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Review on πŸ•°οΈ Fossil Women's Monroe Hybrid Smartwatch: Stainless Steel with Activity Tracking & Smartphone Notifications by Marc Stewart

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Cute, not fitness watch (and not even smart)

In general, I like the watch. I love how they look so much more than the look of a fitness watch. That being said, if you're looking for a fitness watch, look elsewhere. On my first day with the watch, I wore both the watch and my Fitbit. According to this watch, I only walked about 6,000 steps and burned less than 200 calories, while on my Fitbit I walked over 12,000 steps and burned 1,900 calories. Having done a fairly intense workout and doing a lot of walking for work, I find the Fitbit to be more accurate. It has a few useful features. The Find Phone feature is probably the most useful. You can press the button on the watch to find your phone. It is possible to install three functions of the "smartphone" at once. For example, I can set up phone search, notifications and music. If I want an extra feature, I have to disable one of them. The description says you can get notifications on this phone. This is not entirely correct. It is possible to select 12 of your contacts to program into the phone (one for each number on the dial). So, to give you an idea of how notifications work, my husband is number one. When he calls or texts me, the phone on my wrist vibrates, then my hands turn and freeze on the number one for a few seconds. So I know my husband is calling or texting, but I can't see the text or answer the call. The dial is quite large. It almost covers my entire wrist. So if you have a really small wrist it will be too big. So if you're looking for a nice watch with a few useful features, this could be a good choice. If you need a fitness watch or want your watch to actually receive notifications, choose something else. I'm updating this review to change my rating to one star after the crystal broke twice. The first time I blamed the fall in the parking lot. I didn't hit the watch and it didn't break immediately. But a few days later when I went to install it, the crystal was broken. I assumed something had happened to him when I fell. I fixed it through Fossill. Customer service was excellent in terms of repairs. Fast forward a few months... I picked up the watch and dropped it. He fell from a height of 2-3 feet onto a wooden floor. Definitely not a strong hit. When I picked it up, the crystal split in two. I will not pay for another repair. The first repair cost over 70€. The clock is attractive. But it looks like the crystal's large dome structure may crack.

Pros
  • hybrid smartwatch works with iPhone1 and Android phones.
Cons
  • Periodicity