What cheeses me off

[love_the_life]

My Apple Watch needs to be charged daily

I know and it annoys the heck out of me (can get a day and a half mostly but charge every night anyway). The watch is linked to my other Apple products and is seamless just cough battery life.

 

[Quickstatus]

Whats the point of wearing a watch?

 

[VPS]

Whats the point of wearing a watch?

I like it so I don’t have to look at my phone all the time, especially if I’m out
It tracks my steps and I don’t always have a phone with me

The Apple Watch is great when you’re driving somewhere new because it vibrates differently for turning left or right

 

[jkbaus]

So bought Garmin Lily 2 on sale $348
I think it has an emergency function. Gotta finish setup.

Please let me know how you go.

I have a tiny arthritic wrist but would like smart watch functions including ability to use it to pay when out as well as fall alert for home.

Think I would have to carry my phone and link via Bluetooth.

I use pixel phone with prepaid sim.
Unfortunately telcos in Australia won't let me use a sim in a phone unless I am on a phone plan as well

 

[Pushka]

Whats the point of wearing a watch?

I wear a bracelet watch - citizen eco drive powered by sun and love it. Gave up wearing it a few years ago as its tiny but then got cataracts done and all is good again. Found it at the back of the drawer and forgotten about. Bought it on a cruise years ago. I had an Apple Watch, now it's been abandoned somewhere as I just found it too big. Rubbish battery.

 

[DejaBrew]

Latest gen Apple Watches are getting about 2 days’ worth of battery life with all the bells and whistles fully activated and functioning - even longer if you’re more selective about the features you use. 15 minutes on the charger gets you around 12 hours’ worth of additional battery life.

 

[JohnM]

Whats the point of wearing a watch?

I find it useful to tell me the time...

Seriously, though, I particularly like my Apple watch for making payments on EFTPOS machines. No messing about pulling my phone out of my pocket, a CC out of my wallet or keying a PIN; your identity on the watch is biometrically secured through your phone.

Also for quickly seeing the basics of emails and text messages without having to pull my phone out of my pocket.

 

[Katie]

Driving in the Brisbane storm yesterday afternoon, around 3pm, we'd left Manly and were heading for Wynnum Plaza to try to get undercover (we had been at the Manly Boathouse post family-only goodbyes before FIL was being cremated) and of the four passengers in my car, I had three all trying to give me driving instructions. At the same time.

Not only was I trying to get off the road with rain bucketing down, windscreen wipers on highest setting, wondering if hail would start belting us and potentially fly through the rear screen and kill my family members, but three flipping backseat drivers telling me what to do.

 

[dajop]

Seriously, though, I particularly like my Apple watch for making payments on EFTPOS machines. No messing about pulling my phone out of my pocket, a CC out of my wallet or keying a PIN; your identity on the watch is biometrically secured through your phone.

This is also useful public transport, works well on readers here in Singapore (or I did until it stopped working properly). The only thing I swapped from wearing my watch on the left hand to right hand, partly because the readers at train stations are on the right.

 

[n7of9]

WCMO - signed up for Britbox, cancelled with 24 hours. They charged me and are refusing a refund, even though they have 7 day free trial. They say the link I used did not include a trial period, even though all their advertising says they do. I asked for proof, they said they can't give it to me. Chargeback on MCard wants proof of cancellation...there is none, I cancelled from within my account. I am cheesed off!