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Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by CooCooCaCha »

alexey-salmin wrote: post #84
CooCooCaCha wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it a weird take? These devices serve different purposes, and their designs optimize for different things. I like that my watch serves as a mini-iPhone, and I don’t mind charging it while I sleep. I like that I can install some of the same apps on my phone and watch.

You wrote above that preferring a week-long battery life for a watch over an ability to make calls and install apps is a "weird take". For me it's exactly the opposite, I take the week-long battery any time. So if anything at all is weird here I'd vote for your viewpoint.

Congrats you completely misunderstood. Preferring a week long battery life isn’t weird.

What is weird is saying an Apple Watch is inferior to a 10 year old watch because of the battery life, when these are different devices with different purposes.

Think about this for a second, would Apple purposefully gimp their watch’s battery life or maybe, just maybe, there’s more going on.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by localfirst »

daneel_w wrote: post #83
localfirst wrote: post #29

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good examples I also would like to be able to just have peace of mind for texting and calling for uber dont really need a screen, its cubersome when you are outside for long periods of time and battery life on Apple phones isn't very good Need something, I don't care if its big, that will last for at least a week, can do 3g/4g (5g is too much) SMS globally and calling internationally bonus points for satellite connec…

> dont really need a screen, its cubersome when you are outside for long periods of time and battery life on Apple phones isn't very good > Need something, I don't care if its big, that will last for at least a week, can do 3g/4g (5g is too much) SMS globally and calling internationally That depends on if you feel that you need to keep everything that needs network running in the background all the time. I keep some…

coming from android iphone battery is absolutely horrid

Re: Pixel Watch 3

#93

Post by trog »

drewg123 wrote: post #2

" all-day battery life " Ugh, Apple really has lowered expectations. In order to switch from my Garmin, I'd want at least a week.. Even my MS Band from 10 years ago had 48hrs of battery life.

My Fitbit devices (first Ionic, and now on my second Sense) have spoiled me, I can't imagine having to think about charging on a daily basis. I get 3-5 days depending on what I'm doing.

I'm sure you get used to it and it becomes part of a routine but it's nice not having to deal with it daily.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by disqard »

sva_ wrote: post #12
taeric wrote: post #5

Similar to my comment in the phone thread, a focus on "bigger" makes me sad. Kind of hilarious to pair that with bragging rights on "all-day battery life."

> a focus on "bigger" makes me sad I really want a smaller/lighter phone next time. My Galaxy S23 Ultra weighs almost 300g with the case. I recently got wrist pain and some radiating pain in my pinky and ring finger. First I thought I'm getting carpal tunnel but that is quite literally the other tunnel in the wrist. Took me a while to figure this out, but turns out holding a heavy phone in one hand, propping it up wi…

Wow! I had the exact same experience as you --- also precipitated by the same "use pinkie sideways to support the bottom of the phone" usage.

I stopped holding the phone that way, and it went away.

The phone being big and heavy is quite insidious. Turns out that "you're holding it wrong" can really be a problem... not for the antenna/reception, but for our own hands.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by WillPostForFood »

archagon wrote: post #80
ClassyJacket wrote: post #79

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Round smartwatches make no sense and I don't know why anybody is making them. Scrolling content needs a constant-width display. If there was a square android watch I would get it.

Most of the time, I’m not using my smartwatch for scrolling content.

What content are you looking at on a smart watch where round would be better?

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by hipadev23 »

vially wrote: post #76

For anyone considering buying the Pixel Watch 3, please keep in mind that Pixel Watch 2 has some long-standing issues where the GPS completely cuts out during runs or walks. Some users believe it to be a hardware issue but it's still unacknowledged by Google and the forum thread where people have been discussing it has just been locked recently. Just mentioning it for awareness and visibility. - https://community.fit…

Genuinely don’t understand why Google continues to produce these products and refuse to support them. Do they just know there’s a contingency of anti-apple users who will buy their devices regardless of extreme usability issues?

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by grouchomarx »

Suppafly wrote: post #82
ho_schi wrote: post #42

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If you’re into sport, I recommend Garmin. It shows notifications properly. Bonus, charge it once or twice in a week. It doesn’t try to be a smartwatch . No sport? I recommend a classy automatic wristwatch . Your movement winds it up. No charging. No apps. No updates. No battery. The spring is wind up by wearing, eight hours of wearing usually last for 24 hours. So sleeping without isn’t an issue and in worst case you…

I just recommend no watch at all. Once I got a cell phone, wrist watches lost all appeal to me other than being a fancy piece of mechanical or digital jewelry and I have never seen the appeal of smart watches, despite working with technology every day. I'm sure they are useful for a subset of people, but this idea that everyone should have a smartwatch boggles my mind.

Seems like the smartwatch has become a tool for workout (and to an extent, sleep) tracking. It's the only reason I have an apple watch and don't generally use it otherwise. I can record a five hour bike ride with heart rate and not blast my iphone battery

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by archagon »

WillPostForFood wrote: post #95
archagon wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most of the time, I’m not using my smartwatch for scrolling content.

What content are you looking at on a smart watch where round would be better?

Clock face, compass, activity tracking, heartrate measurements. For most of those, square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective, but round feels more aesthetically pleasing (to me).

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by daneel_w »

localfirst wrote: post #92
daneel_w wrote: post #83

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> dont really need a screen, its cubersome when you are outside for long periods of time and battery life on Apple phones isn't very good > Need something, I don't care if its big, that will last for at least a week, can do 3g/4g (5g is too much) SMS globally and calling internationally That depends on if you feel that you need to keep everything that needs network running in the background all the time. I keep some…

coming from android iphone battery is absolutely horrid

My experience is the exact opposite, having to "scrounge" to even get close to a week with Android under similar usage. I have less control with Android over what gets to run in the background and how network access is permitted, and most importantly no control at all over any of the invasive behavior of Android itself where it uninhibitedly abuses cellular/WiFi access to shovel data to Google the entire time the phone has network access. It's a world of difference compared to how very rarely iOS "phones home". Regardless, I get a week of regular use out of this anno 2018 iPhone model. If I keep it going as just a phone and enable low-power mode, I get a few days more.

Re: Pixel Watch 3

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Post by reisse »

Looks like one thing Google cannot get right for the third generation in a row is that the smartwatch is the _watch_. Something you wear all day, something looking good, something matching a wide range of looks.

Apple Watch managed to push instantly recognizable rectangular style. Galaxy Watch tries to pass as a regular watch, more or less successfully. And Pixel Watch? It looks either as a children's toy or as a cheap fitness band. It might be smart, might have the best software and hardware, but it just isn't something I'd like to wear, except maybe for a training session.

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