Is the Moto 360 really that good?

After hearing about Apple Watch, those who were waiting to buy it decided to buy Moto 360. I also had this impulse, for the same reason as most people, I thought Apple Watch was "ugly" when I first saw it, while Moto 360's large dial and metal frame design gave people a sense of grandeur and style.

But after a while, I thought about it again. Although the design of Moto 360 with a large dial is good, it is not suitable for women's thinner wrists. When they wear it, it will look very abrupt. If you don't believe it, you can look at the picture below:

In fact, I am still very interested in Moto 360, and I have read a lot of reports. To sum up what most reviews say about Moto 360 - the design is beautiful, Android Wear's design is quite suitable for the round dial, the information on it is clear, and the integration of Google Now will make this watch powerful.

But among the many reviews, the hands-on experience of Artem Russakovskii, founder and editor-in-chief of AndroidPolice, is unique and worth a look.

Russakovskii has been using Moto360 carefully recently, and he has been updating his experience on Google+ every day for four days. As his experience deepens, his impression is constantly changing. Compared with other articles that can't wait to "praise" Moto360, I prefer Russakovskii's rational and calm description.

The first time he used Moto360, Russakovskii encountered a lot of troubles, including multiple Bluetooth failures, multiple notifications not being able to sync, and up to 15 apps needing to be reinstalled. This left him with a bad impression.

In addition, on the first day of use, he felt that the appearance of Moto360 was not as beautiful as shown in the advertisement. However, after three days, his bad impression gradually changed, and he even felt that among many smart watches, the appearance of Moto360 was second to none.

Russakovskii is not used to the interface of the Moto 360 round watch. He thinks that this interface "cuts off" the displayed content and is unnatural. In addition, the small black area below the interface looks really uncomfortable. Russakovskii began to look forward to the LG G Watch R. Although it may be thicker, it will have better power and the interface will be a complete circle.

The power performance of Moto360 is not good enough. If you turn off Ambient Mode (which dims the screen but does not turn it off), the power drops quite quickly, from 100% to 55% in 3 to 3.5 hours. However, after reinstalling the Android Wear app, the power performance of Moto360 has improved. It stopped charging at 9 am and ran out of power at 9 pm.

On the third day, the power performance of Moto360 was even better. It was unplugged from the charger at 10 am and the battery was exhausted at 12:30 pm. However, since it was Sunday and not so busy, I had to continue testing the power performance. However, Ambient Mode would automatically turn on from time to time.

After using it for a few days, Moto 360 has both advantages and disadvantages. Russakovskii lamented that so far, no smart watch has been able to attract the attention of his wife, who thinks that current smart watches are too geeky. This may be the biggest challenge facing smart watches such as Moto 360.

This reminds me of the concept of "Wife-o-Meter" proposed by Shigeru Miyamoto. At that time, Nintendo had just launched Wii, hoping to expand the coverage of game players through this game console, but how to cater to such requirements for game development? So Shigeru Miyamoto used the "thermometer to measure the wife's enthusiasm for games", that is, the "Wife-o-Meter" standard, as the requirement for game production. ——Now smart watches also need "Wife-o-Meter" because it is a cross-border innovation in the technology industry and it needs to attract different user groups.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.