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Review on Fossil Gen 5 Julianna Stainless Steel Smartwatch – Touchscreen 🌟 with Speaker, Heart Rate Monitor, GPS, Contactless Payments, and Smartphone Notifications by Patrick Biletnikoff

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Speaker, microphone, NFC, GPS. What more can you ask for?

I've had it for less than 24 hours and hardly used it. This is my first smartwatch so I'm new to it. It seems slower than I'd like, but then again I'm still learning how to use it. My kit only had a USB charger, no wall charger. Also, it was around 5GB, not the advertised 8GB. Just food for thought. I haven't decided yet whether to keep it or return it. I actually bought this for the GPS and NFC capability, so we'll see how it performs. It's a bit more than I expected, but nothing exceptionally weird looking. So far it looks and feels good and will be updated later if it works well too. Update I think it's important to note that if you buy a blush pink bracelet, it will get dirty. Mine got dirty the second day with minimal use. This is very important to know before purchasing. I have just ordered replacement belts from other suppliers. It's not important to me. Since I was planning on ordering them anyway. 1 month updated. So, after a month of use, and I realized that one of the main reasons I bought the watch, which was to use the phone function, is not working properly. The person on the other end sounds gibberish at best. Pretty disappointing as I was hoping to do a convo on this part. On the other hand, the NFC feature works great and I managed to use it consistently a few times while shopping. I'm glancing sideways at my girlfriend's smartwatch which she can use to take convoys with her with ease lol. Well, now you can't have all that. Can you? So, June 2020 update Fossil has finally fixed the bug in this watch that was causing you not to be able to make calls through the watch. The clock just had to be restarted for the update to take effect. Today was the first day I had a full conversation with no gibberish or questions. I believe this update happened a few months ago but the average person might not know this as most people don't turn off their watches. I hope this information helps those who may still be having trouble answering calls 24/7.

Pros
  • Battery: 24 hours plus multi-day extended mode Depending on usage and after installing updates. The USB cable with magnetic charger attaches to the rings on the back of the watch and rotates 360 degrees for easy use. Charge to 80% in less than an hour
Cons
  • Expensive

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April 30, 2023
Gorgeous watch, but not for me.