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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by limerod@reddthat.com to c/android

TL;DR

  • Google has confirmed to us that the Pixel Watch 3 can’t be repaired and can only be replaced.
  • This is bad news for environmental reasons, suggesting that broken watches will end up in landfills.
  • This isn’t the first Pixel Watch model that can’t be repaired, though.
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[-] Paradox 49 points 4 months ago

These smart watches are garbage. Even Apple watches have rather short lifetimes

My Garmin is going strong 5 years later, and I've got no incentive to upgrade

[-] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

I’ve worn my Series 4 every day since September 21, 2018. My son is still using the Series 3 I gifted him the same day. I bought that one September 22, 2017. I don’t baby my watch in any way

Thought about an upgrade a few times, but haven’t had a compelling reason to do so

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

How's the battery life holding up?

[-] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

I put it on at 7 am, it’s 12:19am now and I’m at 37%

And I’m still at work… fml

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So not far off 24 hours? That doesn't seem bad seeing as they only say 19 odd hours on a Series 9?

I'm thinking about giving the iPhone a try again. I haven't used one since the 4S. It's been Nexus/Pixel up to now but I'm getting a bit bored.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 11 points 4 months ago

My pebble's been running happily for nearly a decade and there's actually nothing new that's really a proper replacement

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

Hope it sees many more years to come!

I was interested in a steel but they're hard to come across where I am - most likely going to go with a Bangle.js instead for the always-on screen, long battery life and programmability

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

I've got no incentive to upgrade

aaaand thats why they make them disposable.

[-] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

I've been using a pinetime for a while now. While it's far from a full smartwatch, it does all I need it to do, which is pretty much just tell the time and show me notifications from my phone. Has been working great so far.

It's also theoretically repairable, but the production models get glued shut so they're watertight, so idk how easy that's gonna be.

[-] sours@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Would you recommend a pinetime? Controlling yt music, morning alarms, notifications, and replying to texts (if even possible) would be my main use case.

[-] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

For those use cases I don't think I would, no.

You can control music, but it's very primitive and doesn't have a home-screen widget for example. The watch itself has alarms you can set, but it won't ring when one on your phone goes off afaik, and you can't reply to notifications, only view them.

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