What most closely describes your view of smartwatches?

I tried a basic one, and found it more annoying than useful. I'm not a luddite, but I'm not trying to make my life more monitored and connected either.

I suspect some people have actually gone through all 4 viewpoints over time.

I’m one of the folks who got an Apple Watch early and burnt out on it as a smart watch and wanted a more traditional watch to better distance myself from the notifications on my phone. They’re really great tools for a lot of people I just don’t want to wear one anymore.

I always have my phone with me, so I don't see the use for it... I can't be asked to put it on charge every couple of days and I would find it annoying to constantly distract me with notifications, but I do see how it could be useful for easy payments, using maps on the go or listening to music while running and you don't have your phone...

What’s funny is if you took an Apple watch and replaced the logo with Casio, enthusiasts would love it

Whilst I marked up D I actually wear a thin fitbit on my other wrist as a fitness tracker. It doesn't get used as a smart watch per-se and even this is the 3rd in c5 years as its predecessors have either been replaced on failure either in or out of warranty.

I assume they found themselves in landfill

Probably not due to appalling battery life. Most Casios go for years between battery changes

That’s a good point. Now I want to design a watch box with chargers in the pillows

There would be a market, chargers on some and winders on the others

I was at a company all hands meeting ~80 people and if they had a watch on it was an Apple Watch. Dark mirrors just lifeless.

They are great for somethings. Example elderly who live alone, if the watch has fall detection and can call emergency services. My mother-in-law fell on a walk and was pretty badly hurt, the watch called 911 so she got medical treatment quickly. This is the stuff they are good for. Now both my mother and mother-in-law have them for the safety they provide.

G-shock has you covered with a new 5xxx smartwatch

I use my Fitbit Versa exclusively as a workout/cycling tracker; so more than occasionally, but I guess B.

I’m interested in this as a replacement though:

I used to wear Pebble, but after Pebble's server got shot down, then I didn't see the appeal of buying a new from a different brand, so I went with Casio instead.

I wear a Garmin Fenix 7 during daily exercise, so I voted for occasional wear. But, I am not sure if a Garmin counts as a smartwatch, especially since I use an iPhone and only Apple Watches really integrate into the Apple ecosystem.

It is disposable electronics.

I get it why most do. Personally I don't want to be tethered to another phone/message system at all times. Plus can't wear them some places.

I will say that I DEFINITELY do like wearing my Shot Scope while on the course. Besides some minor swing corrections, this is the main reason Ive been able to improve over the last two years.

Had an Apple Watch once, wasn’t fussed. It was tasty though 😀

Health data is the next oil, the most valuable commodity that will be traded. Apple will be in a position to data mine health information of billions of records and serve as a knowledge base for AI to determine if you should be allowed to spend your (CBDC) USD at the liquor store on Friday. Or get BBQ for lunch.

I wear one during the week for work and for mountain biking. I work outdoors and being able to screen messages and calls from my wrist is surprisingly convenient.

The vibrating alarm is excellent and helps me get up in the morning. Just bedtime use. Also allows me to change the volume on the music I fall asleep to.

But daytime? Traditional watch, be it auto or quartz.

I land somewhere between C and D. They are definitely not for me and I don't understand how other people can be conned into buying a device that is a redundancy of a device in their pocket. Now the heart monitoring and workout stuff I understand, but for me it's not worth wearing one instead of a watch that I admire and enjoy wearing. I guess my wrist is way too valuable real estate to give up for something that does not meet my needs.

I was a day one Apple Watch wearer. I had a few of the iterations and even bought the ULTRA Apple Watch. I think they are great. But I enjoyed it more when I was wearing the first one, because at that time people were saying they would fail and no one was wearing them (I knew they would be a success though) I just got tired of the “sameness” of EVERYONE wearing one now. I felt like a clone, rather than a trailblazer. But they are a fantastic tool, great replacement of my phone.

I'm a double wrister. But I'm not going to stay that way. This thing was expensive and I want the fitness tracking I get from it. But I do find the notifications have grown weary, and I find I usually leave my smartwatch in theater mode where it stays dark and silent. When the battery dies down enough, I'm probably going to replace it with a corner ring or something.

I still have my Samsung Fit2, but I found I was "gaming" the health tracking stuff, and was annoyed by the notifications.

I figured I'd just try to be more active, and not worry about heart rate or step counts... 99% of my notifications were fluff, so I had no need to stay on top of them either.

I go to the gym 3 times a week and occasionally run, in these activities and for sleep tracking and for a vibrating alarm in the morning I find smartwatches or activity trackers very useful and helpful.

I do though wish there was a screenless Fitbit or Xiaomi or Samsung device. Ages ago there was the Jawbone Up device but it was discontinued.

A screenless tracker would fit well with my priority of wearing mechanical watches.

I wear an Apple Watch during my training sessions 6 times a week. This thing controls the heart rate and the blood oxygen level AND (the most important part) it streams music! For sports it's unbeatable, imo. That said, directly after a refreshing shower I'm wearing a "real" watch. 😊

I ware an oura ring, it matches my watches and had all the smart functions of a smart watch.

Best of both worlds

With all due respect to all users, IMHO, it is a privacy and security nightmare. Yes, mobile phones (and countless apps), and all are connected devices, are too. But, this device tracks and stores your real-time, private, and personal physical health data, even if you supposedly didn't opt in for public cloud storage. Secondly, there's real value in not always being online, being unreachable for a while, taking time off from anyone or any addicting device, and not being overly dependent on devices.