[HN Gopher] Apple Watch or Don't Bother
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       Apple Watch or Don't Bother
        
       Author : samtheDamned
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2026-02-19 21:21 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | scblock wrote:
       | This rant has nothing of value in it. Don't waste your time
       | reading it. It tries to claim the only smartwatch that's any good
       | is the Apple Watch. When the author tries to address the obvious
       | counter of Garmin's smart watch products the only product
       | discussed is a strawman version of the large and expensive Fenix
       | 8, which leads me to believe they are ignorant of the broad smart
       | watch lineup which includes things like the Vivoactive and Venu,
       | which are absolutely smart watches first and fitness devices
       | second (so is the Fenix 8, in reality).
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       | And of course the Apple watch only syncs with Apple devices. So
       | also implied is iPhone or don't bother.
       | 
       | Don't bother with this blog post.
        
       | evanjrowley wrote:
       | Many legitimate grievances are described here, but I also have
       | trouble understanding what triggered this post today. I'm loving
       | the Pixel Watch 4. Maybe I am biased because I'm also on Google
       | Fi and have a Pixel phone. Battery life has been great compared
       | to the Pixel Watch 2. Using Google Maps and WhatsApp from the
       | watch is quite convenient. The only pain points have been
       | swapping Gemini for Google Assistant and the fact that Signal
       | does not support WearOS.
        
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