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Anyone else losing interest?
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Because it was to me as reply to my post and I just saw it. I do not spend my life continually looking at forums.
I honestly thought I would lose interest. I tried other bands and after a few weeks or months, they were never worn again and I was back to my regular watches. I cycled through through 5 mechanical watches.
The Apple Watch stuck because I can use it for fitness and then casual and then with a suit all with a quick band change. The other devices I did everything to hid them because they were either way too big or looked like a bracelet.
Many have complained about third party apps and there are many that stink, but the ones I use daily are great and load so fast. I'm now using about 3-4 versions of the modular face depending on work hours or night or weekends. And Sleep Pulse with HeartWatch have been a great combination for sleep tracking and my heart monitoring. Love it.
I honestly thought I would lose interest. I tried other bands and after a few weeks or months, they were never worn again and I was back to my regular watches. I cycled through through 5 mechanical watches.
The Apple Watch stuck because I can use it for fitness and then casual and then with a suit all with a quick band change. The other devices I did everything to hid them because they were either way too big or looked like a bracelet.
Many have complained about third party apps and there are many that stink, but the ones I use daily are great and load so fast. I'm now using about 3-4 versions of the modular face depending on work hours or night or weekends. And Sleep Pulse with HeartWatch have been a great combination for sleep tracking and my heart monitoring. Love it.
I really like how the thing looks. The functionality of it makes it more useful than my other watches, and I can easily change the bands on this, so I don't see enough of a reason to wear them. Worst case would have ended up being that I barely look at the thing other than to check time or see who's calling/texting.
Turns out, just like Apple's other products, I keep finding more uses for the thing...
Took a 3 months break or so and just got my space black this week and realized how much I missed it and what it offered me for my fitness tracking and my notifications while at work. Perfect little break and it has ramped up my interest again with the release of so many new great bands.
I didn't buy the watch for its entertainment value, although I certainly did have fun playing with it and staring at the motion faces for the first few weeks. An iPhone is a much better entertainment platform. I bought the watch for convenience and to act as a sort of filter for my iPhone...so I wouldn't have to hear my iPhone beeping reminders and notifications at me, and so I could decide what things are important enough to tap me on the wrist and what aren't.
As a tool of convenience and efficiency, I feel like the watch becomes more valuable every single month. Sometimes an update adds value, or maybe it's a new watch app I discovered. Mostly I just get better at using it to accomplish things more conveniently than before.
While the novelty may have worn off, it still returns whenever I discover something cool it can do that I never thought to try before. But again it's not about the novelty or the entertainment value. The Apple Watch is a device that should not demand attention, but should be there for you with the right information or assistance at the right time.
So for me the watch has become more valuable during the eight months I have been wearing it.
Sean
I really like the concept. When it works, I find it very useful. However, every time Siri won't respond or dictate my message, my frustration increases. I'm mostly losing interest because I just don't think Apple is putting enough effort towards refining the watch, with its current hardware.
I'm also nervous over putting anymore money towards bands or accessories until I get a better idea of their long term plans for the watch. They have already totally changed the classic buckle two times since release, less than a year ago. I'm not nuts about buying something that gets outdated in a matter of weeks. I know they're trying to break into the fashion world, but I don't like it. They knew long before hand that they were going to improve the design.
Anyway, I'm not a hater. I'm just becoming less enchanted with it.
I'm also nervous over putting anymore money towards bands or accessories until I get a better idea of their long term plans for the watch. They have already totally changed the classic buckle two times since release, less than a year ago. I'm not nuts about buying something that gets outdated in a matter of weeks. I know they're trying to break into the fashion world, but I don't like it. They knew long before hand that they were going to improve the design.
Anyway, I'm not a hater. I'm just becoming less enchanted with it.
What's the problem with them changing the design? I had the original classic buckle and I really don't mind that. It's not like you something so outdated that you have to buy the new version.
I liked the original classic buckle best (although I do like some of the new colours).
Nearly 10 months on, I still wear my watch all day every day. It's a gadget, yes, and I could easily get by without it but I really like it and I'd replace mine straight away if I lost it.
Nearly 10 months on, I still wear my watch all day every day. It's a gadget, yes, and I could easily get by without it but I really like it and I'd replace mine straight away if I lost it.
