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Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.

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[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (17 children)

I think "full blown" smart watches like the Apple Watch and Samsung Gear are largely a waste of money. I always considered getting one, but always read the largely "meh" or negative reviews from them. When I got my Galaxy S23 Ultra Verizon said I could get the Gear 5 for "free" I just had to pay $5/month for LTE service. The thing lasts about 15 hours on a single charge, it's damn near impossible to type anything on, I've never used it to make or receive a phone call, the fitness tracking is nice, but unless you're a hardcore athlete/gym rat you don't really need it, and the sleep tracking is nice, but once again not really that useful. After about a year of using it, I'm largely over it.

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Garmin vivomove.

Analog face, and a wee display that tells you whether you want to look at your phone when it buzzes. Counts steps and stuff if you're into that. Week of battery (still 5-7 days after like 5-6 years of owning mine). Perfect daily wear.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

+1 for Garmin!! I've got 2 Fenix watches and they're so important to me I'd be lost without them.

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The vivomove is my daily, but for many outdoor activities I'd be literally lost without the GPS forerunner!

Also they seem to be one of the lesser evils for those who care about personal data collection and brokerage.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I got the Lily, seems like one of the cheaper ones but ditto to pretty much everything you said here!

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