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  • What it was like to give up my Apple Watch after three years of constant use

    macgui said:
    I've worn one of my Apple Watches almost every day for three years. I've gone maybe seven to ten days, all on different day, because I either forgot to put it on, or wanted to wear one of me really nice analogs.

    Once I left the house, I was constantly reminded that I didn't have my Watch. My phone doesn't have a Taptic engine, so if I heard a notification, I looked at my bare wrist or analog, then impatiently dug out my phone.

    Or, if I got the phone out to make a call or plug in a destination in Maps, or for any reason, I'd see texts and missed calls. With the Watch, I keep the phone ringer off, and don't use vibrate. 

    Full disclosure and in all honesty, etc., I would never plan to go any time without it. I'm a watch and Watch guy. I've chosen and/or needed to wear a watch since I was a kid, and love watches. So not wearing a watch just isn't a plan.

    Apple Watches, except my SS, are significantly lighter than my analogs, so I occasionally forget that I'm not wearing one. I take them off to charge, shower, or do work that would bang them up. I've done the same for 99% of the watches I own/owned. Work watches didn't get that luxury.

    I'll be getting an S4, to be sure. I keep telling myself I'll wear a watch and Watch on each wrist, just to take my analogs out for some air. They're too nice to keep in a drawer. When Apple makes a round addition with some elegant faces, my analogs may never get out.
    Please no round apple watch.....

    watto_cobra
  • What it was like to give up my Apple Watch after three years of constant use

    Dragging the phone around is indeed a drag.  I have had an apple watch since the first version and I am delighted with how the device has come along.  The apple watch 3 has relegated my $17,000 Cartier Panther and several other expensive watches to the jewelry box.  I will be right there when preorders start for the AW4.  The nice side benefit is that when you go to sell one, the price holds up nicely.
    jbdragonwatto_cobraalbegarc
  • Apple's HomePod seizes 'small but meaningful' portion of US smart speaker market

    I bought one homepod...i have to say, at the time, i had zero intention of ever buying a second one.  The BASS DID IT FOR ME.  There are speakers that put out a ‘ manufactured’ sounding bass.  The homepod has a depth and richness only my 5 feet tall speakers can approximate.  It is more noticeable on certain genres of music than others but it is there.  Subtle but powerful.  I bought a second homepod.  It wasn’t the ‘holy cow’ some youtube reviewers claim but it was a purchase i am glad i made.  You can truly hear the separation between the 2 homepods when you place them 8 or more feet apart.  It is not fair to compare them with amazon or google..to do so is like comparing a Porche and a vw bug just because both are cars. I will say SIRI completely sucks.
    chasmwatto_cobra
  • Digital assistant test shows Apple's Siri is improving, lags behind Google Assistant

    I don’t need stats to prove what i know...siri sucks....this reports must come from Fox news, home of the alternate universe
    macky the mackyJaiOh81waverboy
  • Apple Watch saves another life, this time in Hong Kong

    I love how the early apple watch haters. Ust hate these stories.
    Solijbdragonwatto_cobraaxcoatl