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#193653 18-Mar-2016 23:16
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Anyone interested in the Casio Smart Outdoor Watch?

 

It looks very sleek, running Android Wear.





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  #1515931 19-Mar-2016 00:41
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Oooooh wow that does look good!



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  #1515935 19-Mar-2016 00:56
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Finally, a smart watch that looks like a REAL watch 👍

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  #1515940 19-Mar-2016 06:41
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I'm either that or the Nixon same price either way lol




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  #1515943 19-Mar-2016 07:31
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I still think the Huawei smart watch is the best looking Android watch but the Casio looks ok if not a little 80's




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  #1515951 19-Mar-2016 08:21
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 $500 USD apparently.  Somewhat out of my budget.  [Actually, I don't have a budget....]


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  #1515966 19-Mar-2016 09:16
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Looks great, although it looks like it is "water resistant" rather than "waterproof"

 

I like Casio watches but have had three fail over the last six years through water ingress, and these are all "100m" water resist models.  Not so bad when it's a $50 watch, but not good when it's $500.  I'd only buy this from NZ retailer with CGA


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  #1516015 19-Mar-2016 11:08
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shk292:

 

Looks great, although it looks like it is "water resistant" rather than "waterproof"

 

I like Casio watches but have had three fail over the last six years through water ingress, and these are all "100m" water resist models.  Not so bad when it's a $50 watch, but not good when it's $500.  I'd only buy this from NZ retailer with CGA

 

 

When I think Casio, I think G-Shock.

 

I've had a couple of g-shock 200M models which both lasted easily for 10+ years, while literally having everything you can imagine thrown at them and never needing a single battery change. My current model, which I only got because I lost the previous one, has been going strong for something like 12 years and, other than a piece of the "frame"  around the watch face breaking relatively recently off due to a pretty extreme bash, shows no signs of slowing down. The previous one lasted for about the same before I lost it.  They're not the prettiest watches but my good they are tough.  

 

If this is engineered even half as well as the g-shocks I'm interested... but yeah that price is possibly a dealbreaker, and only 50M water resistant.  I also wonder how accurate the speed\distance measurements will be without GPS? 





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