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Wearable technology has been a thing for a while now, but is it still relevant? Is the Galaxy Watch by Samsung worth your money and your attention? I’d say yes. After skimming through some old posts, I realized that I discussed my old  Moto 360 watch, but I never got around to writing about the Galaxy Watch 4. You see, the Moto 360 was a fine watch. I really liked it. Problem is, I am absurdly clumsy and I dropped it. In the shower. Yes, I realize that wearing a watch in the shower is stupid, whether it is waterproof or not, but I was curious to see if the waterproofing actually worked. Physical shock is known to gradually reduce water resistance, and dropping it from eye-level into an actively running shower is probably the worst thing I could’ve done to it. It sorta kinda worked for a few days after that and died altogether soon after. RIP. Looking back through messages to establish a timeline, I didn’t realize how quickly I broke the 360. The guy I bought it from first mentione...

After a few years of consistent interest in wearable technology, I finally own a 2nd gen Moto 360 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_360_(2nd_generation) ) from Motorola. I first mentioned my curiosity in smart watches ( https://jakehennett.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/2016-03-09-the-smartwatch-conundrum/ ) back in early 2016. My sentiment from then remains the same. The cost of a new smart watch is high for what you get. Most of them run something north of $200, which would get a pretty nice analog watch that would last far longer than a smart watch. However, picking up a gently used one for a discounted price (like I did) puts them at a much more reasonable value. Two of my conditions for purchasing a smart watch were that their usable life span needed to be at least 3 years, and their price needed to drop below $150. At $100, I got in the price range that I wanted, but I’m still not certain about life span. It seems pretty resilient, and Android Wear updates seem less consequential t...