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Apple Shares New Ads Promoting Apple Watch Series 2 as a Holiday Gift [Update]
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I tend to hold my phone unless I need both hands so makes it less useful. As for the people arguing about the Rolex
Rolex still suffers from that more than any other premium brand. People still think of bankers, yuppies etc and Rolex whereas other brands you see as an expensive (possibly silly expensive), nice watch.
There were people who bought Geo Metros and Yugos. A small fraction of suckers, convinced they need a device to tell them once an hour to stand up and stretch and to be their own personal replacement for the gimmicky old grocery store heart cuff monitor stations, does not constitute a "wanted gift" of significance.
Your remark was general and reflective of what others believe *as well*. Suggestion: Don't use "that is a fact" when defending an opinion. Reading comprehension, I can't understand it for you. I wouldn't care if you hadn't taken the time to pick apart my comment sentence by sentence in self-aggrandizing fashion and later retort you never wrote it.
You assert your *opinion* that Rolex's *to you* are overpriced and unappealing by mocking terms I referenced as to my one timepiece when that "jargon" is used throughout the industry. It would be tantamount to dismissing Apple's "jargon" as their products are "just flash" and nothing more. If you don't see the irony, wow.
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Love these ads and love my Apple Watch. I was a skeptical about wearing watches too but it's been such a convenience. Lot of negativity on these forums now a days anyways.
Apple Watches in general or the 2nd gen ones? I don't know how to tell the difference between the 2 just by looking at it, but I have seen plenty of aWatches in general, especially when I go to more populous areas. Probably 1 in every.... 20 to 30 people? It's not enough to be the majority, but enough that I notice it from time to time.
If you don't buy one of these at Xmas then you probably never will. And no shame in that.
I lost my job at a watch making factory. 'Couldnt believe it. After all the hours I'd put in!
I lost my job at a watch making factory. 'Couldnt believe it. After all the hours I'd put in!
I was still a little on the fence as to whether to upgrade my pebble watch, but it seems Fitbit forced my hand...
I don't need information every second about everything on my wrist. It's nice to take a break from the barrage of info.
Now, if I made a watch, it would provide basics, like time and weather. I don't need notifications and constant reminders.
Take a break!
As it stand, I have a Rolex knockoff and it does what I want it to do.
Yep, I'm not one to be glued to my phone, carry it but pretty much only use it for calls, never mind a watch. I ended up spending far, far more than I'd planned on my non-smart watch but I like it and will be passed down.
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Old ones are (sometimes) the best.
They will be a "thing" for active people who own an iPhone. I don't need mine but I don't have an active lifestyle. They may not be a blockbuster but they are selling, profitable and have functionality for many. My daughter can't wait to get one (it will be a birthday present).
My battery is fine.
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People show the full range of responses to every development. So all of those are always true every time. But they're not the full truth.
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Agreed. At the very least it's a "thing".
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Get out more
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Charging it is identical to charging your phone at night. Except requires less accurate placement and finessing of the connector. Don't see everybody abandoning their phones
That's okay, I've run into more than enough people with questionable judgement lately.
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Which is precisely why they don't need the Apple Watch.
What's the matter? Someone salty because Android Wear failed?
It already is a thing. Unlike Android Wear.
Apple Watch is an amazing modern watch...
But only Rolex and other legacy watches fit in with this cell phone, which I would assume is their target demographic.
But only Rolex and other legacy watches fit in with this cell phone, which I would assume is their target demographic.
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I wonder if it's meant to be overwhelming to imbue the sense that it does lots of things, or to mimic the intended fast glance nature.
It's the exact opposite of the very early iPhone ads which slowly explained the features. The Apple Watch ads seem like having a stroke in comparison:
It's the exact opposite of the very early iPhone ads which slowly explained the features. The Apple Watch ads seem like having a stroke in comparison:
Seems like the biggest problem with Apple Watch, especially series 2, is availability. Yeah, you see stores showing the demo units, but many don't even have them in stock. Series 1 is easier to find, but good luck finding series 2 and the Nike edition one.
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Apple's point here is that to show Apple watch being a watch, not a gadget. Wether the public sees it that way is another story, but imo that's the purpose of these ads, that it's a watch you put on and go, not a gadget that you need to learn how to use.
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Back then, many of the features we take for granted to day were new, like the idea of having a full browser instead of a WAP browser on a phone.
Apple's point here is that to show Apple watch being a watch, not a gadget. Wether the public sees it that way is another story, but imo that's the purpose of these ads, that it's a watch you put on and go, not a gadget that you need to learn how to use.
I've been on the fence about it's longevity for a while ever since getting my Apple watch on launch day 2.5 years ago.
Now I believe, after careful consideration, that it's the only way forward and Rolex & others will fight over that top 5% in the short term. Although there's not enough room for all high-end manufacturers. Competition will get tighter and tighter. Some watch companies will merge. Some will go down kicking and screaming with arrogance and ego utterly destroyed.
At the end of the day the landscape is changing. Watch companies will fight for survival but only the good will last. When ready Apple will eventually revisit the high-end market so if the competition haven't built up their capabilities to fight the onslaught it will be goodnight.
I'm taking a long term view ~10yrs. Till then, companies will jump in and out to make a quick buck for their shareholders.
Now I believe, after careful consideration, that it's the only way forward and Rolex & others will fight over that top 5% in the short term. Although there's not enough room for all high-end manufacturers. Competition will get tighter and tighter. Some watch companies will merge. Some will go down kicking and screaming with arrogance and ego utterly destroyed.
At the end of the day the landscape is changing. Watch companies will fight for survival but only the good will last. When ready Apple will eventually revisit the high-end market so if the competition haven't built up their capabilities to fight the onslaught it will be goodnight.
I'm taking a long term view ~10yrs. Till then, companies will jump in and out to make a quick buck for their shareholders.
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Microsoft Band is dead, so good luck with that.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.thev...590/microsoft-band-discontinued?client=safari
They're kind of a thing already. I see more of them all the time on the subway. Certainly more than I saw iPhones a year after it launched.