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LG's Urbane Smartwatch Swaps Plastic Design for Metal

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Slammer

Feb 16, 2015, 12:40 PM
I don't wear a watch anymore. But when I did, it was nice knowing that I could go almost two years on a battery or, even purchase a new watch at 25 bucks.

I'm not overly excited to purchase another product that requires charging every night and have problems that require trips to a service center. Do we not have enough of these things?

I picture a room that has 14 rechargeable battery products we use daily on a shelf that resembles a restaurant with all the pagers lit up like Christmas trees.

No thanks. If I want a watch, I'll revert back to my Timex.

John B.
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djwhitt03

Feb 16, 2015, 3:24 PM
Here is the thing.... This is a smartwatch. So you are right when you say if you wanted a watch you would want to revert back to your Timex. Don't knock tech just because you don't need or want it.
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Slammer

Feb 16, 2015, 6:43 PM
Not knocking tech. I'm a huge tech enthusiast. I'm also realistic in how tech should be used. It should be utilized to make our lives easier; not more complex. Connecting multiple devices to an embilica every night then disconnecting them in the morning seems rather outrageous in time consumption. Realizing each device consumes power differently, I can ascertain that people are going to have to ppssibly reconnect again to a power source multiple times during the day to charge one and then the others.

Cool is great, but don't you think as a technology enthusiast, we should be pressuring the manufacturers to push for better battery design before entering another headache?

We push for smaller phones only to make them larger. Then we ad...
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