Customer reviews from sony.com
Sony Ericsson - SmartWatch Bluetooth 3.0 Wrist Watch for Select Android Mobile Phones
Average customer rating
3.3
(48 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 48 reviews
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
5
1 Star
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67%of customers recommend this product.
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29 out of
43)
Customer Reviews for Sony Ericsson - SmartWatch Bluetooth 3.0 Wrist Watch for Select Android Mobile Phones
Customer Rating
1
terrible
on April 26, 2012
Posted by: thewatchman
The watch is terrible, it really just doesn't work well at all. Always crashes and for $150 it would be smarter to wait for the same time and get a nike fuel band don't buy until it is a proven good buy
What's great about it: There are none
What's not so great: It just doesn't work well...
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Too Expensive
on June 1, 2013
Posted by: Starlet82
I would be very interested in it, but I would only be interested if it cost like $30-40 per watch instead. No one is going to want to pay that much money for a watch connected to your phone that does the exact same thing, however they probably would if it were an added accessory at a reasonable price as an 'add on'. I would definitely buy it if it cost $30-40 though. I understand what everyone's saying about how it would be hard to text, but if the texting was voice activated like on the Androids and IPhones, it would be perfect. I think that it's pretty cool. ;-)
What's great about it: Seems incredibly convenient, esp. since I do my business on FB. It'd be a lot easier to get import. messages on the go.
What's not so great: It's way too expensive, and can you put insurance on it?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
2
Received as a gift
on November 24, 2012
Posted by: bgdadof6
Not really a watch at all except that it straps on your wrist...It cannot operate alone just to tell time. I have an iPhone and this syncs only with an android phone. I would have rated it a 1 but it's my fault I don't have an android... :)
What's great about it: Great Idea
What's not so great: Not a SmartWatch
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
1
Worst Quality Ever
on June 9, 2013
Posted by: lvelasco
The Silver Ring will fall, the side button will fall as well, and the watch is trash after that.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
2
Need to make it work for the iphone 5
on October 8, 2012
Posted by: frenchfrysp12
Sony needs to make the smartwatch work with the Apple iphone 5 or the past iphones
What's great about it: works with android
What's not so great: not work for apple products
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
wont it so bad
on October 9, 2013
Posted by: clinecollin
i would really love to have this thing looks 10,000x times better than the samsung gear>
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Want to write about product
on May 31, 2012
Posted by: Vancmann
I understand iphone is the "thing" but this is a watch and not a mini iphone. I wish it wasn't a square block. Sony, get your creative team to come up with a futuristic lookin watch or atleast a band #case# to house this and cover its pop out blocky appearance. It looks like someone just stuck an ipod to a generic band and put it on their wrist. I would like to see the top and bottom tapered down to the thickness of its band. Aahhh..I have the idea and the image but not the words.
What's great about it: Great idea, great potential, promising
What's not so great: Ugly, boxy and does not look like the coolness it can be.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
A Good Start
on January 6, 2014
Posted by: ENelson321
I received the Sony Smartwatch 2 as a Christmas gift. I had asked for one knowing the technology was very much in its infancy but still wishing to be a part of the initial user group. As some background, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (so I COULD have tried the Samsung gear instead, and may yet) and am very much an Android user. My family are all Apple users so I have plenty of experience with apple interfaces, I just don't like them.
First, the watch is much sleeker than I thought it would be. As a female engineer, I tend to wear bulky watches (think Baby G's# and this watch is certainly no worse, if not slightly better, than those when it comes to style. I love that I can switch out the watchband so easily.
The functionality however, is where I want to highlight a few things. From a sheer UI/Human factors engineering perspective the sony team has done a great job of using intuitive movements to navigate the various menus. However, I am rather disappointed in the maturity of the apps available.
For example, there is no official Sony stopwatch or timer app. These are functions that my bulky Baby G watch could handle and should certainly be part of the base functionality of this watch. You can pay for various timer/stop watch apps, but most of them are a little bit clunky and it seems silly to pay for such a basic function.
Even worse, the Sony music player app is completely useless. None of the pause, play, next or previous functions work with my generic music player #only the volume buttons work#. This is ridiculous as I have been using 3rd party bluetooth headsets for years which manage this seamlessly so I assume the API is relatively generic/standard.
Finally, I had some problems getting the watch to connect to my phone after the initial pairing/connection. I connected the watch and used it for about 48 hours and then glanced down to find it disconnected. Despite unpairing and repairing and rebooting of both devices I could not reestablish a connection. I even tried installing the older Liveview software in the hopes that it might find the wayward watch. Finally, I shut the watch off and determined to deal with it at a later date and a day or so later when I went to turn it on so I could be ready to respond to sony support commands, it connected just fine. The problem has not resurfaced so I am giving the device 4 stars, but it makes me worry for less tech savy users as they begin to adopt the technology.
All in all, it's a clever little device, really more useful for screening incoming information #there really is no viable text creation app - I've tried 2) than anything else. Yet it's a huge step in the direction of wearable technology and less intrusive integration of digital data in our lives. So if you're looking for a cool toy, or like the idea of having to dig your phone out of the bottomless pit of a purse less frequently, this is the device for you.
Oh, and runners, this thing is fantastic. The "run" app gives you distance and time info as well as haptic feedback and the GPS app provides amazing detailed maps, speed etc. so you can really get some good data on your runs! Paired with run keeper I find it really helpful!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com