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Poll: Are you opposed to smartwatches because bluetooth has to be enabled?

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I didn't think of this yet and I had hoped there was wifi and not bluetooth - but in the end I don't think this would be a deciding factor, despite me having Bluetooth off since I first had a laptop that had it (2004). Addendum: I am not particularly interested in smartwatches, but I wouldn't mind one.

Wifi would certainly drain the battery much more than Bluetooth Low Energy.

A lot of people hate having bluetooth enabled because it enables another potential tracking vector.

i'm not a fan of smartwatches since it feels like a toy and i don't see a lot of practical use out of it

No. Watch is typically used as a piece of jewellery, so it should look like one. I'm yet to see a good-looking smartwatch.

Moreover, idea of a watch that needs to be recharged every two days is ridiculous. A quartz watch can go for months on a single battery.

And in exchange for frequent recharges one basically gets nothing that couldn't be done with a smartphone. It's not like smartwatch allows playing with software-defined radio, which is the case for Texas Instruments.

FYI a Pebble can go 7-10 days and it charges pretty quickly and does quite well for a smartwatch.

I like to think of watches as being function first since I don't wear jewelry, but some people have different opinions here.

People said that charging your mobile phone each day was ridiculous too, but now we all do it. Besides, I wind my mechanical watch each day - that's never been a problem.

Obviously, whether you like the look of current smartwatches is your view, but lots of people - including those in the watch world - are praising Apple Watch for aesthetics and build quality. There are some nice looking watches on the Android Wear side coming out too, although I question the choice of circular display.

Here's the Apple Watch next to a Patek Philippe perpetual calendar, arguably one of the finest watches in the world. Honestly, whilst it will never match such a classic, it stands up pretty well.

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