fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoParents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down17
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minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoReasonable point, but people have worn watches all day for centuries. Just clean then and rotate wrists.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·1 month agoSomething that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOne watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs Hardly heavy.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult. I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.
Reasonable point, but people have worn watches all day for centuries. Just clean then and rotate wrists.
Something that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
One watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs
Hardly heavy.
I have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult.
I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.