[Other SmartWatches] auchentoshan:
D5 - some experiences and questions

Dear members of this thread

I also received my No.1 D5 some five days ago. I ordered i at Gearbest and must say that the transaction went pretty flawlessly and surprisingly fast to Europe.

Right after unboxing it, I was quite positively surprised. The size of the watch is smaller than I expected from the pictures / videos on the web. The wearing comfort is qite fine althought I do have relatively tight wrists. I have to use the smalles hole, but there it´s ok. The whole waltch makes a high-quality impression, especially the body and the display. The band indeed is quite stiff. Battery time is better than expected and will be enough for me as far as I can see till now.

I inserted a prepaid nano-SIM and it works fine, calling, 3G data, SMS - at least until now - show no problems. GPS seems to work too, have tried it with Google Maps and it gave me very accurate positions on the map. I do not think that with that limited memory it would make sense to install any navigation software.

If the clock is "worth the prize" only can be decided individually I think, but what I can say at the moment is , that´s a nice piece of technology for the money paid.

In my opinion the main cons lie on the software side / implementation.

- in principle it´s a good apporach to implement real Android but unfortunately there are nearly no programs adapted to wearables / smart watches. I suppose Android wear offers more. The implemented own App Store would be a nice initiative but with its three apps it´s nothing more than a joke and I suppose they will not put much more on it. I installed some small apps from the Playstore and most work fine with the limitations of the small screen.

- the health app especially the heart rate app is a catostrophy! No continuous measurements no measurements with screen off, only single ones pressing the symbol, no graphical interface, nothing. All third party apps I tried do not recognize the internal sensor of the watch, they either require a BT sensor or a camera

- no sleep tracking software (every other cheap smart watch has one) and till now I could not find any which will not drain the battery in shortes time. Does anyone knows one to try?

- Calender is useless - or I didn´t understand it until now. It only shows the overview of the whole month with no options (day / week....) or I didn´t find it. I would like to synchronize my calender from iPhone to the D5. Of course I know that it will not work that easy like between Apple products but I can syncronize it with my Google account and hoped that the watch can take it. But I cannot find the option to activate the Google accont on the watch. Any tips?

- My biggest problem until now: communication with iPhone! I installed the latest version of MediaTek SmartDevice on the iPhone but after hours of trials I gave it up finally. I can pair the two devices via bluetooth, I could transfer my phonebook to the watch via bluetooth so technically it works. Both devices show "paired status" in the bluetooth settings but MediaTek does not recognize/find the watch. And the phone helper on the watch always show "No BT connection". Would be great if anyone could help me on this issue!!!

- Connection to Apple Mac: I can pair it by bluetooth and e.g. transfer files to the watch. But connection by USB does not work. It charges but does not appear anywhere - in "Android File Transfer" app not either. Maybe I do have the same problem like others in this thread with the bad soldering in the docking station?!

Final question: maybe some of you can tell which applications they installed and give some impressions?

For me work fine till now: Currency Exchange (out of their App Store) , Google Maps, WhatsApp, Rechnerplus (Calculator), SmartAlarm (has also the option of vibrating alarm together with acoustic alarm) and some country specific apps.

Thanks in advance