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- technews@radiation.party
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- technews@radiation.party
Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch::The original Apple Watch models, including the $10,000-plus 18-karat gold Edition that Beyoncé wore, are now officially obsolete and won’t get parts, repair, or replacement services.
You know what? Good.
If you want to buy something fancy you could buy an expensive “dumb” one that won’t lose its value in a year or so. It’s the buyers fault.
Unless you want it for working out I find smartwatches stupid. Are you so busy that you can’t pull your phone out of your pocket?
Edit: I take it back, yeah seems that there are some specific reasons like those below for wearing a smartwatch.
I still find spending 17k in a luxury watch dumb, a Rolex (I have no idea how much they are worth) still seems better because it won’t lose it’s value like when the smartwatch OS becomes obsolete.
In addition to using it for tracking my workouts and bluetoothing to my earbuds, I also found my smartwatch super useful while working as a teacher for surreptitiously checking texts and also for setting timers
I don’t doubt that your smartwatch is useful, but why can’t you just pair to your phone? I can be like 30 yards away from my phone with my earbuds.
Oh i don’t like taking my phone when I go running so it’s a game changer
Fair enough.
Mine are pretty specific but:
I’m a bartender. I can get messages if the door person/security is having a problem customer while I am elbow deep in an ice well (plus phones are dirty so I’m not touching gross phone and then your lime wedge even if I am super religious about washing my hands with everything I touch behind bar.) I don’t wear it all the time but it is a useful tool.
I monitor my heart rate cos I’m having health issues
Butttt… I don’t feel bad for these folks, mine came with my phone.
In the case of the apple watches, you’re right. Android watches are actually quite stylish, though.