I have to admit I’m growing to like the Apple watch. I admired one on the wrist of the gentleman riding the train to the deepest Midlands next to me.
“Where did you get it?” I asked, “In the States?”
“Ah. It’s actually a Pebble watch.” he replied exchanging a knowing look with his friend over the table, chuckling as he added “It’s got eight days of battery.”
I sensed a challenger. “You’re saying it’s superior?”
“No, not at all, I’ve had it for a few years now. I love not having to get my phone out to see what’s just buzzed. ‘Course it does make the people you’re with think you’ve got somewhere more important to be – but soon that’ll just be absorbed into the culture!”
Conversations with Strangers 