It’s not just the Apple Watch, this happens in *every* single thread that someone says “They’re bored” with the iPhone, iPad, MacBook, etc. It’s all tech devices, I think consumers generally find the appeal when they first see a new product, and then they become accustomed to it after using for a while, now it’s boring to them. Someone will make a thread next year at this time stating they are bored with their Series 4, it will be a vicious cycle because that’s the nature of how tech is, until it’s superseded by the next bug thing.
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Bored with Apple Watch?
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That is exactly what I want to do as well when the time comes. Knowing that it loses time over a given period and the maintenance / upkeep is a hassle, but just knowing you have a watch or it could be any other artifact for that matter that can be passed on to tell a great story about how it came about and how it can be seen as a family heirloom of some sort. Not sure if that matters to you or if you're in that type of thing, but I appreciate it for what it is.
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I agree. Watches are first and foremost a device that tells time and choosing what you buy when it comes to the low end of the spectrum or to the high end or to the niche end of things will only satisfy the owner and no one else. Watch aficionado's appreciate it for what it is and I feel like the more you appreciate it, the more desire there is to buy a piece that's unique.
I still love mine. Infact I don't think I could cope having an iPhone without a apple watch. It's a need.
I agree, happens every time. They don't understand how tech is always evolving and can't accept that fact.
- Well, in one way I am bored with my Watch, but mostly it's not Apple's fault. When the iPhone came out there began a veritable flood of third-party apps. They helped sell the phone, the phone helped sell the apps, and the whole package took off like a skyrocket. It was (and still is) especially exciting because developers have been so imaginative in dreaming up uses for the iPhone that probably never crossed the mind of its original designers.
- For reasons I dont understand nothing of the kind has happened with the Watch. Comparatively speaking, there are very few third-party apps and, yes, they mostly bore the crap out of me. Mostly, they have no capacity to surprise and delight. Developers haven't figured out how to make the Watch break out of its original mould of being so narrowly aimed at the physical fitness crowd, largely to the exclusion of all the rest of the human spectrum. With one single exception they don't make the Watch do anything new and different that excites me (the single honorable exception is that team of cardiologists who figured how to use the Watch to detect certain kinds of irregular heartbeat, pointing the way to the use of the Watch as a serious medical device. (Only problem is that its interface is so complex that you need an inch-thick manual to help you interpret what its graphics are trying to tell you. Simplify, simplify.) That one does grab my imagination. At the moment, thank God, I don't especially need this new function, but it's a comfort knowing that its going to be there if and when I do. I just wish there more equally clever people out there thinking of how the Watch's usefulness could be extended in other directions as well.
- Oh yes, I need to add that within a week of buying the Watch I was bored out of my skull by its very limited range of face options and since its original release there are a handful more such options but none I consider to be better than the original offerings. And that I do blame on Apple. Witness the huge variety of faces available for other makes of smartwatch, there's a huge reservoir of third-party cleverness and creativity out there just begging to be unleashed. If Apple would let it happen. But it doesn't. If Jony Ives doesn't like it, we don't get it. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner that guy is gone and ceases to exercise his one-man power to dictate all of Apple's limited, sometimes boring and occasionally downright bad design choices, the better for us all.
- Sorry about the numbered paragraphs. I don't know what I did to make them start and I have no idea how to make them stop.
I'm not so bored with mine. I just want to wear my other non smart watches because I don't need to worry about charging batteries or being obsessed about making my daily goals.
My non smart watches are solar so if the battery charge gets low once a year, I stick it in a window for a few hours snd it's good for another year. They also sync to the time server nightly so they always have the correct time.
Today I stopped wearing my Apple watch about 4PM an put on one of my other watches. Variety is good. I'm thinking of getting another non smart watch soon.
My non smart watches are solar so if the battery charge gets low once a year, I stick it in a window for a few hours snd it's good for another year. They also sync to the time server nightly so they always have the correct time.
