I began to tackle a project here yesterday to replace one of the posts that is rotting out on my elevated deck. This is a real PITA of a job because that 12' tall 6x6 post goes through a ground level deck and then is buried 3 feet deep down to a concrete footer. So, I take the ground level deck apart to get access and start digging with a digging bar and then a post hole digger to scoop out the dirt. My Watch pings, I look down and see it is about to dial a SOS call. I hit the "I am alright" button and then it asks me "did you fall"? After the third time I just took the watch off. LOL.
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I don't dig (with) Apple Watch ;-)
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The AW is proving to be just a shiny toybox you wear on your wrist. It doesn't do anything that a phone can't do and what it does do is just, well, waste time. Toss the watch and get a quality timepiece. A phone requires less attention and is much more useful and versatile.
Do you own an AW? Have had mine since December and it has let me know that I was in AFIB- atrial fibrillation. I arrived at the local ER at 4 am because I had difficulty breathing. I was not sick and have no know medical problems.
After being hooked up to the machines, a very attractive blond female doctor looked up and said "Sir, you are in AFIB, we need to send you to the hospital". After arriving and going strait to my room, I was impressed, a cardiologist came in and explained everything to me. I ordered the AWU the next day. Two days later I was hooked up to a metal vest, knocked out and had a cardioversion procedure. AFIB was gone.
Ten days later, AFIB returned. The Apple Watch earned its cost again. I arrived at the hospital for a catheter ablation, a four hour procedure that cleared the AFIB again. Going on four months, I check my ECG every day. What a unique watch.
Unless you have used it, this toy box that doesn't do anything a phone can't do, is a bit misleading.
And when you’re done ditching your Apple Watch toss out your iPhone. With a landline you won’t have low battery problems, weak signals, or need updates. Get yourself a quality princess phone.
it’s all just common sense.
it’s all just common sense.
Rotary Phones FTW.
Can probably ditch the tablet/pc/laptop too and go back to pen and paper.
Can probably ditch the tablet/pc/laptop too and go back to pen and paper.
Unless you don’t want to carry a every growing in size phone with you?
If I’m doing construction I don’t have anything in my pockets and for sure don’t have any watches or rings on…that can turn out poorly
There is some truth to that its "a solution to a problem that doesn't exist." However I like watches, and with a face changing app, I can wear a different watch every day - there is that even if you don't use all the "smart" functions.
I use the health and sleep tracking, so that part is useful to me. I have all the notifications off, and I don't use it for messages or checking email. Its nice to have in a pinch though.
I use the health and sleep tracking, so that part is useful to me. I have all the notifications off, and I don't use it for messages or checking email. Its nice to have in a pinch though.
I mean, it's just a yes or no thing, and you should be able to disable fall detection in the settings anyways.
It is only an Apple Watch. How would you expect it to know the difference in a sudden stop from post hole digging from a fall?
Think about it.
Think about it.
Even more granular, you can have it on, off, or on during exercise.
It's odd that Graham didn't know that.
Obviously the Apple Watch is not for you. I've had plenty of "quality timepieces" as my father was a watchmaker and I've been in the jewelry business for 35 years. I happen to prefer the Apple Watch to my "quality timepieces" as it's much more informative and is a lot more useful than a plain ol' watch.
I had basically stopped wearing watches until the Apple Watch came out as I had the time on my phone and no longer needed a watch. Now I can go without my phone and use my "toybox" for everything I need without a bulky phone in my pocket.
I have no use for a shiny piece of jewelry that only tells the time on my wrist as a status symbol. But hey! You do you.
We have our own style and opinions.
Buy a Rolex. You’ll feel important, look cool, and be blissfully unaware of the totally overpriced mediocrity of the thing on your wrist.
I had a Rolex, Breitling, Tag, and others. Sold all but one, no need for them anymore. Since I bought the Apple Watch back at the S3 launch It's off my wrist maybe 12 days a year.
I’ve taken to just carrying an hour glass around. That traditional watch was just a waste of time.