• keirmeister@alien.topB
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    8 months ago

    I prefer a square watch face, don’t care as much about the dial. I just wish there was a compelling square watch for WearOS (that’s easily available in the U.S.)

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    8 months ago

    I’m from a generation that grew up thinking of watches as fashion accessories, not functional extensions of our smartphones.

    Round watches are much prettier. I’ll always prefer a round watch to a square one.

    • Big-Note-508@alien.topB
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      8 months ago

      square/rectangular watches are here since ages ! most luxurious watchmakers make square/rectangular watches and they are so damn popular ! it is not as apple watch design is new ! you are talking as if watches were only rounded before apple watch !!

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      8 months ago

      I mean, that’s still 90% of generations alive today lol. Certainly those that would even be wearing a watch anyway.

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    8 months ago

    Round looks better but square is better for actually using the smart features

  • Famous_Ant_2825@alien.topB
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    8 months ago

    Square. More efficient and adapted for a smartwatch. Round is useless, yeah ok it’s closer to a real watch but a smartwatch will NEVER ever ever look as good as a real watch so it’s pointless

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    8 months ago

    I switch back and forth between my Apple Watch and my analog watches. So not having a round dial on a smartwatch doesn’t bother me at all.

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      8 months ago

      It’s strange to me that Apple makes a lot of form over function decisions (Magic Mouse is the first to come to mind) but with the watch they chose function over form.

      • Big-Note-508@alien.topB
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        8 months ago

        you look so stupid and naive when saying magic mouse charging port is located at a wrong place after all this time ! you barely use that port twice a year, shut up and don’t criticize it just to make yourself look smart ! get over it ! it’s been years now !

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    8 months ago

    When using as a watch to look time and complications the round one looks much nicer. But if you open any app, even a simple app, you lose too much UI space on round design… and designers to their best but it’s just much more useful area on a square