Whenever selecting a smartwatch these are some important parameters to take a note on.
We are in 2022 now, and thus the smartwatch industry is growing par excellence, The Indian Smartwatch Market grew by 173% in Q1 2022 compared to 274% in the Q1 2021 last year, and lot of smartwatch giants have shifted their focus to attract the first time users to get an hands on experience with budget smartwatches, and acquire user database, but there are some smartwatches which look quite good on specifications but in real world, the performance may be a big turn off.
These budget smartwatches may not be termed as smartwatches, but fitness smartwatch that offer quite value for its price. The sensors on these fitness smartwatches are not of medical grade and also should not be considered as one. These smartwatches can give consistent results in your day to day routine, help you keep up with your busy schedule and as well as your fitness goals to maintain a personal and work life balance.
Basic Criteria to Buy a Right Smartwatch
- 1.69 Screen (Minimum) is an ideal watch display size and should be taken into consideration when buying a smartwatch, because bigger the display, better the content consumption which automatically enhances user experience.
- Up to 7 Days Battery Life: Battery is the most critical part when buying a smartwatch, who wants to or who would even want to take the headache of charging the smartwatch like daily. No body Right, Even You would not like to charge it daily, Don’t You?
An Ideal Watch Battery should last around 5-7 days, and one should also take this into consideration when buying an ideal smartwatch for oneself.
- Build Quality: Talking about the Build Quality, If You ask, A Metal Alloy Casing is better deal over Polycarbonate or Plastic Body since a metal body talks Durability straight away and lasts longer, in addition to durability it gives more premium and expensive in hand feel.
- UI: The UI/UX of the Smartwatch is critical because, if the UI is not good, it can spoil the entire user experience, even though the other aspects of the smartwatch are appealing.
For E.g.: Just Imagine owning a smartwatch which has all great external features but the UI is pathetic and laggy as hell, how would you feel? You would definitely feel like throwing away that piece of junk, Don’t You? Why because your whole user experience has been ruined because of the crappy software.
So, How Should be the UI?
The UI Should Be Smooth, Easily Adaptable to the Masses, whether Young or elderly, the UI should be very simple and easy to use just like in smartphones.
- Consistency over Accuracy: These Budget Smartwatches are not medical grade devices and shouldn’t be considered as one, but these offer better value for its price. It’s not the Accuracy, but Consistency that really matters, If the budget smartwatch you are contemplating or say, looking forward to buy gives consistent results on a daily basis, Congratulations! You have found your Ideal Budget Smartwatch.
- App Support: App Support is crucial, when it comes to operation of the smartwatch, it allows the user to customize the watch as per your needs and requirements, the more user friendly the app, better is the overall user experience, if not, then it would be such a headache. For e.g.: Re-establishing connection with the watch, resyncing health data, watch faces and so much more… If these metrics continuously fail syncing it would ruin your overall smartwatch experience.
So, The App should be more simple and easy to use interface, easy synchronous your watch data with other apps like the google fit etc. and allow the user to have full control over his smartwatch.
So, Next time When you are planning to get yourself a smartwatch / Budget Fitness Smartwatch do consider these things in mind, in any price range. So, that it can provide you better value for money and optimal user experience.
