LG G watch R or Asus Zenwatch 2?

[swa100]

Hey all,

Last week I pre-ordered the Asus Zenwatch 2 for 170 euro's. I recently found out that Vodafone has a big sale; the LG watch R is now available for just 125 euro's. The specs are about the same so I'm in doubt. Wich one should I go for? The only thing I'm afraid of is that the support for the LG G watch R will end sooner than the support for the new Asus Zenwatch 2. What are your thoughts on this?


Greets,

swa100

 

[HKSpeed]

The only thing I'm afraid of is that the support for the LG G watch R will end sooner than the support for the new Asus Zenwatch 2.

I think LG will continue to support the Watch R for a few more years. They committed to updating the G2 phone to Marshmallow. The Watch R has the same specs as the Urbane, which I expect LG will support for a couple more years. I think any Urbane update will come to the Watch R.

I read the Asus Zenphone has tons of bloatware, so it makes me wonder if the zenwatch also has it. I notice devices with more bloatware (Samsung) tend to get fewer updates. Its probably more work for the manufacturer to update and test their bloat with each Android update.

 

[Grippen50]

Visually the LG looks much better but hey just my opinion

 

[leyvatron]

Agree. Lg looks much better.

 

[player911]

The Zen Watch 2 also has a built in speaker (not advertised) so when 6.0 comes out, it should have speakerphone support. This is really important IMO.

I have a square LG G Watch and kinda like it over the rounded ones. The interface is built around a square, so even on the rounded ones, the menus and UI looks out of place. All devices run stock Android Wear, so I doubt there will be any bloat ware on any of these. The only ones I know of are specific watch faces that come preinstalled. Android Wear OS doesn't really work without the accompanying phone app installed.

Owning a LG G Watch, here are some of the important things to consider:
1. Almost every Android wear watch has the same internals. Some have WiFi and bigger batteries.
2. AMOLED is important for battery saving during ambient mode. However, my LG G Watch sips battery.
3. WiFi is a gimmick. I never found any reason to have WiFi outside of extending the range of the connection. Also a battery hog.
4. Charging method is very important. You will be charging these about every night, so you'd want one with a Wireless or Magnetic (something easy).
5. Waterproof. If I can't reply to emails, text, and phone calls via my watch while in the pool, then it is not worthwhile.
6. Speaker. Might sound like a gimmick but once you have a watch, you aren't tied to your phone as much = leaving it docked more. If you are at home upstairs and phone downstairs rings, it sucks. If youre hands are full, also very nice. While driving, awesome. While swimming, bliss.

 

[Aerandir14]

The G Watch R has exactly the same hardware as the Urbane, so even if LG stops supporting the G Watch R (which could happen, when we see how much time they took to upgrade the G Watch R after the Urbane ...), the community will probably make the urbane updates available for the G watch R.

The Zenwatch 2 has a speaker, which will be very useful on the next release of Android Wear, but has a square screen ...
IMHO, this is about speaker vs round screen, not about updates.

 

[igni.selvaraj]

I can already confirm that LG has stopped production for LG G watch R.
Personally i own one and i can tell for sure it is worth the price you have mentioned.
Asus is not a bad option but LG G R will give you a very traditional feel.
I am really wondering even if speaker option comes with next update how practical is it to answer calls through watch?