Exactly. Not to mention how many shower electronics (ie, speakers) are IPx7 rated.
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A fictional day in the life of an Apple Watch user
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Exactly. Not to mention how many shower electronics (ie, speakers) are IPx7 rated.
Since people discussing this seem to have no imagination, or a bizarre fear of technology for people talking about technology... I'll tell you my reason for wanting my Apple Watch in the shower:
Shower thoughts.
I have had countless moments where I come up with some idea, or a task I need to complete, or whatever, in the shower and by the time I get out and dried off I have totally forgotten it and it's just gone. I was planning to try one of the Bluetooth shower radios connected to my phone. Many allow speakerphone use and can activate Siri, but, they are almost all rated terribly and there is bound to be some range issues there. With the watch and wifi, range isn't an issue and Siri support will be native. That means no more lost shower thoughts.
Also, I need a clock in the shower or I will literally shower all day. I have no concept of time in that wonderful stream of steamy heaven. I ❤ the shower.
P.S. to those who are shocked and saddened by the notion that the watch primarily exists to lessen the times you'll drag your big ass phone out of your pocket, please just don't buy it. You obviously don't get it and that's fine. Wait until your smarter friends demonstrate this major advantage for you. There's no need for you to jump in on a product you don't get on day 1 and then whine and complain that it's not a pocket super computer strapped to your wrist and brag about just how fast you can rip a metal brick out of your pants pocket without even considering that half the owners of said bricks do not have (useful) pockets on the majority of their wardrobe choices.
Just, trust your instinct and don't buy the watch.
Shower thoughts.
I have had countless moments where I come up with some idea, or a task I need to complete, or whatever, in the shower and by the time I get out and dried off I have totally forgotten it and it's just gone. I was planning to try one of the Bluetooth shower radios connected to my phone. Many allow speakerphone use and can activate Siri, but, they are almost all rated terribly and there is bound to be some range issues there. With the watch and wifi, range isn't an issue and Siri support will be native. That means no more lost shower thoughts.
Also, I need a clock in the shower or I will literally shower all day. I have no concept of time in that wonderful stream of steamy heaven. I ❤ the shower.
P.S. to those who are shocked and saddened by the notion that the watch primarily exists to lessen the times you'll drag your big ass phone out of your pocket, please just don't buy it. You obviously don't get it and that's fine. Wait until your smarter friends demonstrate this major advantage for you. There's no need for you to jump in on a product you don't get on day 1 and then whine and complain that it's not a pocket super computer strapped to your wrist and brag about just how fast you can rip a metal brick out of your pants pocket without even considering that half the owners of said bricks do not have (useful) pockets on the majority of their wardrobe choices.
Just, trust your instinct and don't buy the watch.
Hahahaha... reminds me of the 1980s....
'You don't need a TV remote control. What, are you so lazy that you can't get up out of your chair to change the channel?'
Such similar comments here about the watch/phone pairing.
I am in agreement with you. I thought the watch would still be operable but that there would be no notifications if it did not come in contact with skin. I also agree about battery life. His story makes it seem as though without that extra bit of juicing up while on the flight it will be touch and go later that night. Based on his character's usage I don't see much of a problem.
Nice little vignette. But remember folks, not only is this an imagined series of events (we have no real life use cases to benchmark), the way you or I use AW will be vastly different. For instance I will not be sending heartbeats or remotely unlocking doors. For me it's about checking time and glancing quickly at notifications while on the go. Sure, I'll pull out my phone when I come to a rest or as I'm waiting, but as I head from one appointment to the next the watch will be invaluable.
I also thought it was a cute story. I myself had already decided I would be topping up my watch and phone batteries on an upcoming flight. Landing in a strange city is when you really want your devices to be fully charged. You just never know when your next opportunity to charge will be.
To be fair, millions of people still think it is just fine to drag out their phone to see what time it was, instead of wearing a regular wristwatch.
And no one berates them for not "getting the major advantage" there.
