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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Start demanding or refusing to purchase. You don't need these things, we need to break this flawed cycle.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Completely agree. My main watches are a Casio G-shock, 10 year battery, 200m waterproof (Mine dived with me to 32 m two days ago), A Cressi Diver's dual time (I have had to replace the battery after 4 years), and the iconic Seiko sknx007 Diver's automatic.

My watch is a tough, good looking, and well engineered device to give me the time, and in my case a rotating bezel to time the dive.

I hate the idea of a prissy thing you can't take for a swim in the pool, with a battery life measured in days, and that mostly replicates functions in the phone already in my pocket.

No thanks.