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Re: Google Pixel Watch 2

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Post by Yhippa » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 8:28 PM UTC

pcurve wrote: post #18

behnamoh wrote: post #7

I really wanna like Google products but so many abandoned Google projects, inconsistent ecosystem, Google privacy nightmares, poor aftermarket experience, and lack of attention to UI and UX (remember the jump from Android 11 to 12?) have made me settle on iphone and Apple’s ecosystem.

While I don't think Google will abandon Pixel phone, yeah I'd be wary of buying pixel watch for sure. For better or worse, Apple's rectangular form factor is something people have gotten used to and frankly it's more space efficient than a circle. To really make a dent in the market place, they should build a product that has a Wow factor that is good enough to lure even Apple Watch users away.

The Apple Watch isn't anything to write home about, but it gets the job done (for the most part). Battery life is horrible. I'm charging daily. After using a bunch of form factors, only Garmin seems to get the circle right and WearOS seems like there wasn't a lot of thought put into doing smartwatch tasks on that form factor.

They are seriously going to need to come up with something out of the box that you mentioned to draw users. There is no wow factor at all with this thing.

Re: Google Pixel Watch 2

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Post by Yhippa » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #8

asadotzler wrote: post #3

How can people tolerate a watch that's half an inch thick? That's like twice the thickness of my phone.

My midsized Garmin is significantly thicker than my iPhone 13 mini. I don't really care though because it's lightweight. It's much lighter than any of the watches I ever wore as an adult.

And battery life is probably around 2 weeks!

Re: Google Pixel Watch 2

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:37 AM UTC

dotnet00 wrote: post #100

PeterStuer wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you get stressed by fearing you'll miss an 'important' message to which you want to 'react' immediately outside of your working hours (I'd argue even within work hours unless it is that once a year true emergency) to make a 'good impression' let me tell you now that that is not a winning strategy. The hard truth is you are conditioning others to see and treat you like a good servant. One they want to keep as a ser…

I expected to get this kind of response, but applying it so broadly is kind of overly cynical and doesn't really account for the realities of early career research. These urgent emails can be about things like quick questions about my code. If they had to wait for me to reply (which would cause them to just switch to another in their large backlog of tasks in the meantime), it'd take even longer than the year it has…

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Re: Google Pixel Watch 2

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Post by PeterStuer » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:41 AM UTC

dotnet00 wrote: post #100

PeterStuer wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you get stressed by fearing you'll miss an 'important' message to which you want to 'react' immediately outside of your working hours (I'd argue even within work hours unless it is that once a year true emergency) to make a 'good impression' let me tell you now that that is not a winning strategy. The hard truth is you are conditioning others to see and treat you like a good servant. One they want to keep as a ser…

I expected to get this kind of response, but applying it so broadly is kind of overly cynical and doesn't really account for the realities of early career research. These urgent emails can be about things like quick questions about my code. If they had to wait for me to reply (which would cause them to just switch to another in their large backlog of tasks in the meantime), it'd take even longer than the year it has…

I understand. I did the same when (I guess) I was your age. I do not think I was being cynical. By nature if people have great utility or satisfaction from something, they do not want it to change. Is that bad of them?