Today I stopped wearing my Apple watch about 4PM an put on one of my other watches. Variety is good. I'm thinking of getting another non smart watch soon.
I’m not educated enough about solar powered watches, but I think that be fascinating if the Apple Watch ever could perhaps be battery powered as the primary and also be solar powered as a back up method, or, Just be solar powered all together. And I’m not sure what kind of power drain there would be with LTE, GPS, screen brightness against something like solar power, but being how ‘Green efficient’ Apple is, you never know if they could venture with solar energy for the watch in the future.
I would say we are a long way from that becoming a reality. Quartz watches only draw a minute fraction of the power used by smartwatches and the batteries that are able to power them for up to ten years would probably struggle to keep the Apple Watch going for more than a few minutes. The charge cells in solar watches have even less capacity and generally power the watch for around 6-12 months so there needs to be a massive leap in the technology before it's ready to be incorporated into a smartwatch.
You only need to look at the size of solar phone chargers to see how far off the technology is.
Some people are easily bored with anything. They think everything is made for entertaining but most things are just tools. It’s like getting bored with a screwdriver or hammer. Those are not boring but tools and exist to serve a certain purpose.
People who get easily bored suffer from over-entertainment or puberty or both
People who get easily bored suffer from over-entertainment or puberty or both
What the above poster said. People getting bored of tools is simple naiveté of youth or else failure to thrive into adulthood.
Lol, or else it could just be that tech isn’t for them.
Apple Watch is not designed to entertain you, it’s designed to help your already productive self. If you aren’t that already it WILL still try to motivate you and make your productive! But it cannot move you, only you can.
Lol, or else it could just be that tech isn’t for them.
Apple Watch is not designed to entertain you, it’s designed to help your already productive self. If you aren’t that already it WILL still try to motivate you and make your productive! But it cannot move you, only you can.
Cant say I'm bored with mine, but I definitely don't use it to it's full potential. I have the LTE version but I can count on one hand how many times I've left my phone home and gone out with just my watch. The added storage is nice on the LTE but I'd be just as happy with a GPS version.
You are able to feel excited precisely because you are no longer bored. If you were always excited, you would be miserable and unfulfilled. Being bored affords us the opportunity to become excited.
As for the device itself—it is a utility. It delivers notifications, it shows the time, it displays various configurable bits of information, it tracks fitness, and it facilitates communication. It was exciting in 2015 because all of that was on our wrist for the first time. As I've grown older I have learned that nearly everything is exciting at first. Even if something disappoints you, your brain is still stimulated one way or the other which causes some level of excitement and triggers a dopamine release simply because it was a new experience. Just because something is no longer exciting, doesn't mean you can no longer derive enjoyment from something or that it is no longer useful. I can't imagine many truly happy people spend their life chasing excitement.
As for the device itself—it is a utility. It delivers notifications, it shows the time, it displays various configurable bits of information, it tracks fitness, and it facilitates communication. It was exciting in 2015 because all of that was on our wrist for the first time. As I've grown older I have learned that nearly everything is exciting at first. Even if something disappoints you, your brain is still stimulated one way or the other which causes some level of excitement and triggers a dopamine release simply because it was a new experience. Just because something is no longer exciting, doesn't mean you can no longer derive enjoyment from something or that it is no longer useful. I can't imagine many truly happy people spend their life chasing excitement.
If you're looking for an electronic product that regularly excites you, then no watch is going to do that. Watches impart specific information with limited interactivity. If you're looking for a round watch, that's never going to be the Apple Watch, because a round format is less than ideal for imparting the information available on an Apple Watch. If you're looking for more watch faces, etc., that's something most of us probably would like to see from Apple, but Apple is never going to allow their product to be a watch face free-for-all.
For what it does, though, I would suggest the Apple Watch is best in class and that its design is incredibly good for its intended purpose.
For what it does, though, I would suggest the Apple Watch is best in class and that its design is incredibly good for its intended purpose.
