As Ma Yunbaba said: 2015 is a year of rapid transformation from the IT era to the DT era. This year, the development of the mobile phone industry slowed down, but another industry showed strong vitality, which is the smart wear industry. Smart wearable devices are expected to replace smart phones and become the next generation of smart devices that people will never leave in the next five years. Among them, smart watches are also expected to become the next generation of smart devices.

In such a big environment, the GEAK Watch Ⅱ The release of Many digital enthusiasts Eyes of light , except First in China Round dial design, disappearing "black chin", GEAK Watch Ⅱ We also adopted our own Customized OS， Smart phones, traditional watches and smart hands surface Three Organically linked 。

What kind of height can domestic smart watches reach, and what are the advantages and disadvantages compared with foreign smart watches? please everybody along with I Let's experience it together!

Super luxury packaging, high-end and upscale

Just got it GEAK Watch II was still surprised by its high-end packaging, square box with black leather feel, red silk thread binding, and the hot stamping "GEAK" logo on the top. This is the packaging of high-end watches. When I got it, I thought it was really a 1799 watch. In short, I got full marks for impression.

Traditional appearance 、 distinctive screen

GEAK Watch Ⅱ My first impression It can be described in two words: big odd

Large: Cushion Round The square design style of the round watch is a classic design of traditional watches, The surface diameter of the intelligent round watch with a fruit shell has reached 45mm, plus the peripheral area of the dial and the male landmark wrist strap, GEAK Watch Ⅱ It is more suitable for men to wear. In the third dimension, the 17.5mm thickness does damage the design beauty to some extent, but behind the sacrifice of beautiful things is the powerful function and endurance guarantee.

odd ： You must be curious that I will use the word "strange" to describe this watch because GEAK Watch  II has broken through my understanding of traditional IPS screen and E-link ink screen design, GEAK Watch  II combines these two screens, which is the first and only smart watch in the world to use this screen design. I believe that behind the industrial design, we must have made a lot of efforts.

After the first impression, let's talk about each detail design in detail:

After a generation of precipitation and improvement, one of the characteristics of the smart round watch is "round". The perfectly displayed round surface is much closer than the square Samsung Gear S, and the relatively incomplete MOTO 360 won't make people crazy.

Positive effect: The resolution of the watch is 320 * 320 Of 1.26 inch screen, TF Screen material, PPI has reached Retina level, and TF screen has the greatest charm namely It can be placed between the color LCD screen and the black and white ink screen at will Switch, so as to achieve the effect of power saving and frequent display. The whole screen is colorful, Thanks to the exquisite display effect of the high PPI screen, there is no cheap graininess.

The embedded design of the screen can play a good role in protecting the screen, and it is not easy to scratch in daily use. Raised on the periphery of the display screen yes The surface of the metal watch ring has been specially treated, but "Can stand the tempering of time, excellent and consistent" yes need It takes time textual research Of 。

But what I can't understand is GEAK Watch  Ⅱ Of Main body—— surface The body frame is all plastic ， This cheap feel is suddenly pulled down GEAK Watch  The overall texture of II is completely different from the previous high-end appearance. The lightweight weight and plastic feel will make you instantly feel GEAK Watch  II's price positioning is questionable. I hope the next generation can strengthen design.

GEAK Watch  Ⅱ There are three physical keys on the right side of the body, which correspond to the return key, HOME key/power key menu Key. The buttons are prominent and easy to operate. However, because the aperture of the surface seems to be too large, the buttons shake slightly.

The power button is very similar to the top chord of a mechanical watch adjust Button, but only visually, actually It is It cannot be rotated or pulled out, but can only be pressed. This detail Users should also pay attention to ， To avoid damaging the loose button 。

On the watchband, the shell GEAK Watch Ⅱ The standard 24mm strap interface is used to facilitate user replacement 。 There are many popular, fashionable and cheap watchbands on Taobao. They are also mailed, dear!

Customized localization OS 、 hommization Of interactive logic

GEAK Watch  Ⅱ Instead of choosing the hottest Android Wear platform at present, it is equipped with its own deeply customized Geak Watch OS based on Android 4.3, touch screen +The operation logic of the three buttons on the surface is similar to that of Android phones. Connect the watch to the computer, and the mobile phone management software will recognize it as an Android device. So the screenshot of the system interface can be captured through the mobile phone management software. Don't ask why my screenshot is so fine, ha ha!

During the use of this section ，  GEAK Watch  Ⅱ The UI logic of is very simple. I believe that Xiaobai users can master it in a very short time after they get started, and finally know why the manual is so simple. By default, the main interface of the watch is time display, and the upper line is weather And step counting , divided into notification and application markets, and left and right are respectively APP interface and Administration set up. The specific operation logic can refer to the figure above, and the arrow is the sliding direction.

