Mobvoi - Ticwatch E (Express) Smartwatch 44mm Polycarbonate - Black

I purchased this watch from Best Buy in Mission Viejo 3 weeks ago. I have to stress how important it is to follow Mobvoi's advice when they say to fully charge and discharge the battery 3 times. My first charge lasted only 3 hours, second charge about 5 hours and the third charge lasted about 7. After that I now get anywhere from 15-24 hours on a single charge. Just a note, the watch does not come with the new Wear OS but will download and install after about the second charge. It won't upgrade until you have the battery life to do so. When it does upgrade it will blow your mind. I wanted a lightwieght watch with NO sim card. This fits the bill. I can still leave my phone behind if I choose during a hike where you have no cell reception and when I get home the watch sync's up to my phone and shares the GPS and BPM data. Not to mention a watch with a sim card will add about $10-15 to your monthly cell phone bill. What good is that if you hike or camp where there is no available signal? The watch itself is fantastic! The menu is easy to learn and navigate. It feels light and comfortable. I was going to order another band before I even used the watch but didn't. This rubber band is super comfy and durable, looks better IRL compared to the pictures. The whole matte black finish gives this watch an impressive look. Performance and durability shocked me! 2.5 weeks ago my buddy and I went backpacking in the Sequioa's and hiked a tough technical trail. We crossed streams, climbed over and over fallen trees, and went through brush. The watch was hot from the sun, sweaty and dirty. I can tell you right now, this watch does NOT need a screen protector. On the trail we compared the Ticwatch GPS to an Android phone and USMC issued Garmin wrist GPS unit. The Ticwatch locked on to GPS just as fast as the miliary unit. After a brutal 6 hour hike we compared the three devices and found the Ticwath to only slightly vary from the Garmin. That is only because two different people where wearing the devices. If someone was to steal my watch or I lost it today would I buy a new one tomorrow? You bet I would! If you want accurate reliable gear at an entry level price, this is it! Thank you Mobvoi for bringing us this amazing piece of gear at such an affordable price!

Mine is roughly 4 weeks old, and I'm very very pleased. Sure, if I use a lot apps through a day and if in 10 hrs of use I notice some issues I do sometime restart it to get read of backdoor running processes behind the scene that typically getting fixed on the spot with this technic... , quite a normal thing - same with smartphones (older ones at least when they are getting out of processing juice... There is sometime issues with WiFi being dropped, but again it is sporadic. One think I may say I with it had a bigger battery in it... . I have to use mine in a very monitored manner rather then habitually checking stuff every 10 minutes... if really want to get on one charge through the day... Of course if switched off wifi and bluetooth that'd go 2 days, but then IT DEFEATS PURPOSE of using it as smartwatch does it??? It does charge though super quick and if you start from 30% you will get another 50 to 60% in 35-40 mins! I love how I'm able to respond to Fcbk. Messenger, Verizon's Messenger +, Google's' Hangout, or even my Email not to mention all those Calendar reminders! On top of it, I'm able to monitor home networks speakers if they use Casting technology : Youtube, Pandora (simply I have pause, volume control on my wath to those units!!)... . Google Assistant is fantastic plus! For the price I can say don't hesitate to buy if you gadget guy like myself... Of course, We'd love to see IP69, or 69 rather then 67 (yet still you can swim with it in a pool without deeper diving of course), but hey: for this price? It's quite relevant. Overall gr8 product for people that heavily rely on Smartphone Calendar, reminders. No more typing new reminders on the phone,... all dictated/set via watch.. .even if someone calling you no problemo, can talk if desire straight via smartwatch - the speaker is loud enough for quick pickup conversations... . No SIM cart, no problem though (4 me at least) - after all SIM capabilities in real world is not a free stuff anyways... I like that while driving saying OK Google can really easily Text someone with full paying attention to the road (if necessary although I really try not to). Weather, traffic updates, quick email reviews is a breeze. Thank you.

