Full REVIEW : Sony WENA Wrist Pro Smart Watch Strap (Japan Edition)
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- Опубликовано: 17 фев 2019
- A review of a WENA Wrist Pro Smart Watch Band imported From Japan. The connected watch strap that turns a standard watch into a smartwatch. Gain some smartwatch functionality while still being able to wear a traditional watch.
The UK version is available to pre-order from Amazon: Wrist Pro: amzn.to/2X6eoJP
Wrist Active: amzn.to/2SBgwKW
The differences between the Pro and the Active are explained in the video. Links are affiliated.
REUPLOADED after a re-edit to include important information regarding adding Custom Notifications. New section starts at 12:08
If anyone is interested in the Pulsar watch I used - I believe its a discontinued model but there are a few left on Amazon UK (affiliated links) - amzn.to/2Gu13pG (the colour I bought) amzn.to/2SFfyNH (a blue one) and amzn.to/2GvOJW1 (one with a resin strap) - If you were buying one to fit on a Wena Wrist Pro - this last one seems like the best idea as it's the cheapest.
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New section starts at 12:08
UPDATE: Battery life. The Wena reports ‘low battery’ when it reaches 20% - for me this has been happening every three days on average.
I was thinking I was going mad.
Thanks! That info certainly changes things! The fact that you can't really see it outside is still pretty hard to get past though.
@@madspacepig 12:07
Vul vah
You are so thorough, love it!
14:25 as a wise man once said
"A man with one watch always knows what time it is. A man with two is never sure."
Segal's Law.
A waiseman once said, "Man who walks around with hands in pockets feels cocky all day."
There's also a saying: "A wise man syncs all his watches." 😆
Now it means "a man who has two can speak on the phone, stay fit, look at his text messages and tell the time with two hands."
i have a small watch collection and i know time well lol, this quote is overrated
So it basically is a pager from 15 years ago, in silver and without a watch. For 300€. Nice!
LOL 400USD just for strap, amazing.
I can get modern eWatch with 4gb ram and latest CPU AND it can work as phone with nano sim for under 200USD from china.
For 100USD you can get the 2GB RAM last years top model
I bought my Mi Band for 15€
For 300€, - I will just glue miband to my usual watch; and my watch is really expensive
You missed the point. It's supposed to be a smartwatch addition for people who wear mechanical watches.
Exactly what I was thinking mate. I had to look that the video wasn't posted on 1st April.
Hand on heart I wouldn't pay £10 for this, it wouldn't be worth it for me, never mind £300. If I want to know I've got a text/message/email - I'll wait for the vibration or beep from my phone, I don't need a watch telling me in very small text. And if I'm paying contact free, I'll take the extra 3 seconds it takes to get my card out of my wallet (or use my phone if that's easier to grab) and save £300.
And balls to wearing the same watch daily as well, unless you're planning on buying multiples of this, do you really want to be changing watch straps over and over? I've got about 40 watches, and half of them wouldn't fit or suit a cheap looking stainless steel strap.
Made for mental people I think, those with too much money and no common sense.
@@notahotshot aww poor you, my heart bleeds.
All of my watches are worth more now than I paid for them, that's called an investment - ie, sense.
Paying £200 for a smart watch strap isn't sense, it's lunacy. I get RUclipsrs buying them, they earn it back in revenue and Patreon, but your average Joe? My point stands, for the average person to buy this they must have more money than sense. Now don't @ me again, there's a good boy. The comments section is for giving your opinion, you don't like mine, tough titties, read past and get a life rather than ensuring I get an email that some salty cretin doesn't like what I say.
P.S, if you don't own a watch, why are you so offended about a post on a video about a watch strap? Or are you one of those unemployed leeches that has nothing better to do? I mean it makes sense then you don't own a watch if you don't have anywhere to be (other than other peoples RUclips comments)
I've got quite the watch collection (nothing expensive, most under $400) and if somebody manages to get this sort of product together in the years to come, I'm all over it. It'd be great to have a good analogue watch with hidden added functionality.
