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Aren't all smart watches just e-waste? Always found them ridiculously redundant and wasteful. I mean my gshock is still on the same battery after 11 years and it's still precise, has a calendar, alarm clocks, timers, backlighting and went through hell and back. I used to swim and take showers without taking it off, crawling in a desert, all sorts of abuse with not even a scratch.
I've got a Pebble and an original recipe Vivoactive. They're both workin' perfectly fine after all these years, battery lasts about 5 days because I have the GPS, schedule/alarms, and messaging enabled.
Once the pebble battery becomes a spicy pillow, I'll replace it. I swim, shower, everything with these watches. They've both been through hell and back, and I think there's a small scuff on one of them, at most.
not OP but I still don't understand instead of turning your wrist, just pulling out your phone for the same if not better features
It's not always easy to pull out your phone, especially if you're sitting. You don't always have free hands. Your phone isn't always on your person. Stuff like that. Also, it's really nice to, at a glance, see what the notification is and know that you don't even have to bother pulling out your phone.