That would not embarrass me at all. He could've easily pulled out his phone without asking you. I do not experience any slow app loading like a lot of people here. I hit the workout app button and it starts. No delay whatsoever. I guess "mileage may vary" applies here.
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Anyone else's Apple Watch make them look stupid in public?
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That would not embarrass me at all. He could've easily pulled out his phone without asking you. I do not experience any slow app loading like a lot of people here. I hit the workout app button and it starts. No delay whatsoever. I guess "mileage may vary" applies here.
There's some serious lag issues with apps. All apps. And many people still cannot use third party native apps at all. Far too much time is spent staring at the spinning dots waiting for things to load. They absolutely have to address that but I'm not convinced they can. I've decided I'm happy using it for telling time and notifications only. I cannot see Apple fixing these issues before the next version comes along. The next version will introduce amazing new features with their own issues and around and around we go.
I saw a hipster with a "man bun" in a bar talking on his Watch and it looked cool. My wife said too bad you're in your 50s and wouldn't look that cool. I beg to differ and I simply don't care what people think so there you go.
Who waits in line and starts saying "hey Siri" in a noisey store when they can raise their wrist and pick the icon.
then you are ready to go when it is your turn and you don't look like a doofus. We have Caribou Coffee in Minnesota and Wisconsin and they have an app on my phone that I just scan at pay time. I don't need the watch for everything.
I am in my 50's and have no idea what a man bun is. It that something like dreadlocks up and under a nylon cap? Man you make me feel even older.
I raise my wrist and the temp is right there and accurate within an hour but who cares, it is close enough. Way way way faster than grabbing a phone.
I'm not experiencing the slowness that others have and are... Native apps are fast, apple apps always load fast those cheaters.
Lmao my 19 yr old daughter introduced this to me. It's a new style where guys with pony tails wrap up the hair on the top back part of their head like a sumo type of look.
Ok, I think I know what that is now. Lol I had a teacher in the 70's we called Mrs Bun Head - just not to her face.
It seems to be a trend here in Washington DC.Ok, I think I know what that is now. Lol I had a teacher in the 70's we called Mrs Bun Head - just not to her face.
i was the first person at my local QFC to use an app to scan my rewards card at the register. I was also the first person on my bus to use an iPad during my regular commute, and the first in my section at work to get an Apple Watch (and I'm in tech support). So I guess it looks kind of strange when it's something new -- but who even pays attention any more when someone pulls out their iPad? It will be that way with the Apple watch soon too, I think.
I guess it helps to be "older" and a woman in tech, since I'm already used to being different than the status quo, and I just don't care anymore.
I guess it helps to be "older" and a woman in tech, since I'm already used to being different than the status quo, and I just don't care anymore.
Any time anyone's noticed it, they've just said "that's cool" or "is that an Apple Watch?" or asked me what I can do with it.
The problem is, it takes forever to do anything on the watch (other than Apple Pay). I have plenty of time to pull out my phone, use spotlight search to find "Starbucks" and go to pay. I honestly can do this 3 times before I can get the watch ready for scanning. I can pull out my actual Starbucks card out of my wallet WAY faster than the watch, but slower than the phone.
Who waits in line and starts saying "hey Siri" in a noisey store when they can raise their wrist and pick the icon.
We have Caribou Coffee in Minnesota and Wisconsin and they have an app on my phone that I just scan at pay time. I don't need the watch for everything.
Just an FYI, as slow as using Siri is, it is faster than finding the icon and opening the app. If you have a Starbucks card, push in the crown for Siri, then say "Open wallet", you will then see all your cards and you can pick your Starbucks card. You will see it is WAY faster than finding the app.
But even with this, both are very slow. I find myself scrolling the wheel, just to keep the screen from shutting off.
To choose a credit card, yes. To choose a loyalty card, you need to open the wallet app.
Or, at the end of your workout, force touch, press end, scroll up with finger and hit save. Done.
Who waits in line and starts saying "hey Siri" in a noisey store when they can raise their wrist and pick the icon.
We have Caribou Coffee in Minnesota and Wisconsin and they have an app on my phone that I just scan at pay time. I don't need the watch for everything.
I don't use "Hey Siri" either in these situations. I just press the button, choose the wallet app and then first choose the loyalty card if the place I'm in has one. Once I've scanned that I just double tap the button to bring up Apple Pay and hold my watch near the NFC reader. It's a routine I've got into and find it pretty quick and simple.
I have to disagree with this. I find it much quicker to bring up my Starbucks loyalty/payment card on my watch then take my phone out or use a physical card. Using the watch is a quick three step process. Press the button, then choose the wallet app and then choose the Starbucks card. All that takes a matter of seconds. The only difficult part is sometimes trying to scan the card as the scanner may be in such a position it may make it difficult, but this applies to using the phone too and isn't all that common an issue.
thanks! that doesn't solve the lag to save issue, but I certainly helps with the sweaty swiping. I love Force Touch, but holy hell is it not intuitive.
Oh my god!!! I seem to have a man bun then too. But I have this hair style for more than a decade now. Does this make me patient zero?