Don't think I will spend my own money on a new one unless they bring out a round version, because I believe the Apple Watch should always have been round. But apart from that, the Apple Watch is almost completely useless. Others have also argued that it's not even the best fitness tracker you can buy.
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Apple Named World's Largest Wearables Vendor With an Estimated 3.5M Apple Watch Shipments in Q1 2017
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Don't think I will spend my own money on a new one unless they bring out a round version, because I believe the Apple Watch should always have been round. But apart from that, the Apple Watch is almost completely useless. Others have also argued that it's not even the best fitness tracker you can buy.
I too have an S1. If the S3 can work untethered to an iPhone for calls, data & messages I'll upgrade.
Apple Watch is superb and proof that Apple can keep doing it without Jobs.
Yes, Google certainly could afford that kind of research. But they won't, because as a company they have the attention span of a toddler.
Mine only comes off to shower. I love my Apple watch so much I bought three series 2. I like being able to put on another watch when one of the others needs to be charged.
That's like bieing the worlds tallest midget. Means nothing.
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It's all very well praising the watch for what it may become but that doesn't compel people to buy what it is right now. That's like saying you should buy this electric car now because it gets X amount of miles on a charge but don't worry next years model will get X + 50 miles on a charge.
Apple Watch still not there for me. However I can see there are many people who love their watch.
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Agreed especially as most improvements will be hardware based.
So true. My friend buys a £300 laptop every year, doesn't want to buy a macbook pro. Far too expensive. I bought mine for £650 in 2009. Still using it now. Upgraded to SSD and change the battery this year (£70). So £720 for nearly 8 years.
Yeah, Apple stuff is well expensive!
If someone buys a Fitbit for £100 and they have to replace it every year against an Apple Watch that cost £249 and lasts 4 years. Isn't that the cheaper option?
No, you do it because you believe and you want to be on the right side of history. And because the current Apple Watch is still a pretty awesome (albeit slightly overpriced) piece of hardware.
I find it amusing that the majority of people in this thread are losing their collective minds over the idea of Apple becoming the new dominant player in wearables, while Neil Cybart at Aboveavalon practically called it months ago.
https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/3/2/the-new-leader-in-wearables
https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2016/10/6/apple-is-going-after-fitbit
You people may have been using Apple products right from the start, but you clearly know nothing about Apple or what makes it tick. Perhaps next time, consider trying to explain Apple's success instead of explaining it away?
When you say "right side of history" are you talking about Apple or the consumer? Because if the Apple watch becomes amazing in the future what benefit does that afford the consumer now? Childish bragging rights like "I told you so" or "I was here first"?
They don't care about you.
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Fitbit does notifications too. NOT just the Watch.
I upgraded from an S0 to an S2 and will probably stick with it for some time. I'm not interested in 4G connectivity, cameras etc. Brighter screen, better battery and faster processor are all I wanted over the S0, and I've got that.
You still need a needle for glucose monitoring!
Try to explain how the hell that would be possible?
Sensors, it seems.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/apple-working-on-glucose-sensors-diabetes-treatment.html
Details are still vague though, but it would be awesome if Apple can pull this off.
Apple doesn't give sales records for competitive reasons. Why?
Bloating about the iPhone sales but mouth shut for the Watch. Competitive reasons... laughing my ass off.
Estimated against factual. Go figure.
I see a lot of iPhones but Watch I still can count them on one hand. Apple is not the Apple as it was under, yep, here it comes, Steve Jobs. Under Tim "we have a lot of great stuff in the pipeline" Cook they're just a greedy company.
My Fitbit works perfectly with my iPhone.
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I read the article. Possible in the future? I can believe that. But it will take much more years than you think.
It would be awesome if they pulled it of.
Bloating about the iPhone sales but mouth shut for the Watch. Competitive reasons... laughing my ass off.
Estimated against factual. Go figure.
I see a lot of iPhones but Watch I still can count them on one hand. Apple is not the Apple as it was under, yep, here it comes, Steve Jobs. Under Tim "we have a lot of great stuff in the pipeline" Cook they're just a greedy company.
My Fitbit works perfectly with my iPhone.
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I read the article. Possible in the future? I can believe that. But it will take much more years than you think.
It would be awesome if they pulled it of.
Hence, "it's still nothing".
But even the current "nothing" is misured against iPhone numbers. If the current Apple Watch was a Microsoft product it would be deemed as a monster hit and would prompt pundits to declare Apple in trouble.
Both. Apple is in the business of selling me a great user experience, so our interests are aligned in that regard.
A much less hostile and acerbic environment here at Macrumours, for one. A new world order where people are not rushing to be the first to go "Apple is doomed" and blast Apple over every small bit of news, even when it is clearly not justified or substantiated.
In other words, utopia.
And we don't even know how long a first generation Apple Watch lasts. Could be a lot more than four years.
BTW. I have a 2006 white MacBook that is still going strong as my server, with about 5 TB of hard drives attached... Built in screen stopped working, now it has a 27" screen.
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See Microsoft Surface. Which is eating Apple's lunch; MacBooks are doomed, iPads are doomed, Apple is doomed, all because of Microsoft Surface. Reality: Less revenue than Apple Watch. Probably slightly more revenue than Apple Watch wrist bands
Exactly. One of my friends had a FitBit break, and burn them. They contacted FitBit customer support who were very rude. They ended up simply buying a new FitBit.
Compare that to someone who bought an Apple Watch which still works well. FitBit have an apparently higher market share because they've made two sales, and look cheaper!
I think that many of the younger generation who grew up with a cell phone, never wore watches. I growing up long before cell phones always wore a watch. For me the Apple Watch was a natural thing to buy and wear every day.
I also take notes on my iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. Take it to every meeting, and always have all my notes, vs people who show up with a leagal pad, and then loose the notes they take. I use my Apple Watch and iPad way more than my iPhone. Some days I never turn on the phone or computer, but only use the iPad and Watch. Both the Apple Watch and iPad have been game changers for me.
(Typing this on the iPad Pro)
I bought my watch series 1 on release day over 2 years ago and haven't had a single regret. It does everything i expected it to do. I cracked the face of it about 6 months ago but it didn't lose any functionality. Maybe series 3 will do enough to get me to upgrade.
I thought the watch was silly until my work decided to buy them to test something out (it did not work out). I fell in love with it, bought the second model and one for my wife.
Public service announcement: The watch is waterproof but if you are in the lazy river and your son pushes you underwater and your watch scrapes against the side it will be scratched to heck. I would only wear in water if working out and not in any situations it might contact the pool bottom or sides. Poor scratched watch.
Public service announcement: The watch is waterproof but if you are in the lazy river and your son pushes you underwater and your watch scrapes against the side it will be scratched to heck. I would only wear in water if working out and not in any situations it might contact the pool bottom or sides. Poor scratched watch.