I like the small versions of sneakers. But shrinking watches seem a bit pointless, as watches are about precision which is what you lose when you shrink them.
Honey, he shrunk the watches
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Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#42Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I’m a little shocked the Apple Watch hasn’t slimmed down yet. I would have thought based ion the iPhone product history that they would realize a higher sales rate once the dimensions came down.
But they’re still adding new sensors instead of shrinking the battery.
Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#43Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I love my Garmin Vivoactive 3 specifically because it's not a massive chunk on my wrist. It's a little taller than other, regular watches I've had, but not by much. My wife got the 4s recently and it's definitely "regular watch size". And the battery life is pretty good, as smartwatches go. I usually go 3 days between charges. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/wearables-smartwatches/?serie...
I love the Garmin watches! Not the best features compared to Wear, but Wear has intolerable battery life.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
That activity monitor caught my mom's cancer early enough that it was treatable. My looked at the activity, said no way, checked and her heart rate was too high so went in to get it checked. Most activity monitoring isn't useful but the exceptions are very valuable.
For the aged or others outside normal healthy boundaries, wearable tech is a life-saving benefit. Otherwise it's a life-style option.
Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#45Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I’m a little shocked the Apple Watch hasn’t slimmed down yet. I would have thought based ion the iPhone product history that they would realize a higher sales rate once the dimensions came down. But they’re still adding new sensors instead of shrinking the battery.
I’d really appreciate longer battery life before they start thinking of making it thinner!
The current battery life is fine for day to day use (lasts 28-32hrs, can be charged while getting ready in the morning), but it’s a pain having to remember to take the charger when you’re away for a weekend.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recently got the apple watch 7 in 41 mm and I don’t think it is too big. It is about the size of a normal watch. And the smooth corners make it the most comfortable watch I’ve ever worn.
I find a lot of normal watches too thick. You'd think thinness would be a priority for comfort reasons but I guess not. Most phones are thinner than most watches. The Apple Watch is close to twice as thick as the iPad!
Looking at the ifixit tear downs, it’s difficult to see how they could make it much thinner without sacrificing battery size or sensors.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Series+6+Teardow...
Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#47Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I’m the opposite. I’d love to have a full forearm device instead of a cell phone. Or at least something that could be worn on my arm and popped off - give me that sci-fi futurism.
For that reason I bought an Apple Watch SE with LTE.
But it turn out your iPhone needs to be switched on to receive Signal messages on the watch. Only iMessage works without iPhone. Also the total number of apps is disappointingly slim.
But yeah, you can walk around with a StarTrek-y device that can communicate a bit.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Except the battery on a quartz watch lasts years, and the battery on an Apple Watch lasts 12-18 hours. Never mind that most mechanical watches are self-winding.
Self winding just means "needs to have the time reset after 2 days unworn". I wonder if an unworn Apple Watch would last longer?
No, my kinetically charged watch can go weeks unworn without exhausting its charge or losing accuracy.
Not that it matters really. I wear it every day.
Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#49I like the small versions of sneakers. But shrinking watches seem a bit pointless, as watches are about precision which is what you lose when you shrink them.
Watches are also about style, and in this case accuracy to a character.
Which is exactly the same as shrunken sneakers as far as I can tell
Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#50Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
I know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
I am definitely more active as a result of owning my apple watch. My health is noticeably better. I get that it doesn’t work for everyone, and that’s fine.
Ironically, I like my Apple Watch because it gives me a lot of the things that my phone does without being so distracting. I can leave my phone behind and go walking while listening to an audio book, and have access to trail maps if I’m going somewhere new. I can see altitude, compass, Sun up and sun down all without having to use a phone, all of which I use on a weekly basis.