Are you kidding? Who's being too sensitive? I hope you're not accusing ME, because I'm NEVER too sensitive about ANYthing! "Too sensitive" my a$$!! I'm an easygoing guy! I'm a people person! What the hell is wrong with you people!?
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Apple really needs to add an option to disable screen shots.
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Ha, I had never taken a screen shot with my watch, guess I never thought about that being a feature.
Yes you are correct sir - & I'm scarily OCD over this subject, so much so that I often swap round toilet rolls in other peoples houses. However I wear my crown away from my wrist - solves all of these accidental button press issues.
lol! Yep. You're right. Wearing my watch like this is just as big of a fashion mistake as having my pants around my knees!
And since you presumably work for one of the high fashion houses, or at least a fashion magazine, I will definitely take your word as fashion gospel! Thank you for the advice!
lol! Yep. You're right. Wearing my watch like this is just as big of a fashion mistake as having my pants around my knees!
And since you presumably work for one of the high fashion houses, or at least a fashion magazine, I will definitely take your word as fashion gospel! Thank you for the advice!
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I'm not saying it's more fashionable. What you're doing is probably more fashionable, and it's the way a lot of fashion people and celebrities wear watches. That's why I used jeans as an example.
I'm simply speaking in terms of how a watch is intended to be worn, functionally. If you're not experiencing any negative issues from wearing the Watch that way, I say go for it. The OP was experiencing issues, which is why my advice for wearing it "correctly" above the wrist came into play.
Oddly enough, Gianni Agnelli, who is widely considered to be one of the most fashionable men of the 20th century, managed to combine both functionality and style by wearing his Ploprof high on the wrist and over the sleeve, like a diver would over a wetsuit.
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Mine's not loose and does not slide, but I still get a lot of screenshots throughout the day, because of where it sits. I've always had watches in the same place, where it's comfortable. So, your statement that sliding down watches are the only way it happens, is simply wrong.
That's interesting. How is it being bumped, if the watch is sitting with the knobby wrist bone (end of the ulna) to the right of it?
it's bumping anytime I bend my hand, it doesn't screenshot 100% of the time, but I have at least 15 screenshots a day from when I am at work.
In that case, loose or not, it sounds like you're wearing it too low. Is your protruding wristbone to the right or left of the watch?
It's about level I think. So, you're telling me I'm wearing it wrong?
Even though I've worn watches in the same place all my life, and that thats where they sit comfortably for me??It's about level I think. So, you're telling me I'm wearing it wrong?
Yep, although many people wear watches that way. A wrist watch shouldn't impede hand and wrist movement, and the crown shouldn't dig into back of the hand very much. If it does, it's probably too low.
You could always just flip it around and put the crown on the left, which I prefer, anyways.
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It doesn't impede any movement and it doesn't noticeably dig in. The only thing it does is cause the watch to take screenshots.
I don't like having the crown the other way round, feels wrong.
No matter how hard I try, I can't get mine to take a screen shot. Here is my wrist position.
No matter how hard I try, I can't get mine to take a screen shot. Here is my wrist position.
Good for you. You wear yours in a different position. I've worn watches in the same place all my life, I'm not changing now. This is where mine sits. I have many screenshots daily.
No matter how hard I try, I can't get mine to take a screen shot. Here is my wrist position.
Wait, I thought you wear your AW with the crown in the reverse position?
Good for you. You wear yours in a different position. I've worn watches in the same place all my life, I'm not changing now. This is where mine sits. I have many screenshots daily.
That's fine by me. I'm just telling you why you're functionally having an issue, and there are two fixes: change the wrist position, and/or flip the crown.
If you're taking screen shots inadvertently, I'd imagine that you're also inadvertently turning the watch on by pressing the crown (or friend's button) from time to time, so it may be affecting your battery life, too.
Can't say that this has been an issue for me in the 6 months that I've owned an Apple Watch...
I do use the Leather Loop as my daily driver and only switch to the Sports Band for working out, so I usually re-adjust it multiple times throughout the day for when my wrist expands, which is maybe why I don't run into this issue...
I do use the Leather Loop as my daily driver and only switch to the Sports Band for working out, so I usually re-adjust it multiple times throughout the day for when my wrist expands, which is maybe why I don't run into this issue...
You wear yours down by your hand... there's nowhere for it to slide. My statement was obviously for people - like the person I was speaking to - who wear it higher on the wrist. If bending the wrist causes a screenshot, it must be "loose" enough to slide down to your hand.
Obviously I know why it's screenshotting, those are not viable fixes. I'm wanting the option to disable screenshots, like the OP. Thus my interest and posting in this thread. That's the point of this thread, not your 'fixes', as everyone is different, people wear watches differently than you.
I get 2 days of battery before charging, btw.
Actually, your post wasn't so specific on who you were including in watch wearers, it wasn't 'obvious', unless we all think like you, which we don't. I was just showing that you were being a bit narrow minded with your statement.
It's not about how I wear a watch vs. how someone else wears a watch. It's simply about wearing the Watch so it functions as intended, and I was trying to offer some ideas to fix the issue now. Flavor Flav has been wearing his clocks around his neck most of his life, and I'm cool with that, but he'd probably have to conform to wearing the Apple Watch correctly, too.
Here are some how-to pics from the Apple Watch user guide:
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