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View keep me hangin’ on
The 466x466 screen can hit 600 nits and the 486mAh battery will last up to 15 days between charges. Plugging it in for just 5 mins will add another 2 days to the tally.
I second flappy motion
No feeling touchy? You can use arm gestures to answer or reject calls, bring up the weather forecast, activate NFC for payments or tell your phone to take apicture.
Black on my arms again
The watch comes with a fluororubber strap, but the others are all made of leather. They’re £10 each, so it’s not too costly to add options to your wristy wardrobe.
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SWAP IN THE NAME OF GLOVE
Xiaomi Watch S3
Some people own a whole forearm’s worth of watches and will choose which one to put on based on whether they’re wearing a dinner suit, a diving suit or their birthday suit… but Xiaomi’s Watch S3 saves you the hassle.
When you buy one you have to choose from ablack or silver aluminium alloy case, but the bezel that surrounds the 1.43in AMOLED display is interchangeable, as is the strap, so you can buy extras (prices start at atenner) and pick one to suit your threads. Like the bezel you get in the box, the blue one is made of stainless steel, but the rainbow one is infused with carbon fibre, and the yellow and green ones are both ceramic. Changing it also triggers an exclusive watch face to be displayed, so the whole look changes.