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Keeps my son busy for hours!
By Amazon Customer on Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
My sons, ages 5 & 8 get limited screen time. However, like most boys their age they love gadgets and technology. This is a great toy that gives them the fun of technology. They love taking pictures and playing the games.
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Great watch--for 4 to 6 year olds who can't read. Not so great for older kids.
By Danny Mittleman on Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021
Just bought three for my triplets' 9th birthday and am returning. This is a great smart watch, but for much younger kids. In our suburb kids are allowed to walk alone to/from school as of 3rd grade. Our guys just started it and we want to end our chauffeur service and have them walk. My wife thought they should have watches if they are on their own so they know if they are running late. I shopped Amazon and bought these due to high ratings, abundance of features, and low price. Got them last night and during set up found that VTech's marketing and engineering people aren't on exactly the same page. Phone has many fun settings on it including easy to use camera for still and videos, lots of wallpaper options, and 8 or so games. My guys, if they wear these watches to school, are going to be distracted by them all day long. Watch has parental controls but [1] only thing that can be turned off are the games (all other distracting features are always on), and [2] the parental controls are easy to defeat by anyone who can read (that is: most kids in first grade!) How the marketing people can say "parental controls" are a feature, but the engineers didn't design with at least a 4 char PIN password is beyond me. You don't find out the parental controls are so weak until you open the package and dive deep into the owners manual. The owners manual also informs that the pedometer is a toy and shouldn't be considered accurate--nor can it be set to remain on in background, it must be used as primary feature in foreground to work at all. Granted, at this price point it may not be reasonable to expect a pedometer like one would have on an iPhone or FitBit, but it would have been nice had the marketing materials made that clear prior to purchase. So, we can't use the watch for our intended purposes and will return them. From my limited time setting up the watch I can say the following. It appears to be solid. Interface should be easy for young non-reader to use. Features will probably appeal to both younger and older (7-10) kids. The cameras (there are 2) are easy to use for both still and moving pictures. The cameras are about iPhone 1 quality and storage capacity is limited. It does not appear difficult to upload images to a PC or Mac (but I haven't tried). Once uploaded, it's likely beyond skill set of most younger kids to manage the media on the computer. They say more games are downloadable to the phone but I did not explore. For a reason they don't explain anywhere, they say you can only recharge watch battery using power from a computer (not a wall outlet charge port). So, this watch will spend lots of time tethered to a computer--make sure you have one available for that purpose. And for the few of you like me with triplets, make sure you computer has 3 USB ports available for charging.
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