Cool story, bro ... until I saw you are a Red Sox fan.
At least they lost
#letsgoyankees
I do. Those people are just wrong.
Plus THIS will never happen when people have watches....
I think you need to rethink your position here, unless of course it was made partly in jest or for hyperbole's sake, in which case you can ignore my comments all together
That said, I'm not one for wasting anything, but I don't want to live in a world where people are attempting to bully/criticize others into using less water/electricity/etc. due to their own perceived notion of what someone should be using based on living conditions of others in the world, much less as to how a "terrorist" might feel about it. Besides, me using less water in my home is not going to translate into more water for someone in Africa, or the Middle East for that matter.
You're sitting at a table with friends or family having a casual conversation, sipping some wine, and generally just in the moment. Conversation lulls for a brief moment and right before then, or at that moment, you felt a buzz in your pocket or heard a jingle from your purse and you wonder what it was. You look around, nobody is engaging in another conversation with you, so you pull out your phone, unlock it, open up Facebook, see you have a few notifications actually, and start to look at them. You respond to some, some link to web pages, one thing leads to another and you're midway through a wikipedia article on Taxus canadensis when you notice the check is paid and people are putting on their coats to leave. How long has it even been? You go to look at the time, but, your browser is scrolled down and you can't see the time anywhere, you trendy 20-something who doesn't wear a wristwatch.
Now repeat that story in 10,000,000 different variations and you have the source of angst against people willing to pull out their phone in social situations. But, why shouldn't people know what's going on? Some will claim information overload or similar things. What they don't get, though, is that burden of information overload is not one of knowing, but, in being tied to responding and participating and controlling how far you get drawn in.
This won't happen with the watch. When you hit that lull in conversation, you'll have felt a tap and glanced at your watch and saw that it was just an inane comment on your latest Facebook status and you'll turn your had back to the group and join in the next conversation that is getting started. You didn't invest any real effort into becoming aware of what the activity was and thus you won't feel obligated to make the most of the investment (the investment being digging out your phone, unlocking, navigating, refreshing, etc.) so you won't even realize that you were just dropping a whole bunch of typical activity that would've kept you face deep in touchscreen. You might even have moments where you think, ever since you got this watch, the internet has been a lot more tame. This will happen because the watch acts as a remote viewer, it gives you awareness without allowing full interaction. It is a barrier to invested time. Because you will assume you can't participate if you don't then do further work to drag out the full phone, you'll be more likely to brush off insignificant notifications and keep more attuned to the moment in your life. You'll filter better. You'll save a ton of time that you would've spent pulling to refresh your twitter feed 7 times just to be sure that you really did see the latest tweet and your response really made it to the server and that there wasn't a response waiting already and hey maybe something happened in one of my lists that's interest—OH A SQUIRREL!
The biggest benefits of Apple Watch are going to come from what it will not do well, because, you don't really need to do that right now anyway, unless you really do, and that step will return your life to you without sacrificing awareness of your modern, pseudo-virtual world.
Now repeat that story in 10,000,000 different variations and you have the source of angst against people willing to pull out their phone in social situations. But, why shouldn't people know what's going on? Some will claim information overload or similar things. What they don't get, though, is that burden of information overload is not one of knowing, but, in being tied to responding and participating and controlling how far you get drawn in.
This won't happen with the watch. When you hit that lull in conversation, you'll have felt a tap and glanced at your watch and saw that it was just an inane comment on your latest Facebook status and you'll turn your had back to the group and join in the next conversation that is getting started. You didn't invest any real effort into becoming aware of what the activity was and thus you won't feel obligated to make the most of the investment (the investment being digging out your phone, unlocking, navigating, refreshing, etc.) so you won't even realize that you were just dropping a whole bunch of typical activity that would've kept you face deep in touchscreen. You might even have moments where you think, ever since you got this watch, the internet has been a lot more tame. This will happen because the watch acts as a remote viewer, it gives you awareness without allowing full interaction. It is a barrier to invested time. Because you will assume you can't participate if you don't then do further work to drag out the full phone, you'll be more likely to brush off insignificant notifications and keep more attuned to the moment in your life. You'll filter better. You'll save a ton of time that you would've spent pulling to refresh your twitter feed 7 times just to be sure that you really did see the latest tweet and your response really made it to the server and that there wasn't a response waiting already and hey maybe something happened in one of my lists that's interest—OH A SQUIRREL!
