Titan
is one of those watch brands which most of us have grown up with. But
ever since the technology brands started flooding the market with their smartwatches,
Titan too had to look beyond 'great looking' analogue watches. In
January this year, the company made its foray in the smartwatch market
with Juxt. And within 7 months now, the company has launched its
successor, the Juxt Pro. The wearable device was launched in India on
August 11 for Rs 22,995.
The price of the Juxt Pro has been kept around the same range in which users could also go for alternatives like the Moto 360 (Gen 2) or the Huawei Watch. But before we talk about alternatives, let's check out how the Juxt Pro fares in daily usage and if it is worth your hard earned money.
We have been using the Titan Juxt Pro smartwatch since few days now and here is our review.
Design
Titan has this time made its Juxt Pro appear more stealthy by introducing it in Silver Grey and Black colour variants while retaining the premium stainless steel build. Unfortunately, there is no Rose Gold colour variant like we saw in Titan Juxt.
The Juxt Pro's overall design is based on its predecessor but with a minor change in dial's outer design and inclusion of flat side buttons instead of rotary crowns. A bit of customisation can also be made as it supports straps other than the leather and metal straps as well.
The first thing that strikes when you look at the Titan Juxt Pro is that it is 'huge' and from huge we mean huge even for a person with average size wrists. Adding to the woes, unfortunately the company only has the wearable device in one size. The Juxt Pro's metal case is 15.2mm thick, which is almost the combined thickness of two Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones. The metal build makes the wrist gear slightly heavy and the metal strap adds further weight to it.
Nonetheless, the Titan Juxt Pro looks sturdy and something which can go through some rough use as well. It is also water resistant for up to 30 meters and has four POGO pins on the underside for charging.
For those unfamiliar with the previously launched Juxt smartwatch, it is basically an analogue watch with a non-touch three line monochrome LED screen inside the dial. The Titan Juxt Pro on the other hand is the company's first full-fledged smartwatch with a touch screen display. The smartwatch comes with a 1.3-inch full circular IPS LCD display with 360x360 pixel resolution protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
It is not that we hate watches with touch screens but we have used the Titan Juxt as well and found it slightly better looking than the Juxt Pro because of its analogue finish.
Performance
Titan Juxt Pro is the company's first true smartwatch with a touch-screen interface. The smartwatch runs on the company's own Titan OS 1.0.171. The OS offers all the possible features one could imagine in an Android Wear-based wearable. However, it is not as detailed as Android Wear.
Some of the apps included in the watch are Unit Converter, Notification hub, Stopwatch, Timer, Alarm, Safety, Fitness, Music, Calendar, Weather, Settings, Phone Finder, and Camera. All of them are pretty much self explanatory. You also get preloaded 20 watch faces, which can be changed by long pressing on them and swiping horizontally.
Swiping up from the main watch face gives you the app list, while swiping from top gives you access to the toggle notification alerts, Sleep Mode, and Flight Mode. It also shows the sync toggle and the remaining battery.
Like we said above, although the Titan OS is not as detailed as Android Wear but is sure easy to navigate. You also have a Tutorial section.
While one of the side buttons acts as the power button, the other one is dedicated only for the safety of the user.
Talking about safety, Titan unlike other smartwatches, has taken an extra step to help wearer's with their security. When in distress, you can simply long press the dedicated button to automatically initiate a call to selected contacts and the nearest police station. This feature takes place via a dedicated Titan Safety app from where you can add emergency contacts, share location, and also create a group and share your location with them. It is also possible to start a panic alarm from the app too. We really liked this feature. However, the app's interface is not much user friendly and slightly confusing.
It is worth noting that the Titan Safety app is only for security purposes. There is a main Juxt Pro app as well for tweaking certain notification settings, tracking fitness goals and more.
Like any other smartwatch, the Titan Juxt Pro also lets users adjust the screen brightness, turn the watch off, restart it and reset it. Although almost all the apps work as expected, we found the in-built pedometer slightly inaccurate. The step count showed to us by Juxt Pro seemed a bit more than what we actually walked. The company might want to improve upon that or can fix if, in case it is a bug.
Using the camera app can even make the watch work as a shutter button to capture images from the connected smartphone. One can also view the image taken on the device's display.
Setting up the wearable is easy but you would have to download the Juxt Pro app to set it up. Without the app you would not be able to complete the set-up process.
The processing power of the watch is taken care by a dual-core 1GHz Intel processor, clubbed with 512MB RAM. The device can also store content worth 4GB inside it.
Talking about the battery, the Titan Juxt Pro sports 450mAh battery that as per the company officials and can last up to 48 hours on a single charge. However, with always-on display, it is said to run for 12 hours. On our testing, the watch lasted for approximately 6 hours on always-on display and 8.5 hours without the feature. Also, it took 1.5 hours to go from 0 to 100%. This according to us is not the best battery life we've seen on a smartwatch. Other competitors such as the Moto 360 (2nd Gen) ran for more hours.
Verdict
If you are into smartwatches, then it should be easy for you to understand that the Juxt Pro is clearly Titan's initial attempt in the field of smartwatches. Although, the wearable device offers everything a user can expect from a smartwatch, it still lacks that 'touch' what we get from devices like Moto 360 and Huawei smartwatch.
