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Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by Someone1234 »

junto wrote: post #4

As a side note. If you want a 'dumb' watch that doesn't need recharging every few years, try a kinetic one. My Dad had his Seiko Kinetic watch for over 25 years. He managed to smash it in a car accident, and promptly replaced it with another one. No batteries required! The caliber also incorporates Seiko's unique Kinetic Auto-Relay technology. It is powered by the movement of your body with Kinetic Perpetual quartz a…

Just be very careful you know what you're buying. Many of Seiko's automatic watches don't last more than a day without movement.

The "Perpetual" range is just an automatic watch with a backup battery. You have to wear it daily to get it to run for "free," and it is really only going to last 12 hours on the stored energy before the battery has to kick in.

The batteries won't last forever even if you do wear it daily. They degrade.

Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by Someone1234 »

Terretta wrote: post #9
Someone1234 wrote: post #8

Nope. That's the reason why I haven't been interested in purchasing a Moto 360, Galaxy Gear, Sony Smartwatch, or similar. The Apple Watch is no different. The Pebble is the only remotely interesting smartwatch around, but I haven't got one simply because the benefit doesn't out-weigh the cost (although if someone gave me one for free I'd give it a fair shake). The real question for me is: What does a smartwatch do th…

The vibration feedback and glancable message letting you leave the phone in your pocket or bag lets you go back to a less distracted life. The extra effort to dig the phone out stops you from responding unless important. Carrying just the phone doesn't have the barrier. I think a hassle free smart watch changes a significant portion of a highly connected person's day, lets them be more free, more productive, more org…

> The vibration feedback and glancable message letting you leave the phone in your pocket or bag lets you go back to a less distracted life.

I'm pretty sure it causes a more distracted life just for the reasons you mentioned. Now I cannot even just ignore my phone or put it out of view, it is literally part of me!

Also is taking a phone out of your pocket really the "problem" they're trying to solve? It isn't something, day to day, that I feel causes me hardship. Maybe if I was a cyclist it would be useful, but I'm not sure you could read the watch while riding (or it would be safe if you could).

> I think a hassle free smart watch changes a significant portion of a highly connected person's day, lets them be more free, more productive, more organic.

So many buzz words. I was half expecting you to use "synergy" there. What you said doesn't really MEAN anything. It is just a bunch of fluff.

Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

Yes. Of course and we all will.

Exactly the same argument was presented for this Nokia flip phones versus my iPhone. I mean I used to have a mobile phone that went a week or more between charges - now I often don't make it from lunchtime to bedtime.

But guessed what I typed this on?

Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by Terretta »

Someone1234 wrote: post #12
Terretta wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The vibration feedback and glancable message letting you leave the phone in your pocket or bag lets you go back to a less distracted life. The extra effort to dig the phone out stops you from responding unless important. Carrying just the phone doesn't have the barrier. I think a hassle free smart watch changes a significant portion of a highly connected person's day, lets them be more free, more productive, more org…

> The vibration feedback and glancable message letting you leave the phone in your pocket or bag lets you go back to a less distracted life. I'm pretty sure it causes a more distracted life just for the reasons you mentioned. Now I cannot even just ignore my phone or put it out of view, it is literally part of me! Also is taking a phone out of your pocket really the "problem" they're trying to solve? It isn't somethi…

Perhaps this depends on whether your livelihood depends on responding to the right messages promptly. The smart watch lets you triage in a low interrupt way.

Many people do not have the option of blanket "ignoring" calls and emails. The change isn't fluff, it gives back the ability to stay present, no more interrupted than the glance at a watch to be aware of the time.

Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by lazylizard »

Terretta wrote: post #14
Someone1234 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The vibration feedback and glancable message letting you leave the phone in your pocket or bag lets you go back to a less distracted life. I'm pretty sure it causes a more distracted life just for the reasons you mentioned. Now I cannot even just ignore my phone or put it out of view, it is literally part of me! Also is taking a phone out of your pocket really the "problem" they're trying to solve? It isn't somethi…

Perhaps this depends on whether your livelihood depends on responding to the right messages promptly. The smart watch lets you triage in a low interrupt way. Many people do not have the option of blanket "ignoring" calls and emails. The change isn't fluff, it gives back the ability to stay present, no more interrupted than the glance at a watch to be aware of the time.

i predict the next big thing to be a smart ring or tie-clip or ear-plug or earring or nose-clip/ring or contact lens.. bring you less obtrusive notifications for your smart watch... which bring you less obtrusive notifications for your smart phone..

Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by jfroma »

Someone1234 wrote: post #11
junto wrote: post #4

As a side note. If you want a 'dumb' watch that doesn't need recharging every few years, try a kinetic one. My Dad had his Seiko Kinetic watch for over 25 years. He managed to smash it in a car accident, and promptly replaced it with another one. No batteries required! The caliber also incorporates Seiko's unique Kinetic Auto-Relay technology. It is powered by the movement of your body with Kinetic Perpetual quartz a…

Just be very careful you know what you're buying. Many of Seiko's automatic watches don't last more than a day without movement. The "Perpetual" range is just an automatic watch with a backup battery. You have to wear it daily to get it to run for "free," and it is really only going to last 12 hours on the stored energy before the battery has to kick in. The batteries won't last forever even if you do wear it daily.…

Yes,I've a citizen, transparent at the back so I could see the dynamo rotating on movement. The system still works but the battery doesn't.

I've not been able to fix it in Argentina.

Re: Ask HN: Would you wear a smart watch that needs daily recharge?

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Post by snoopybbt »

I would take it off at night anyway.

If it comes with a nice dock that charges it wirelessly, what's the problem?

Actually, what I don't like is turning watches into phones, meaning we're going to change it every like a year or two, and getting angry because "the watch is old and it got slow".

I've been using the same Casio F-91W for two years and it just works.

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