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Its hard for me to consider a smartwatch when my current watch is solar powered and I haven't had to change batteries for the last 8 years. Maybe when these can run on a charge for 2+ weeks at a time I might consider it.

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That's a completely different usecase though. You don't wear a smartwatch just to see the time. You wear it because it can do stuff for you outside of telling you the time.

The ability to tell time is enough alone. The varied selection of clockfaces to match my mood or clothing makes me prefer my huaweii smartwatch over a mechanical one. I don't use any special features.

Im confused. Isnt that the definition of a Smartphone? :P

But why would someone want a wristwatch when they could have a pocket watch?

> Isn't that [do stuff for you other than telling the time] the definition of a Smartphone?

The definition?

On my case, I already went through the first smartwatch wave in the 80's, so I don't see any value on the current one.

I see it as a way for mobile OES to sell more electronics, now that everyone and their dog owns a mobile phone and a tablet, and don't plan to buy news ones anytime soon.

RIP pebble.

My Seiko Kinetic is going on 15 years without a single charge and will probably do fine for many years to come. Also, I can just look at it to tell the time, no need to turn it on first!

I found an old Casio in a box a few years back, it must have been five or six years old but was still going strong and had the right time.

My huaweii smartwatch is always on. That, and being round instead of square, is the reason I bought it.

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