I have always been looking for a smart watch that can meet my needs: can see the basic time, good appearance decoration, basic intelligent requirements. I have experienced electronic smart watches such as InWatch T, Tuman, and TicWatch before, but I can't stand the too electronic screen and bloated function push. I still think watches should be simpler. After all, I don't need watches to play the role of mobile phones. A few days ago Love to play computer games I liked the Things Activity é Steel that was on the shelf on trial. Its mechanized pointer and colorful color matching attracted my attention, but I didn't get a chance to try it. So I bought a Things Pop and this experience article came into being.

Nokia announced the acquisition of French digital health and wearable service provider Withings in May this year, with a transaction volume of 170 million euros, about 1.25 billion yuan. Withings will belong to Nokia Technologies business unit after the acquisition. As one of the earliest manufacturers involved in the field of intelligent health and wearable devices, Withings, founded in 2008, is headquartered in France and has about 200 employees in Paris, Cambridge, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, China and other places. Its main business involves activity trackers, intelligent scales, sleep monitors, medical thermometers, sphygmomanometers, home and baby monitors, etc, It also has a complete set of digital medical platform.

There are three smart watches listed in Withings. The basic two are Withings Activity é Pop and Withings Activity é Steel, which cost 1288 yuan and 1448 yuan respectively. There is also a luxury version of Withings Activity é, which costs 3800 yuan. The deluxe version is not considered. Since Steel does not have a blue version, I ordered a pop of 1288 yuan with the attitude of trying it out.

The outer package of Pop is translucent, and the blue box matches the color of the watch. The words Withings Activity é Pop are obvious. The hanging ring on the top can let this watch with good appearance hang in the physical store for sale, and the words "Track Activity&Sleep" on the bottom directly indicate that this is a smart watch that combines sports and sleep record analysis. Hmm, blue is quite in line with my preference.

The two sides are a graphical introduction to the mechanical and intelligent functions of the watch. Chinese consumers are still confused by the pure English font. Fortunately, my English level is qualified and I can handle it.

The text on the back and bottom introduces the manufacturer's information of the Withings production address, as well as the features of Pop, as well as the technical parameters you must know about Pop before purchasing, the type of mobile phone, the size of the watch strap, the size of the watch, etc. There are signs in English, Chinese and Japanese. The icons of swimming, walking, sleeping and alarm clock are all illustrating that Withings is a digital health and wearable service provider, and Withings Pop can also meet your requirements for intelligent wearable products. “Designed in Paris,France.Made in China”， Such words are very familiar.

The whole body is blue. Why would I choose blue instead of black and white? It's simple and easy. Compared with the bright sky blue, I prefer to call Pop's blue "blue melancholy". The pointer and mileage dial are ivory white.

What's more, as a boy, I have a good liking for blue. Many of my devices are dark or light blue. But I still want to say that you should never believe the official proofs. Fairy tales are full of lies, and there are still color differences.

Accessories include instructions, warranty cards, and thimbles for activating the watch for the first time and opening the back cover.

The watch strap is made of silica gel, which avoids the greasy leather and heavy metal, makes it more fashionable and friendly, and has the best skin affinity. In addition, the plastic material is better than the leather material in terms of sweat corrosion resistance. The blue color of the watchband is the same as that of the case. The upper watchband has been bound in the box for a long time, so it can not be restored after being deformed for a while, but it does not affect the wearing.

It is worth noting that the connection between the watchband and the case adopts the structure of spring pull piece, which makes the disassembly and assembly easy, and also provides convenience for changing the watchband, which is a routine of secondary consumption.

The groove pattern on the back of the strap is used for ventilation and drainage, and the Withings characters below are obvious. The wristband of Withings Pop is only suitable for users whose wrists are below 19mm. Pop watchbands in other colors can be found in online shopping malls.

I want to complain about the watch case. Compared with the mineral glass of Steel and the sapphire mirror of Activity, Pop only uses organic glass, which means that the white spot is synthetic plastic, and it is difficult to smooth the trauma of the plastic watch case to me if the surface is covered with protective plasma coating. The edge radian of the watch case is also comfortable to handle. Whether it is wear-resistant or scratch resistant is explained. A 1288 yuan watch with a plastic case is really a bit hard to explain, as if a mole suddenly filled the face of a 360 degree beauty without dead angle.

The contents of the watch under the case are not complicated: ivory white pointer, Pop text mark and 12 time notches. No numbers look less messy, and no second hand can feel the time pressing. Different from ordinary mechanical watches, Withings adds a travel percentage dial at the lower right of the watch to show the completion of walking tasks. On the surface, it seems that Withings series watches are the same as other mechanical watches when they are not linked to the mobile phone APP. What aspects of their intelligence are reflected in the following details.

The dial with a diameter of 35mm is moderate in size. For girls with small wrists, it avoids the embarrassment that the wrists are bigger than the wrists. In addition, the three color formula of sand, gray and blue shows that the target users of Pop are students and young people.

