Apple Watch Series 3
&gt; But it lets you leave your phone at home when you go for a run, or in your locker while you’re at the gym, or in your hotel while you go to the beach, and not worry in the least that you’re out of touch.<p>I&#x27;m a big fan of Apple. I own their stock, and I can count at least 10 Apple devices in my house at this moment. But the Apple Watch is not for me. I tried.<p>When I go for a run, I want to be out of touch. The only reason I ever take my iPhone on a run is so that I can take pictures or that I can reach someone else if I have an emergency. Mostly I don’t take my phone and when I do, it’s in do not disturb mode.<p>I&#x27;m a serious runner. I tried the first Apple Watch as running watch. It was inferior in that role to my Garmin at the time. But that Garmin wasn&#x27;t a proper watch, it was really just for running. I liked the Apple Watch&#x27;s fitness tracking features and that I could wear it all the time. But it just wasn&#x27;t suitable for running with. So I would take it off when I went for a run and put on my Garmin, which means Apple didn&#x27;t think I exercised at all. That was a bummer.<p>When Garmin came out with the 230, I immediately bought it. It could replace my existing Garmin for running, it was the size of a proper watch, battery life that lasts a week or more, and fitness tracking. Notifications if you want them.<p>I&#x27;ve since upgraded to the Garmin 935 and I love it. I don&#x27;t see anything about the Series 3 that would compel me to purchase it. The touch screen is still an inferior interface to physical buttons if physical buttons will do the job. (In fact, the thing I hate most about taking my iPhone with me as a camera is that I can&#x27;t take pictures with it when my hands are covered in sweat, which when I run, is mostly the case.)<p>The ironic thing is that it&#x27;s the Apple Watch which got me used to the idea of wearing a watch all the time, and that made me realize the important of physical buttons, and that I don&#x27;t want notifications on my watch.