now if you're simply not satisfied with
having a super powered miniature
computer stashed in your pants or your
bag well
why not slap one on your wrist as well
smartwatches can help make your life
that little bit easier giving you a
heads up for any new messages and
notifications
while offering great standalone features
for fitness tracking and stress busting
but they also come in all kinds of
shapes and sizes while the price could
range from about 40 or 50 quid
up to hundreds and hundreds of pounds so
the big question is which
smartwatch is going to be best for you
and your budget in 2021 well i've
reviewed absolutely tons of these
buggers and here's my own personal picks
my own favorite smart watches eating
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cheers so one of my favorite premium
wrist rockets in 2021 is still samsung's
galaxy watch 3 which combines the best
elements of the original galaxy watch
and that galaxy watch active 2
into a single device you got a choice of
41 or 45 mil sizes and both look proper
gorgeous
with dual buttons and full water
resistance that slick rotated bezel is
ideal for gliding through tizen os menus
and the many many apps which are as
colorful and well designed as
always you've got quite a lot packed on
there to begin with including some
serious fitness tracking smarts like all
premium smart watches the galaxy watch 3
can monitor your heart rate and your
blood oxygen levels and loads of other
stats
now pretty much every other feature you
can think of is also crammed in there
from e sim support to a mic and speaker
for taking calls or also chatting with
the bixby assistant
of course even with samsung's current
offer of 50 bob off that asking price
the galaxy watch 3 will still cost you a
rather whopping
300 quid that's seriously starting to
cut into the lockdown booze fund
and of course one of the biggest rivals
to samsung smartwatch is the apple watch
series 6 which launched at almost the
same time and if you want this square
slab sat
on your arm you'll definitely once again
need pretty deep pockets
so the apple watch series 6 starts from
an eye watering 380 quid and that's just
for the bog standard aluminium version
if you want the more premium materials
like the stainless steel
that price sharply rises and if you want
to go for the billy big bollocks
titanium model
well that's basically double the price
however speaking as someone who dislikes
almost every device that apple unleashes
on the world these days i'm definitely
still a fan of this slick little
wearable
sure it's not really evolved much at all
over the years and some rivals are fast
catching up but that watchos experience
is still
smooth and seriously satisfying using a
combination of responsive touch screen
and swizzly dial thing to zip through
the menus and apps you've got full
series smarts via the speaker and mic
all of the usual fitness tracking
shenanigans and the benefit of an
always-on altimeter
and the new ecg app which along with the
blood oxygen monitoring can help to
possibly diagnose any issues with the
old ticker
and you've got dozens of watch faces to
choose from and finally a proper always
on display now as well
and like samsung's galaxy watch you've
also got built-in nfc for your
contactless payments which is
particularly good
in a covered overrun world plus if you
want to expand the apple watches
horizons you can download a large range
of new apps from the well-stocked online
store
in fact pretty much the only bad thing
about the apple watch series 6 beyond
the extortion at ascon price of course
it's the frankly pitiful
battery life you'll be charging this
thing up every single night or during
the day
unless you basically want an expensive
paperweight strap to your arm
if you still really fancy yourself a bit
of apple watch action though and you
can't quite stretch up to that near 400
pound asking price well there's always
the option of the apple watch
se which launched at the same time and
here in the uk that'll cost you just
269 pounds just this does offer a lot of
the same features to be fair as that
series
6 modeler though some of the newer stuff
like the always on display and the ecg
monitoring have sadly been cold
i just need to throw in a quick shout
out for the oppo watch which is
basically a shameless wear os rip off of
the apple watch it's got the same sort
of style
but it's google's os instead of course
apple's wearable is considerably cheaper
at 229 quid but it is also rather quirky
not too surprising for first gen effort
check out my review if you're intrigued
and speaking of wear os another
smartwatch that was launched last year
but i still really enjoy using in 2021
is the ticwatch pro 3
sometimes known as the tick watch pro 3
gps which boasts one massive advantage
over
that apple watch and the samsung galaxy
watch and that is the far superior
battery life
that funky dual display design means
that quick time checks can be done
just using the lower powered lcd while a
bright crisp and colorful oled panel is
used for checking notifications and
playing with apps
the result is three to four days of full
use per charge rather than just one or
two
like most other smart watches and as
you'd kind of hope with that pro word
shoved
into the title of this thing the
ticwatch pro 3 does support some very
premium features just like the galaxy
watch and the apple watch
got all the usual stuff like built-in
gps 24-hour heart rate monitoring blood
oxygen smarts and you've got the
built-in mic and speaker to take calls
via your phone as well as interact with
the google assistant
you can also download a growing
selection of apps from the google play
store to expand the functionality
and performance is nice and smooth after
the most recent updates
thanks largely to the fresh snapdragon
wear 4100 chipset that's packed inside
