Looking for a smart watch - iPhone

reeves_55
reeves_55 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, can anyone recommend a good but not massively expensive smart watch to work with iPhone please. Have been looking at the Fitbit Blaze, probably the most I would want to spend. Needs to be like a watch too, this is why I have been looking at this one.

Thank you

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I liked my Blaze until I lost it and left Fitbit. It does, however, look like it's being phased out for the Versa. https://fitbit.com/versa
  • SisterSueGetsFit
    SisterSueGetsFit Posts: 1,211 Member
    Love my Blaze!!!
  • smeebles
    smeebles Posts: 21 Member
    Apple Watch. It will work massively better with the iPhone. And you can find the series 1 on sale pretty often
  • flagrantavidity
    flagrantavidity Posts: 218 Member
    edited May 2018
    I had a Fitbit, a Charge and Charge 2. I do Like the Apple Watch a little better myself. FitBit does have a “better” battery life, several days without charging makes for a good sleep tracker.

    I just hate the charging connector on those things. My first one wouldn’t make contact with the charger, the port got worn out after a year. The second one with the clip also had to be placed just right for it to charge.

    If you want a fitness tracker first and a watch second, go Fitbit.

    If you are looking a smart watch with the best iPhone intigration go Apple Watch.

    Apple Watch does track my heart rate better that Fitbit

    Apple Watch will last several years. In my experience FitBit lasted a year before something went wrong.
  • sam_juggins
    sam_juggins Posts: 45 Member
    I have the Fitbit Versa and I love it! Fitbits first attempt in to the smartwatch arena. Whilst its not up there with the iWatch yet its has good potential.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Second Apple Watch
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    In the stated price range, I'd recommend a Series 1 Apple Watch also. The hardware is much higher quality than anything Fitbit has ever built and it has far better smartwatch features/iPhone integration than any other smartwatch. The downside is that you have to charge it daily (although it charges pretty quickly).

    In a higher price range, I'd recommend all Garmin all day long. The Vivoactive 3, ForeRunner 645, 935, Fenix 5/5X/5S. They're far better activity/workout trackers than Fitbit or Apple, built better, can connect with external ANT+/BT sensors (which Fitbit can't), and both their battery life and software (Garmin Connect) is far superior to Apple's. They don't have the total integration into Apple's ecosystem like the Apple Watch does, but they do have quite a few smartwatch features.
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