Well, glancing at your watch when you receive a notification is even ruder, because then the other party thinks you're bored! ;-)
I really like having a compass, I'm not sure why but when I get lost in a town (at night) I usually can find my way back if I know where North is. Some people always know where North is -- not me, but I usually can figure out where everything else is, relative to the North.
I sometimes take walks in the woods with my kids and like to track where we've been. You can do this with a phone but then you have to have the proper app, launch it, etc. I don't like to use my phone for anything else but calls (I'm old). With the Fenix it's just the push of a button.
You can use GPS also to record where your car is, and it will direct you back to it; this is useful everywhere.
Also, as a photographer, if you record your tracks when shooting you can later import GPS data to photographs (some cameras have GPS but not all, it doesn't work too well and it drains the battery).
It remembers my sleeping patterns, which is completely useless but nice to look at, in a narcissistic kind of way.
Science is finding that sleep, and sleep patterns are very important to mental health and well-being. If you have trouble regulating your sleep, there's a bit more to the concept than "completely useless" and "narcissistic".
I really like having a compass, I'm not sure why but when I get lost in a town (at night) I usually can find my way back if I know where North is. Some people always know where North is -- not me, but I usually can figure out where everything else is, relative to the North.
I sometimes take walks in the woods with my kids and like to track where we've been. You can do this with a phone but then you have to have the proper app, launch it, etc. I don't like to use my phone for anything else but calls (I'm old). With the Fenix it's just the push of a button.
You can use GPS also to record where your car is, and it will direct you back to it; this is useful everywhere.
Also, as a photographer, if you record your tracks when shooting you can later import GPS data to photographs (some cameras have GPS but not all, it doesn't work too well and it drains the battery).
It remembers my sleeping patterns, which is completely useless but nice to look at, in a narcissistic kind of way.