Do watches still serve a purpose?

Camfantasy said:
Feed it gum again
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It's bound to happen again. The little fucker eats everything.

Got her somewhat potty-trained finally, but she still chews the fuck out of everything.
 
beardown07 said:
It's bound to happen again. The little fucker eats everything.

Got her somewhat potty-trained finally, but she still chews the fuck out of everything.
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Put on a coyote call and leave it outside
 
Camfantasy said:
If you go the Android route and don't want a Samsung get one with the new snapdragon 4100 chipset. Android based watches have sucked for a long time because they had shitty chips in them. Qualcomm actually released a decent one this year though so look for that one. Unless something has changed extremely recently, mobvoi's tic watch pro 3 is the only one that has it. I bought it a few months ago and like it.
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I was also hesitant in getting a Wear OS watch due to the problems from previous generations and the Samsung and the Fossil Gen 5 were the two I was looking at due to their improvements. Ultimately went with the Fossil since it still looks like a regular watch and wasn't sure I'd like using the bezel of the Samsung to navigate. The downside is the button to power off the Fossil can get depressed when my wrist bends backwards while working out, but I just slide it up my forearm slightly and don't have any issues with it actually shutting down.
 
Cobrabit said:
I was also hesitant in getting a Wear OS watch due to the problems from previous generations and the Samsung and the Fossil Gen 5 were the two I was looking at due to their improvements. Ultimately went with the Fossil since it still looks like a regular watch and wasn't sure I'd like using the bezel of the Samsung to navigate. The downside is the button to power off the Fossil can get depressed when my wrist bends backwards while working out, but I just slide it up my forearm slightly and don't have any issues with it actually shutting down.
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I was definitely considering getting the fossil gen 5.... But I did a lot of research into watches and just got turned off by the chips in them. Google /WearOS doesn't make their own chips in house like Samsung and Apple do so they always have to settle on whatever shit Qualcomm decided to throw their way.... and they've been notoriously underpowered because of that. Qualcomm actually made a decent one this time though so I went with it. I don't think the new gen 6 coming out soon has it either but I'm sure the next one will. I would have definitely went with a fossil if it had the 4100 chip in it. Fossil was always my go to in my teens and early 20s
 
Camfantasy said:
I was definitely considering getting the fossil gen 5.... But I did a lot of research into watches and just got turned off by the chips in them. Google /WearOS doesn't make their own chips in house like Samsung and Apple do so they always have to settle on whatever shit Qualcomm decided to throw their way.... and they've been notoriously underpowered because of that. Qualcomm actually made a decent one this time though so I went with it. I don't think the new gen 6 coming out soon has it either but I'm sure the next one will. I would have definitely went with a fossil if it had the 4100 chip in it. Fossil was always my go to in my teens and early 20s
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As this was my first smartwatch, I didn't have a reference to go by for any issues with the Wear OS and so far haven't experienced anything over this past year that would bother me....yet.
 
Cobrabit said:
As this was my first smartwatch, I didn't have a reference to go by for any issues with the Wear OS and so far haven't experienced anything over this past year that would bother me....yet.
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That's all that matters. I think the new chip gives them much better battery life. I get about 3 days from this one. I still like the look of the Fossil better though
 
Camfantasy said:
That's all that matters. I think the new chip gives them much better battery life. I get about 3 days from this one. I still like the look of the Fossil better though
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If I don't really use any tracking for my workouts and only for notifications, I can get a couple days out of it. I can definitely tell when it needs a new update though, as I'll be down to a day.

Since I don't wear it while sleeping, I just put it on the charging dock you can see on my valet, but do have the original charger in my truck in case it needs a charge on my hour commute.


I just remembered that I did have an issue with the adhesive for the metal ring used to connect to the charger. Cleaning off the old adhesive and using some superglue solved that issue, which appears to be a common complaint going back to the Gen 4 watches.
 
Also- any of you that think looking at your watch is more discreet than looking at your phone in a meeting are full of shit. You're not fooling anybody.
 
moxie said:
Also- any of you that think looking at your watch is more discreet than looking at your phone in a meeting are full of shit. You're not fooling anybody.
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I can do it much more descretely than looking at the screen on my phone
 
ill said:
I can do it much more descretely than looking at the screen on my phone
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Not if you spell it like that.


And don't try to argue with me, contrarian. I said, YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYBODY!!

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moxie said:
Not if you spell it like that.


And don't try to argue with me, contrarian. I said, YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYBODY!!

:slaphappy:
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Learned something new today.
 
ill said:
I can do it much more descretely than looking at the screen on my phone
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I never worry about looking at my watch in a meeting.

When did it become a crime to want to now the time?
 
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