This is the Zeblaze Neo 3. They call it a
smartwatch, but it’s really more like an
activity tracker. First, let’s have a look
at what we get in the box.
The box looks very nice and professional,
and in the bottom right corner they call this
a Smart Fitness Watch, which is more correct.
On the side, is nothing interesting, and on
the back is just the address of the producer
and a list of what’s included.
Inside, everything is nicely protected with
foam padding, and in this plastic bag we have
the charging cable. It’s a standard usb,
to this strange type of clip. Not really my
favorite type as it feels a bit strange to
use.
The 22mm bands that come in the box look quite
nice with stitches on the sides, and on the
back is a silicon layer to make sure they
don’t move much while wearing them.
Here’s also a quick release on the pins,
so it’s easy to take them off and on the
watch.
Next is the watch case. The size of this one
is 47.2 mm and it’s 14.3 mm thick. The screen
does not go all the way to the edge, so there
is a black border around it. On the side are
three stainless steel buttons, and the crown
does rotate, although it doesn’t have any
rotating functions as it’s just a button.
Next is the user manual, that comes in a few
different languages, and here we also find
a QR code for the app, but more about that
a bit later.
First we need to attach the bands, and it’s
an easy task with the quick release pins.
There’s also some protective plastic on
the screen, so lets remove it before we move
on.
This watch looks quite nice in black, and
I like the design. It’s not too thick, and
it weighs only 44 grams. Since this a plastic
case, it doesn’t feel very premium, but
then again it only costs 29 bucks. On the
back we have the charging connector and the
heart rate sensor in the middle. On the right
side are the three buttons, and they are nice
and clicky, so we do get good feedback when
pushing them. There’s also a plastic film
on the sensor here, so remember to remove
it before using the watch.
The bands have a nice leather look, and the
silicon on the back does a good job holding
the watch in place, so it doesn’t slide
too much on the wrist. Here’s also two retainers
for holding the band in place.
Regarding IP-rating, this watch is rated IP67
water and dust proof, so it can take some
water, but it’s not really made for swimming.
The charger is attached to the watch like
this, and i must say this does feel quite
strange, and is definitively not my favorite
type of charger. But it works, so I guess
it’s ok for the price.
Let’s try turning the watch on. There we
go, of course in Chinese language, since we
haven't set it up yet. It will change to English
after connecting it to the phone, so let’s
do that now.
In the manual, we have a QR-code for finding
the app, and it sends us to a website. Here
we have apps for iOS and Google Play, but
be aware! Clicking the button marked Google
Play will not send you to Google Play. It
will instead try to download a package file
from an external website, which is a security
risk and not recommended. So I will cancel
this, and go search for the app myself. In
Google Play, just search for Happy Sports
and download the app from there. It doesn’t
exactly have a lot of positive reviews, but
we will try it for ourselves and find out
how it is in a while.
To pair the watch, just click Device and it
should pop up. Select it and maybe you’ll
have to click the button on the watch, and
it’s done. Now the time, date and language
is correct on the watch, so we can start using
it.
I have now used this watch for 7 days, so
let’s have a look at what it has to offer.
The watch face shows us the basic information,
and it can be changed in the app, but more
about the app later.
Next is notifications, and here’s a sample
of what a text message looks like. The text
is big and very easy to read, but it doesn’t
show the whole message, and it’s not possible
to scroll down to see all of it. We can also
delete all the notifications, when we’re
done with them.
Next is steps, and on the side here we can
see a graph of how far we are from reaching
our daily goal. There’s no list of previous
data, so this is all we get.
Next is distance, with the same type of view.
Here’s calories, and again the same type
of view.
Heart rate looks the same, but here we can
click the button to start measuring, so we
can start it manually if we want to.
This is the sports tracker, and here we can
see the last activity with its results in
heart rate, calories, steps, distance and
the time spent at the bottom.
Clicking the button will start a new activity,
but sadly, we cannot choose which type of
activity we want to do. For example walking,
jogging etc.
Next is sleep monitoring, and here we can
see deep sleep, light sleep and total sleep.
I didn’t sleep 4 hours this night, but it
sometimes gets confused if you wake up at
night to go to drink or something. Most times
it works fine, but sometimes I get this result,
where it stops monitoring the sleep.
