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ghshephardyesterday at 8:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

I've been rocking out a Casio F-91W (Retails new for $23) for about 3 months now - And all the annoyance I had with with my Apple Watch Ultra (16 hour battery, constant annoyance to upgrade, endless and useless notifications) - is gone. The CR2016 battery last 5+ YEARS , replacements are < $2. Watch has everything I ever cared about - Date, Time, Alarms, Light, Stopwatch, water resistance.

And, I don't think I've once missed having the big annoying clunker of a watch.


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Lioyesterday at 8:41 PM

In the nicest possible way, are you in the wrong thread?

This is about a new folding phone not the watches.

(I am glad to hear you like your watch though. Casio are classic).

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altmanaltmanyesterday at 8:38 PM

If that's all you cared for, why would you buy an Apple Watch Ultra in the first place? Like a Casio F-91W is a great watch but it is a fundamentally different category than an Apple Watch Ultra even though they're both "watches". It's a bit like saying, " Hey, my calculator has a battery life that lasts years, while my super powerful laptop has a battery life that only lasts 12 hours and has to be updated constantly.

Like yeah.

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