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I'm too locked in to the Apple ecosystem to switch, but I really wish they made a round watch. This one looks so good compared to whatever Apple puts out every

by paxys 2y ago

I'm too locked in to the Apple ecosystem to switch, but I really wish they made a round watch. This one looks so good compared to whatever Apple puts out every year. A round watch face just makes so much aesthetic sense.

r00fus 2y ago
I could never give up those corner complications. Round looks better if you're only interested in the clock aspect, but for text display, a rectangle is incredibly more functional and with rounded rect shape, it's good enough for me. You would need to refactor the entire UI interaction model to properly take advantage of a circular face.
zukzuk 2y ago
Have you considered a Garmin watch? It works well enough (for me anyway) for showing and dismissing notifications from my iPhone. The battery lasts well over a week, and the biometrics and fitness/training stuff is way ahead of anything Apple has to offer. And most of the Garmin watches are indeed round.
- paxys 2y ago
  Not having features like unlocking your Mac from your phone, Apple Pay etc. is the deal breaker.
  - 015a 2y ago
    Garmin has contactless payment.
    - timv 2y ago
      It's not as widely available. My bank doesn't support registering my card with GarminPay. Pretty much every bank supports Apple and Google.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  Seconded. I bought a Garmin on the basis of recommendations here and don't regret it. If you're fitness first, tiny screen strapped to your wrist second, they're excellent devices.
Marsymars 2y ago
Grass is greener I guess; I don't have an iPhone so can't use an Apple Watch, but I'd prefer a square display to match the content it displays.
ClassyJacket 2y ago
Round smartwatches make no sense and I don't know why anybody is making them. Scrolling content needs a constant-width display. If there was a square android watch I would get it.
- archagon 2y ago
  Most of the time, I’m not using my smartwatch for scrolling content.
  - WillPostForFood 2y ago
    What content are you looking at on a smart watch where round would be better?
    - archagon 2y ago
      Clock face, compass, activity tracking, heartrate measurements. For most of those, square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective, but round feels more aesthetically pleasing (to me).
      - WillPostForFood 2y ago
        square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective You can fit less information on it, even with the same number of pixels. There is nothing you can do on a round LCD that you can't do on a square. If you find it aesthetically pleasing, great. I like round as well. But for people who like round, and use round to display a clock face, try a mechanical watch. They are awesome. ]

by paxys 2y ago

r00fus 2y ago

I could never give up those corner complications. Round looks better if you're only interested in the clock aspect, but for text display, a rectangle is incredibly more functional and with rounded rect shape, it's good enough for me. You would need to refactor the entire UI interaction model to properly take advantage of a circular face.

zukzuk 2y ago

Have you considered a Garmin watch? It works well enough (for me anyway) for showing and dismissing notifications from my iPhone. The battery lasts well over a week, and the biometrics and fitness/training stuff is way ahead of anything Apple has to offer. And most of the Garmin watches are indeed round.

paxys 2y ago
Not having features like unlocking your Mac from your phone, Apple Pay etc. is the deal breaker.
- 015a 2y ago
  Garmin has contactless payment.
  - timv 2y ago
    It's not as widely available. My bank doesn't support registering my card with GarminPay. Pretty much every bank supports Apple and Google.
ethbr1 2y ago
Seconded. I bought a Garmin on the basis of recommendations here and don't regret it. If you're fitness first, tiny screen strapped to your wrist second, they're excellent devices.

Marsymars 2y ago

Grass is greener I guess; I don't have an iPhone so can't use an Apple Watch, but I'd prefer a square display to match the content it displays.

ClassyJacket 2y ago

Round smartwatches make no sense and I don't know why anybody is making them. Scrolling content needs a constant-width display. If there was a square android watch I would get it.

archagon 2y ago
Most of the time, I’m not using my smartwatch for scrolling content.
- WillPostForFood 2y ago
  What content are you looking at on a smart watch where round would be better?
  - archagon 2y ago
    Clock face, compass, activity tracking, heartrate measurements. For most of those, square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective, but round feels more aesthetically pleasing (to me).
    - WillPostForFood 2y ago
      square vs. round is largely irrelevant from a functional perspective You can fit less information on it, even with the same number of pixels. There is nothing you can do on a round LCD that you can't do on a square. If you find it aesthetically pleasing, great. I like round as well. But for people who like round, and use round to display a clock face, try a mechanical watch. They are awesome. ]