Next is find phone, which will play a sound
from the phone so you can find it. Of course
the watch must be nearby and connected by
bluetooth for this to work.
Logically, if the phone isn’t connected,
this is not going to do anything.
The watch can also be used to control music
that’s playing on the phone.
We can play, pause, skip forward and backwards,
but sadly it will not show us the name of
the song that’s playing.
Photograph is the remote control for the camera,
so this can be used if you place the phone
away from yourself and want to take pictures,
or if you don’t want to touch the camera,
to make sure it’s not moving while the picture
is taken.
The watch will also show the weather for today
and tomorrow, including air quality.
Next is a simple stopwatch, that doesn’t
support laps, but we can pause the time, and
of course reset it. It’s simple, but it
works.
In Settings we have the About section, and
here are some information about MAC address
and App Version.
The screen is bright enough, but if you want
to adjust it, it can be done in here, and
we have 6 levels to choose from.
Restore Factory is to completely reset the
watch, which we are not going to do now.
And at last we have Shutdown, which obviously
will switch the power off.
The screen on this watch is made of plastic,
as you can hear if i tap on it with my finger.
It does sound quite cheap, and as we know
plastic is easier to scratch than glass. So
be careful if you buy one. This is a 1.3 inch
IPS display, with 240 by 240 pixels, so it
looks good.
Now that we have gone through everything on
the watch, let’s have a look at the app.
This is a fairly simple app, so it’s easy
to navigate and find what we want in here.
On top are the steps so far today, distance
and calories.
This is the settings for the watch, and above
it is the remaining battery after using it
for 7 days. It’s still got 64% left, so
it will probably last about 1 more week. The
battery is said to last between 10 and 20
days, depending on how it’s used.
Here we can set the alarms. This watch does
not have a speaker, so we have vibration alarms
only. It’s not the most powerful motor i’ve
tried, but it did wake me up in the morning.
I’m not sure if it will wake me up every
day, but so far it has worked fine.
When the alarm goes off, the screen lights
up, and the only option is to turn it off.
Next is the heart rate and sleep results,
but first let’s have a closer look at the
activities.
In Steps is a grap of our steps throughout
the day, but one strange thing is that there’s
no indicator on the side here showing how
many steps are shown in the graph.
Under the graph we have separation based on
time, but there’s no separation lines up
here to show how many steps.
Anyway, down here we have a list of previous
days, and tapping one will show it’s details,
and a total on top.
In heart rate we have a graph with indicators
on both the x and y axis, and below it is
every measurement that was made this day.
This calendar icon in the corner, let’s
us select other days. And that’s about it
for heart rate, other than a button at the
bottom of the screen to manually start measuring.
The sleep monitoring mostly works well, except
for a couple times when I woke up at night
to get something to drink. Here we have deep
sleep, light sleep and awake time. Some text
explanations below it, and a list of previous
days.
We can also hold on the timeline to see more
details.
Opening the watch settings, we can for example
change the watchface. There are only three
to choose from, so not much to get excited
about here.
Display Settings allows us to rearrange the
menu items on the watch, and since this watch
doesn’t have a touch screen, this is actually
very useful. Putting the items that you use
the most, closest to the main screen, will
greatly reduce how much you have to click
the buttons.
If you don’t want the screen to automatically
turn on when you raise the wrist, it can be
switched on or off here.
Here’s also sedentary and drinking water
alarms, and we can turn on or off all day
heart rate testing.
We can also choose which apps we want notifications
from on the watch. There’s calls, messages,
facebook, viber and so on.
If you're a Strava user, this app can sync
it’s data with it. I haven’t tried this,
but it’s here.
Tapping this running man icon on the side,
gets us to the sports activities. In here
are any recorded activities and they will
be listed below, with the activity details
in the blue field.
There’s also a sports mode with GPS in the
app, but this will use the app only, and not
the watch, so it doesn’t really have anything
to do with the watch itself.
So overall a nice looking watch, but the plastic
case and plastic screen doesn’t exactly
give it a quality feel. And the black edge
around the screen isn’t very attractive
in my opinion. But the watch feels well built,
the screen is big and very easy to read, the
buttons are clicky and has good feedback when
pushing them.
It’s also easy to use, and it’s got good
battery life, so it’s a good budget option
for an activity tracker that looks more like
a normal watch.
And that’s it for my review. If you liked
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