Three reasons you absolutely shouldn't buy a smartwatch

The truth isn't always a metric you want displayed on your wrist, it turns out

Woman checks smartwatch
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I’ve had an-upwards-of-£500 device strapped to my wrist at all times for over a year, and I'm not entirely sure it’s making me a better athlete. In fact, it might just be creating a giant watch strap tan line, and, contributing to mild sleep deprivation anxiety. 

It’s not that the smartwatch fails to perform in any area in which it professes to do so. The wrist-based robot records rides, runs, swims, strength sessions and anything else I do that remotely raises my heart rate with almost irritating accuracy. 

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