It may take the company couple of more generations to bring its smartwatch at par with others in the market. You might not want to shed Rs 22,995 on the Juxt Pro yet, until and unless you are a die hard fan of the brand. The watch is durable and is sure to offer good post-sales service, courtesy the company's strong retail network.
The price of the Juxt Pro has been kept around the same range in which users could also go for alternatives like the Moto 360 (Gen 2) or the Huawei Watch. But before we talk about alternatives, let's check out how the Juxt Pro fares in daily usage and if it is worth your hard earned money.
We have been using the Titan Juxt Pro smartwatch since few days now and here is our review.
Design
Titan has this time made its Juxt Pro appear more stealthy by introducing it in Silver Grey and Black colour variants while retaining the premium stainless steel build. Unfortunately, there is no Rose Gold colour variant like we saw in Titan Juxt.
The Juxt Pro's overall design is based on its predecessor but with a minor change in dial's outer design and inclusion of flat side buttons instead of rotary crowns. A bit of customisation can also be made as it supports straps other than the leather and metal straps as well.
The first thing that strikes when you look at the Titan Juxt Pro is that it is 'huge' and from huge we mean huge even for a person with average size wrists. Adding to the woes, unfortunately the company only has the wearable device in one size. The Juxt Pro's metal case is 15.2mm thick, which is almost the combined thickness of two Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones. The metal build makes the wrist gear slightly heavy and the metal strap adds further weight to it.
Nonetheless, the Titan Juxt Pro looks sturdy and something which can go through some rough use as well. It is also water resistant for up to 30 meters and has four POGO pins on the underside for charging.
For those unfamiliar with the previously launched Juxt smartwatch, it is basically an analogue watch with a non-touch three line monochrome LED screen inside the dial. The Titan Juxt Pro on the other hand is the company's first full-fledged smartwatch with a touch screen display. The smartwatch comes with a 1.3-inch full circular IPS LCD display with 360x360 pixel resolution protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
It is not that we hate watches with touch screens but we have used the Titan Juxt as well and found it slightly better looking than the Juxt Pro because of its analogue finish.
Performance
Titan Juxt Pro is the company's first true smartwatch with a touch-screen interface. The smartwatch runs on the company's own Titan OS 1.0.171. The OS offers all the possible features one could imagine in an Android Wear-based wearable. However, it is not as detailed as Android Wear.
Some of the apps included in the watch are Unit Converter, Notification hub, Stopwatch, Timer, Alarm, Safety, Fitness, Music, Calendar, Weather, Settings, Phone Finder, and Camera. All of them are pretty much self explanatory. You also get preloaded 20 watch faces, which can be changed by long pressing on them and swiping horizontally.
Swiping up from the main watch face gives you the app list, while swiping from top gives you access to the toggle notification alerts, Sleep Mode, and Flight Mode. It also shows the sync toggle and the remaining battery.
Like we said above, although the Titan OS is not as detailed as Android Wear but is sure easy to navigate. You also have a Tutorial section.
While one of the side buttons acts as the power button, the other one is dedicated only for the safety of the user.
Talking about safety, Titan unlike other smartwatches, has taken an extra step to help wearer's with their security. When in distress, you can simply long press the dedicated button to automatically initiate a call to selected contacts and the nearest police station. This feature takes place via a dedicated Titan Safety app from where you can add emergency contacts, share location, and also create a group and share your location with them. It is also possible to start a panic alarm from the app too. We really liked this feature. However, the app's interface is not much user friendly and slightly confusing.
It is worth noting that the Titan Safety app is only for security purposes. There is a main Juxt Pro app as well for tweaking certain notification settings, tracking fitness goals and more.
Like any other smartwatch, the Titan Juxt Pro also lets users adjust the screen brightness, turn the watch off, restart it and reset it. Although almost all the apps work as expected, we found the in-built pedometer slightly inaccurate. The step count showed to us by Juxt Pro seemed a bit more than what we actually walked. The company might want to improve upon that or can fix if, in case it is a bug.
Using the camera app can even make the watch work as a shutter button to capture images from the connected smartphone. One can also view the image taken on the device's display.
Setting up the wearable is easy but you would have to download the Juxt Pro app to set it up. Without the app you would not be able to complete the set-up process.
The processing power of the watch is taken care by a dual-core 1GHz Intel processor, clubbed with 512MB RAM. The device can also store content worth 4GB inside it.
Talking about the battery, the Titan Juxt Pro sports 450mAh battery that as per the company officials and can last up to 48 hours on a single charge. However, with always-on display, it is said to run for 12 hours. On our testing, the watch lasted for approximately 6 hours on always-on display and 8.5 hours without the feature. Also, it took 1.5 hours to go from 0 to 100%. This according to us is not the best battery life we've seen on a smartwatch. Other competitors such as the Moto 360 (2nd Gen) ran for more hours.
Verdict
If you are into smartwatches, then it should be easy for you to understand that the Juxt Pro is clearly Titan's initial attempt in the field of smartwatches. Although, the wearable device offers everything a user can expect from a smartwatch, it still lacks that 'touch' what we get from devices like Moto 360 and Huawei smartwatch.
It may take the company couple of more generations to bring its smartwatch at par with others in the market. You might not want to shed Rs 22,995 on the Juxt Pro yet, until and unless you are a die hard fan of the brand. The watch is durable and is sure to offer good post-sales service, courtesy the company's strong retail network.
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