Some thoughts on Cell Phones and Watches

    

    I have noticed that most people nowadays are not keen on wearing watches. They rely mostly on their phones for the time. People also set schedules of their important personal / business meetings on their phones and use the phone alarm function so as not to forget them. Cell phones are also used to remember someone’s birthday, wedding, love anniversaries and other special occasions. And if there is a research on what is the most important thing that we cannot live without, cell phone would  definitely be on top of the list.

      For most people, it is better to have at least one cell phone rather than owning a watch. Who needs a watch when your phone is perfectly updating you of the time? When we need to know the time, it is just a button press on our cell phone and it quickly displays the time, day, month and the year or depending how we wanted the time displayed on our cell phone screens, be it in military or in normal time. Cell phones also connect us with people through calls, texts and on social media. Watches do not provide these services.  So may I ask, what is the essence of wearing a watch when everybody is using their phones as a perfect alternative for watches? 

    This is maybe one reason why some relatively new watch companies are coming out with “eye-catching watch designs” because of the stiff competition posed not only by the same league but by  the "other" (cell phone companies) competitors in the market. Some of the new swiss brands  are producing  watches to catch buyer’s attention. Some watches that are being offered in the market today looking like colorful candies.

     But there is one huge advantage of some swiss brands over cell phones.  One  advantage of  some well known swiss brands in the market is the ability to withstand pressure on the deep sea or in space. I have not known anyone bringing a cell phone when he/she dives in the deep or explore the outer space. Well, it is now a common knowledge that some cell phone brands are incorporating waterproof technology on their phones but even if cell phones are already waterproofed, cell phones are not yet designed and created to withstand the pressure in the deep sea or outer space. I have not seen a cell phone company on television or even heard over the radio who advertises their cell phone brand being used by divers or astronauts. But having said this, I might be wrong in the future if cell phone companies would venture in developing phones to be used in the deep sea and in outer space. Technology is constantly changing. We will never know. And if that happens, That’s gonna be awesome!