[Huawei Watch] pavoni:
Really glad to hear you eventually managed to get yours today. I hope you are as pleased with yours as I am with mine. Isn't that screen simply gorgeous!

I hadn't had a smartwatch before. My recent interest came after observing a fellow Director during a Board Meeting swipe away at his Apple watch, the first I had seen. Whilst I have enjoyed phones from the VERY early days, and had the odd HP pda, I'm not really a gadget-type. My work colleagues are pretty stunned that I have gone for a smart watch. I normally wear a manually wound watch (I have a few) and I guess, I would typically describe myself as something of a 'traditionalist' (wet shave, cufflinks, lace up shoes, suit & tie, manually wound watches, fountain pens, handwritten letters, etc) and have been this way for the past 38 years! However, there was just something sensible about the way this guy seemed fully involved in our (important) meeting but discretely managed to deal with his e-mail and meeting notifications. It seduced me. From then on, I Googled and YouTubed all I could find on smartwatches before stumbling upon the Huawei Watch. Then I read and watched some more. It was always going to be the Huawei watch for me. Yes, it will likely be obsolete in two years but, who cares! I'd pay what I need for the phone I want and, for me, a smartwatch is the same.

I have partnered the Huawei with my HTC One (M7?), which I got when it first came out and which has served me well since. I'm well overdue an upgrade but will wait specifically for the HTC M10 (or whatever they end up calling it).

I typically get up at 4am and in work for 7am. Yesterday I put my watch on at 6:15am. Last night I arrived home from work at 7:45pm with 51% of a charge left on my watch (Minimal & Elegant watch face, brightness on 5, WiFi off, no other apps yet downloaded onto the watch). But I am still fussing with the watch and can't yet leave it alone. After placing my watch on its charger for the night, I ordered two additional chargers (one for my office and one to keep in my travel bag) from Google shop. This morning, I put my watch on at 6:15am and noticed a notification card from Google confirming my order was being processed (great start to the day). The watch also notified me that I am due in the Employment Tribunal for 9am. The weather card tells me it will rain and it is 7 degrees. I pack my coat and umbrella and set off in the car (couldn't stop looking at my left wrist). During the journey, I am notified that my journey will take 42 minutes. I swipe left and I am pleasantly surprised to see a map of journey ahead (wow!) After a while, the watch flashes/glows and couple of e-mail notifications pop through on that beautiful watch screen. I arrive early for the Tribunal so decide to walk a circuit of the city centre before signing into the Tribunal. Upon arrival I note another card confirming the number of steps I had taken towards my 10,000 a-day target. I turn my phone to vibrate and try to concentrate on the day's task. I sit through the case secretly receiving notifications - one from Google showing a picture of a package and informing me that my order has been dispatched (brilliant!). Whilst I try my best to concentrate on today's Tribunal case, I can't help casting glances down at my shiny new watch. At the end of the day, as I get into my dark car, I notice how bright the screen is. I test to see if watch face has been activated or had stuck on max, It hadn't. The ambient(?) face is just VERY bright in the dark. I mean really bright! Whilst driving home I get a notification congratulating me on beating my daily steps target of 10,000 by 320 (not bad for an old git). Then I get my first ever call notification on the watch. I swipe left and am given the option to dismiss or (another swipe) to accept the call. The call pops up on my cradled phone. I arrive home at 6:40pm with 61% battery left on my watch and 67% left on my phone. My watch and phone now sit charging awaiting another full day tomorrow.

I really wish I could increase the vibrate. At the moment, whilst wearing with the metal bracelet, I hear rather than feel the vibrate. When Huawei eventually get around to releasing their leather straps, (I like the padded brown) I will obviously wear the watch tighter and as such should (hopefully) feel the vibration more. Love this watch. Love this watch.