Thanks for the info on why it’s reuploaded
It's a fantastic idea to bring smartwatch connectivity to nice watches but I think I'll wait a couple of generations before getting on board
James I’m more than sure that there won’t be a second generation of this crap - it’s basically dead already. A fancy proof-of-concept, nothing more.
I don't agree, there's lots of people who wear mechanical watches but don't want to give them up. They also want a smart watch too so wear one on the opposite wrist. A strap like this would be really good provided it's got the right connectivity
@@James-vw8dv Eaxtly, and a smartwatch for a lot of people is still a fitness accessory, where a watch is well like your glasses etc or shoes.
doesn't seem like there will be a second gen, the idea won't probably die though
Im ready.. you could be the first kid on the block with one of these now
Matt: *buys WENA* *goes outside to read notification screen*
"Flippin eck"
This is literally the best RUclips channel ever
watched this video as soon as it came out and I'm glad I actually clicked on this because new section, thank you for continuing to keep the quality top notch
Thanks Mat. I'm happy you fixed the notifications issue.
Thanks! I was considering to buy this, you just saved me a lot of money.
I live in Japan and have seen these things advertised quite a bit online. I guarantee that the target market they were envisaging when they designed this thing is Japanese businessmen who want a smartwatch, but don't want to take one into a meeting due to it seeming "unprofessional".
Why they thought that this would sell overseas I have no idea. Everything about it seems poorly designed, especially in light of the Apple Watch. The localization of the app is very poor too. I guarantee that the original Japanese for "Write" was 「書き込み」or 「設定を書き込む」 (write, or write settings) which makes more sense in Japanese, but really should have been translated as "Save Settings".
He bought the Japanese edition though.
This 100%
@@bluephreakr there is a certain difference between a "smartwatch" and the Watch. Such a basic thing you don not get yet and still you call people Vain..
@@bluephreakr Oh no. You'll get the watch people started. They're absolutely crazy, they think a mechanical mess of gears is somehow superior to a computer on your wrist. It's an insane marketing con job by the Swiss watch industry, but they've been caught, hook line and sinker.
@@bluephreakr That is Japan we are talking about. It's a country where drinking anything except water and coffee while working is "unprofessonal". (That's why people there invented clear iced tea and coke)
It is cultural and something hard to understand for outsiders.
This looks so cool and I love how stealthy it is! It's too expensive for me though, especially for what it provides.
2 mins into the video and I'm sold! My Seiko 5 is my preferred watch and desperately needs a new strap!
Couldn't help noticing "Thanx for *Watch* ing"... Best tech pun of the day, keep up the great work, Techmoan is still my favorite channel. 👍🎯
Price seems WAYYY too high for this level of functionality, especially the lack of outdoor visibility. :/
@@ttbdrummer I can spend money plenty, but that doesn't make this a good buy. Dick4
@@BloodyIron yeah you can get an Apple Watch with full color OLED, better sensors, visible in daylight, 50m water resistant 😂
Plus Apple Pay is free no monthly subscription lol
i agree, this thing's priced like a premium bracelet/steel strap that's come from a luxury watch
@@ttbdrummer these trolls are morons lmao, he complains about the price wich is already "expensive" by itself, and now you're attacking him 😂 you're the one that's poor lol, poorly focuses on a subject
Thank you for the reupload, with custom notifications things get a bit better...
I honestly love all of your videos you always have such great content and I'm always excited to see the strange things you find and your knowledge of them
Nice idea that of having a stripped down smartwatch on the clasp! As a similar option Sinn sells a particular strap made to fit a full smartwatch under the wrist. They call it dual strap system, as it is composed of straps for both watches, with half the size than normal, and a single piece half strap for when you want to wear only one of the two. Easier to see a picture than to describe!
That was a great video. So much humour. Loved it.
You are a class act telling us why the first does not work. i watched the first one this morning but did not remove it from my notifications yet. I just found the second one this evening. it is really frustrating to try to open a video in notifications and it is not available and no explanation.