My gripe is that they improved the design/materials each time. The new one, for example, now has actual stitching. I bought the saddle brown buckle a month ago. Just kinda sucks.
I feel the same way.
It's only natural that they are improving or changing the materials with time.
Improved? Or just different? I guess you could say improved if people are complaining that the original design isn't holding up to daily wear. Otherwise it's all subjective. If I liked the original band enough, it wouldn't bother me that they came out with a different version that looks slightly different. Personally I think there are more attractive brown leather third party bands out there... many of them are much less expensive.
I managed to get it pre-ordered and was excited for about the first week. I thought it was the coolest thing. Now it's just something that tells me the time, the weather, text messages, and activity. Was I fine without it... yes, would I stop wearing it...heck no. For some reason once you own one, its hard to give up because it makes things a bit easier. It also pings your phone when it's lost, which saves me the conversation of have you seen my phone?
I bought my watch in July and since then there have been multiple software updates. Each update has improved the performance and reliability of the watch. Early on I did encounter more frequent frustrations (including a slow or unreliable Siri), but in my opinion even then the conveniences outweighed the frustrations for me. Now I almost never have problems with Siri or any other function on the watch. On the occasion that I do find Siri becoming unreliable, a reboot of the watch clears things up. For a while I made it a habit of restarting the watch once a week and that almost eliminated problems. I'm not going to bother doing that with this latest update and see how it goes. I've noticed a big improvement in performance with this latest update... including Siri.
I think it's prudent to avoid putting too much into accessories until the next version comes out. I doubt they will change the design so much that original bands won't fit, but you never know. This is one reason I'm glad I bought a couple of third party bands for about $40 each. It will sting less if I have to replace them later. Then again one of them is just a standard 22mm leather strap so if if the next Apple Watch is incompatible with the original bands all I will have to do is purchase a $15 pair of adapter lugs for the new watch and at least one of my bands will work.
Sean
The stitching makes the new Classic Band look nicer/more high end so one can argue that they've indeed improved the design. Improvement doesn't necessarily need to be in term of how it holds up to daily wear.
I have quite a few straps now (being able to change the strap so easily is one of the things I really like about the watch) and really hope they're compatible with the second generation at the very least. But if the next watch needs different straps I'll just be much less likely to buy it. If there were some amazing new feature then I might go for it but I'd almost certainly limit myself to one strap.
Stitching does not equal nicer/high-end. It's just a different way of finishing the leather that results in a different look. The stitching is a more classic way of finishing the leather, which seems appropriate for a band by that name. A finish with no stitching is cleaner and more modern look that is going to fit the aesthetic of the Modern Buckle. I think Apple changed the Classic strap to differentiate it more from the Modern Buckle.
Personally I much prefer the look of the original Apple Classic Buckle. I like stitched leather just fine, but if it's going to be stitched I like the look of bolder stitches in a contrasting color. I also like the supple texture of the original, but I'm sure the newer version will be really nice once it is broken in a little.
Sean
But we're comparing Gen 2 Classic Buckle to Gen 3 Classic Buckle. Most people would be of the opinion that actual stitching is nicer than an embossed channel down each side of the band designed to look like stitching (making it kind of like a cheap knockoff compared to the one found on the Edition, which had the stitching ever since they updated the Classic Buckle back in October or so).
You might be right about Gen 1 Classic Buckle vs. later generations being subjective, as a lot of people were put off by the distracting brown lining on the inside (although it isn't visible when on the wrist) and, as you said, some prefer the original texture.
Exactly! There's a reason why they had stitching on the edition model classic buckle from the start. In the watch world, stitching is much more preferred.
You know you're spending too much time on MacRumors when you see somebody say something like that and think "I thought he had that band already..."
I gave the SS Apple Watch I bought, a very thorough two week evaluation. The first Apple product I've ever bought just to see if it offered anything useful to me, it was very nice, but too gimmick centric for my tastes. The return process was easy.
Now that it's been out long enough to gain traction, it does seem to have limited appeal. That's not bad either. Especially since Apple doesn't need it to carry it's own weight. Just existing... gives Apple something else to brag about.
Now that it's been out long enough to gain traction, it does seem to have limited appeal. That's not bad either. Especially since Apple doesn't need it to carry it's own weight. Just existing... gives Apple something else to brag about.