This is an awesome watch. Wear OS, I love the concept. Tons of apps for the watch. The heart rate was very accurate, for me. I tightened the straps when I would work out so the artifacts due to wobble are avoided. But even without that, the HR seemed accurate. The GPS signal acquisition was fairly quick. Bluetooth connection (BLE) for headphones, is robust. I went on runs with music in the phone and BLE headphones, no smartphone. It works great. The only thing that was trouble was the speed of some of the applications like Google maps and assistant. I saw that there was a visible lag even when connected through the smart phone Bluetooth or the WiFi. The built in speaker is not very loud and lower quality of sound. But I think I can live with that for a watch. I dont see a huge use case for these speakers. The Google assistant worked good too, except for the lag. The biggest bad for me, was the battery life. I knew going in, that the battery life is not stellar. The first charge it gave me 5 hours from 100% to 0%. About 9 hours on the second charge. And third charge gave me almost 36 hours. After that I was getting an average 32-40 hrs of battery life. GPS and always on display, off. IF you disable the tilt to wake feature and rely on key press to wake up, it will give you another 3 hrs or so. But under 2 days of battery life.. I thought I can live with that, but I guess not. I think I expect more battery life on a watch. Its not that piece of electronics i expect to charge everyday. It is a wearable and I would like to forget the charging on most days. I guess, that is my opinion after having tried this wearable. I would not blame it on the Mobvoi design, since the current WearOS platform chips are not well suited for the low power needs, I talk about. I guess, I will wait for the platform to stabilize. There are some new watches with the new snapdragon 3100 chips which are expected to be lower power. But will wait for some reviews before diving in. If Mobvoi were to make the Ticwatch E (at that price point) with a much longer battery life (like 4-7 days, charge once a week), I would buy it. If you are not very particular about the battery life of the smartwatch (you love the apple watch), then the TicWatch E is the best bang for the buck. If you dont want to charge your watch every day, then Ticwatch is not right for you. But I believe Mobvoi have got the recipe right for the smart watch, just were disadvantaged because of the drawbacks of the WearOS platform.

Pros: + Great Fit, Very Comfortable + Wear OS 2.0 + Hundreds, if not thousands, of watch faces, with the ability to create your own through 3rd party apps + 20mm replaceable watch band + Recessed heart beat sensor + Fast interface + Battery can last up to a day with regular usage, a day and a half with moderate usage with the Always On screen funtion turned "OFF" + Lightweight Cons: - Very thick, measuring a whopping 13mm! Thicker than my Citizen explorer style watch. This could be a design choice to keep the heatbeat from bulging out. - Gyro doesn't sense my wrist movement some times, making it annoying to have to touch the screen or press the power button to check the time. Overall, so far this is the best Android Wear watch I've owned. I previously wore Asus's Zenwatch 3, but since they dropped support for it I wanted to try my luck with the TicWatch. And so far it's given me a renewed outlook of the Wear OS ecosystem. Mobvoi seems dedicated to supporting their TicWatch brand, so I'll show them some love! Compared to the ZenWatch, the TicWatch E performs so much faster! Menus are quick, response with loading apps are snappy, and the update to Wear OS 2.1 was quick and simple. The only missing feature I miss from the ZenWatch was the auto brightness sensor it had. The TicWatch doesn't have that, so often times late night dark rooms will be lit up bright when I shift my TicWatch slightly. But that brings up one great thing about the TW (TicWatch) Battery life on the TW is great! It lasts up to a day and a half with my typical moderate usage. From checking the time, to responding to a few texts when I don't want to use my phone, as well as controlling my music, the TW can actually be worn to bed for a night, and would just need a quick charge by lunch time. I rarely use this for fitness, but the auto step alerts to take 250 steps (for a total of 10000 steps a day) is a nice feature that can be set off or on in the Google Fit app. I also can't gauge the heartbeat sensor accuracy as I don't use it often. I also don't care too much for the Android Pay feature, so the missing NFC capabilities I'm not at all upset about. Overall, a great smartwatch with all the typical features of an intro watch. For less than $200, you get one fantastic Wear OS watch with a better than average battery life of other Wear OS watches.

This watch had a few quirks with it initially, but all in all it works out to be a very decent device. Right off the bat I'm going to express to you. If you have a Fitbit blaze, charge 2 or versa, swapping to this wouldn't really be an upgrade unless you want greater app compatibility as the limited notifications of the Fitbit wearables can be very annoying at times. Also this watch has a very poor battery endurance compared to really, any Fitbit device. You will be charging this one a day or multiple times a day depending on how active you are and the settings you use. Speaking of settings, this watch destroys battery life if you leave the default settings enabled to keep the screen on always. Just set the screen to only turn on when you flick your wrist makes the device last at least 2 days with moderate use as apposed to simply a "workday" Also another thing to note. This watch has a heart rate monitor however it's -only mainly used during workout activity and generally never on- i find that with workout activities on, the watch seemingly drains the battery just as fast as having the screen on all the time so honestly it's a bit of a hassle to use. Performance on the other hand is fine. It isn't the fastest watch but it gets the job done. There also can be a slight delay with waking the watch up but usually it's something I got used to after playing around with it All in all.. If you can deal with charging it everyday If you can deal with it being a little slow compared to the completion If you can deal with it inability to monitor your body's heart rate and sleep patterns like a dedicated Fitbit does Then this watch is fine fine you, especially being that it's a lot cheaper too.

