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For reference, the recent update for watchOS changes the right button on the Apple Watch pull up the control center (lets you do things like toggle WiFi, mute the watch, etc. )
This journo has busted his right button, which he seems to think is apples fault now he also has never used that button which is why he did not notice .
Something to note about that right button is it's always been bound to Apple Pay, this means the tech journ*list has never used a flagship feature of the watch - easy mobile payments.
To conclude the article his seems to suggest people do not update for…reasons.
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He broke the only button on his watch and is complaining it doesnt work right
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I wish there was more than that but yes that appears to be the apotheosis of the article.
An update made an already important button more important and this is bad.
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you broke your watch neighbor get over it
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What's a button?
And how is it relevant to my story which already explains why it's relevant?
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It's made me reflect how much free tech advice I've given out and how I should be on the technology journ*list grift.
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Probably had to hit some word limit or something
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Apple watch: For when you want an overpriced pedometer with a whole 48 hours of battery life on a good week.
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I just fast charge it before bed or in the shower. It's really not that bad
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Anyone here have the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 6? I was thinking of upgrading my GW46, it's not like it's expensive but if the pros are minimal, I'll wait for the next gen.
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I got my friend a 6 Classic for his new job.
He absolutely loves it (the Classic's rotating bezel is kino) but the battery life still ain't that great.
He's currently waiting on the annouced audible support.
If you know what you're getting into it's absolutely “the same but better” like most modern tech.
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Listening to audiobooks over bt headphones without a phone sounds cool ngl.
I dunno, I'm kinda still attached to mine because I customized it so it looks nothing like the original and the only thing that attracts me to a new one is google assistant/pay, dunno if that's worth shelling 500 euros for tbh.
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Yeah I just upgraded to the S9 Apple Watch for that purpose. Cellular model for hiking and listening to podcasts without the phone
Is it a Tizen model? If it's a watch face from wearOS it should “just work” my friend imported his from 2014 and it worked fine (very impressive honestly).
Samsung in particular does so many promotions I'd keep a CamelCamelCamel alert going to keep an eye on some sales. I wouldn't ever pay full price for Sammy. (Not because they're bad, they just have good deals).
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Yy, it's on tizen. Thanks for the heads-up, I'll keep an eye out for sales.
I like to make fun of americans for their iphone obsession but I only keep buying samsungs, don't mind paying a premium because they last ages, a real workhorse of a phone.
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Yeah Tizen is dead on watches now so hard to say if it'll be compatible but you'd need to bite the bullet eventually.
Yeah I don't care for all the adware (maybe that's better in the EU) but they're absolutely packed with features - and they're not half-assed either.
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I'll never admit this again but lawlz is my favorite poster of all time. -carpathianflorist
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