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Honey, he shrunk the watches
- txru 5y agoI quite like this site name https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hodinky https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hodinky
- hirundo 5y agoKids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
- izzydata 5y agoWe have smart watches now thank you.
- dchuk 5y agoI know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
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- toastal 5y agoI 'downgraded' to a cheap Casio late last year and I think i'm better for it.
- JohnBooty 5y agoYeah "dumb" watches for me have been a real oasis in a world of increasingly obnoxious technology!
- bluGill 5y agoThat activity monitor caught my mom's cancer early enough that it was treatable. My looked at the activity, said no way, checked and her heart rate was too high so went in to get it checked. Most activity monitoring isn't useful but the exceptions are very valuable.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI've been cynical about wearables over the years, but the fitbit I received for Christmas has not only stimulated me to take more walks, the sleep monitoring functionality has made me much more intentional about my setting myself up for good sleeps. And it wasn't at all an issue to disable all the notifications stuff from it so that it's a monitoring device only. I know I'm still in the honeymoon phase with it, but overall I really have been pleasantly surprised.
- dghlsakjg 5y agoI am definitely more active as a result of owning my apple watch. My health is noticeably better. I get that it doesn’t work for everyone, and that’s fine. Ironically, I like my Apple Watch because it gives me a lot of the things that my phone does without being so distracting. I can leave my phone behind and go walking while listening to an audio book, and have access to trail maps if I’m going somewhere new. I can see altitude, compass, Sun up and sun down all without having to use a phone, all of which I use on a weekly basis.
- boring_twenties 5y agoOops, my battery died and now I have no idea what time it is.
- andy_andy_ 5y agooh, like a watch
- pgalvin 5y ago2-10 years is very different from 1-2 days though! (Not to mention solar watches)
- dalkvist 5y agoI have a solarwatch that I can't use in the winter time, after moving up north, not enough sun light to keep it charged =p
- rwmj 5y agoI'm surprised, my solar G-Shock [GAW-100B-1AER] never dips below "H" charge even on the darkest winter days.
- JohnBooty 5y agoYou can charge them under a lamp, too! Regular indoor lighting charges them too, but slowly My Citizen and Seiko solar watches are good for months after getting a full charge... they say ~6 months and that seems about right
- ginko 5y agoI have a citizen eco drive solar watch i got 16 years ago. Never needed to change or recharge the battery. And I live in Norway just below the arctic circle so artificial light must be enough to charge it.
- cialowicz 5y agoExcept the battery on a quartz watch lasts years, and the battery on an Apple Watch lasts 12-18 hours. Never mind that most mechanical watches are self-winding.
- oh_sigh 5y agoYou might need to update your heuristics, because most kids these days haven't watched a show that ended almost a decade ago.
- xwdv 5y agoBefore you get too excited, these aren’t working watches, they are just little models. I was ready to buy some as a flex but was disheartened to find they were mostly props.
- klyrs 5y agoI couldn't help but search... there are working ring-watches out there, apparently. Most of them look a bit uncomfortable to wear day to day.
- ishtanbul 5y agoThe little nautilus would be cool as a ring
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- mhb 5y agoJust curious but couldn't find what these cost...
- cantrevealname 5y agoIf I were him, I'd blur the finger tips in the photos. They have enough resolution to extract fingerprint information. There's much opportunity for mischief. I hate biometrics as a means of identification and access control, but the reality is that it's used (certain smartphones, some national ID cards, door locks, criminal records search). Even if he isn't enrolled in any fingerprint system now, he might be in the future.
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- modeless 5y agoOff topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
- scrollaway 5y agoAre you aware of Withings smart watches such as the scanwatch and scanwatch horizon?
- natnatenathan 5y agoI recently got the apple watch 7 in 41 mm and I don’t think it is too big. It is about the size of a normal watch. And the smooth corners make it the most comfortable watch I’ve ever worn.
- modeless 5y agoI find a lot of normal watches too thick. You'd think thinness would be a priority for comfort reasons but I guess not. Most phones are thinner than most watches. The Apple Watch is close to twice as thick as the iPad!
- dan1234 5y agoLooking at the ifixit tear downs, it’s difficult to see how they could make it much thinner without sacrificing battery size or sensors. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Series+6+Teardown/136694 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Series+6+Teardow...
- bArray 5y agoI'm stilling waiting for proper stand-alone "smart watch phones". I don't think the form factor has been figured out yet, but I'm sure there is one. One way I imagine it being possible is with a detachable watch from the strap via magnets, meaning it can be interacted with without holding your arm up and also recharged without removing the watch strap. The move towards removing ports helps the idea and improve IPS rating (as it did with smartphones). The only real question is screen size. I'm still not convinced by folding displays, but it could be a possibility. The main requirement for a larger display is an on-display keyboard. A flip/slide-out keyboard could be interesting, especially something that types as nice as blackberry devices did [1]. [1] https://gadgetynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iphone-keyboardcase-300x257.jpg https://gadgetynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iphone-ke...
- gaudat 5y agoI was hoping that mini Casio watch would work just like the real one. I'm a little bit disappointed.
- amelius 5y agoI like the small versions of sneakers. But shrinking watches seem a bit pointless, as watches are about precision which is what you lose when you shrink them.
- dghlsakjg 5y agoWatches are also about style, and in this case accuracy to a character. Which is exactly the same as shrunken sneakers as far as I can tell
- amelius 5y agoBy the way, I recently noticed that many women's sportswatches are really big and clunky. Quite different from what women's watches used to be like.