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I've been wearing watch for its utility for more than a decade. My watch (Casio ProTrek PRW-3000-1) has compass, altimeter, world time, sunrset times, alarms an

by sytelus 12y ago

I've been wearing watch for its utility for more than a decade. My watch (Casio ProTrek PRW-3000-1) has compass, altimeter, world time, sunrset times, alarms and so on. This watch is extremely robust in bad weather or even under water. It self-charges itself (it doesn't even has any external way to charge it). Sure, I've smartphone usually with me but ability to look up time in split second with a slight turn of wrist is valuable. But the more important is all these tools and reliability that they are available to me in all kind of weather, places and without need to worry about charging it. Now let me also make it clear that I do question this way of life where time matters so much. However that's different discussion and until conclusion arrives, watch is pretty useful tool. If I'd all these features available in Apple Watch then I would buy it in heart beat. I can imagine several apps that would be super useful. However price tag is way too high and it needs charging every day. I think Apple Watch isn't going to be smashing success right now but given their investment levels, they might continue produce next versions that gets better and better and hopefully cheaper. It's important to remember that iPhone 1 wasn't smashing success either when it first came out given it's price tag and less powerful batteries.

kev6168 12y ago
I totally believe that your watch have served you extremely well, but dare I say you are in a minority in term of normal daily life usage of watches. I don't know about you, but weekends/hiking trip/gym are a small part of my waking time. These things ("bad weather", "under water", "to look up time in split second", "all kind of weather", etc.) are the least I am concerned with. Instead I am interested in dressing(including small personal items) with a little personal touch, a little bit different. If so many people around you wear a Casio ProTrek PRW-3000-1, that's a silly situation, isn't it? I feel the functions of watches you mentioned can be easily performed by a mid-range phone, and can be done better with a phone in terms of configurations/flexibilities/features with a few apps here and there. So I think with the prevalence of mobile phone, people put less and less emphasis on utilities when shopping and wearing a watch. My silly prediction is not about doubting Apple watch's dazzling new utilities. It's about people's need for individuality/differentiations/style, especially adults, they want and can often afford to wear different things than the next person in the office.

by sytelus 12y ago

kev6168 12y ago

I totally believe that your watch have served you extremely well, but dare I say you are in a minority in term of normal daily life usage of watches. I don't know about you, but weekends/hiking trip/gym are a small part of my waking time. These things ("bad weather", "under water", "to look up time in split second", "all kind of weather", etc.) are the least I am concerned with. Instead I am interested in dressing(including small personal items) with a little personal touch, a little bit different. If so many people around you wear a Casio ProTrek PRW-3000-1, that's a silly situation, isn't it? I feel the functions of watches you mentioned can be easily performed by a mid-range phone, and can be done better with a phone in terms of configurations/flexibilities/features with a few apps here and there. So I think with the prevalence of mobile phone, people put less and less emphasis on utilities when shopping and wearing a watch. My silly prediction is not about doubting Apple watch's dazzling new utilities. It's about people's need for individuality/differentiations/style, especially adults, they want and can often afford to wear different things than the next person in the office.