fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoParents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down113cross-posted to: Tech@europe.pub
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkParents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushbackwww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square142fedilinkcross-posted to: Tech@europe.pub
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·2 months agoSomething that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOne watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs Hardly heavy.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’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-up2·2 months agoUnderstandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.
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.