There was a time I despised smartwatches — yet another screen tied to the wrist, always trying to grab my attention. That was getting too much for an analog watch person. Smartwatches felt way too nerdy to me, like a cyborg-ish human laden with tech from top to bottom.
My tech reviewing side ensured that I was never completely detached from smartwatches, but I haven’t had one tied to my wrist full-time in more than two years. My last full-time smartwatch was a Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. It worked superbly well, and I was quite a fan of its clicky rotating bezel, but once I ditched it, I didn’t look back — until recently.