April 26, 2019 at 17:09Noerden Life2 - analogue clock with “gesture” control and “touch” glass
You probably remember how in Hoffmann's “Worldly Views ...” the hero “vividly divided the entire human race into two unequal parts: one consists only of good people, but bad or not musicians at all, and the other of true musicians. .. ”
So we are: we divide smartwatch consumers into two unequal parts. One of them is interested exclusively in digital models, the second - in analog or hybrid. If you consider yourself in the second category, welcome inside.
Ah, yes: "none of them will be condemned, on the contrary, bliss awaits everyone, only in a different way."
The range of smart watches Noerden includes several models , each of which has either some kind of functional or design “features”. For example, Mateamong other things, it has an ultraviolet sensor tracker, which, by and large, can be very popular in the summer.
The brand itself is not focused only on the supply of watches: the range also includes smart scales and a smart tonometer. A kind of mix of products to control activity and health. The watch that Noerden makes is analog with Bluetooth. This is a smart watch with arrows that can send some data to the application and get access to some functions of the smartphone.
Today we will talk about the Life 2 model - the most inexpensive of the assortment, which until the end of the month was additionally reduced by 25%.
Why do we like analog watches
The farther you live, the more it seems (crossed) that the most important thing in a watch is the ability to correctly display the time. Therefore, smart models with a wide range of capabilities are less and less in sight as a watch for personal use.
We are surrounded by quite a few displays: smartphone, tablet, laptop ... Therefore, having another display on your wrist is tiring and unnecessary. Nevertheless, it might not be worth giving up some minimal convenience.
Such minimal convenience is given by a smart analog watch. Noerden is no exception.
How it works
Life 2 watches are the most ordinary externally watches.
They have a minimalist design, and such that they don’t even have a cutout for the diode, which is located under section 12. The dial is decorated with a couple of inscriptions and an intermittent strip at the level of 3 and 9. The
watch has protection against water up to 5ATM, made of stainless steel and generally looks reliable. Despite the fact that in the younger version - just this one, Life 2, the glass is not sapphire, yet it is not the most fragile. A couple of times on the door handle we still put them - so far no scratches.
Glass is not straight.
Immediately, we note a rather soft silicone strap. Even with strong tension around the wrist, it does not cause discomfort, is almost not felt, although it will leave traces in this case.
The Life 2 model does not have gender, despite the rather compact body (38 mm). On a small male hand they look very good. And in general, dials of this size for men do.
Tag, of course, looks larger due to the bezel, but the size of the "screen" is absolutely the same:
If you summarize the overall case, it is not bad. Everything is done tightly, nothing sticks out anywhere and does not play. Wearing a watch is easy and pleasant.
What we did not have is the date. Perhaps this is something very individual, but we like the clock with a window under the number or in any other way to indicate the current day.
Noerden app
Here, too, everything is at a minimum, but all the most necessary. From the point of view of the statistics collected, this is activity and sleep. The model does not have a heart rate monitor. Data can be viewed in any range, from the current date to the year, specified for the last / the day before last, etc. If you wish, you can upload it to AppleHealth, for example.
In total, the application has three main tabs - they are located at the bottom. Information about activity for the current day is located on the "Home" tab . Here, scrolling down, is information about how you slept and your last photo taken from a Noerden watch.
There is a share button on the activity statistics tab. With its help, information can be sent to Facebook and the services controlled by it: WA, instagram, messenger.
Actually, we got to the "gesture control." It is connected just with the photo. Access to the ability to take photos using the watch also opens from the main screen. In the upper left corner is the "Camera" icon. To take a photo remotely, there are two ways: the classic one is to click on the watch button and “gesture”.
The gesture way is to shake your hand a little.
The next section of the app is Devices . Here you first connect your watch, and then control it.
The section is organized quite simply. Here are available:
There is only a couple of points to comment on. Firstly, with regard to smart notifications, their number here is not infinite.
The clock allows you to receive notifications of calls, sms and only from some applications. Also in this section you can set an alarm.
Among the applications that can be added to the list of notifications, it’s not to say that the most-most popular ones are. For those who are sitting in a Viber or cart, this can be a minus.
The second thing that needs to be commented on is just the control of the music. This is the "sensory" of this model - a strange, but curious implementation. The watch only allows you to rewind the track back and forth. In order to do this, you need to tap the center of the glass two or three times.