Realistically this watch works wonders but it is very underpowered compared to others. However personally i haven't really used the other models, but being that most others are running the Snapdragon quad core processor, this one being a dual core isn't as quick. I will say however just because this one has an underperforming processor, does not mean this is bad, actually quite the opposite. To be fair i didn't even realize the processor was the MediaTek model that had similar functions until i actually looked up this unit. And in all fairness, it performs really well regardless. The only downside to this watch is its batterylife. You just cannot get a single days worth of use out of this watch with the always on display active. That must be off, and even then you get about 36 hours max out of this unit so recharging it daily is pretty much a must. Again this isn't too much of a hassle but its dependent upon user. Being that i came from a fitbit to this, the one downside i will also have to say is this watch does not monitor your heart rate 24/7. Which means it does not obtain your sleep patterns either, which, again, drains the battery heavily with it on, especially when you are exercising . I will say, while you are working out it usually is very accurate so there isn't much of an issue there, just you can't be in that mode all the time otherwise you'll be charging this unit a ton. Lastly i suppose recharging is very quick on here. Taking about an hour to fully charge which is very nice, but also quite annoying because you have to take the watch off to charge. Honestly its hard to recommend this watch because on one hand. Its really good. only 140$ compared to most other watches costing 2/3x that price, Customizable watch faces. Heart rate sensors, workout sensors. All day battery*** But on the opposite end of the spectrum, It doesn't monitor your heart rate all the time. Battery life is very poor, but most other watches are similar. a little slow during bootup and checking time with display off.

I cannot say enough of how happy I am with the purchase of the Ticwatch E. It is fully loaded with features that you will not find for this price range, you would have to pay much more to even come close. Google assistant works well on all aspects from calling, texting, and answering questions. Was very easy to sync up to my LG phone and works functionally well. The cons are: the cheap watchband, it is silicone but easily solved by switching out to a nice leather band (drastically gave the watch an elegant look). However, I can understand that at this price range you cannot have everything. I do however feel the stock band takes away from the overall quality making it look like a cheap watch versus a nice quality smartwatch which it truly is. I do like that it was able to accept standard 20mm watch bands and not just brand specific, which allows for many choices and styles to fit anyone's tastes. On the technological side. the watch is easy to operate and very accurate on its features, GPS, heart rate...etc. When first setting it up, did have a few minor issue such as transferring over contacts, however once the watch was fully updated everything resolved on its own. At first I was not able to call out, however after trying a second time it worked just fine. It seemed that some features did not just work on the first try, but trying it the second time there were no issues. The watch seems to have a decent range from the phone, I have had no problems being 30ft from the phone and it stays connected very well. Overall, I feel this is an excellent purchase for the price and fully loaded with some prime features that you cannot find in other watches at this price point. I honestly think it is just as good as any Apple product, but I also do not fall victim to marketing schemes. I feel the makers of Ticwatch (Mobvi) are well on their way to becoming a stong brand a major competitor in the smartwatch industry. They are defiantely worth keeping an eye on for more great products. I will defiantely reccomend to anyone this product, especially on overall functionallity, features, and cost!!!

I've been on the fence for a smartwatch for a while now, but just didn't want to spend for one where my wife would be included in my purchasing decision. Quite a few reviews mention the Ticwatch E (still don't know exact difference between it and the S besides the design), so I thought I'd go into the one by my house and take a gander. The salesperson wasn't super helpful with knowledge (No, I'm not here for a Fitbit...) but I was able to check it out in person. I liked it enough to make the plunge, and so far, I'm happy! Pros: All the features I had wanted, included built in GPS, heart rate monitoring as well as apps I wanted to try out on a smartwatch. I would say that that beside Google maps and music apps, I don't find myself using any other ones so far. It's lightweight so I wear at the gym and forget it's there - I like that! Also, the E does blend pretty well to different situations, so I find myself keeping it on everyday. Cons: It is made of synthetic materials (thus being lightweight) so you do get what you pay for. It also does need charging everyday, so it has become something where I have to remember to do that every night. Not a problem yet (as I get excited with new gadgets) but I can foresee the pain of forgetting to charge and then being annoyed I don't wear it the next day. It's almost like they should include two charging cables. Finally, no NFC. Although it is just a nice to have for me as I use my phone to pay, it would have been cool to swipe my watch at Peete's. Overall, I'm pretty happy and look forward to digging in more the next few weeks.