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24000 photos of a single flower for a watch face. Has Apple lost the plot?

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bobtrotter

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Sep 23, 2014
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Seems like they have completely lost focus and the Apple watch is half baked. It's embarrassing that the watch face is unreliable at showing the time which is the main function of a watch. Can't imagine spending 18k on the edition version with a 6 hour battery life (after the battery has settled in). What good is it after that? Even if the watch is melted would anyone buy the "special gold particles designed by Jonny Ive" gold?

Reviews note that the apps suffer from lag yet Apple state that interactions with the watch should be quick 8-10 seconds. I don't see how a software fix will address this, they have been working on the watch for years. No fix for Yosemite yet, it still runs like crap on the brand new macbook pros, embarrassing UI lag. Can't even change desktops smoothly with a few apps open. I was able to do that about 10 years ago on a linux machine with no issues.

Still that Jellyfish face looks really nice right?
 
These small details are what I personally think apple is all about. Every other smartwatch is half-baked to me. As for the software issues, apple said they're solving it and yosemite works fine on my 4 macs so I guess it's just you :D
 
It probably took one or two employees a day to setup the shot and get the rig to automatically take the photos in intervals for two weeks and that was it. Not a huge deal.

If you somehow believe that adding those two guys to some software or hardware project was going to have meaningful results, you don't understand how development works (see: The Mythical Man-Month).
 
Actually, I had a similar thought when I read that they actual brought in jellyfish to their offices to photograph instead of just licensing some footage. I mean, was that totally necessary? It's good that they're paying attention to detail, but on the other hand the 3D emoji are horrible IMHO.
 
This would never have happened if Steve Jobs was still alive.

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bobtrotter said:
Seems like they have completely lost focus and the Apple watch is half baked. It's embarrassing that the watch face is unreliable at showing the time which is the main function of a watch. Can't imagine spending 18k on the edition version with a 6 hour battery life (after the battery has settled in). What good is it after that? Even if the watch is melted would anyone buy the "special gold particles designed by Jonny Ive" gold?

Reviews note that the apps suffer from lag yet Apple state that interactions with the watch should be quick 8-10 seconds. I don't see how a software fix will address this, they have been working on the watch for years. No fix for Yosemite yet, it still runs like crap on the brand new macbook pros, embarrassing UI lag. Can't even change desktops smoothly with a few apps open. I was able to do that about 10 years ago on a linux machine with no issues.

Still that Jellyfish face looks really nice right?
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"after the battery settles in"?

Get out of here, you have no idea what you are talking about.

The interactions still fall within 8-10 seconds, have you timed them out yet? There is no reason to believe otherwise. The apps load, but the overall interaction is still 8-10 seconds.
 
fs454 said:
"after the battery settles in"?

Get out of here, you have no idea what you are talking about.

The interactions still fall within 8-10 seconds, have you timed them out yet? There is no reason to believe otherwise. The apps load, but the overall interaction is still 8-10 seconds.
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Here come the Apple watch police. Calm down.
 
What I mean about the battery "settling in" is that is will have advertised battery life for a few months (which is already low) and like all batteries begin to degrade and you will probably need to be recharging the thing to get through the day.

As stated by Verge: "Apple says Glances are “real time,” but they’re not — opening a Glance kicks off an update cycle, which usually means it’s pulling data from your phone. . It's not a glance at all if you are watching a spinning update animation is it?

I DO know what I'm talking about. I have a PHD in computer science and I have been an Apple store Genius for 3 years. I have also read all of Steve Jobs' books and watched all his videos.
 
AFDoc said:
Didn't say I had anything better to do than comment..... But I, and most likely most.... don't (give a crap). How many "I'm not getting the apple watch" threads do their need to be?
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If I'm not giving a crap about something I don't even waste my time commenting about it. But then my life is not pathetic so who knows..
 
matrix07 said:
If I'm not giving a crap about something I don't even waste my time commenting about it. But then my life is not pathetic so who knows..
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Hmmmmm wouldn't say my life is pathetic but at that particular time I had nothing going on so what the heck.... Well I am working making time and a half so I guess I made a few bucks in the time it took me to write that.
 
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