First you need to get used to it, then it turns out every time.
Both camera control and music control, of course, have a lot of questions from the “why” series. For example, each model of headphones has similar buttons on the wire, but, nevertheless, functionally - it is possible.
The last menu of the Profile application . Your data is stored here. Also here are the settings of the application itself, password change, account deletion, etc. The technical part is here.
As a result of the application, the
application is simple and convenient. Its main parts are localized in Russian and no questions arise in the process. It is absolutely not difficult to work with it, and it is not necessary to do it often: hours without synchronization save data up to 30 days.
Connecting a watch to a smartphone is also not difficult: the whole process takes about 10 seconds.
Incoming
notifications Notifications are implemented very delicately. They do not work constantly - for a few seconds you will feel a vibration that will be visually accompanied by a blinking green diode under the notch 12.
Phone search function
Noerden Life 2 provides feedback to the phone - it is activated by double-clicking the button. The phone will beep (if sound is turned on) and a notification will be displayed on the screen.
General impressions and summary
Noerden watches seem pretty good for their price just like a watch. The craving of modern designers for minimalism in this case deprived them of one useful function - date display, but in general the accessory looks very decent.
Everything is assembled with dignity, sealing is on the level. The material of the strap is soft and pleasant, does not press and does not rub the wrist. There are many holes - even a child can wear.
Functionally, the watches in their class are not inferior to similar models: they collect basic activity statistics, use the “Bluetooth” features (to the maximum) (talk about selfies, search for a smartphone, player), although player control could be brought to mind more, although this is now clearly not The most sought after feature of smart watches.
The watch is quite suitable for those who would like to be distracted by the minimum number of notifications, but do not mind having them just in case. Or, as we already talked about one of the similar models: this is a smart watch for those who do not need a smart watch.
What is missing is the highlight. In all other respects, it is a pretty good and uncomplicated solution in its category. The clock runs on a CR2032 battery, and with all the functions involved, they will not need to be "recharged" for at least six months.
Everything is packed quite prestigiously, in a beautiful high-quality box.
Now, younger models of Noerden are subject to a promotional price .
So we are: we divide smartwatch consumers into two unequal parts. One of them is interested exclusively in digital models, the second - in analog or hybrid. If you consider yourself in the second category, welcome inside.
Ah, yes: "none of them will be condemned, on the contrary, bliss awaits everyone, only in a different way."
The range of smart watches Noerden includes several models , each of which has either some kind of functional or design “features”. For example, Mateamong other things, it has an ultraviolet sensor tracker, which, by and large, can be very popular in the summer.
The brand itself is not focused only on the supply of watches: the range also includes smart scales and a smart tonometer. A kind of mix of products to control activity and health. The watch that Noerden makes is analog with Bluetooth. This is a smart watch with arrows that can send some data to the application and get access to some functions of the smartphone.
Today we will talk about the Life 2 model - the most inexpensive of the assortment, which until the end of the month was additionally reduced by 25%.
Why do we like analog watches
The farther you live, the more it seems (crossed) that the most important thing in a watch is the ability to correctly display the time. Therefore, smart models with a wide range of capabilities are less and less in sight as a watch for personal use.
We are surrounded by quite a few displays: smartphone, tablet, laptop ... Therefore, having another display on your wrist is tiring and unnecessary. Nevertheless, it might not be worth giving up some minimal convenience.
Such minimal convenience is given by a smart analog watch. Noerden is no exception.
How it works
Life 2 watches are the most ordinary externally watches.
They have a minimalist design, and such that they don’t even have a cutout for the diode, which is located under section 12. The dial is decorated with a couple of inscriptions and an intermittent strip at the level of 3 and 9. The
watch has protection against water up to 5ATM, made of stainless steel and generally looks reliable. Despite the fact that in the younger version - just this one, Life 2, the glass is not sapphire, yet it is not the most fragile. A couple of times on the door handle we still put them - so far no scratches.
Glass is not straight.
Immediately, we note a rather soft silicone strap. Even with strong tension around the wrist, it does not cause discomfort, is almost not felt, although it will leave traces in this case.
The Life 2 model does not have gender, despite the rather compact body (38 mm). On a small male hand they look very good. And in general, dials of this size for men do.
