TL;DR Author threw away watch because they keep forgetting to charge it and managing charging cable was difficult. There must be reasonably easy solutions to both of these problems.
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Why I Threw Away My Apple Watch
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just changing some habits was useful in managing this. - firstly, turn off the Always On feature - this saves an immense amount of battery and I'm not staring at my wrist half the day anyways. - IN the morning, when I have my coffee - slap it on the charger at my desk. - Showering - slap it (or simply leave it) on the charger, then get dressed and put it on - In the evening when I'm cooking/eating dinner, slap it on…
This description makes you seem like a slave to your own technology
Or he accepts the tradeoff of current battery technology vs utility. (Personally, I just charge it at night with my phone and its never a problem.)
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#23Some things require routines. If you don't take daily shower you will forget to charge your watch, if you don't tidy up then cleaning robot will not do its job.
I would not get a cleaning robot for the same reason (I'm a messy person and my place is too small) but I know people for whom it works really well
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#24I got rid of mine because of the battery as well. The benefits didn't outweigh the extra mental overhead of having one more thing to manage daily. Except for times when I want to capture health data, or when I'm exercising, I wear nothing. After all, I always have my phone with me, so I always know what time it is. But when I want to wear a watch, my Garmin Venu SQ2 provides nearly as good activity and health trackin…
> for times when I want to capture health data, or when I'm exercising, I wear nothing.
I think I’m misreading this - you exercise naked?
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#25I genuinely don’t understand why this is a problem for some people. It charges in under 15 minutes while I shower each morning. When I’m traveling I do always forget the charger however. Robot vacuums on the other hand are awful for me. I always leave small cables and things on the floor like a jacket on the back of a chair. Also it does a poor job of transitioning from a hardwood surface to a thick rug. It frequentl…
Some people just are forgetful. It doesn't matter how quickly it charges if you simply can't remember to do it frequently enough. That's one of the reasons I decided against a fancy smartwatch myself and focused on Pebble-style monochrome watches with longer battery life.
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#26I got rid of mine because of the battery as well. The benefits didn't outweigh the extra mental overhead of having one more thing to manage daily. Except for times when I want to capture health data, or when I'm exercising, I wear nothing. After all, I always have my phone with me, so I always know what time it is. But when I want to wear a watch, my Garmin Venu SQ2 provides nearly as good activity and health trackin…
> for times when I want to capture health data, or when I'm exercising, I wear nothing. I think I’m misreading this - you exercise naked?
no wearables/tech
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
This description makes you seem like a slave to your own technology
Or he accepts the tradeoff of current battery technology vs utility. (Personally, I just charge it at night with my phone and its never a problem.)
Thanks, and yes - it sucks but you can work around things like this. I don't know anything that does what the watch does for me, either equally or better.
I am Deaf, so notifications (vibration) on my wrists are immensely useful. I can't hear the phone buzz or beep when my hearing aids are off.
I also have ADHD + ASD - Reminders/To Do alerts me to things I need to be doing, shopping list, task list, etc. and Timer lets me cope with time blindness by making me aware of the passage of time. It's now safe for me to play a quick 30m round of my favorite game. Calendar at a glance keeps appointments and daily events in front of mind.
I have 3 alarms set - one on my wrist, my bed shaker and my smart lights (I have a cycle that goes from blue-green-yellow that works effectively well in waking me without being harsh).
Activity tracking makes sure I get up every hour (Thanks a lot, time blindness) and move a little. I pair getting up with getting some water. Without which, I would probably sit at my desk and lose a whole day from it. I forget my vitamins always, so I have a medication alert for that.
I never remember to check the weather so having it on my wrist makes sure I always know what it's going to be like outside.
I am always forgetting my phone, so the LTE on my wrist lets me know if someone is trying to reach me (my closest knows to just simply ring me for the alert and then send messages).
It's tremendously useful and lets me appear to function like a normal person.
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#28I genuinely don’t understand why this is a problem for some people. It charges in under 15 minutes while I shower each morning. When I’m traveling I do always forget the charger however. Robot vacuums on the other hand are awful for me. I always leave small cables and things on the floor like a jacket on the back of a chair. Also it does a poor job of transitioning from a hardwood surface to a thick rug. It frequentl…
Which robot vacuum do you have? I have Roborock from like 2019 or so and it still works amazing.
To me it's a real life saver and a pleasure to use.
I do quickly scan the rooms and clean up stuff that I think it might otherwise get stuck at, but it doesn't take more than a minute. Considering the savings overall what it would otherwise take to use vacuum yourself it's crazy good. And I'm definitely a lazy person in terms of putting stuff away or leaving them unnecessarily on the floor.
I have special plastic boxes without lids I can quickly throw things like cables that I left on the floor before enabling the vacuum.
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#29$40 smart watch from Amazon does most of what the Apple Watch does and battery lasts a week even wearing it all night. I occasionaly charge it while showering
Re: Why I Threw Away My Apple Watch
#30$40 smart watch from Amazon does most of what the Apple Watch does and battery lasts a week even wearing it all night. I occasionaly charge it while showering
Fitness Data would not be as accurate as apple and it would be sending a lot of tracking data back.