Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

  • forrest@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    i bought a P-Watch due to the circular aesthetic, have been wearing mine since release. it’s “OK” but last week i fell on my bicycle and scratched up the watch face pretty badly, so QUITE annoying that there is no repair program.

    doesn’t matter though, switching to a classic Cassio watch soon anyways. “Smart Watches” aren’t that helpful for me, ultimately i don’t understand the appeal. it’s just PHONE ON WRIST, seems like another way to “PLUG INTO THE MATRIX”

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      I don’t wear mine anymore really, but the use case for it for me was to see notifications quickly and easily without taking my attention away from whoever I am with. You can quickly just glance at your watch to see if the text/phone call/email is important or not and then just twist your wrist to dismiss.

      • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        I used to think I had to decide if I wanted to reply to a notification immediately.

        Besides my smart doorbell notification and actual phone calls everything else can wait an hour until I finish what I’m doing. And for those two exceptions they have special vibration patterns in my pocket.

        Don’t be that guy who has to reply to notifications immediately

        • saunjay1@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Not all notifications need replying to, and it’s sometimes nice to have them be glanceable. I don’t use a smartwatch per say, the battery life on them suck, but my Garmin watch still has some of the same general functionality along with the fitness stuff I mostly have it for. Plus underrated feature for me is using it to ring my phone when I can’t find it ha

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          1 year ago

          The point is I don’t feel the need to reply to almost any notification immediately. There are emergencies that can’t wait sometimes though.

    • Ejh3k@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I wear my smart watch exclusively at work because when I’m on or around heavy machinery, I need to know if that little alert was something important or not. Otherwise I’d be checking my phone every five minutes. But I don’t have to stop or slow down to check my wrist.

    • Secret@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Never understood the appeal of Dick Tracey’s phone watch, still don’t understand them now that the are real.