Apple Watch is the Wearables King

[vetali]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

I didn’t catch that part. It obviously wasn’t reading a person then. Theoretically it should have just turned off the sensors when it left your wrist but for some reason it didn’t. 

 

Probs Ghost ? 

Might be my mouse mat. Not too sure. Only happened twice in 3 months.

[Drak3]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

but for some reason it didn’t. 

Because it's consumer technology, where components aren't refined that much because there is simply no need to.

[bob345]

It still take this over and apple watch any day. 

[rattacko123]

2 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

I tested out a Garmin Vivoactive 3 for about ten minutes before writing it off due to the awful looking screen, the vastly inferior side swiping compared to a rotating bezel, and a much better experience with Tizen.

Never tried samsung watches, I'll have to try one some time

[suicidalfranco]

sure but i'd still stick to the likes of these

there's just something about gears and never worrying about batteries even after a decade that turns me on

[abazigal]

8 hours ago, Sniperfox47 said:

If some miracle happens and it ever works with anything outside Apple's little walled garden, I might look at picking one up. Until then idk.

 

I don't really understand why people are buying it though? As a fitness tracker it's sorely lacking, it doesn't have the glancability of a normal watch, if you use it as a phone replacement it's sorely lacking and still relies on a phone for the backend anyways, and it just doesn't *really* solve any issues that it didn't create itself.

 

I mean I have a Huawei watch, and despite it being a super capable smartwatch, I'd never recommend the thing to anyone. The only thing *I* use it for is checking the time, notifications of work stuff, track control for music since I feel really stupid yelling "Next Track!!!" at my Pixel Buds over and over and over again due to their lack of track control.

 

Does the Apple watch have *anything* that a comparable Android Wear or Tizen watch doesn't? I mean other than the sleek design?

If you are using an iPhone, there really isn’t much of a choice when it comes to smart watches. Especially if you want to store music on the watch. 

 

Here's what I am currently doing on my Apple Watch. 

 

1) Apple Pay. Way faster and more convenient compared to the phone. 

 

2) Interacting with notifications. I love being able to triage incoming email and dictate short replies to messages from my wrist, especially when my phone is not on me. 

 

3) Siri on the wrist can be handy. I am using it to calculate discounted prices of products in shopping malls (e.g. "What is 70% of $139”) and do a bunch of other random stuff. 

 

4) Use the workout app to track my runs. Loving the heart rate sensor as well (not sure how accurate it is though). 

 

5) Have apps like 1Password and Authy saved to my dock. I can now retrieve passwords and 2FA codes directly from my wrist. 

 

6) It's just an nice watch all round (albeit one I have to charge every 1-2 days). 

 

If I am going to wear a watch on my wrist, may as well be one with more functionality.

[Valentyn]

10 hours ago, BuckGup said:

I finally got one when gen 3 came out due to the battery life being so much better and the bump in performance. Second best tech purchase behind my 980ti

Same here! I had a Series 2 briefly, but that's my mother's now. Series 3 where and still rocking my launch day 980Ti also.
The watch battery life is good. I get 2.5 days average.

I cannot wait for the days we get a least a week like the OG Pebble.

I just wish we got access to the Cellular Series 3 in Ireland; I'd get my mother that right away. She often forgets her phone and can't find it around the house. Or goes out and forgets it. The Watch would be very important for her at her age.

[Valentyn]

7 hours ago, Mooshi said:

Series 3 sucks ass.

 

The back end is a mess activating them and then because of number share, you can't just simply transfer owner ship. You are forced to disconnect the line, add a new line and then go through activation all over again.

 

Anyone who has to deal with these things outside of the consumer side loathes dealing with them.

I deal with them outside of just the consumer side; not had many issues.
Worst is just Activation Lock; but that happens on nearly all Apple products if people don't signout of their Apple ID's on the device and turn off FMiP

Not sure what you mean about disconnecting a line; I take it you're in the US and dealing with the cellular versions? You lot need a better backend then; not had issues like that in the EU.

[Bananasplit_00]

10 hours ago, The Benjamins said:

To be honest all the current smartwatches suck, It is like manufactures don't understand why people wear and collect watches.

i dont think my Watch Style 2 sucks, its decently snappy, looks nice and has an ok build. like it way more than my phone tbh

[The Benjamins]

1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

i dont think my Watch Style 2 sucks, its decently snappy, looks nice and has an ok build. like it way more than my phone tbh

ok, more like most, some look good. I do prefer a round face, and a not too thick body.

[TidaLWaveZ]

13 hours ago, dizmo said:

Not surprising. Most manufacturers have all but given up on wearables. The Fitbit is more of a niche product.

Not surprising that the majority of people that spend $350 on a useless piece of tech are Apple users.

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Not surprising that the majority of people that spend $350 on a useless piece of tech are Apple users.

That's some nice EK stuff you've got there

[TidaLWaveZ]

10 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

That's some nice EK stuff you've got there

Premium vs Useless

 

My parts are serving a purpose, what is a smartwatch doing besides mirroring your phone? Watercooling is a premium version of a necessity for a PC, the smartwatch is just a pointless standalone product.

