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kleinbl00 · 3684 days ago · link · · parent · post: Wearable tech needs to find a genre-defining product | Digital Trends
Wearables are necessarily less complex. If it's strapped to your body somehow, it's less convenient to manipulate. an Iphone 6 plus on an armband isn't a wearable, it's a phablet you've anchored to your bicep. A Nexus 6 on your wrist is a Nexus 6 you can only use one hand on. Complexity requires dexterity. Wearables are less dextrous than non-wearables. Pocket watches had latching covers to protect their watch glass because opening a watch glass cover was a natural, easy motion when the pocket watch was in your palm. Wristwatches don't because it's cumbersome and inconvenient, even though wristwatches actually need more protection than pocket watches.