Thank you for explaining it in the second video.
I think it is an interesting concept for people who want smartwatch functionality but still want to wear a classic watch for fashion reasons. I still think a full smartwatch just makes more sense though since it offers more features and better functionality.
Yeah but as you said, all the SmartWatches are horrible, but the strap should be improved
@@cleitonfelipe2092 What? I didn't say all smartwatches are horrible...
@@PeugeotRocket yeah ok, but I did, and they are
Some people have problems reading digital displays without their glasses but can read an analog watch no problem.
Mark Wilko And how exactly will these people read a 5x15mm tiny screen on this crap?..
i wish i had known this had existed earlier! i love it!!
God that looks cool,
I like the thought of having it simply as a strap and attachable to any watch.
Cool product, great review!
I could not help but laugh so hard towards the end. It's was one thing after the other with this strap. Then when you said you couldn't see the notifications outdoors I just lost it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You tried so hard 🤣🤣🤣
Great review as always. BTW you definitely need to review the Bose AR frames when they come out! It’s weird audio and right up your alley!
Excellent review
Fascinating! Good to know about, Many thanks as usual.
Another interesting video well done sir!
The 2-line display strongly reminds me of the SonyEricsson MBW-100 (or MBW-150) from 10+ years ago. Awesome devices for their time.
Also of many of their portable media player products of the time. I wonder if they had a huge stock of small OLED screens that departments would all use.
I had that. Loved it! But the stupid oled died quickly
Looking good in that watch, Mat. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the video! It is a very interesting idea. Though the clasp is often a place of significant wear lol.
Great review! Awesome engineering!
Way too expensive though!
Just in time for my midterms!
Coulda emphasized the “thanks for WATCHING” aspect with a video about a watch, lol! Great one as always.
Glad I could help Mat
wow i really like the concept of this, i hope they get the imessage ect working i'd love to get it...
As well as drop the price significantly. It's like asking a full price of airpods, but you get 40 buck Hongbao Oxygen Containers.
I need a new watch strap, and this sounded brilliant, until I saw your review. Really helpful. Definitely not going to buy it now. I already thought it was expensive, but if the contactless payment isn't included unless you pay and you can't read it outside then I'm just not interested. Thanks, Techmoan!
I wondered why the your video stalled last night when I was watching it.
Personally I'm happy with a watch that tells me the time and date and have a mobile for calling people.
Great quality vids on asubject that i fancy 🥰 Thanks much from Canada. 🍻
Love love your vids, I think on this occasion it’s probably a couple of generations away from being effective. Once the screen on the clasp becomes significantly bigger but remains subtle in its appearance then the concept is proven but not until then.
Really cool idea
Sony's earlier smart watches had the same issue with not being able to be displayed outdoors. Both the LiveView and SmartWatch 1 had OLED panels and neither of them can be read in sunlight. It really is surprising that after nearly 9 years of wearable products they're still having the same issues with the displays.
Holy bugger that thing buzzes just about as loud as my Pebble Classic! If I bought this thing it would sure get my attention!
This is awesome! I can have my automatic watch of choice and still have it be smart!
Everything with the marketing slogan "pro" I resist buying in the first place. Nice review (as always)
It’s back. Woohoo. 🙌 I am such a Techmoan fan!!
I could see this as an eventual replacement for my aging Pebble Time Steel, but they'd need to fix that brightness for outdoor use first, and ideally either lower the price or add a few more features. Still, FINALLY another option with week long battery life! And I could use my mechanical watch too!
i like the concept.
Nothing beats Amazfit Bip at the moment. Readable outdoors, cheap, 30+ days battery. I whish there would be more watches like this and pebble.
Well, I'm glad you figured out the notifications, so it's not a complete loss.. Honestly, I'd buy this like a shot if a) it had a sensible adjustable strap and b) was half the price. Like the recharging crocodile clip, and the general concept - but not a lot else.
This is why I love Techmoan!
Thanks for the updated video, glad to know it is of some use for notifications.