now the tick watch pro 3 might not be
quite as sexy as some rivals sure
but that stainless steel bezel and the
leather band gives it a smart finish
and this bad boy costs under 300 quid
here in blighty
now half a week of battery life for
aware os smartwatch is definitely very
commendable indeed but if you're still
deeply unimpressed
then maybe try checking out the huawei
watch gt2 pro instead
this gorgeous 46 millimeter timepiece
boasts a
super tough but impressively lightweight
titanium finish
and like other huawei watches it
delivers up to two full weeks of use on
a single charge
and even if you turn on all of the
features including the always on display
you will comfortably make it through a
week good news for fitness fans as well
as this pro model adds skiing
snowboarding and golfing to the ever
expanding list of supported
exercises and if whatever crazy
horrendous reason you find yourself lost
in the woods with zero signal
no worries the handy root retracement
feature will help get you back to
civilization in a jiffy before you end
up adopted by a family of friendly
wolves
however the huawei watch gt2 pro does
not offer a built-in assistant or an
online app store so you can't expand the
features by downloading new software
and if you live in america of course
you'll probably have to hunt around a
bit for an import
but those issues aside this super
premium smartwatch is definitely more
than worthy of that low 200 pound price
tag and if your fancy has been well and
truly tickled by the huawei watch gt2
pro we don't quite have the budget to
stretch up that far well
no worries have a gander at the original
huawei watch gt2 instead which is still
pretty damn slick and at the time i shot
this cost just 120 quid on huawei's
website
and sure you don't get the same super
premium titanium and ceramic design
while you also lose a couple of the cool
features like the qi wireless charging
but the rest of the watch is
almost identical and just as lovable i
have also fully reviewed the huawei
watch gt2 the standard model and i've
done a full side-by-side comparison with
that and the pro in my full huawei watch
gt2 pro unboxings go check that out if
you want a side by side
an idea of how they stack up also
definitely do not sleep on the while we
watch gt2e
which is an absolute wii bargain it's
cheaper again than the wow we watch gt2
and it serves up very similar specs and
features but with a more sporty
aesthetic
done a full review again of that so i
have a full screen of that for all you
need to know
and another option is the honor watch gs
pro which is very similar again to the
huawei watch gt2 pro but with a more
rugged design
and a wee bit shaved off that price you
get the same crazy good battery life all
of those fitness features including the
skin and golf shenanigans
and this time it's all wrapped up in a
proper hardcore knock resistant casing
that is military standard 810g
rated and if you're a bit of an outdoor
enthusiast apparently the garmin
smartwatches are really good i've had
those recommended to me by my
techie friends who are more of a fan of
sweaty gym shenanigans and pounding the
pavement
than they are of lager and pork
scratchings like myself but one
alternative for fitness fans that i've
personally tested is this bad boy here
the amir's fit
t-rex pro which has passed all kinds of
military-grade testing
to survive a seriously strenuous life
outdoors the t-rex pro smart watch
is waterproof to 10 atmospheres and can
cope with extreme temperatures as well
as any sudden impact
basically it's as tough as a
weatherspoon's lamb chop you've got
fitness tracking support for over a
hundred types of exercise around half of
which i've never even
heard of plus you've got full gps
support and all the usual heart rate and
spo2 sensor shenanigans
it's pretty damn solid for 139 quid even
if the notification support is rather
basic
and i got closer to five days of battery
life rather than the advertised
18 days albeit with features like the
always on display and 24 hour heart rate
tracking
switched on and amazed it's certainly
been rather prolific in 2021 it's
already spaffed out a few other
budget-friendly smart watches including
my own personal favorite the amaze fit
watch gtr 2e this unfortunately loses
the ability to store music for offline
listening which is a feature found on
the original gtr 2
but the 119 pound asking price cannot be
sniffed at considering you get a highly
customizable device
with a gorgeous oled screen and flexible
fitness tracking just like the t-rex pro
this time with superior battery life and
all wrapped up in a sleek looking
aluminium frame
if you've got super skinny wrists like
me you might be more tempted though by
the amis fitwatch gts2e
which sports very similar specs but in a
more compact form factor
well there's even the amir's fit gts2
mini which introduces features like
cycle tracking for women and is super
dinky
if you're on a tight budget i also
enjoyed the real me watch s
pro which boasts a crisp oled screen
sleek stainless steel finish and clean
ui for just 120 quid
however the huawei watch gt2 definitely
hasn't beaten for battery life
and the overall features and there were
some quirks when it came to the
notifications
and not always on display hopefully
really we'll have these issues sorted
out in a generation or two but for now
i'd say maybe give it a pass unless you
see it heavily discounted
and that right there is my roundup of
the best smart watches covering a range
of budgets that you can grab for
yourself
in 2021 massive apologies of course if i
missed off your own personal favorite
but feel free to call me a knobber down
in the comments below and give me your
mini review of your personal
pick i've only featured small which is
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