Stuff - UK (2020-05)

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VERSUS SMARTWATCHES

Wear OS runs all your standard functions, from heart-rate

monitoring and GPS to NFC payments via Google Pay. It’s a

stripped-back OS but sport tracking works well, a speaker

allows for calls from the wrist, and there’s Google Assistant.

This one’s packing when it comes to sports support, thanks

to a built-in app offering detailed insights for 70+ activities.

GPS works well and there’s Google Assistant plus NFC for

payments, but you don’t get a speaker for hands-free calls.

Skagen knows how to make attractive digital watch faces.

They’re simple yet customisable, with lots of options, and

on a colourful AMOLED panel they really pop. It’s just a

shame the display dims during exercise to save energy.

Razor-sharp text, true blacks and punchy colours: this

AMOLED screen is up there with the best of them and

goes as bright as an iPhone 11 Pro. The buttons take some

getting used to but, once mastered, offer smart shortcuts.

This stainless steel Danish beauty has the sort of sleek look

you’d expect from a traditional watch... and it works well

with a digital screen, creating a classic-meets-modern style.

It feels super-robust, albeit a little heavy on the wrist.

Finland’s Suunto 7 is one of the priciest Wear OS watches

but also one of the prettiest, balancing brute ruggedness

with slinky style. Buttons give it the air of a trad sports watch,

while the raised edges hint at the directions you can swipe.

Display 454x454 AMOLED

Watch face 50mm

Connectivity Bluetooth, NFC, GPS

Water-resistance 5ATM

Battery life Up to 48hrs

Weight 70g

Display 390x390 AMOLED

Watch face 42mm

Connectivity Bluetooth, NFC, GPS

Water-resistance 3ATM

Battery life Up to 24hrs

Weight 58g

O Price £279 / stuff.tv/Falster3 O Price £429 / stuff.tv/Suunto7

It’s Euro 92 all over again as the Danes cause an upset in this Scandi watch face-off

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Sharp Finn soup

When you’ve

finished deep diving

into the menus,

the Suunto 7 is

water-resistant to

50m for real diving.

Down the Dane

Don’t worry if you

plan to take a dip:

the Skagen’s casing

and speaker are

water-resistant

to 30m.

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