I'm not trying to defend any party here but that is common practise for water proof phone and gears, they are Ip68 rated but no warranty for water damage. S8, s8+, note fe, note 8 all Ip68 rated but same no warranty for water damage. If one ask why is that, from my point of view, it's bcos the sc can't judge whether the water damage was done within the rated range, 30 min / 1.5m as they advertised.

Yup. I'm not gonna pay RM600 for that. I oledi contacted Samsung Live Chat & raised this issue. Now waiting feedback from their management.

They said it's not under warranty because water oledi inside, they even shown me the evidence. However, I dun give a damn on that becoz I did washed & submerged all my Samsung devices & no issue found.

I think the rotating bezel is the place where the water may flow in, so becareful for those who own Gear S3. It's stated IP68 but water may goes in.

Understood but I truly never used it for swimming or submerged it more than 1.5m with more than 30mins. The worst case is washing it using hand soup on my basin & raised it till dry after that.

Yeah from your statement above, I guess it's the gear issue since other Samsung devices are fine.

Speaking of gear s3, any of u using s pay with it? Is using s pay on gear also eligible for reward point like the s pay on phone?

hi all. im planning to get a smartwatch, but never had one. planning to get maybe a used smartwatch that have an accurate gps and heart rate reader for a price below RM400.

any suggestion? thank u all in advance.

You don't have to buy used smartwatch

You can buy these:
1. Amazfit Bip at RM246
2. Amazfit Pace at RM455

Anyone?

One of our fellow lowyatkian said it does but not shown on app but it will appear in reward points section.

I use SPay solely on gear s3 and I can confirm you won't be able to collect the reward points. It's even stated in their FAQ. But like our friend here points out, there's a forumer who said he registered his SPay samsung account on his phone 1st, then only on watch and he manages to collect points. Anyway there's an active SPay thread with lots more discussions.

I already tested just now. I have both s pay on phone and gear, same Samsung account on both. No point is collected paying with gear. Guess I'll let go this gear soon, s pay is my main reason buying this gear, now seems like no point using it. Might just use s pay with the phone.

i heard the point will show but will not show the transaction. somebody did it.

I dunno about that person who said that but in my case, no point added. There are 2 separate s pay apps. One is dedicated app for phone, another is in the gear app. Even the transaction shown in separate app.

I'm impressed by the gear s3 frontier battery. I unplugged it since Saturday morning 7am, until now it's already 60 hours and battery left 30%.

Im eyeing for your gear s3. Let me know if you are letting it go. 😜

Any1 has good recommendation for leather watch strap for ticwatch e?

Meanwhile I'm looking for black steel ones

If you wish to try NATO strap, I used to have a good nato leather strap from this site cheapestnatostraps, for few years I bought over 10 straps from them already.

Thanks for the info but im not really into nato strap yet

anymore recommended sites to buy watch straps other than alixpress and taobao?

The same website I recommended also have watch bands
https://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/collecti...tage-watchbands

They almost always have sales, good quality.

Got to praise Ticwatch E's battery life, today wear it go out for 9 hours, while active usage are low, only 27% drop till I reach home are really good. If similar usage on my Zenwatch 3 and Huawei watch, for sure reach home with 5x% battery left.