When I obtained my OnePlus Watch 3 evaluate unit, a part of me questioned, “What’s gonna be improper with this one?” Now, I do know. On the backplate, completely engraved in chrome steel, is a typo. Instead of studying “Made in China,” it reads “Meda in China.”
To be honest, this can be a minuscule error. I didn’t even discover it on my evaluate unit till I spied an Android Police article in my feed pointing it out. But, within the historical past of OnePlus’ many smartwatch sins, this unfixable typo each makes full sense — and is a significant reduction.
To perceive why, it’s a must to do not forget that the unique OnePlus Watch was an unmitigated catastrophe. An abomination of a smartwatch, riddled with software program errors and personally, the worst product I’ve ever examined in my profession. In my evaluate, I wrote that it’s well being and health monitoring was so inaccurate, it deserved the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The solely smartwatch that could possibly be conceivably worse is will.i.am’s Puls smartwatch, however I used to be lucky sufficient to dodge that bullet. So traumatized was I by the OnePlus Watch, I used to be cautious of the OnePlus Watch 2 when it launched final 12 months.
But except for that one cardinal sin and a sike of a supply snafu, the OnePlus Watch 2 ended up being a redemption story. Not solely was it a smartwatch that labored, it ended up changing into a wonderful various to Google and Samsung smartwatches for Android customers. I’m nonetheless testing the OnePlus Watch 3, however thus far I’ve little to complain about, particularly for the reason that firm lastly launched a correct rotating crown. And, if something, I’m heartened to see that OnePlus’ signature oops this time round is a minor typo that the majority customers won’t ever actually see. One may additionally argue that the misprint makes this primary version batch a collector’s merchandise. That’s progress.
Besides, so far as typos go, it may’ve been far worse. At least OnePlus didn’t do a Mattel and unintentionally misprint a hyperlink to a porn web site on the product packaging. Compared to that, a “Meda in China” typo is definitely form of lovely.
