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Re:Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech for $40M by Wildgoose on Friday January 18, 2019 @04:30AM (#18938121)
Yes. I have a Samsung Gear S2 Classic which I love. It has a round face with a rotating bezel which is a fabulous and intuitive user input device. (Just think of the functionality of the original classic iPod scrollwheel).

That wouldn't work with a square face, smooth rotation requires a round face.

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Re:Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech for $40M by mcintyre1994 on Friday January 18, 2019 @04:55AM (#18938210)
I haven't used that watch so I'm by no means trying to compare, but Apple Watch does use turning the crown as an input device and that is obviously round and works well.
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