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Smartwatches can easily last seven years; I want software support to match (www.androidauthority.com)
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Smartwatch software support lags well behind smartphone pledges, even from Google and Samsung, but this really shouldn't be the case.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I simply walk back to my older analogue watch. Its strap wqs broken and battery drained. Despite being left to dust for like 3 years (it's 7 years old now), a simple replacement of strap and battery make it works again. While smartwatch does offer a lot of features, it comes with the trade off of the requirement to be constantly recharged, and I don't need those features. As a lazy ass person, I think it's rather inconvenient, which ironically changed my habit of wearing watches whenever possible.