Fossil FTW1149 Hybrid Men’s Smart Watch Review
Fossil FTW1149 Hybrid Men’s Smartwatch is a strikingly wonderful smartwatch that is equipped with a lot of enhanced features and technology. It is a product by American fashion designer firm Fossil that was founded 26 years back.
The company is well known for making unique watches, wearables, and accessories. It ships its products in 150 counties and has close to 30,000 points of distribution, including 450 company-owned retail locations.
Features
Activity Tracker
The watch has a built-in activity tracker and is GPS enabled to keep track of the steps taken, distance covered, pace and efforts, and gives you the count of calories burnt.
Remote control
The watch can act as a remote control for your phone to operate your phone camera and click a photo, ring your phone, control your music
Make
The watch is made of stainless steel and is very strong and durable.
Battery
The battery in the watch is a no-charge hybrid battery that gives a life of 6 months with normal usage. The life of the battery is dependent on usage.
Calling Facility
The smartwatch has the facility to send and receive calls. The calling is available only for Android phones.
Sleep monitor
The smartwatch closely monitors your sleep quality by classifying it under deep, light and REM sleep patterns
On the go notification
The smartwatch sends out real-time notifications like an incoming call, mail, text, in-app notifications, event reminders, alarms on the screen.
Compatibility
The phone can be easily paired with phones running Android OS 4.4+ or iPhone 5/iOS 8.2+.
Waterproof
The smartwatch is waterproof and can be worn without worry on the wrist when going for a swim session or taking shower
2 Years International Warranty
The smartwatch comes with an international warranty of 2 years from the date of purchase
Fossil Q App
The smartwatch gets connected with your phone in a fraction of seconds through the Fossil Q app using Bluetooth
What Do We like
Premium looks
The watch is made of stainless steel and has an analog round dial that appears like a watch but acts like a smartwatch. It looks very premium when worn on the wrist.
Long warranty
Most of the counterparts in the market give a warranty for just one year. This product comes with an international two years warranty.
Remote control
The smartwatch also acts as a remote control for your phone camera, music, etc. that makes life a bit easier
All in one tracker
The smartwatch works as your health assistant and keeps monitoring your heart, sleep, activities in real-time and makes you aware of your overall fitness
What We Don’t Like
A bit expensive
The watch is a bit costly and cannot fit the budget of people who have allocated a budget of less than 5K for their smartwatch
Calling facility, not for Android
The calling facility for iPhone is not available. The watch might not be an ideal buy for iPhone owners.
Conclusion
Fossil Hybrid Men’s Smart Watch – FTW1149 is a stylish looking, robust, and durable watch. The comes loaded with all the advanced features and functionalities that fulfills all your expectations from a smartwatch. If you have allocated a budget of around 10K to buy a smartwatch, then this watch is a must buy.