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I think an obsolete apple watch will still be able to at least mirror the functionality of any 'dumb' watch.
by capkutay 9y ago
I think an obsolete apple watch will still be able to at least mirror the functionality of any 'dumb' watch.
- xuki 9y agoNot when the battery finally dies.
- wepple 9y agoBe properly waterproof, never need a charge, and take abuse for 30 years like a $150 automatic?
- bigiain 9y agoI've got a 70 year old mechanical watch on my wrist right now. I bought it second hand from eBay, but paid significantly under $150 for it...
- CydeWeys 9y agoQuartz watches tend to have better longevity than mechanical watches, owing to having fewer moving parts (zero in the case of a digital watch). I don't know how much servicing that watch has had over the past 70 years, but it's probably significant.
- CydeWeys 9y agoNot true at all. The battery isn't replaceable, other parts are more likely to break, and it's not clear to me that the Apple Watch even has a high quality quartz crystal inside it for accurate time-keeping. It might simply be grabbing the time off the linked cell phone, which grabs the time off the cell network. Do Apple Watches work well independently of linked phones for months on end? Years? Because that'll be necessary if you want to keep using one decades down the line long after they're no longer supported by whatever phone replacements have come down the line next.
- joshontheweb 9y agoAt this point they don't look anywhere near as good though.