The Fitbit Ionic offers a comfortable design, with 50-meter water resistance for swimming, GPS and mobile payments. You only need to recharge it once or twice a week
While the Ionic supports future apps and watch faces, few are available yet. Included apps feel slow and don't launch from the watch face. There's not much on-watch coaching and music storage and playback is often more trouble than it's worth
The Fitbit Ionic has all the features we've been wanting in a Fitbit for years, but it ultimately feels less than the sum of its parts...
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Published: 2017-10-04, Author: Adam , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: After years of flailing mediocrity, smartwatches have gotten good enough to be mainstream. Two devices released in the last month, the Apple Watch Series 3 and the Fitbit Ionic, are the best we've seen. Not only are they both very, very good at telling t...
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Published: 2017-09-20, Author: Jackson , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: All images: Alex Cranz/GizmodoThe "Your Fitbit Ionic is running low on battery" notification arrived on my phone and in my inbox at the same time around one yesterday afternoon, suggesting I take a moment to charge my smartwatch. Instead, I went to a coup...
Abstract: All images: Alex Cranz/GizmodoAfter months of leaks and hints, Fibit has finally revealed its newest wrist wearable: The $US300 ($379) Fitbit Ionic. Fitbit claims up to four days of battery life, a refined OS that pairs nicely with devices running iOS...
On-board music is annoying to setup, Inconsistent performance
The Fitbit Ionic isn't quite the slam dunk product that maybe the brand's fanatics might have hoped it would be. However, it still manages makes a strong case that - despite their wearable roots - Fitbit absolutely have what it takes to compete with the b...
Great design with beautiful colour display, Waterproof, GPS, Excellent platform, Continuous heart-rate monitoring, Automatic exercise recognition, Multi-sport tracking, Comfortable, Decent battery life
Touchscreen not responsive enough, Expensive, It's not that smart as smartwatches go
The Fitbit Ionic not only brings a solid, lightweight design with a beautiful screen, it also adds built-in GPS and dedicated swim functionality that the earlier Blaze was lacking. Compared to the newer Versa, it also offers GPS for that more complete exp...
Abstract: If you're sick and tired of reaching into your pocket for your smartphone every time someone sends you a messange on WhatsApp, you might find the convenience of a smartwatch – which delivers notifications straight to your wrist over a Bluetooth connection...
Fitbit's app remains excellent, Good wrist cardio tracking, Good battery life for a smartwatch
Lacks smartwatch features, It still feels like a step-counter with knobs on rather than a truly useful running/gym companion, It really is not a sexy thing
The Ionic hasn't quite reached its goals: it's a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly.The divisive design doesn't help (although Fitbit fans are used to it; the Blaze was divisive too), but the bigger concern is the sometimes sluggish performance and...
