Are Smart Watches a Smart Idea?

Smart Watches

Smart watches.... I'm just going to say it, there here to stay.  I know that statement might be premature but I want the people reading this to get ahead of the curve on the new trend towards wearable tech.  Smart Watches wont exactly replace your phone entirely but will become the main source of your WIFI and phone connection as the implementation of SIM cards and other phone components are adapted into the wearable devices. Currently, besides the newest Samsung S watch, all of the smart watches on the market are Bluetooth linked to your cell phone in order for Texts, emails and phone calls to be shown on the wearable tech.  But it looks like things are about to start changing.

Smart watches are going to become your main source of cell phone service, wifi, and internet.  I mean, it makes sense.  A watch can be always on you, they're small, most of these new smart watches are both water and dust proof to a certain degree.  Don't get me wrong people, we will still have a phone size tablet like device, but instead the phone sized device would be tethering its cell service from the watch.  Look on the bright side, this would make it a lot harder for you to lose or drop your cell phone.  So who has the best smart watches, what are the best features to look for and whats coming out next.

So lets start with a couple of the hottest smart watches on the market today.  There's the Moto 360, pebble steel, Samsung gear 2, and the LG g watch.  Each of these watches have there unique selling points but lets go over some general features that all of smart watches should have.

Features:

1. Water and dust proof

2.  Battery life of 3 or more days

3.  Easy charging, like inductive charging

4. On board memory storage of 4gb or more for music and more

5. Heart rate and multiple sensors to track health and movement data

6. SIM Card and WIFI capabilities

7. Metal face, better resell value and are more durable

8. Camera / infrared blaster 

If they don't have the majority of these features, then its probably not worth buying unless your just looking to use the watch as a talking point and to get some looks out at the bar, which you will....

Whats coming out next?

The two must anticpated smart watches are the Samsung galaxy Gear S Watch which is shown above and the Apple I Watch which is coming out tomorrow.

I was looking over the specs of Samsung's new Galaxy Gear S smartwatch and it struck me how similar some of the specs were to the first-generation iPhone that Apple released back in June 2007. But the Galaxy Gear S isn't an old iPhone hit.  Some of its features are far superior to that of the original iPhone. It supports 3G, 802.11n, and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, along with features such as a heart-rate monitor. It also features 512MB of RAM, beating the 128MB inside the original iPhone. Even on the battery front, the Galaxy Gear S has the iPhone beat, with a 300 mAh battery that should be able to last about two days of moderate usage (the iPhone would last about a day).

Hopefully the iWatch will have very similar feature as the new Galaxy Gear S watch when it comes out tomorrow but we can only speculate at this point.  I will be updating this blog post about smart watches after the iWatch has been released as well as a section about my own experience owning, using, and reselling a Samsung Gear 2 smart watch.

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