Point taken, but this rumored APPLE 'iWatch' would likely be 'touchscreen' curved glass; also, for all we know, it might be that new variety of curved glass that's flexible.
Would you rather have a $1,000,000 Patek Philippe or an Apple watch?
Yah, the opposite of this.
In fact, watches become more desirable the MORE expensive they are.
Would you rather have a $1,000,000 Patek Philippe or an Apple watch?
I wonder if the people who rely on their cell phones to tell the time don't have anywhere important to go. I'm often in situations where I'm counting the minutes before I need to leave somewhere or arrive at somewhere and check my watch every 2-3 minutes. Pulling my cell phone out every 2-3 minutes seems like a hugely annoying amount of effort.
Okay, now we're getting somewhere because this discussion of "curved glass" is ridiculous. Maybe they mean curved touchscreen, in which case, fine, although it seems like there are already several cell phones on the market (Nokia Lumias?) that have slightly curved screens.
As for wearing a watch being obsolete--I wonder if the people who rely on their cell phones to tell the time don't have anywhere important to go. I'm often in situations where I'm counting the minutes before I need to leave somewhere or arrive at somewhere and check my watch every 2-3 minutes. Pulling my cell phone out every 2-3 minutes seems like a hugely annoying amount of effort.
This is something I have been aware of, I just use my cell phone however I notice if I have to keep good track of the time that pulling out the cell phone every few minutes can be annoying.
I'm sure there are lots of experiments happening in Ive's über-secret design lab. Doesn't mean they'll ever become products available for sale. I'd love to see what Apple could do in this space though.
I thought so too, until I read this article by Bruce Tognazzini, a former Apple human interface designer.
The possibilities with an iWatch are absolutely fantastic. I recommend checking out that article. It will completely change your mind.
I wear a Swiss automatic quite often as jewelry. I'll pass on buying an Apple watch.
Yeah, but it seems expensive to make a watch that can do all that. One thing that is easy to forget is that you could be able to change the watch-face on your smart watch to whatever style you want.
As for the passcode thing, I don't use a passcode with my iPhone. I think it's a bad idea. If someone steals or finds and dishonestly takes your iPhone, he'll see that it's locked and seek to unlock it. It's easy to unlock with a computer. It's better to just leave it unlocked and hope that he will use it unlocked, thus allowing FindMyiPhone to do the job. I guess if you have sensitive information, this would be bad, but I wouldn't keep sensitive data on a smartphone that I can lose. It's definitely possible to get the data in spite of the passcode.
I like the idea, but I don't like the thought of yet another thing to buy that will become obsolete every 3 months and needs charging and updating constantly.
Get a MacBook, an iPad and an iPhone, and then an iWatch, and you'll be basically buying these over and over again every year to keep up with updates.
"Obscurity Security" is so last century. Use the Passcode.
Since people don't buy watches to tell time.
They buy it as decorative jewelry.
Watches are fashion statements, not a useful product.
It might work while training for sports or something, but not for formal or even daily activity.
CRT touch-screens have curved glass
Am I the only person in the "Under 25" age group that wears a $30 watch simply because I think it's a pain to pull my phone out of my pocket to tell the time?
Would you rather have a $1,000,000 Patek Philippe or an Apple watch?