Phantom vibrations

[MarcW]

I'm starting to occasionally feel haptic vibrations on my wrist even though there weren't any and there are no new notifications.

Now that you've read this, you're next

 

[The Doctor11]

I have noticed it but I think its just that I hit the band and I mistake it for a tap.

 

[simonx314]

I get this too whenever my wrist bumps into something. While driving, bumps in the road cause my wrist to jiggle and I get a sensation exactly like a Watch notification. Slightly annoying as I have to check my Watch to know if it was a phantom or a real vibration.

 

[Sparkeze]

I was just thinking about this. When I'm driving, I often have my left hand on the wheel and I frequently feel it tap, even though it didn't, and earlier when I was typing away on my MacBook I kept thinking I felt it tap.

 

[Sphyrna]

They can join my phantom vibrations from my phone. There are times I could swear I felt my phone vibrate but look and nothing new has come through.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I'm starting to occasionally feel haptic vibrations on my wrist even though there weren't any and there are no new notifications.

Now that you've read this, you're next

Sounds like you might be wearing your watch too tight and it is putting your hand to sleep!

 

[mightyjabba]

They can join my phantom vibrations from my phone. There are times I could swear I felt my phone vibrate but look and nothing new has come through.

I used to get that quite a bit myself. Particularly when driving, since the car can cause some unrelated vibration. At least with the watch it's much easier to check.

 

[BeyondtheTech]

I was getting phantom vibrations since the 24th, then I realized my WATCH ships in June.



Just kidding, I think that's why they went with the haptic vibration. They're not buzzes that we've been used to for years on pagers to flip phones to smartphones, but actual taps on your wrist that are quite distinctive.

 

[mightyjabba]

Just kidding, I think that's why they went with the haptic vibration. They're not buzzes that we've been used to for years on pagers to flip phones to smartphones, but actual taps on your wrist that are quite distinctive.

To be honest, they feel a lot more like vibrations than I had been led to believe from the whole "tapping" thing.

 

[Subdiv]

To be honest, they feel a lot more like vibrations than I had been led to believe from the whole "tapping" thing.

On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte said pretty much the same thing.

 

[fischersd]

To be honest, they feel a lot more like vibrations than I had been led to believe from the whole "tapping" thing.

Phantom vibrations are no joke - they're a pain in the butt! Used to get them years ago when I work a BlackBerry on my hip. (yeah, yeah, keep your jabs to yourselves)

That could be a huge drawback - causing that interface to become really undesirable!

 

[nmplains]

#phantomhapticsyndrome noticed this yesterday glad I'm not the only one!