The biggest benefits of Apple Watch are going to come from what it will not do well, because, you don't really need to do that right now anyway, unless you really do, and that step will return your life to you without sacrificing awareness of your modern, pseudo-virtual world.
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one thing I was wondering, when did Southwest start having USB charging available on their planes? As far as I know, they don't have this capability.
Excellent, this has been the glaringly obvious point of the Apple Watch to me since the beginning. Sadly, even after reading your post, there will still be people claiming they don't get the point.
Lol, happens to me all the time.
Or you could just not be socially inept. Who does this actually happen to? And how do they still have friends? If this is a problem for you, you need to work on how to be a functional part of society.
People who have an issue with not being able to stay off their phone when they are with their friends won't be helped by the watch. They will still bury their face in their phone.
Thank heavens someone else was thinking this. If all those notifications are that important that you need to check them (whether on wrist or actual phone), then you probably shouldn't be out in this scenario anyway. My god...put the tech down for an hour and enjoy the company of real people.
It's an example of how the watch can mitigate the avalanche of information your phone holds. Step down from your high horse and just think about it. Acting as if you're so socially superior that you can't relate is being disingenuous, or you dont use your smartphone very much.
Although fictional, this account of how a person might use his Apple Watch though out his day was an interesting read. Definitely hightened to my anticipation. Kudos to the author
A day in the life of an Apple Watch user
That's _Fifty Seven_ Interruptions that translate into fifty seven reasons why I have zero desire for a productivity killer like Apple Watch.
You can have your gadgets, I'll be the relaxed one in the crowd...
So then we have............
3: I go visit the Apple store and they say it's water damage, I tell them, yes I did use it in the shower against their instructions, so I get out my credit card and pay $349 for a new watch.
I had to get the cheaper model this time as funds were low after the initial purchase of the now dead stainless steel model I bought a week ago.
but can't we use it in the shower???? didn't Tim say he showers with it..??
It's considered socially superior to interact with the people accompanying you on a night out?
My point was that if you have that hard of a time unplugging for an evening out with friends, the
Watch certainly won't fix that. You will be buried in your watch instead of your phone, or even worse, both. I choose to take care of the notifications I get by being very discriminatory about what I allow to notify me. In general, if I receive a notification, it is something I want to see, otherwise it doesn't notify me. Far simpler and cheaper than buying a watch that will still grab my attention every time an unwanted notification comes through. So, no, I have never had an experience anywhere remotely close to what was described, and I worry about those that have.By the way, it is also considered rude to look at your watch repeatedly when interacting with others. It sends the message that you are counting the minutes until they leave your presence. So I don't really buy this argument that it is better to look at the watch than your phone. You shouldn't be distracted by either of them unless you want to be.
It's considered socially superior to interact with the people accompanying you on a night out?
My point was that if you have that hard of a time unplugging for an evening out with friends, the
By the way, it is also considered rude to look at your watch repeatedly when interacting with others. It sends the message that you are counting the minutes until they leave your presence. So I don't really buy this argument that it is better to look at the watch than your phone. You shouldn't be distracted by either of them unless you want to be.
I don't disagree with what you're saying, but your comments reek of what seems like justification of your decision to not purchase the watch. Calling someone socially inept is implying that you are socially superior. Furthermore, you insist on being unable to imagine this scenario. It's pretty clear that the watch would help in the situation presented. I still believe you're being disingenuous to validate your choice. You don't have to agree to maintain perspective.