Most of the best smartwatches of 2015 you can already buy in stores or online use Google’s Android Wear. There is also the choice of two Apple Watches, one large and one small, in a variety of finishes, but all running the same operating system, watchOS. Then there is also an outlier, but as Microsoft only makes this, that role falls to Kickstarter-funded Pebble, with its growing range of versatile smartwatches.
Wearable devices are no longer rarity and you can easily find the best smartwatches of 2015 in a number of online stores with a very minor difference in the price tags. Here is our recommendation on the most trustworthy online stores where you can buy a smartwatch: Amazon’s Smartwatches Page, BestBuy’s Dedicated Page and Microsoft’s Store selection.
In order to put up together a comprehensive list of the best smartwatches in 2015, we have weighed up everything from design and features, to interface and price. So, you will be able to decide easily which smartwatch will be most suitable for you in terms of best balance of function, performance, style and value for money.
2. Sony Smartwatch 3
Compatible with most Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones with an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or later operating system; Bluetooth 3.0 technology; lets you manage calls and view text messages, e-mails and more; 1.6" touch screen
- Best Deal: From $159 on Amazon
Sony Smartwatch 3 is perhaps not the best smartwatch overall. However, it still offers the best price-to-features ratio of any wearable, and is the best Android Wear watch you can get, although the new Moto 360 models and Samsung Gear S2 may have some features to compete with that.
The Smartwatch 3 can now be snapped up for relatively affordable price. When you consider that you get GPS, NFC and Wi-Fi on top of the standard Snapdragon 400 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage and Bluetooth, that's a good thing. Compared to the Apple Watch, it's practically a give-away price.
The GPS means it can double as a running watch that doesn't require you to carry your phone, while its dust- and water-resistant body means you can jump in the shower without having to take it off.
Sure, it's not as nice to look at as the Apple Watch or LG Watch Urbane, but it's not ugly, and for the money it's very difficult to knock.
Ultimately, the Smartwatch 3 has proved that third time's a charm, at least in Sony's Smartwatch series. Its implementation of Google's wearable OS is pretty much identical to the other watches of its generation, but the price, styling and - especially if you're into tracking outdoor exercise - the addition of GPS put it top of the Android Wear tree.
