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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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'Looks at perfectly functional Galaxy Watch 3 on my wrist'

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)

Pebble all over again.

I'm just not getting a smartwatch. I don't even trust Apple to keep supporting their watches after a couple of years.

Built-in obsolescence is bad enough. At the very least, these things should work until the hardware dies. Nope. Not anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I’m still using an Apple Watch 3 that I got in a bundle with my iPhone X from my telco.

I need to charge it twice a day for ~30 minutes each, but it’s still chugging along.

I think I’ll finally upgrade to the new generation this year, but at that point it will be 7 years old - which is commendable for tech.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Sure, but how long until Apple does a whole new OS for their watch and stops supporting the old watches that can't run it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

the watches still work fine with an old OS. my son uses my old watch gen 1. it just doesn't have all the new features or whatever

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