Hey guys. Recently I've come to the conclusion that I'm kind of bored with my Apple Watch. Just wondering if anyone else is? Actually, I was also wondering if anyone had switched to a Wear OS device, and what that was like in terms of device capabilities/function/form as well as on the software side.
I got my first Apple Watch on launch day - April 24, 2015 - and I thought it was great. I got the Stainless Steel 42mm with a Milanese Loop band, and after that got several Sport Bands as well as a Stainless Steel Link band. That first AW was great, but SLOW ... so I upgraded to an AW3 (also 42mm, SS) last December - it was a terrific upgrade! The watch is much more responsive, faster, etc.
That said, it's still a rectangular, black THING on my wrist, 95% of the time. Right now, for example, as I type this post, I'm looking at a blank, black screen - after several upgrades to the internals, Apple still hasn't managed to come up with even a reduced functionality always-on display! Lame. The watch faces are BORING, in my opinion, and irritating (no seconds displayed on most of the digital clock faces, limited customization options, etc) and third-party apps still take ages to load (or are no longer available in the first place) ... Meanwhile, I see pictures of Wear OS devices that look like actual watches (round displays) with extensive watch face customization and options (granted, 99% look like garbage, to me) and always-on displays, with longer battery life, etc ... I don't know. It's beginning to look like it would be nice to switch.
So I guess I was wondering if anyone else had already done so, and if so, what your thoughts are! Thanks.
So 99% of them look like garbage but you want to switch? And to say circular looks like a real watch, you are aware watches have come in a square/rectangular faces since watches have been around? I’ve preferred that style over round personally. The always on watchface doesn’t make sense to me and never has, I’ve never seen a person stare at their watch, let alone a mechanical watch in perpetuity. The only reason people want always on is because a mechanical watch is always showing, but only looked at when you need the time. So always on, really is that needed? So you want your watch to shine while at a movie, or when you’re trying to get your little ones to bed (if you have any). No, and I know people can say theater mode (which most don’t even use because they either don’t know or want to know), and half the people I’ve met that have one use barely any of its capabilities. When others with one ask me how I use it, they all seemed surprised with all I do with mine. Usually with a reply “you can do that?”. Do you even use the Watch for anything other than time and maybe a notification here and there? I had the original and loved it, even with its flaws back then I controlled my Nest thermostat, Sonos gear and my August lock. Now with my Nike+ Watch Series 3 with cellular I use it for runs with my AirPods, can send and reply to messages away from my phone at work, take calls away from my phone, control HomeKit devices from anywhere, track taking of my immunosuppressants, pay for things with it even while away from my phone, and the same functions I used with my original. I don’t think you’re “bored”, I think you lost the excitement that you get with any new purchase. Then you get used to it. If you’re using it as basically a watch with notifications here and there, maybe investigate other ways it can be used.
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I also think 14 day return policy to use the Apple Watch extensively should be plenty of time to find out if somebody really does appreciate all the capabilities the Watch has to offer, even if you don’t use every feature the Apple Watch has, someone should have a decent idea if it’s a device that they would want to keep or not, which Apple even suggest that buyers take advantage of the 14 day policy.
What are some other mechanicals that you have in your collection?
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What other mechanicals do you own? Which auto winder do you use and do you have any recommendations as to which work well?
So I've ordered a 44mm SS AW4 ... the refresh has got me excited about AW again. Still wish it had an always-on display and a watch face store, but a 30% larger display with more complications, and more advanced health features sounds good to me. I'm glad they updated the design a bit.
I bought an original original Apple Watch used, and after using it for about a year, I didn’t feel like I used it enough daily to justify owning one, so I sold it. I quickly realized how much I actually did use it. So I waited a few months and bought the Apple Watch 3. It was great but my screen kept coming off, even after a repair from Apple. I’ve been without one for a few months now and miss it. I preordered the 4th generation and I’m anxiously awaiting it.