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!
