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I gave up my Apple Watch after 9 years and feel free.
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that's so funny - my wife bought me one for my birthday.
Strap is too small; gave it to my son for running (x-country). Cheaper to replace than the AW SE2 screen he broke.
Got the original, the 3 and now have the 4. Will be getting the 10. I didn't wear a watch prior to the Apple watch which i got at age 53. Have worn it every day and will until I die. Instant access to tome, calendar, weather and texts without getting my phone is so handy. OP I am free because i have my Apple Watch.
So you don’t wear or like and are suggesting others do the same. That is the most ridiculous, smug thing I’ve ever read here.
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It’s a little bit weird to think strangers are looking at my wrists and judging me… My face is up here, people. That’s where individuality is typically identified.
There’s a reason the police don’t rely on wristwatch identification to track people down. “I want you to go through the surveillance video and see if there’s a clear shot of the perp’s wrist. Maybe we’ll get a hit in the database.”
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Doing the same. The convenience is wonderful. But for me, it comes with a price. A level of connectivity I no longer want, and the idea of wearing nnEMF/Bluetooth device on my skin 12-15 hours per day nearly every day for 9 years seems not so great from a health perspective. Especially as I've gone down the rabbit hole of quantum biology.
I see so many people every day with the Apple Watch but no one actually interacts with it or uses it for anything meaningful.
It's essentially fashionable e-waste.
They aren't even accurate fitness trackers either, and the AW was completely shown up by the Fitbit integration with the Pixel Watch, which also isn't that great either.
What's the point in making the argument that the AW and PW do everything... When they don't do anything particularly well?
The only use I had for mine was pausing music that was being cast to speakers, until I realised the feature drains battery like crazy. Now we have far easier to use gestures to pause music on earphones and headphones, and I don't use "smart" speakers anymore as they're dumb as sh*t.
It's essentially fashionable e-waste.
They aren't even accurate fitness trackers either, and the AW was completely shown up by the Fitbit integration with the Pixel Watch, which also isn't that great either.
What's the point in making the argument that the AW and PW do everything... When they don't do anything particularly well?
The only use I had for mine was pausing music that was being cast to speakers, until I realised the feature drains battery like crazy. Now we have far easier to use gestures to pause music on earphones and headphones, and I don't use "smart" speakers anymore as they're dumb as sh*t.
Oh and I'd happily lose a lot of ingress protection in exchange for a usb c port for charging. The magnetic charging puck is an abomination.
I dropped my sons and I and saved 20 but we still use the watches daily
You don't need to interact with it for it to be useful. It tracks stuff and notifies you without interaction. That's kinda the point.
BS. You might not have a use for it but that doesn't make it useless.
They're plenty accurate the majority of the people who use them. Most people aren't olympic athlete, a couple steps gained or lost or a 3% margin of error in how far it thinks I ran isn't the end of the world.
Who is telling you it can do everything? I haven't see anyone making that point. It can do a lot of things, but it's a far cry from doing everything.
Again, you don't have a use for it and that's fine, but the watch is incredibly useful to a lot of people for a lot of reasons. Your needs and experience are not universal.
I did the same a few months ago, switched to mechanical watches, already have three of them 😃 Not missing my Ultra at all. I recently asked about an unobtrusive wearable without a screen that I can wear on my right wrist for health features:
I just ordered a Fitbit Flex 2 from AliExpress which seems to be a copy, not an original (which is discontinued) but still detectable as Fitbit by the app. Will post my impressions when I get it.
This isn’t reasonable. You can say that the benefit is low, but for nearly everyone, it’s not quite zilch. If you can tell me you never care to see what time it is or what the weather is…well, I wish I lived in your zen world.It’s all relative to the benefit which, for some of us, is basically zilch.
It’s fair to say that it’s not worth it to you to spend money on it, to feel it on your wrist, or to take it off to charge…stuff like that. But it’s really hard to deny that there’s some utility.
Three specific watch uses which are big for me, that I have not seen mentioned:
1. Apple Pay….faster and easier than getting phone out of pocket or card out of wallet.
2. Changing program and volume on my hearing aids.
3. Setting a timer quickly, and be alerted by buzz on wrist.
1. Apple Pay….faster and easier than getting phone out of pocket or card out of wallet.
2. Changing program and volume on my hearing aids.
3. Setting a timer quickly, and be alerted by buzz on wrist.
One reason I got the Ultra, just to be a little different - even if it does look ridiculously huge on my wrist. It doesn’t fix the problem, it’s still an Apple Watch.
Whenever I go out without a watch, or my old dumb watch on, for whatever reason reason I just feel a lot happier and different. It’s an odd thing to think about, no one but me actually cares about how I look and feel.
Though, I feel more secure with it on - I have a cellular connection in case my phone dies, I have a secondary crash detection device, and because of my current heart related problems, I have a constant data stream collected in case things do change for the worst at some point.
I can relate. I bought a used AW4 a few years ago to use when I run. Then i began using it daily.
After a while I stopped using it as a daily watch. I now only use it when I train and when I sleep. For that it fulfils a purpose for me still, but but not in any other way.
It's SO nice to be able to have a good old fashioned watch on the wrist.
After a while I stopped using it as a daily watch. I now only use it when I train and when I sleep. For that it fulfils a purpose for me still, but but not in any other way.
It's SO nice to be able to have a good old fashioned watch on the wrist.
It's just a matter of setting it up to work for you, not the other way around. For the most part, mine is just a lightweight, comfortable watch that tells time and reminds me of the date and weather. Other times, it helps track my workouts and health. That's pretty much it. Of course it may still not be for everyone.
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I’m having a bit of a break from my watch as well. I hope Apple get around to bringing out a ring one day so we can just do very simple stuff with it and have it quietly record our steps, with a few days battery life so we can wear it through the night.
The Apple Pay feature is something that is very convenient for daily life. I literally rarely carry a wallet with physical cards and nearly every shop, food, fuel type purchase is done via my Apple Watch. It does make things much quicker and easier and slightly easier than doing it via a phone.
Setting reminders and timers is also very useful on the go, even if Siri is appalling and what it hears you say is often comically inaccurate lol.
I'm the exact same. I have a couple of nice watches that I only wear for certain occasions (wedding, formal event) and I do enjoy not wearing the Apple watch on those certain times, if only that I have something different on my wrist.
But at the same time I depend on it as well as I also have a cellular connection just in case. Its actually really came in handy for me a few times. Earlier in the year I dropped some heavy weights on my phone at the gym (I know, really dumb). It completely destroyed the phone but luckily I had the cellular connection on my Apple Watch so that when I took it to Apple to get it replaced people from work could still reach me if they needed me even though my phone wasn't working.
Again, I love the Apple Watch but I do think its robbed some individuality from us.
I didn't say I was judging anyone wearing an Apple watch. I just notice when people are wearing one. And sure, individuality can be identified by your face, but its also identified by the clothes you wear, the style of your hair, and, wait for it, the watch/jewelry you wear.
I don't make the rules, that's just how it is. Apple knows this or they wouldn't make a million different bands for the watch as a way for people to try and differentiate their watch and make it more individualized for each person. It does that to an extent, but it's still an Apple Watch and the same one that everyone else is wearing. And I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing, its just a little bizarre that we are all walking around with the same watch on that looks the exact same.
Wore omegas for years, (mini moon Speedmaster stolen, still have gold dress Seamaster).
Started with Apple Watch 0. Upgraded to AW6 which I wear daily.
My experience is reverse. Loved my Omegas but the health monitoring features I wouldn’t want to give up.