‘Looks at perfectly functional Galaxy Watch 3 on my wrist’

  • NutWrench@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Samsung switched from Tizen to WearOS literally 4 months after I got my Galaxy watch 2. That was annoying. $200 is way too much to spend on such a short-lived product.

    • BigPotato@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I mean, Fossil ended support for my Gen 5 a while back and… It still works. I mean, I mostly use it as an alarm and “ability to feel my phone vibrate when ringing” machine but it still operates…

      Until it doesn’t, I guess. The battery life is already shit and I’m jealous of my partner’s Garmin.

    • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Garmin did the same thing with Forerunner. They stopped software support 6 months after release of 220, and the very moment 235 was released. Their tech support’s answer to any problem was “do a factory reset”. And yet they are still considered one of the best brands for navigation and sports.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Still fine with my Pixel Watch I got for free with my Pixel 7P.
      I would have never get a smart watch though. Not my jam.

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Similar thing happened to me. Bought a bunch of watch faces too, only to discover that none of them would transfer over when I got a new watch.