280 you can put apps on it you can put 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:31.360 custom watch faces on it both of which I demo in the Moto 360 review which you 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:35.360 can watch here but if you're buying this device so you can use a wrists sized 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:39.720 internet browser instead of a pocket sized one then you're definitely missing 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:44.320 the point Android Weare devices are for lightning fast notifications of 00:04:41.880 --> 00:04:48.919 reminders upcoming events and messages quick handsfree memo creation and 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:53.039 replies to emails and text and Hangout messages turn BYT navigation for folks 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:58.280 who don't have a car dock for their phone telling the time onscreen music 00:04:56.080 --> 00:05:01.440 control and for me very importantly letting you know when you leave your 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:07.199 phone behind somewhere because it loses the connection and that aside from some 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:10.919 frustrations like poor support from third party applications like Twitter 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:14.919 which in some cases won't even let you read a notification properly much less 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:18.560 open it on the phone or heaven forbid interact with it through the watch and 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:23.759 Google Now's laughable predictions for cards that I'd like to see and finally 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:25.479 the weak media controls that bury you 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:30.600 know your music Control under other cards and totally needs to be revamped 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:36.199 is what the gwat are does so it's getting a glowing review from me but 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:40.600 lonus the Moto 360 does that stuff too and you were pretty harsh on it how much 00:05:37.880 --> 00:05:45.039 is LG paying you great question nothing by the way but I actually noticed the 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:49.360 difference in tone for this review too when I was rewatching my Moto 360 video 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:53.479 and reading this one to to prep for this and I was pretty down on that device for 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:58.759 some stuff that in retrospect seems pretty minor doesn't it for some reason 00:05:56.400 --> 00:06:02.960 I accept 1 and 1/2 days of battery now actually once I got two to which was 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:07.280 nice I accept the proprietary charger dock that doesn't even have a handy 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:12.599 dandy bedside mode and isn't even a cool Wireless one this time and I accept the 00:06:09.479 --> 00:06:14.400 general quirkiness of Android Wear so it 00:06:12.599 --> 00:06:19.039 took me a while to nail this down but at the end of the day I think the reason 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:22.960 the gatr gives me so many warm fuzzies and will remain on my wrist now that I'm 00:06:20.919 --> 00:06:28.000 done with this review is that I can use it as much as I want have my screen 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:32.680 always on so I can always see the time even without a goofy gesture and still 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:36.919 get that one and a half days of battery that I need that's where the Moto 360 00:06:35.039 --> 00:06:40.280 failed me and that's where the Apple watch has already failed me if the 00:06:38.520 --> 00:06:45.800 rumored internal battery life targets are anywhere close to True a watch needs 00:06:42.880 --> 00:06:49.080 to be a functional watch first before it can get my attention for all the other 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:54.599 little tricks it does which is why I tolerated Pebbles you know truncated 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:57.479 email notifications so willingly up 00:06:54.599 --> 00:07:02.400 until now because it was a watch first and it did all that other stuff well now 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:07.160 Android Wear has a watch that it runs onto one that still needs Google to get 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:11.039 their crap together on a few things uh replying to email for example on the 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:15.800 watch leaves it unread in my inbox for some reason but it's still the best 00:07:13.919 --> 00:07:20.479 wearable experience I've had so far and I hardly recommend it assuming you've 00:07:17.960 --> 00:07:25.240 got as much uh as you'd spend on a decent smartphone to spend on a watch so 00:07:23.960 --> 00:07:29.080 that's pretty much it guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment if your 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:32.879 feelings are more complicated than this as always we we have a link in the video description where you can buy a cool 00:07:31.479 --> 00:07:37.120 t-shirt like this one give us a monthly contribution if you want us to keep making videos change your Amazon 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:42.080 bookmark to one with our 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