hey what's up it's Jerad with State Of Tech and I wanted to give you five reasons to
buy the Fitbit Versa instead of the Apple watch 3, so let's jump right in
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alright so Fitness data would probably be the number one reason I would say why
you would want to buy the Fitbit Versa over the Apple watch I'll talk briefly
about this and there's also a comparison video that I did between the two where I
go much deeper into this so the Fitbit Versa has a consistent tracking of your
heart rate and everything the sensors are running all the time whereas on the
Apple watch it tends to kind of go in and out so it gives you enough data for
it to be consistent like a good look at your entire 24 hours but the Fitbit
Versa actually never stops tracking this stuff which means it's going to give you
much better data for your workouts as far as where your heart rate was and
then also it's gonna give you much better sleep tracking information which
I think is for me pretty important I like to look at the quality of my sleep
and get a good overview of that I'm a parent and a husband and so sometimes
there are distractions and things that would affect my sleep with having three
kids in the house and a small dog so it's just I like to be able to track my
sleep the next day when I wake up if I feel refreshed if I don't feel refreshed
I definitely want to be able to kind of look at that and say okay now I have
that data and I can't really get that good of data from the Apple watch if you
want to see more of an exact reason why check out the comparison video between
the two but the Fitbit Versa definitely does provide better data so number two
is another huge one it's the cost the Fitbit versus significantly cheaper I've
got links down in the description below for you so you can see the latest
pricing on Amazon stuff like that changes from time to time so I won't
mention it in the video other than the fact that the Fitbit verse is cheaper
then the Apple watch and the links are down in the description below if you do
decide to pick up a Fitbit Versa the link down below if you buy from the
Amazon link helps support our channel which we appreciate I make these videos
to help inform and help us all just understand maybe
what the difference is and maybe what the best option are and then it's up to
you to decide whether to buy one or not so the cost definitely is a huge one if
you want a fitness tracker you want some of the cool things that the Apple watch
has but just don't want to spend the money the fitbit Versa is a great option
and if you want more details on some of those differences check out that other
video like I said link down in the description below the third is the size
now the Apple watch is significantly bigger than the Fitbit Versa and that
really is important I think you know especially if you are moving around a
lot you hit your watch on things it gets in the way maybe sometimes you wear you
know nice shirts long sleeves having the big watch just kind of I don't know it
can be kind of a pain in the butt I like the slim design and style of the
Fitbit Versa it's so minimal it has a nice look it doesn't look like a fitness
device but it also has a nice watch face and a nice colorful interface so it
looks really good and it's super slim you also get which I'm getting a little
bit ahead of myself here so I guess we'll jump right into the next one which
is battery life the battery life is a bit better on the Fitbit Versa than the
Apple watch of course the Apple watch is doing a lot
more but it also has a bigger battery the battery life on the Apple watch is
pretty decent considering everything that it's doing but on the Fitbit Versa
you're gonna easily get you know four days or so out of it of course if you're
doing more active stuff out running using the fitness options inside of the
watch that may decrease your battery life a little bit but I've had no
problem getting four days of battery life that means weekend trips away don't
even have to bring a charger with me don't have to worry about it
the Apple watch I'm always worrying about the battery going dead I have to
use the Apple watch very minimally to get more than ticket around three days
of battery life out of it so even though the Apple watch is good compared to
previous versions the Fitbit Versa gives me more of that longevity I don't have
to really worry about it so the fifth thing is that it's
cross-platform I live in a world and maybe you do too where you want to be
able to jump back and forth between different types of devices you know
maybe if the next version of the iPhone isn't super exciting to you you might
actually jump over to Android and try Android out or maybe you
just jumped over to the iPhone and you're not completely sure whether or
not you want to stay the cool thing about Fitbit is that your Fitbit data is
Universal between you know whether you're on an Apple iPhone device or
you're on an Android device if you're using the Apple watch you're stuck to
Apple's platform the Apple watch doesn't work with anything else and it's really
a bummer I mean you can't even use the Apple watch standalone without having an
iPhone for it to interface with even if you have the LTE version that's a real
bummer to me because I like the Apple watch but if I ever wanted to switch
back over to Android or use an Android device as my primary phone then I
wouldn't be able to but with the Fitbit Versa or pretty much any Fitbit device
you're gonna get that cross-platform and what's really cool about it is it's
very easy to go back and forth between devices so even if you sometimes carry a
personal iPhone and then sometimes carry a work Android phone having the app
installed on both devices and then having a sync with both devices like it
will actually do that which is pretty cool so that's gonna do it for the five
reasons I think that there's a lot more to consider which is why I did a more
lengthy video on the comparison between the two but if you wanted my 5 reasons
on why you should choose the Fitbit Versa over the Apple watch those are
them and I hope that if you have one maybe a thought of your own share it in
the comments section I'd love to hear maybe why you would choose the Fitbit
Versa over the Apple watch besides of course the fact that Apple is who Apple
is or whatever I get a lot of that when I ask for these questions so try to
leave something helpful down in the comments section and I'd love to
interact with all of you there again remember to give this video a thumbs up
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from us here on the state of tech until next time I'm Jared and I hope to see
you back here take care