I wear my smart watch exclusively at work because when I’m on or around heavy machinery, I need to know if that little alert was something important or not. Otherwise I’d be checking my phone every five minutes. But I don’t have to stop or slow down to check my wrist.
buru5@lemmy.world 1 year ago
i bought a P-Watch due to the circular aesthetic, have been wearing mine since release. it’s “OK” but last week i fell on my bicycle and scratched up the watch face pretty badly, so QUITE annoying that there is no repair program.
doesn’t matter though, switching to a classic Cassio watch soon anyways. “Smart Watches” aren’t that helpful for me, ultimately i don’t understand the appeal. it’s just PHONE ON WRIST, seems like another way to “PLUG INTO THE MATRIX”
Ejh3k@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MyUnclesSecret@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Never understood the appeal of Dick Tracey’s phone watch, still don’t understand them now that the are real.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I don’t wear mine anymore really, but the use case for it for me was to see notifications quickly and easily without taking my attention away from whoever I am with. You can quickly just glance at your watch to see if the text/phone call/email is important or not and then just twist your wrist to dismiss.
soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I used to think I had to decide if I wanted to reply to a notification immediately.
Besides my smart doorbell notification and actual phone calls everything else can wait an hour until I finish what I’m doing. And for those two exceptions they have special vibration patterns in my pocket.
Don’t be that guy who has to reply to notifications immediately
saunjay1@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not all notifications need replying to, and it’s sometimes nice to have them be glanceable. I don’t use a smartwatch per say, the battery life on them suck, but my Garmin watch still has some of the same general functionality along with the fitness stuff I mostly have it for. Plus underrated feature for me is using it to ring my phone when I can’t find it ha
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The point is I don’t feel the need to reply to almost any notification immediately. There are emergencies that can’t wait sometimes though.
Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I agree on principal, but unfortunately in today’s world there’s things like work that demand an immediate response. Is it healthy? Nope. Do they care? Nope.