Tag, of course, looks larger due to the bezel, but the size of the "screen" is absolutely the same:
If you summarize the overall case, it is not bad. Everything is done tightly, nothing sticks out anywhere and does not play. Wearing a watch is easy and pleasant.
What we did not have is the date. Perhaps this is something very individual, but we like the clock with a window under the number or in any other way to indicate the current day.
Noerden app
Here, too, everything is at a minimum, but all the most necessary. From the point of view of the statistics collected, this is activity and sleep. The model does not have a heart rate monitor. Data can be viewed in any range, from the current date to the year, specified for the last / the day before last, etc. If you wish, you can upload it to AppleHealth, for example.
In total, the application has three main tabs - they are located at the bottom. Information about activity for the current day is located on the "Home" tab . Here, scrolling down, is information about how you slept and your last photo taken from a Noerden watch.
There is a share button on the activity statistics tab. With its help, information can be sent to Facebook and the services controlled by it: WA, instagram, messenger.
Actually, we got to the "gesture control." It is connected just with the photo. Access to the ability to take photos using the watch also opens from the main screen. In the upper left corner is the "Camera" icon. To take a photo remotely, there are two ways: the classic one is to click on the watch button and “gesture”.
The gesture way is to shake your hand a little.
The next section of the app is Devices . Here you first connect your watch, and then control it.
The section is organized quite simply. Here are available:
- Disabling the current gadget.
- Intelligent clock calibration. You don’t need to let the clock down; the hands themselves will reach the time, according to the time on your smartphone.
- Once again - camera control.
- Set up smart notifications.
- Turn on / off Bluetooth on the watch.
- And music control function.
There is only a couple of points to comment on. Firstly, with regard to smart notifications, their number here is not infinite.
The clock allows you to receive notifications of calls, sms and only from some applications. Also in this section you can set an alarm.
Among the applications that can be added to the list of notifications, it’s not to say that the most-most popular ones are. For those who are sitting in a Viber or cart, this can be a minus.
The second thing that needs to be commented on is just the control of the music. This is the "sensory" of this model - a strange, but curious implementation. The watch only allows you to rewind the track back and forth. In order to do this, you need to tap the center of the glass two or three times.
First you need to get used to it, then it turns out every time.
Both camera control and music control, of course, have a lot of questions from the “why” series. For example, each model of headphones has similar buttons on the wire, but, nevertheless, functionally - it is possible.
The last menu of the Profile application . Your data is stored here. Also here are the settings of the application itself, password change, account deletion, etc. The technical part is here.
As a result of the application, the
application is simple and convenient. Its main parts are localized in Russian and no questions arise in the process. It is absolutely not difficult to work with it, and it is not necessary to do it often: hours without synchronization save data up to 30 days.
Connecting a watch to a smartphone is also not difficult: the whole process takes about 10 seconds.
Incoming
notifications Notifications are implemented very delicately. They do not work constantly - for a few seconds you will feel a vibration that will be visually accompanied by a blinking green diode under the notch 12.
Phone search function
Noerden Life 2 provides feedback to the phone - it is activated by double-clicking the button. The phone will beep (if sound is turned on) and a notification will be displayed on the screen.
General impressions and summary
Noerden watches seem pretty good for their price just like a watch. The craving of modern designers for minimalism in this case deprived them of one useful function - date display, but in general the accessory looks very decent.
Everything is assembled with dignity, sealing is on the level. The material of the strap is soft and pleasant, does not press and does not rub the wrist. There are many holes - even a child can wear.
Functionally, the watches in their class are not inferior to similar models: they collect basic activity statistics, use the “Bluetooth” features (to the maximum) (talk about selfies, search for a smartphone, player), although player control could be brought to mind more, although this is now clearly not The most sought after feature of smart watches.
The watch is quite suitable for those who would like to be distracted by the minimum number of notifications, but do not mind having them just in case. Or, as we already talked about one of the similar models: this is a smart watch for those who do not need a smart watch.
What is missing is the highlight. In all other respects, it is a pretty good and uncomplicated solution in its category. The clock runs on a CR2032 battery, and with all the functions involved, they will not need to be "recharged" for at least six months.
Everything is packed quite prestigiously, in a beautiful high-quality box.
Now, younger models of Noerden are subject to a promotional price .