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Apple Watch was much less than 90% baked on launch IMO. But old-fashioned iterations obviously has work very well for it.

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It was good enough and getting notifications on your watch so you don’t have to pull out your phone is probably the top reason people get an Apple Watch. That’s the reason I wear mine. Only thing that was flawed with the first version is that it wasn’t waterproof.

>It was good enough and getting notifications on your watch so you don’t have to pull out your phone is probably the top reason people get an Apple Watch. That’s the reason I wear mine.

That's the reason I bought mine and is also the reason I stopped wearing it 2 years later in favor of my old Timex and Casio combo. Now I'm mentally and emotionally way more at ease, plus, those watches look cooler.

Having access to notifications on my writs and being always connected felt cool and novel in the beginning, now it feels like hell.

I'm curious if there's other people who also upgraded to a dumb watch?

>Having access to notifications on my writs and being always connected felt cool and novel in the beginning, now it feels like hell.

There is an option to if you swipe down to turn off all notifications when you do not want them, or you can schedule it.

Yes obviously, duh I know, but I just don't want notifications at all anymore.

I went from Apple Watch/Fitbit to Casios and mechanical watches, too. I remember when Microsoft Band first came out their commercial was showing people checking notifications in many scenarios, including with friends and family. I was like, yuck, I absolutely don't want to be distracted in these situations. A truly smart watch should actually do the opposite: block notifications when it can tell you're with family.

Can you explain the combo? You wear two watches at once?

lol, no. It means I switch between the two depending on occasion and mood. The Casio is my daily driver to the office and the Timex is my outdoor/workout watch.

I think Apple Watch was a far safer bet. Wrist watches have been a thing for a long time. It's pretty clear that people would enjoy even basic functionality on their wrist.

Very true. I started down the rabbit hole of Casio, Timex and Seiko after borrowing my wife's 1st-gen Apple Watch for a few days.

I think there's a difference between "90% baked" and "in retrospect, didn't have features it's most commonly used for now."

I mean, iPhone didn't have 3G or the ability to run third-party apps at launch, but nobody could credibly claim it was only 90% baked in 2007.

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