The Montblanc Summit3 has all the right desirable elements, but does it all work together as one, beautiful luxury smartwatch?
Montblanc Summit 3 MSRP $1,290.00 Score Details “The Montblanc Summit 3 is a beautiful, highly desirable luxury smartwatch with the latest WearOS 3 software, but it's let down by short battery life and basic fitness tracking.” Pros Cons The more I wear the Montblanc Summit 3, the more I consider it one of the most important smartwatch releases of recent times. Big statement, right? Absolutely. So let’s examine why.
Speaking of which, it looks fantastic. The satin finish titanium oozes class, the polished steel sections glint in the sun, and the flat sapphire crystal is beautifully clear. While it shares similar materials to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, the two couldn’t be further apart in the treatment of those materials or the design around them. This is a proper luxury smartwatch, and it feels very special to wear it.
Montblanc Summit 3 Wear OS 3 software The Montblanc Summit 3’s design will make watch fans stop and stare, but it’s the software that makes tech fans hot under the collar. Samsung has exclusively loaded Google’s Wear OS 3 software onto its Galaxy Watch models, making Montblanc the first to use it without Samsung’s user interface over the top.
Design highlights for me include the subtle, grey, oblong-shaped buttons in the app menu and notifications, plus the easily pressed Quick Settings controls, the clean fonts, and the overall uniformity of design. The operating system’s speed and fluidity don’t disappoint either. Wear OS 3’s design is attractive, clean, and modern, plus giving control over the app and pairing process to the manufacturer makes it all feel more cohesive too.
Previous Next 1 of 4 Montblanc’s fitness app doesn’t sync with other platforms either, so if you use Strava, then you’ll have to download and use it separately. It doesn’t link to Google Fit or Apple Health, so there’s no way to keep track of all your activities and health data in one place on your phone. This means adding an additional series of apps duplicating what’s already available from Montblanc.
Montblanc Summit 3 with iOS The Montblanc Summit 3 works with Android and iOS, but I cannot recommend it to anyone with an iPhone. This is usually true anyway because the Apple Watch better integrates with iOS for more functionality, but technically most non-Samsung smartwatches can be used with iOS if you really wanted to and don’t mind missing out on things like Google Maps.
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