 

When you make serious posts that resemble low tier bait on 4chan, you have to expect backlash.

 

[mynameisjuan]

Had the Asus Zenwatch 3, S3 gear, LG sport and Apple watch. Returned everyone. 

 

Only use I had out of any of them was payments. Other than that it take 3-4x the time to do the same thing on the phone. I just gave wearable too many chances. 

[captain_to_fire]

So aside from telling me the time, what can a smartwatch do as good or even better than a smartphone? 

[mynameisjuan]

3 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

So aside from telling me the time, what can a smartwatch do as good or even better than a smartphone? 

Payments are mostly it. Everything else takes more time. 

[captain_to_fire]

Just now, mynameisjuan said:

Payments are mostly it. Everything else takes more time. 

No mobile payment is available to me at the moment and even if NFC based payments come to us, I'd rather pull out my phone and wave it to the NFC reader. I guess I'm not the target person of smartwatches. 

[79wjd]

30 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Premium vs Useless

 

My parts are serving a purpose, what is a smartwatch doing besides mirroring your phone? Watercooling is a premium version of a necessity for a PC, the smartwatch is just a pointless standalone product.

 

When you make serious posts that resemble low tier bait on 4chan, you have to expect backlash.

 

 

Right, I forgot how important the 20 seconds less of render time is.

11 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

So aside from telling me the time, what can a smartwatch do as good or even better than a smartphone? 

Well I can't do anything on my phone without taking it out of my pocket. So, that.

 

But I've had a smartwatch for two years, then it died and needed to be replaced, but I didn't a couple weeks deciding what to get and in the meantime didn't have a smartwatch. It's just one of those things that seem useless but because a necessity once you're used to it being there. I use mine for time, notifications and weather mostly, and occasionally responding to notifications and making calls. But it also solves a big problem regarding NFC payments -- having to take out my phone is still annoying especially if there's a chance I'll need to put my phone back in my pocket and take out my wallet anyway, whereas just taking my wrist is much less of a hassle.

[mynameisjuan]

1 minute ago, hey_yo_ said:

No mobile payment is available to me at the moment and even if NFC based payments come to us, I'd rather pull out my phone and wave it to the NFC reader. I guess I'm not the target person of smartwatches. 

Yeah its really the only use I could find with them. Call quality sucked on all of them, app control (spotify) was atrocious and limited, notifications were good but responses too forever on IOS (swype for Android wear is amazeballs though) and I primarily use snapchat so I would just waste time looking at my watch instead of just pulling my phone out. 

 

The worst experience of them all was the S3 gear. Most beautiful and some of the best hardware out there but ruing by a steaming pile of dog shit OS. 

[captain_to_fire]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

But it also solves a big problem regarding NFC payments -- having to take out my phone is still annoying especially if there's a chance I'll need to put my phone back in my pocket and take out my wallet anyway, whereas just taking my wrist is much less of a hassle.

IMO, I call that laziness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

But I've had a smartwatch for two years, then it died and needed to be replaced, but I didn't a couple weeks deciding what to get and in the meantime didn't have a smartwatch.

The only use case I can think off that applies to me is fitness but then I managed to drop 33 pounds without a smartwatch telling me how much calories I've burned from running and swimming.

[captain_to_fire]

5 minutes ago, mynameisjuan said:

I primarily use snapchat so I would just waste time looking at my watch instead of just pulling my phone out. 

You still use Snapchat? I heard the massive online outrage from people because of its apparently shitty UI? I haven't checked it myself because I stopped using it in favor of Instagram Stories.

[mynameisjuan]

9 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

You still use Snapchat? I heard the massive online outrage from people because of its apparently shitty UI? I haven't checked it myself because I stopped using it in favor of Instagram Stories.

No dont get me wrong, the update is dog shit. But compared to insta, texting and quick photo sharing is king on snap. I share all my stories on insta though. 

[TidaLWaveZ]

18 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Right, I forgot how important the 20 seconds less of render time is.

Well I can't do anything on my phone without taking it out of my pocket. So, that.

 

Even by your exaggeration that values my loop as simply saving 20 seconds every time I render, it's still more valuable than the 5 seconds it takes to take your phone out of your pocket.

 

>mfw you realize a smartwatch is a beeper for your wrist

[Trixanity]

12 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

It's not there because Apple doesn't want it there.

That's the interesting thing, isn't it? You (and others) just go along with the evangelism issued from Cupertino. You never stop to say "this is what I want". Or "I may not need this but others may so they should be given the option".

I find the lack of criticism disturbing. I really do.

[mynameisjuan]

2 minutes ago, Trixanity said:

That's the interesting thing, isn't it? You (and others) just go along with the evangelism issued from Cupertino. You never stop to say "this is what I want". Or "I may not need this but others may so they should be given the option".

I find the lack of criticism disturbing. I really do.

Where do you think iSheep came from? They just blindly follow without question.