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Apple Said to Be Planning Three iWatch Models from 1.6 to 1.8 Inches, Sapphire on High End
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Glad to see you base relatively expensive purchases on previous, relatively expensive purchases that were pretty pointless >_>
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Neat! Tell us more about how much you spend on watches! We're fascinated.
There's really no excuse for wearing an expensive watch anymore (everything tells time these days) except for overcompensating.
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When it comes out at 1.6inches, will Samsung do a 2inch, then a 2.2 inch, then a 2.4 inch, then a 2.5 inch until everyone on these forums moans the can no longer work effectively on their 1.6 inch watch screen they can't see everything they need to do and Apple needs to release a bigger watch?
really? We have seen the entire outside and some inside parts. I am sure they are 100% accurate, as they were for the iphone 5s and the iphone 5 before it.
Well it doesn't make sense to have a smart watch when you will still need a phone in your pocket for functionality . What a waste of money if you asked me except for the loyalists .
This. Hey Apple! Give it it's own SIM card with the SAME PHONE NUMBER as the owners iPhone, exclusively on ATT, and keep them constantly synced, so either can be used alone without need of the other, and both of your companies will make many billions. Sheesh they should hire me to figure this stuff out for them.
HAHAHAHA. Yes Im sure he has his assistant go out and pick up his $1,000+ watches on the regular. Sure its fun to be filthy rich. In the end a lot of rich people have as many problems as the poor, money just isn't one of them. No ones checking account balance will be on their grave stone.
As far as the Apple watch, its pretty hilarious seeing all the ridiculous concepts out there. Apple employees must be laughing their butts off at all this.
This is getting things exactly backwards. Apple's "first wearable device" is only "presumed" to be the iWatch by the rumors industry. All we really can say confidently is that Apple will be producing a "wearable device" of some sort. No credible information justifies calling it a watch, let alone supports the claim that Apple will name it "iWatch." Rumors don't create their own realities, not even here.
you sound pressed
lol theres even an social media app for that
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Sapphire should be on all models, or else it's a waste of time (just look at what they did with the iPhone 5C)
Then why not just buy a real watch? Just as embarrassing would be ones watch face lighting up every time they got a notification of some sort.
Well it doesn't make sense to have a smart watch when you will still need a phone in your pocket for functionality . What a waste of money if you asked me except for the loyalists .
Again, you haven't seen the product. You don't know that it will require an iPhone. It could be it syncs with any iOS device, Mac or PC. Or doesn't need to.
Even if it does, the iPad required syncing to a computer and we got over that.
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Haven't Apple been taking steps to protect the name 'iWatch' in various countries?
I think it's more likely that they're simply prototyping various sizes. This is a new product category after all.
Knowing Tim Cooks Apple, we would be lucky to get an updated iPhone before the holiday season let alone an entirely new product segment .
For those dismissing this before they even know the details of functionality (which is weird to say the least), as someone who recently bought an Android Wear I can assure you that while out of the box version 1.0 may seem limited, the potential is certainly there. I would say not to get your expectations high based on my experience, but don't dismiss this product. It has the potential, if iti is anything like AW, to be very useful in situations that you might not think it to be - such as while driving.
Waterproof/works when wet
Any smart watch tech will need to be waterproof AND be able to function in the rain/wet fingers
All current iScreens don't and I notice the Samsung water resistant ads are very careful to show the screen being wiped down after the garden hose before use ... because they don't work either
Ironically the older screen technologies used to work because they were based on touch rather than electricity
Any smart watch tech will need to be waterproof AND be able to function in the rain/wet fingers
All current iScreens don't and I notice the Samsung water resistant ads are very careful to show the screen being wiped down after the garden hose before use ... because they don't work either
Ironically the older screen technologies used to work because they were based on touch rather than electricity
Samsung's Gear Live is already 1.63"x1.63", but by all means keep perpetuating the myth that Samsung just builds bigger sizes to only be larger than Apple devices