Only a totally different subject, have you read or listened to the Beastie Boys Book? Listening to it on Audible and I think it might be right up your alley. Lots of talk about 80s music and finding songs to sample.
good review and sounds like it is a no go for me since it is hard to read outside and that's what I would like it for
Most of the people in the comments definitely aren't the target audience for this device. Being able to make an automatic movement a smart peripheral is wicked. Hope it gets a better iteration soon.
I know someone who bought an expensive new watch online and took it to a local jewellers for strap adjustment. It had the same style of C-rings and pins as the Wena but the jewellers obviously didn't realise and it promptly fell off his wrist (fortunately just after he'd got into his car, so it fell into his lap - not on the ground!). I think I'd rather do it myself!
As always, an interesting and well produced video. But I can't see the WENA being a WINNER at those prices.
An incarnation of a classic pager.
This is the second phone in a row where you have the same phone and same case as me :P
Im gonna pick one up for my smartwatch.
Lol
I think this is a great idea, the execution could be done better but that's what gen 1 products are for. I'd love a version with no display at all!
Thank you, excellent video as always/
But looking at such a small "screen" is just simply not going to work for me.
Intresting concept... Despite the fact I would never buy one does not mean other people will not.
So all in all a very good video and if I ever see one on East lancs carboot I will know what it can and cannot do.
I found aftershokz headphones for £20 a week after watching your video... Had I not watched it I would have missed out on a bargain.
Great concept, even better review. You've put me off from buying one though. I guess I rather wait for a more outside readable one. Also the screen although stylish is very small and I wonder if this would only have novelty value (besides maybe the buzz function being handy) because trying to read that small and slow scrolling text would be slower than just whipping out my phone.
Love you Techmoan
Did you have a Cold? Anyway, I enjoyed watching it anyway. Hope you get well, if you are feeling under the weather.
As always, thanks for WATCHing
I just saw this recently and, I have to say...this is the most unbelievably brilliant idea that I've seen in quite a while. Not only is it amazing the amount of tech they managed to cram into a WATCH BAND, but this is such an incredible option for all those "but I like my 'dumb watch' people"...one of those "damn it, why didn't **I** think of that!?" things. If this thing works worth half a shit, and ever comes to the US, I will be selling my Galaxy S3 Frontier FOR SURE!!!
Good video.
If I recall correctly, there are similar devices that have already been on the market for some time now. I think they fit over your existing watch strap, too. Perhaps that is more worth checking out. I'm sure it can be found with some short googling.
Very nice device that keeps class and simplicity compared to a full on smart watch.
Would be a great product if the price was in comparison to a smart watch though, £399 is a fair bit to show two lines of text and rely on your mobile phone with bluetooth constantly active.
Cool idea, and I want one because it would be cool to get a bit if extra functionality out of my watch. But its just too expensive for what it is. Maybe of it were $100-$125.
I can't believe how much something as shit as that costs.
It's a concept, if it goes well, the price will go down substantially
Same. I thought it sounded cool until I saw the price. I'd rather get a proper smartwatch from Fossil or something for that price
I'd love to get one, but for like... $100 at the absolute most. It's a great concept, but mother of Christ, that price. When fucking APPLE can sell you a full-fledged watch for cheaper than that...
Then again, geeky 30-somethings like many of us aren't really the target market.
@Allen D. that's toxic, my guy
Yeah, Sony drops another turd as usual.
cool idea and great way to put a mechanical watch on a more technological perspective... but it is much easier to just whip out your phone to read a notification rather than squint at the tiny screen
4:18 I think that's perfectly reasonable. As the old saying goes, "you have to spend money to spend money."
Hang on...
I have the same Seiko 5 model, SNZF17K1, it's a nice little watch for a really good price.
I'll wait to see what gen 2 is like. I have a dying pebble and the only reason I haven't replaced it is there is yet to be another smart watch that lasts a week and all I use my pebble for is notifications and an alarm. The alarm is nice because it only wakes up me no one else.
