How do you feel about smart watches ?

I think it isnt polite to refuse gifts, even if you think they suck. I don't own a smart watch but I think they have the potential to be a handy piece of technology.
 
Nixelplix said:
I think it isnt polite to refuse gifts, even if you think they suck. I don't own a smart watch but I think they have the potential to be a handy piece of technology.
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She perfectly understood, and knows that my brother who would probably love it just had a birthday on the 11th.

This is the only time I have refused a gift, and I'd rather be honest and let it go to someone else who would love it than accept it and have to lie and or pretend I use it though I've actually given it away.
 
Nixelplix said:
I think it isnt polite to refuse gifts, even if you think they suck. I don't own a smart watch but I think they have the potential to be a handy piece of technology.
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Exactly.Hardly seems worth being rude to one's grandmother about. :thumbsdown:Guess I may have more of an "old timey sensibility/ethic" than the OP does.

That said, I don't even own a smart phone.

But...these FitBit things I can see...many health insurance plans include incentives for tracking your steps and sleep....so one could be handy.

Or a smart watch for listening to music/podcasts o_O...do they have storage? BlueTooth?
 
Personally, I would be tickled if someone offered me a smart watch as a gift. Even if I didn’t have a use for it, I probably would have accepted it just to have as a keep sake since it came from someone special like a grandparent.
 
I think the fact the gift was a forgotten gift and timing allowed it to go to someone who would appreciate it more it worked out fine in this situation but I would generally agree that turning down a gift is bad form.
 
marcinek said:
Exactly.Hardly seems worth being rude to one's grandmother about. :thumbsdown:Guess I may have more of an "old timey sensibility/ethic" than the OP does.

That said, I don't even own a smart phone.

But...these FitBit things I can see...many health insurance plans include incentives for tracking your steps and sleep....so one could be handy.

Or a smart watch for listening to music/podcasts o_O...do they have storage? BlueTooth?
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You don't know my grandmother, she did not find my honesty rude at all.
I made it perfectly clear that I really appreciated the thought, and how much I cherished the gift I did get.
There was also a second forgotten gift, an expandable garden hose which I'll most certainly use to water my roses.

I feel it's better to be honest with people as it does no good to lie and pretend to like something.
They may find out down the road you lied to them and did not use the gift like you claim, this is worse than just being honest with them.
 
PirateSeulb said:
I think the fact the gift was a forgotten gift and timing allowed it to go to someone who would appreciate it more it worked out fine in this situation but I would generally agree that turning down a gift is bad form.
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I do not like to turn down a gift either , but this was a different circumstance.
I had already gotten a primary gift on Christmas which I love and will use daily forever, and there was a second forgotten gift which I happily excepted and will use daily.
 
I think smartwatches are just like any other 'smart' technology: they are really only as smart as the person using it.

Which is to say that if the owner of a smartwatch doesn't use it for anything more than telling the time, then it's not really a 'smart' watch at all, but that's not the watch's fault. A smart watch is an incredible piece of technology that has the ability to greatly enhance certain people's daily life, but only if that person has the need for what the watch offers; otherwise it's just another expensive piece of tech being used as nothing more than a clock with a logo and a charging port.

I would certainly use a smart watch if given to me as a gift, and it would be a most generous gift at that, but I have yet to invest in one for myself as I don't see myself as someone who'd take full advantage of the perks that one would offer me.
 
I have yet to see a smart watch that really does anything useful for me. I would rather pull out my phone than try to read on a postage stamp size screen.

I bought my wife an iWatch, and she eventually got rid of it. It's just not particularly useful.
 
I used a smart watch for awhile. My intent was to use it to check messages, etc., that come across my phone while at work. I am a lawyer, and often in meetings, pulling out a phone isn't always something I can do. What I quickly learned is what Bush, Sr., learned during the debates, looking at your watch when you are supposed to be focused on something else isn't acceptable either. All the watch does is move the haptic from your phone to your wrist. I found that annoying. It was easier to ignore on my phone than on my wrist. So, to my teen the smart watch went (he loves gadgets). The lesson I learned is that somethings, like the watch or say the knife, haven't really been improved yet.
 
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marcinek said:
Exactly.Hardly seems worth being rude to one's grandmother about. :thumbsdown:Guess I may have more of an "old timey sensibility/ethic" than the OP does.

That said, I don't even own a smart phone.

But...these FitBit things I can see...many health insurance plans include incentives for tracking your steps and sleep....so one could be handy.

Or a smart watch for listening to music/podcasts o_O...do they have storage? BlueTooth?
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His Grandma is cooler than he is. :D
 
Peruna1998 said:
I used a smart watch for awhile. My intent was to use it to check messages, etc., that come across my phone while at work. I am a lawyer, and often in meetings, pulling out a phone isn't always something I can do. What I quickly learned is what Bush, Sr., learned during the debates, looking at your watch when you are supposed to be focused on something else isn't acceptable either. All the watch does is move the haptic from your phone to your wrist. I found that annoying. It was easier to ignore on my phone than on my wrist. So, to my teen the smart watch went (he loves gadgets). The lesson I learned is that somethings, like the watch or say the knife, haven't really been improved yet.
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I would agree.
In my opinion the digital alarm chronograph is probably the last true technological improvement to watches, and some may not even consider that an improvement.
( I like having the date and will use the alarm or timer...ect on occasion )

I can see why people like smart watches and am sure they're not going away, they have a place just not on my wrist.
 
Stelth said:
To me the "smart watch" is just an update of the geeky calculator watches of the 80s. My phone can do what a smart watch does and more. My Seiko Monster does everything I want a watch to do: time, date, day, looks cool, and is waterproof. The bonus is it never needs batteries.
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Hickory n steel said:
For me I mostly use my phone for YouTube videos and forums, to take pictures for forums, and to look up information.
Of course it's a phone and I do call people but i may only make one phone call a day, and texting is rare for me.
Based on this IdI say a smart watch would not benifit me at all, and beyond that I think they look stuped.
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Here's my smart watch with my Pirate Jack it's 100M water proof doesn't look like a calculator watch and IMHO doesn't stupid. I have mechanical watches (Breitling, Omega, Tissot, and Rolex) none are super high end and I love them all but when I moved back to then states I only brought my smart watch and my Timex

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Because in the end that's $900 combined and I'm not nice to my stuff and all but my Pepsi Rolex were engraved gifts and there's no sense in ruining them.

As much as I'll defend unique smart watches my next purchase will be a Sinn 756
 
I'can see their usefulness for some, but it a smart watch still needs you smart phone to push to it for most things, and costs just as much. Personally, I don't need more networked tech attached to me (and I like techie things).

But on a deeper level, I still like an actual, proper watch. There's just something cool, classic, and timeless (no pun intended) about an analog timepiece on your wrist - even a cheap one.
 
jaseman said:
I'can see their usefulness for some, but it a smart watch still needs you smart phone to push to it for most things, and costs just as much. Personally, I don't need more networked tech attached to me (and I like techie things).

But on a deeper level, I still like an actual, proper watch. There's just something cool, classic, and timeless (no pun intended) about an analog timepiece on your wrist - even a cheap one.
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I definitely agree about the timeless appeal of regular watches

Btw I don't think the cost is necessarily high anymore, I'm pretty sure the smart watch my grandmother bought was purchased inexpensively directly from China off of Wish.com.
If they're aren't actually inexpensive ones available then that would mean this " smart watch " she bought is probably just one of those fitness trackers.
I wouldn't put it past her to be mistaken about what she was buying.
 
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