fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down113cross-posted to: Tech
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-linkParents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackwww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square141linkfedilinkcross-posted to: Tech
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 年前Reasonable point, but people have worn watches all day for centuries. Just clean then and rotate wrists.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·1 年前Something that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前One watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs Hardly heavy.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前That’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Understandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前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.
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.
That’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.
Understandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.
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.