OnePlus - Watch 2

I would consider a OnePlus watch. The 3 is the latest. I have a 2R which has been fine for my use cases so far. It supports NFC and apps. I have the always on display activated and it is lasting around 3 days. It's VOOC charging is also very fast. The 2R is on WearOS 4 but the Oxygen UI still gives features like the App Grid. It is expected to update to WearOS 5 later this year.

@gdir You guys both say 'fast charging', but what does that mean exactly? I used the OPW2 for about 2 weeks before my OPW3 came in the mail and I compared with both chargers. The 2 charger was slower by about 10-15mins on each watch. With my 3 charger the most it ever takes is just shy of an hour, about 58-59 mins, and that's from 0-100%. If there's even 5-10% already on the watch when I snap it on it'll take 40-45 mins. So with using the 2 charger, that would be 1hr-1:15hr. I know 15 mins doesn't sound like a lot, but I never have to charge more than an hour, and that's huge to me. It's the fastest charging watch with 2nd to longest battery life, while still being the most capable I've ever used. I've used Garmin, Fitbit, and this OPW3 over the last 10 years. (I'm not including Moto 360 watch from 2014, that was a failure...)

I think the OPW2 was pretty ass tbh, but the latest greatest insanely expensive watch having to go power save to get 3 days is pretty funny. But hey, if you like it that's all that matters.

Very odd I have a GW4 it doesn't track naps but my op 2r does very accurately as well.

I'm a converted fan to OnePlus. Had the OP Watch 2 for over a year now and it's rock solid, battery is 4-5 days easy, it's beautiful, bright, tons of first party watch faces, I'm a fan, and have been wearing android watches since the ole Moto 360 flat tire.

I picked the 2R. Its lighter with an aluminum case. I like the design better then the 2. They both have the same processors and systems but the 2R is less expensive but it has just a glass screen so you will need a screen protector which are cheap and plenty available. Best watch I have owned and I have worn many since 2015.

Its a long review but fairly accurate. The 2R has a great display in direct sunlight with the auto brightness. I can't speak for the watch 2 never owned one. You missed the step count in your review. The 2R step count has been rated as the most accurate compared to many other watches. The vibration is very good. It wakes me up and is as strong as the fossil watches and much stronger than any Ticwatch. I do not miss any notifications. I use a very thin silicone 22mm band that is close to my wrist. As for the two systems Wear 4.0 shows the full email which is nice among many other advantages but I find myself using the RTOS power saving mode. The 10+ day battery life and still able to answer and make calls, get all notifications, emails, texts, weather, health and more. I hope all mfg's look at the design of the 2R and use dual processors and dual systems like this watch. IMO, best smartwatch on the market.

I've had mine for about 3 months with no scratches on the case. I have the dark grey model. The screen has a small scratch but I have a screen protector so the scratch didn't touch the screen. I just found out the Oneplus model 3 watch is coming out in January with the same electronics but more features like ECG and Rotary dial.

I had the Oneplus 2r and sold it. Great battery life but too many quirks. Don't know if the Oneplus 3 is better. I am super happy with my Galaxy watches and my Galaxy Z flip 5.

Examples? I would walk 50 steps and when I stopped the Oneplus 2R watch would keep going 6 steps ahead, Sleep monitoring didn't show any active awake time even though I remember waking up on a restless night. The stress meter didn't work and the quick panel icons are not adjustable and the O'health app is very basic. Maybe they fixed these on the Oneplus 3. My favorite galaxy watch is the Galaxy 5Pro. Wear O/S Battery life is the same as the OnePlus 2R watch but with much better vibration. It's not as good looking as the One-plus watch but has more accurate functions. These are my opinions.

I have tried Fossil. Skagen, Galaxy 4 and 6, Ticwatches, Oneplus, Amazfit watches. The ticwatches I tried had terrible vibration. I recently was surprised and found the galaxy 5 and the Galaxy 5 pro watches and they both have great vibrations. The 5 pro is thicker and its vibration is the best I have felt in years. Reminds me of the Pebble time and time steel which had a similar vibration. I would also like to point out the Galaxy watch 5 is 44 and the 5 Pro 45mm. The 40mm usually have less vibration strength.

I agree that the battery life of the Oneplus 2, 2r is great and the Oneplus 3 must be even better since the battery is larger and I'm glad you are enjoying it. I do disagree on the health sensors compared to the galaxy watches. O'health does not compare to Samsung health. O'health needs more work. Did they improve it with the Oneplus 3?

You mention you want to use your watch for hiking I believe you are better with the Galaxy watch. The step count on the galaxy watches is right on the step count on the Oneplus watches is off. I have read this for the Oneplus 2, I experienced it on my Oneplus 2R and the Oneplus 3 has the same processors so I would be concerned. The galaxy watches get the updates the Ticwatches do not. My galaxy watches already have wear 5.0. The other problem with the Oneplus watch is the sleep monitoring. If you take a nap it will link in with your sleep score and you can not remove it. The galaxy watches have a much better sleep monitoring and if you take a nap it is registered separately so you can remove it or keep it. The stress monitoring on the Oneplus watch simply does not work. Galaxy watches win here again. If vibration strength is important to you the Galaxy 5 and 5 pro have the strongest vibration. I could go on and on.

OnePlus watch 2. Good basic tracker but long battery life.

Good write up, but I have to disagree on some of the most important points. Namely, brightness is nowhere near good enough outdoors. In the sunlight directly it is not readily visible even on the highest mode. Absolute deal breaker for me. Secondly, vibrations are severely lacking. Maybe you have just gotten used to them or have a sensitive wrist lol but coming from Samsung watches it was an immediate return for this point. I constantly miss notifications even on the vibration strongest you just simply can't feel it. I would caution anyone on these two points before getting this watch as both were straight up deal breakers for me.

Love me a traditional watch so don't fault you, but there are great SmartWatch options out there.  My OnePlus Watch 2 lasts 4+ days of straight use and charges back to 100% in ~30 minutes.

I've been on the OPW2 for a year and agree these are great, 4+ days on a charge and less than 30 minutes to charge it back to full.  I basically only take it off to shower, but don't need to.

I got one plus 2r surprisingly light and have been using for swimming around 6 months now. Still works. Altough swim tracking can be improved(I do not expect Grasim level tracking) but overall satusfies my requirements with good level of accuracy