Have you tried the Amazfit Bip? It seems similar to the pebble in that regard - very very long battery life and not too overloaded with features (I haven't used it but am interested).
I hate smartwatches. I love to wear my old school classic watches, but taking out my phone to see a message is annoying too. This is the best of both worlds. I want one now!
taunusv4power Fool and his money can be easily parted. 400$ for a crap with a tiny 5x15mm screen that is not even readable outdoors? Yeah, good luck with your purchase...
@@zusurs thank you. Where i live depreciation is almost instant. Specially for sony products, i can get this for half the price in 6 months after release. And I'll have a future classic sony product. I hate big lcd displays. Those early 2000s looking oled display reminds me to the old fossil oled from the late 90s. There's always a crazy guy that will buy that and I'm one of those. I love the looks and the non intrusive display that can keep the looks of my casio C701 or my seiko jumbo chronograph from the 70s.
Edit: i also use LED watches from the 70s. They are unreadable on sunny days, so I'm used to low bright displays.
Try integrating those minidisc headphone remotes track names for displaying notifications 😹
Hello Techmoan! I just loooove your videos (im a chap from France 😉).
I bought 2 months ago a 45€ smartwatch called the Amazfit bip by Xiaomi. It's main perk is a 45 days autonomy!! Color screen and all.
I REALLY afvise you to try it out.
They should have used a transflective LCD so that you could see it in bright daylight.
it's made for the watch manufacturers to extend the life of their old models..! No point in buying a smart strap witch is more expensive than a smart watch ! but if u got an expensive swiss watch, a gold Rolex .. then this is just what you need! I want a gold version of weena pls! :)
interesting product.. I can see a strong market for a smart watch that would work with a non smart expensive chronograph watch. so this would fit the bill.. but with those down sides, I will pause.
Initially I thought this sounded like a good idea but all the hassle of it, the high cost, why bother! I'll stick to my Gear S3. Nice video as usual 😀
That's a nice Pulsar.
SUENA! SUENA! TECH-LU$T thanks TM i never knew of WENA & now to think of the interfacial possibilities im beyond chuffed no bollox
I have worn a Razer nabu watch since release best watch
Techmoan: "As always, thanks for watch...ing" It will be a nice addon for a Grand Seiko made in Japan instead of a Pulsar
is it just me or actually Wena's mechanical watch is a lot more intriguing than the main selling point.. (wich is the strap), i just love the way they decorate the movement a bit
i love that there is a smart watch without heart monitor and so on. i would love a smart watch but only as extention of my smart phone. using some functions, as whatch and for messeges and calls but no heart rate and so on. good for wena that they just have that. but the display is a bit small isn't it
I'm waiting for the next model to come out, the "Eloi"
If it got cheaper, and if the pro had all the features it'd be more tempting. I like the idea of having a smartwatch with any watchface you want, since I like traditional watches and I quite like my fitbit
Love the idea, I've got a £300 g-shock I would love to put this strap on but balked at the price. Got a tic watch for £160 that does everything the strap does and more. I would probably get one if it came down to the £100 mark but cant see that happening, it is Sony after all.
This is one of those offbeat Sony products, it is an interesting approach but seems way to expensive for what it is. Your asking the same price for the band as you would a smart watch and display. Once again always informative and a well put together video.
That’s neat, but not my thing. Great video...thanks!!
Would be better with an e-ink display.
Sony uses eink displays on their own activity monitors.
E-ink aren't much good with moving text, such as the scrolling, due to the slow refresh time.
Pete Allum - Oh I didn’t know that. Thank you.
Are you a fellow Pebble user?
Cast The Cake - No I’m afraid not.
I think smart straps is the best way to go. I dying to enhance my existing mechanical watches with smart watches features.
The lack of micro-adjustment would probably kill the idea of me ever getting one of these should they launch in the US. They should definitely consider upgrading to screw in pins and adding the micro-adjustments for what you pay for it. I'd never add something like this to one of my dress watches, but I'd love it have it on my Steinhart OT.
need to use this strap on one of ur nixie watches 😄