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The editors liked
Extremely lightweight and compact
You can almost forget you’re wearing it
Works with all Android 4.4 phones
Water resistant with IP58 certification
5day battery life
Sleep monitoring is nice
And silent alarm is great too
Innovative
Versatile design. Waterproof. Beautiful app. Lots of graphs for stats lovers.
Sony's SmartBand is a lightweight simple device that's easy to set up and has a companion app that's packed with features. It's dust and water proof and has a great battery life
Logs physical and digital activities
Waterresistant
Neat UI on the Lifelog app
Smart wake up alarms
Good battery life
Attractive pricing
Lightweight
Competitive price
Exceptional battery life
Extensive functionality
Small and light desig
Different color band option
Good sleep tracking
Logs more than just physical activity
Waterproof
Comfortable
Easy to set up
The editors didn't like
Setting it up is a bit too lengthy of a process
No way to track any other types of exercise apart from walking and running
No display at all
Finicky band closure. Complicated setup process. Confusing notifications. Rudimentary fitness tracking capabilities. Virtually useless media controls
Some tracking results didn't seem overly accurate and some of the features weren't very useful. The design is also a bit bland
And its not great for real fitness junkies
Hohum design
Misses out on social sharing
Media playback is iffy
Needs support for controlling more thirdparty apps
Needs a way of distinguishing different notifications
Published: 2014-07-19, Author: Daniel , review by: mobilesyrup.com
Inexpensive, Light and comfortable, Tracked data is truly useful, and not limited to health and fitness, Compatible with many Android devices, Excellent battery life, Waterproof
Lacks a screen, Notification feature somewhat useless, No iOS compatibility, Strap gets easily dirty, Potentially confusing and onerous setup process, Update: An earlier version of this article noted that the SmartBand's Core sensor was not waterproof, wh
The Sony SmartBand is an excellent example of a wearable smartphone companion that, by living on your wrist, improves the overall mobile experience. It's not the ideal fitness tracker, but what it lacks in focus it makes up for in features....
Published: 2014-07-14, Author: Daniel , review by: ausdroid.net
I wanted to like the Sony Smartband, but I`m not sure I do. The overriding pain of having to re-connect it constantly was enough to really sour my experience with it, despite the fact that it's so comfortable to wear.Sony, Jawbone, Fitbit, LG, Huawei – an...
Great design, Attractive application, Detailed analystics
Poor exercise companion
Sony's SmartBand is another wearable unsure of its focus. It fails as an exercise companion because of its limited support, while its diligent approach to phone monitoring is an answer to a question no one has asked. This wearable could benefit from doing...
No. It's bad. And it's $159 in Australia. There are some big ideas here, and while I'm not convinced that all the lifelogging is really something a lot of people want, regardless, this device does it poorly. It feels like Sony had a brainstorm session, tr...
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Published: 2014-06-14, Author: Nic , review by: cnet.com.au
Sony's SmartBand is a lightweight simple device that's easy to set up and has a companion app that's packed with features. It's dust and water proof and has a great battery life
Some tracking results didn't seem overly accurate and some of the features weren't very useful. The design is also a bit bland, and its not great for real fitness junkies
The SmartBand is an ambitious recipe that needs a little more time in the oven. There are better trackers on the market....
A fitness band that's about more than just fitness: it logs more than just your steps, calorie loss, and sleep patterns, with information stored about what you're doing through the course of a day and where you do it; Can be set to automatically switch in
No app for iOS or Windows Phone (we can excuse Windows Phone, but this should be available on both Android and iOS, since they're the major mobile operating systems); Not waterproof enough for a swim; Information can't be shared on social networks; Not al
Sony's take on the wearable fitness tracker is a little different from everything else we've seen thus far, and actually a nice diversion, which some interesting possibilities.We quite like the idea of finding out how much time we're wasting away over the...
Simple and unobtrusive design, four day battery life, accurate step counting, Lifelog app is great (if that's what you want), smartphone notifications
Android only, no display on device, lack of activities and tags, data analysis not as advanced as competitors, sleep tracking is useless
The Sony SmartBand has a lot of potential, but it doesn't quite hit the mark, falling short of its competitors in a couple of areas, such as the inability to measure distance and elevation. The activity tracking accuracy is fantastic in our experie...
Abstract: My only small gripe is that it is sometimes quite hard to get the music player remote element to work – you have to tap very hard. It's actually easier to hit your fist into the other hand to get it to work. There is a slight lag so it's easy to think it...
Lifelogging app is unique, Wide range of accessories, Works with non-Sony phones,
No display, Data needs more depth, Camera controls are clunky,
Sony's attempt to make activity tracking more than just a fitness fad is a noble aim but sadly the SmartBand in its current guise falls sadly short. We love the idea of life logging but there needs to be a little more depth to the data. Not to mention bet...
It's fun to control your phone from your wrist, Lifelog is a neat idea well presented, Waterproof
Lack of fitness tracking features, Unsure of what it really is, Android only
This strange mishmash of features means that the SWR10 occupies a strange space in the wearable tech world. That said, it is at least a space all of its own. There’s not much out there right now that can offer you all of the features of the SWR10, but t...
