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The best smart watch

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    Just got myself an Apple Watch and love it. It can go with me in the shower, in the pool, or even in the ocean. Only major drawback and it's a big one is the battery life. So what is the best smart watch? I know that Apple computer is not too popular on this forum.
     
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    Money troubles thread in 3...2...1...
     
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    The best smart watch is the one you use--for more than just a watch. If that's all you're using it for, you wasted your money. And fitness stuff is only one piece of what they're capable of. Too many people who got Fitbits, Garmins, Pebbles, etc. that just sit in drawers now.
     
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    How are the beaches in Colorado?

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    *laugh*

    (Since the Funny Rating option seems to have been removed.)
     
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    I like watches. I received a Pebble smartwatch as a gift and I had, at one time, considered purchasing either an Apple or Samsung smartwatch. The Pebble, I decided, would at least let me know if I wanted a smartwatch. Here are my observations:

    1. A smartwatch is not a watch. It is a computer you wear on your wrist. So that’s how it should be evaluated. As a watch, smartwatches are horrible. The primary purpose of a watch is to tell time. All other characteristics (wear, appeal, style, features, durability, etc.) are secondary. For example, a watch that looks great but does not tell time not a watch at all but a bracelet. A “watch” that tells time along with equal or even greater features is not a watch but a computer. I like watches more than I like computers.

    2. Smartwatches are more novelty than tool. It is true they can perform quite a few functions, but the functions for which I would utilize a smartwatch operate more effectively on my smartphone. As a watch, smartwatches are inferior. As a mobile computer for communication, smartwatches are inferior.

    3. As I stated, smartwatches are more novelty than tool. Last year a decline in sales of smartwatches were reported by the Internet Data Corporation (IDC). I believe this will lead to a leveling out of popularity and decline in general price for smartwatches. The Pebble I received two years ago sold for about $225. It currently sales for $55. I believe this also opens up a “smartwatch” option for watch manufactures. This is one reason I would never purchase an Apple Watch (I have seen the Tag Heuer Connected, and at least it is pretty). I would never consider purchasing a smartwatch (at least not one that would be a major purchase) that was subject to a proprietary software.

    4. I do not like how smartwatches look. When they first hit the market I remember comments about their ugliness or bulkiness (I think because of the blank black screen), but these were quickly overshadowed by the novelty of receiving texts, playing text, looking at photographs, and answering emails on your wrist. I have seen a couple of smartwatches that I thought looked great (the Tag Connected, Frederique Constant, and even the Samsung Gear S3), but except for the hybrids I do not like the look of smart watches.

    There is also an issue of electricity. If you do certain things, like lay your wrist down on a 220v capacitor without disconnecting the power, your smartwatch will become instantly dumb :Cautious . This is what I did, and the above four observations are why I chose to replace that smartwatch with a Tag Heuer traditional watch (a middle of the road, waterproof, and generally tough watch).
     
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    No doubt about it, a smartwatch is an expensive toy.

    Apple probably makes the best one right now, but LG makes a good one too.

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    Good. Don't need your sarcasm.
     
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    Yeah it cost me $475 with the warranty. But it was worth the expense.
     
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    I love my Apple Watch. Leave my phone in my locker at work, and in the car when shopping. It's got Apple Pay so I can pay without my phone.
     
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    I guess it depends on your yearly salary. So what's expensive?
     
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    In 1999 the Palm Treo smartphone was considered a novelty item. But fast forward many years later and everyone has a smartphone and it's no longer a novelty item. Perhaps in time the smart watch will have the same effect.
     
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    When you owe people money, it is usually bad form to buy yourself toys.

    I don't have a smart watch. I can't afford it even though I don't owe people money. I like it that way - not owing anyone.
     
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    Did you pay for it with cash?
     
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    When that happens, the smart watch that you purchased will be obsolete. It will also probably be less expensive.
     
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    You don't want to hear from me. Let's see if you're still using your Apple smartwatch in 3 months. I would never pay $475 for a watch, any watch.

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    I bet that you and your Husband sleep better at night for it.
     
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    Nope but I will pay off the card within a month. Working OT every week at my job.
     
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    That price included the warranty and Colorado taxes which are higher than other states.
     
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