Front page of dial Up and down It supports up to 7 different card applications. The middle card is limited to the dial, and the upper and lower cards can be used at will Display content and Change position. Personally, the most useful ones are weather, footwork, and message center. The rest can be deleted.

in addition Because the screen is sunken and the edge operation is limited, the fruit shell round table adopts sliding and card UI interaction. The transition animation is the rolling of two switching interfaces, and the animation effect is very dynamic ， And the middle of the two dials completely refers to the real watch. When turning over, you can see its internal mechanical structure, which is a very handsome detail design 。

TF display screen supports random switching between electronic ink screen and true color ultra fine screen. At the same time, Fruit Shell Technology has customized a dedicated electronic ink screen for each dial.

After a rough look at the application market of the lower dial, there are about 100 types of dials to choose from, including both mature and stable traditional mechanical watch dials and fresh and refined fashion styles, as well as various weird and personalized alternative styles. From my current aesthetic standards, The dial style provided by the intelligent round watch can absolutely meet the demand of various people. This also adheres to the most basic requirements of an intelligent device.

GEAK Watch II has its own GEAK market, which is specially adapted and officially certified for GEAK Watch, such as Punctuality Alarm clock Find mobile phone 、 Call to rescue Etc, By the way, there are also small games like FlappyBird! But only Dozens The number is very limited. Can you install a third party for it Primitive What about apps? The answer is yes. but Since the native app is not optimized for watches, install Be cautious 。

Pericarp To improve Self Smart watch ecosystem, therefore It has its own GEAK app store, where it can download various apps that are suitable for watches. Taking the "On Time Alarm Clock" as an example, the app has optimized the watch with a round UI and lightweight functions. Although to So far, the number of GEAK app stores is limited, but the shell attaches great importance to this aspect Experience, more and more 。

Classic exercise function and innovative input mode

It is common to implant the step counting function in smart watches. It would be surprising if there was no step counting function. although Personally I'm not very fond of the step counting function, but there are some bracelet loyal fans who think that since I had the step counting bracelet, I have fallen in love with walking. More Than This, GEAK Watch II  As a high-end smart watch, the function of exercise is not only counting steps, but also heart rate, sit ups and other features.

Faced with the cruel reality of the 1.26-inch control screen, the shell official has developed and adapted two sets of input methods for the watch, "cross input method" and "remote input method". The "cross input method" pops up the final option through the secondary menu. Although the input efficiency is not as good as the traditional input method, it is not only an innovation but also a progress on such a small screen. of course Innovation is far more than that, "remote input method" yes in order to continue The pleasure brought by large screen input has grafted the input method into the Android mobile phone APP. The watch can complete all the input process in the mobile phone by clicking the text box.

Wearable short board, limited endurance

Endurance ability Always can As a short board of wearable devices, the second generation of fruitshell watches introduced TF technology (Transreflective) and used low-power chips from Junzheng, which greatly reduced power consumption to a certain extent. However, after the actual experience, it was found that the GEAK Watch II was not officially used for a week, The actual endurance is about 4 days Compared with similar products, intelligent wearable products are not the strongest but also superior. It can be seen that intelligent wearable products still have a long way to go. GEAK Watch II  The traditional magnetic interface is used for charging, which is convenient and fast.

summary

Shell GEAK Watch II as The first generation in China The disc design smart watch is really attractive in appearance and design Geek's Eyes ; Exclusive Deep customization G of EAK Watch OS is a combination of hardware and software. The UI design is no inferior to Moto 360, and it is very distinctive 。 However, the GEAK Watch II is not perfect and lacks in the refinement of workmanship, such as stiffness Loose Solid keys of, thick and heavy cheap Of Plastic watch The body needs improving. and And In terms of price, the shell does not follow the people friendly line, At present, I do not recommend ordinary consumers to buy such an experience.

advantage:

1. TF screen is adopted, and the electronic ink screen and color screen can be switched at will, so the real-time display is very practical.

2. Delicate disc design, fashionable appearance and full personality.

4. There are as many as 100 kinds of dial choices in various styles in the mall, which will never make you aesthetic fatigue.

5. Innovative input method: It can not only input information through the "cross input method" on the watch, but also through the "remote input method" on the mobile phone when necessary, which solves the problem of difficult input information for the watch.

deficiencies:

1. The leather watchband is slightly hard and cheap, which is not very comfortable to wear.

2. The surface is heavy and made of plastic, highlighting the cheap texture.

3. The endurance needs to be strengthened.

4. The traditional design of the power key makes it easy for people to instinctively rotate it, which can easily cause users to break the loose power key