With a dial diameter of 35mm and a watch thickness of 9mm, this is the visual impression I wear on my hand. Appropriate size, good skin affinity, not tight or slow. In addition to blue, sand color is also suitable for boys to wear, and there is also a girl's version of pink that has not been sold in China.

Due to the need to meet the rigid requirements of battery replacement, Withings adopts the design of separating the frame from the dial. The existence of frosted texture and PVD layer makes Pop excellent in wear resistance and scratch resistance while providing excellent hand feel. The chassis is in a bowl, with all kinds of information about the watch inscribed on it. The blue metal surface will be covered with a slightly bronze coating when the handprint is pressed on it, which is really a kind of palpitation of "new time spreading on the old stone tools".

As I said at the beginning, I don't like the intelligent mode of the IPS screen such as the Tumen T-RIPPLE smart watch. Such a small screen has to be crammed with many things, which is bloated and complicated. It's really boring to push some news that you don't even bother to read on your mobile phone. What's more, it's enough to worry about the phone being charged several times a day. Add another watch? A watch that simply looks at time and is basically intelligent may really save a simplist like me.

Let's talk about the characteristics of traditional watches. It is my understanding of traditional watches to be able to see the mechanized pointer. Even if more and more products take the IPS screen as the representative panel and pointer, I do not think it is a good method, because the poor resolution of the IPS screen is really unacceptable, and I feel it will be a bit off putting. For example, the intelligence of Pop under the mechanical appearance is more meaningful. It is obvious that Withings series watches have achieved this.

Tumen T-RIPPLE smart watch, Pop, Misfit Ray smart bracelet, and Xitie City mechanical watch. Now I have to seriously consider which one to wear.

With regard to the endurance and waterproof characteristics, the use of a CR2025 button battery for at least 8 months is a great comfort and convenience for all digital enthusiasts. I don't enjoy the tedious task of removing the watch every day and charging it before wearing it back. The waterproof strength of 50 meters deep is a must for today's smart watches. You can take it easy when bathing, swimming and cleaning. Since the watch is automatically timed when the phone is linked, there is no need to adjust the crown, which seems to make the appearance of Pop a little less.

After assembling the Pop, you just need to download the corresponding IOS application and open Bluetooth to use it. Then use the Withings tool to press the reset button on the back of the device, and the watch can be used. The pointer will run for one minute, and then the program will urge you to turn the pointer on the dial to adjust the time. Once you move the pointer to 12:00, the watch will check the time according to the time zone of the smart watch.

With regard to the intelligent display of walking, sleeping, alarm clock and other tool functions through mobile phone APP, it seems that this watch is more like a combination of watch and recorder. Very detailed statistics show that Withings is a manufacturer focusing on intelligent health. For mileage, calories, and sleep quality, Pop will do everything you can not notice.

Like many fitness trackers, Pop has a silent alarm that can wake up users with gentle vibrations. Of course, because the watch does not have any buttons, when the user wakes up, the alarm cannot be pressed, so it will vibrate until it stops, lasting for 20 seconds. If Pop can reasonably use tapping the case to stop the alarm ringing, it will be a better solution. It seems that you don't have to wake up by the noisy ringing of your mobile phone in the future, get。

Because the interaction that can be done on the watch is very limited, its application bears most of the functions. The official application is called Withings Health Mate. After entering height, weight and fitness goals, you can see the timeline home page composed of "step recording, sleep, heart rate and blood pressure (heart rate and blood pressure are the functions of other products)". Click on the data to see the analysis with pictures and texts, and this interface style will surely make the data maniacs feel happy.

Finally, I hope Withings can show the most sincere attitude on the dial materials. Localization and localization of APP, as well as the function of long sitting prompt, are equally important. It would be better if the dial could include the date display. That's all.

When writing this experience, I also noticed that Meizu smart watch mix will also be launched in crowdfunding. With the same design language as the Withings series watches, which one would you like?

Summary：

Some people will think that such a watch is not very professional and not very convincing, will the excess value be too high? In fact, I think it should be a matter of selectivity. If you have been conquered by its appearance at first sight, and feel that you should have such a watch on your wrist, then you don't need to care about anything else, with 100% selectivity; If your hobby is sports and fitness, you need a professional sports watch to monitor and prompt, then obviously Pop's choice is 0; If you are the same as me, and the design language and style of Pop are the same as yours, then I am willing to pay 1288 yuan for my choice. What else can I say.

Saying it is not intelligent enough, it just chooses to say goodbye to bloated and complicated taste; It is said that it has no cost performance ratio, and Pop only attracts people who are congenial to it to pay for it; If it is weak, it will have to pass you by.

The eight words "warm and smooth as jade, partial and full" are my personal feelings after using Withings Pop for a period of time. Abandoning the IPS screen and returning to the mechanical dial is a simple choice for Withings watches. "Blue melancholy" is the most impressive visual itch of this Pop. Design from France, processing from China, and the purest material enjoyment.

Are Withings watches a new trend beyond Apple Watch, Moto 360 and Samsung Dead? Can this kind of external mechanical and internal intelligent watch move you to be stubborn?