this doesn't happen often I did it with the xclaim xi3 access point which I
still stand behind 100% having been using them as our office access points
for a couple of months especially now that they have their cloud-based management tool up and running and I'm
going to do it again with the zenat 2 this is an imperfect but very compelling
product and you should seriously consider buying one stay tuned to find
out why
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learn more it starts today as it always
seems to start with the physical tour of the watch and given what a simple device
the Zen watch 2 is that's probably not going to take very long at the back you
will find the magnetic charging contact
this does require a proprietary cable but I understand that it's being done
for a reason the watch is IP67 rated
making it waterproof for all but the most demanding uses like diving and at
least by the look of things it's not a system that will need to be reinvented
every single time ASUS releases a new watch like what Pebble has been pulling
for the last couple of years moving to the side we've got a traditional looking
Crown but don't be deceived by its looks it's just kind of mushy feeling home
button it's not a dial that can be spun to travel through time or anything like
that and then at the front is depending on which model of the zenat 2 you opt
for either a 37 mm 280 x280 resolution
display or a 41 mm 320x 320 resolution
display no matter which display size you go for you'll be getting what I would
describe as a functional but not particularly stunning OLED panel with a
curved piece of Gorilla Glass 3 covering both it and the larger than I would
prefer bezels than joining just about seamlessly with the metal casing that
makes up the main body of the watch and that body that's where things get
interesting I mean sure the specs are nice you got a Snapdragon 400 processor
52 Megs of RAM 4 gigs of storage with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity with a
300 milliamp battery in the smaller body and a 400 milliamp battery in the larger
one but the solid feel of the device is
what really makes the zenat 2 stand out to me it's it's really well constructed
and manages to be low profile enough that the smaller model will work great
for all but the daintiest of Lady arms with the 42mm being a good size for most
men although with my petite wrists I actually found the smaller of the two
was a better fit for me I just wish I'd gone with one of the other available
strap colors since this taupe thing is pretty girly and there's actually more
good news as well even with a mere 300 milliamp hour battery the Zen watch 2
never went below 25% battery at the end of even the longest of days for me with
the screen always displaying all my critical information and a 5-second
Timeout on the screen dimming function it's not multiple day battery life like
a pebble but I've been trained at this point like a like a seal to charge my
devices daily anyway so let's talk more
usability stuff just like with their motherboards I initially ignored ASUS's
optional software that goes with the watch some because I just don't really
care like the wellness one and others because I was pretty sure that they
would be buggy full of spelling errors and generally not very useful so to say
that I was pleasantly surprised by the zenat manager app would be a gross
understatement it's actually full of genuinely useful customization options
like being able to set the screen dimming timeout something Apple doesn't
allow for fear that their users will discover what a power sucking piece of
wrist junk their watch is the type of hand movements on analog
watch faces and whether new notifications will pop up in the bottom
of the screen on their own or stay hidden until you swipe them up a really
cool little touch for folks who care about privacy and for folks who just
like their watch face to be clean all the time not that I'm one of those uh
this was my preferred watch face for my time with the Zen watch 2 I was able to
choose up to six widgets things like the battery life of my phone battery life of
the watch the weather the humidity Etc that can actually be clicked on to
reveal more information if needed like the weather one which we can swipe down
and see that is that a Chinese character in there okay so there are definitely
some Polish issues the calendar widget on this watch face clearly shows an
event on the preview yet when you press on it there are no events
which okay it it worked this time I can see the events but but this is what I'm
talking about there are there are some other imperfections that I noticed as
well like yes friends this is the part the video where I reveal the ugly
ducklings that are going to break into your house at night and eat your bacon or whatever in my time with the watch I
experienced not one but two crashes one where the wellness app in spite of me
never once opening it crashed and needed to be restarted and another where I
tried to do a factory reset because I was switching phones and the watch was
just stuck on the shutting down screen for several hours until the battery
drained and I was able to power it back on and reattempt the reset add to that
the occasional choppy animation of the UI compared to my daily driver gatr
which is odd because they're both running Snapdragon 400 processors at 1.2
GHz and the I would describe as worse
than average gesture detection to wake up the screen and activate Okay Google
and you've got some pretty you know yo that's kind of a bummer issues so then
hold on a second lonus what was up with that recommendation to buy it at the
beginning well the zenat 2 is
$150 that's the punchline here if you're willing to Overlook these things there's
a beautiful well- constructed No Frills
wearable here that stands up very well to other Android Weare devices and
broadening the competitive analysis I would argue that compared to the Apple
watch has better functionality I mean I'll trade being able to see the damn
time whenever I please for Apple pay and a heart rate sensor any day and on top
of that it turned heads the whole time I was wearing it with people asking me
like oh that looks nice is that the Apple watch giving me an opportunity to
explain to them that no it's not it's actually a much smarter purchase because
while like the Apple watch this product is not perfect at least its flaws are
ones that don't interfere with basic telling the time functionality and on
top of that its price allows me to replace it with something much better a
generation or two down the line three whole Times by
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