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Review on πŸ“± TICWRIS MAX S Android Smart Watch: 4G LTE, GPS, IP67 Waterproof, 2000mAh Battery – Ideal Android Smartwatch for Men by Jake Powell

Revainrating 2 out of 5

UPDATE: It gets very warm on the wrist. Old version of Android, no way to add memory.

UPDATES: You will find that many applications are not supported, except for the portrait mode which cannot be used when the clock is on. For example, RadarNow is a very useful weather map app. Lots of other apps work, but once set up, it defaults to portrait mode (on the side of the watch, actually). This isn't the app's fault, it's a feature of the custom screen resolution that can't be changed via a setting in the form. Some built-in apps do nothing like the calendar. It does exactly that, but you can't schedule events, it's just a calendar. I would really like the manufacturer to end the included apps, because otherwise they just take up space and offer no functionality. Then we move on to what should be very easy, like changing the volume. What's easy on any other device is tedious on the watch. Whether you're listening to music, watching a video clip, or streaming radio, you can't easily change the volume. You must go to the setting to change it, this cannot be done from the drop down menu. I remove the asterisk because the more I use this watch, the more I find that what should be very easy is very tiring and almost impossible without a watch. It is what it is, a small cell phone on a wide watch strap. WARNING. Many apps and even some settings don't work in landscape mode, so you'll either have to take your watch off to turn it on for portrait mode or rotate your head to use it. The fact that some settings don't work in landscape mode means that the design for the operating system overlay was either not completed or someone forgot something. I'm tired of changing settings, but this is an issue with the operating system implemented on the watch. It can be annoying when you download an app and just can't put it in landscape mode, but the same app works in landscape mode on your phone or tablet. I bet it has to do with the screen resolution, apps and some settings don't recognize the horizontal position of the display and that's why you're stuck. This is running version 7 of Android. Android is currently at version 10. With 3 gigabytes of RAM, it should be able to run version 10. The only reason I can think of running an older version is that it's basically a repurposed old little cell phone that used to be sold and repurposed. to a watch-style device. I have noticed that Ticwris gets hot, very hot when running some applications. This may not matter much on a cooler winter day, but I can tell you that you won't want to wear this in warm to hot weather as your first will be slow to cook. I'm not sure if the constant heat from a phone has any effect on your health. The heat emanating from a phone is enough on a warm day to really warm up your wrist. After wearing it for hours, I couldn't wait to take it off. The skin under the watch is really warm and humid, it's not like wearing a normal watch, even a big watch. I often wear 50mm self-winding Android watches, they're heavy and thick, but they don't generate any heat of their own either. In addition, one of the most important improvements will be the physical home button. Ticwris really should offer an OS upgrade. to everyone who bought one of them. It would be important to know that we have not bought an orphan product that would be more or less useless in a year. As the Android OS continues to receive new version numbers, developers are less and less willing to support version 7 devices.

Pros
  • Good product for the price
Cons
  • weak