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Thoughts on smart watches? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello.

For a long time I have considered smart watches to be a gimmick but since they have become more accessible and common now for some time, I was wondering what the people who own and use them think of them?

So what has your experience been of them?

One thing I am curious about is how functional these (especially the Android ones) are without being connected to a phone via bluetooth since bluetooth drains battery?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (12 children)

Still a gimmick IMO. My casio f-91w is going on 7 years now, it doesn't scratch, I can shower with it, has a 10+ year battery life, and cost $10.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

Are we talking about the same watch? 😂

I'm not very good at taking care of it, that's true. I go through one every or every other year. Only my first one lasted 5 years until the battery ran out (and that only barely).

A smartwatch wouldn't last a week on my arm 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

How the eff did u do that! I've dropped a weight on mine before accidentally and it came out okay.

Def gives you peace of mind when it's so cheap tho, $10 is like 3 bags of chips.

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