To Wear or not to Wear…

I just want to provide a quick update about my most recent decision on the Nexus 6P.

I love it. It’s awesome.

Back when I was in research mode comparing the Nexus 6P with the iPhones, I was drawn to the idea of the wearable, and whether or not this would be something that I would like. I used to wear a watch much more than recently, but my initial thought of having technology on my wrist seemed a bit much to be honest.

Last week, I enter that debate again.

I can’t remember exactly what I was doing, but I came across the Google Play Store’s page for Androidwear. I thought:

‘These watches are actually quite nice. I wonder…’

Then I looked a the price and told myself:

‘there’s no chance’.

Personally, $500 seems a bit much for a Smartwatch.

Then, my friend Tim Robinson randomly sends me this message:

So I open the link, and find a nice watch, and as Tim mentioned – is much less expensive than others that I had seen.

So I start thinking about it;

‘do I really need a Smartwatch?’

The short answer is no, obviously, but then I starting thinking about it even more.

‘Nah… I don’t need a smartwatch.’

And then, only one day after Tim sent me that message, I come across this article flipping through Flipboard one day later.

A sign? coincidence? I’m not sure.

Most likely coincidence.

I took it as a sign. 🙂

I did some more searching around and it seemed as though the Asus ZenWatch 2 was a good buy all things considered. When I first set it up and put it on, I gave it five minutes and said

‘I’m returning this thing, I don’t need this’.

I told Tim this, who also recently purchased a 6P, who then told me that with it connected to my 6P – which I love but as a bit bigger of a smartphone – I wouldn’t have to take it out of my pocket as often. This gave me one reason to give it an honest test at least, given I have a 14 days to return it anyways. And looking again today, it went on sale randomly too. Another sign, right?

I have had the smartwatch now for three days. It’s growing on me every time that I put it on. It doesn’t look like a clunky smartphone with the options that the ZenWatch Manager app provides.

A few things that I like about it so far:

• It reminds me of my calendar events upcoming;
• receive and send messages both through the Messenger app and Hangouts;
• Directs me where I need to go if I need it;
• Tells me weather updates;
• Actually stylish considering it’s a smartwatch;
• You can turn ‘peek’ notifications on or off (nice if you just want a watch and not screen changes)

What I don’t like:

• How it charges – no cradle to rest it on like some other models, but the magnetic connector isn’t that bad

I’ll spend a few more days with it and come back to share my final decision.