besides fitness purposes I see absolutely no value to this trend. We just spent two generation moving away from wearing a wristwatch. I don’t see the mass potential to return.
Agree. Watches are dead.
I have a samsung smart watch. I’m not an early adopter of new technology in general. However, with a parent in the last months of her life, I had to be near my mobile phone for text updates/emergencies 24/7, so my husband bought me one for Christmas. It’s been incredibly helpful.
Being female, clothing with pockets is not standard like it is with males. I’d set my phone down and spend 10 minutes trying to find it. Now I can have my phone in my purse all day and just glance at my wrist when it buzzes to read a text. I don’t have to carry my phone from room to room at home or carry it in my hand when I’m out.
I can reply by voice on my wrist (if I’m home. If I did that in public I’d look like a moron. It’s ok to look like a moron at home.) If I get a call, I can answer if on my wrist (at home) or dig for my phone in my purse and answer it. Or ignore it. And best of all, if I can’t find my phone, I can make the watch signal the phone to ring - even if the phone’s ringer is off. It has a camera, a pedometer, a timer for my kid’s games, and will pop up calendar reminders if you sync it with your phone calendar.
Oh, it also tells the time and temp.