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Don't forget that reviewers are trying to drive traffic to their respective sites. If they all said "Its great, no problems", they wouldn't attract any attention. Therefore, they all have to find something unique to complain about.
 
So far, nobody came up with an idea for an #⌚️ app that would make everyone say "Wow! That's genius! Never thought about it! Would be amazing!" It's because there's no such idea. Everything that could possibly be cool and amazing, already exists on smartphone. The #⌚️ is merely a Bluetooth auxiliary display for iPhone. I don't think smartwatches have any amazing potential as fantasizers dream it up to be. I stopped wearing my [most advanced yet] smartwatch after 6 months and returned back to my super cheap, but trusty Casio:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1863347/

You might as we'll have said there is nothing left to invent. Smart watches should form their own identity and offer functions that require arm or hand movements much like the Myo arm band does. A smart watch should be able to assist with learning to play a musical instrument by estimating hand/finger placement as well as monitoring sound. They could be used for alerting a driver when they exceed the speed limit. Measuring objects by recording two different points and the straight line distance between them. How about a smoke detector that alerts you by vibration?

I appreciate they are not merely apps, but they should be in my opinion, the future of wrist based technology (which should also tell the time).
 
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