LCD = Liquid Crystal Display, you know, the ones on calculators and such. I can guarantee that the AW is not an LCD.
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Apple Watch 2 Display Deconstructed Ahead of September 7 Event, Shows Attached NFC Chip
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LCD = Liquid Crystal Display, you know, the ones on calculators and such. I can guarantee that the AW is not an LCD.
From an earlier MR article today:
"The Apple Watch 2's slightly different measurements continued in the height and width of its display (appearing to be a 42mm model), which measured 39.47 mm tall and 33.43 mm wide. The first generation Apple Watch came in at 38.74 mm tall and 32.65 mm wide, so while the Apple Watch 2 is slightly taller and longer, the overall difference appears to be similarly negligible as iPhone generations that jump between the main models and an "S" generation."
Funny to think of a "deconstructed" Apple Watch. Deconstruction is a method of rhetorical and literary analysis (it is not, despite how it sounds, a synonym for disassembled). Perhaps if this process was applied to Apple Watch, we might some day be able to interpret its real meaning.
2 days battery at a push, nothing's really accurate for sleep just now from what I've seen, gps in there means even without iPhone it can sync stuff back when re-paired & does connect to known wi-fi when iPhone not available, as per
.Will I get one? Prob not, I'll skip to gen 3, for me
Pay is the dogs & doesn't even *need* phone to use.
I know I'll be getting one and I do hear a decent amount of interest from people.
The potential for a GPS chip for running would put it over the top for me. Would rather they take their time and implement everything properly instead of releasing it early and having it explode!
I loved my iPad 1. Even though it's long gone I can hardly say it's a waste, since I was able to sell if for like 80% of list when the iPad 2 came out and played with it a ton.
1st gen apple products are never a waste...except for the Newton. And even with the Newton it was interesting, because you could sort of see the limits of mobile computing at that time.
I work in the industry, and this AW is really completely useful. If I was a student I'd put my entire calendar into the thing and have it nag me to do stuff. Instead, it just alerts me to my schedule and production issues.
Will I get an AW2? Maybe. The AW isn't as great of a hand-me-down as the iPad 1 was, but I'm sure someone will want it.
1st gen apple products are never a waste...except for the Newton. And even with the Newton it was interesting, because you could sort of see the limits of mobile computing at that time.
I work in the industry, and this AW is really completely useful. If I was a student I'd put my entire calendar into the thing and have it nag me to do stuff. Instead, it just alerts me to my schedule and production issues.
Will I get an AW2? Maybe. The AW isn't as great of a hand-me-down as the iPad 1 was, but I'm sure someone will want it.
This has zero bearing on it's appeal to others. History shows us that compared to the rest of the wearables market, yes, Apple is going to sell a ton of these. It's almost inevitable.
They managed to sell a ton of the first gen, somehow overcoming the fact that it didn't appeal to you. Shocking, I know.
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The iPod required an Apple computer, at first....
Right now you can't even use it with an iPad or iPod touch. I see that changing eventually.
Do we even know what tomorrows prices will be yet?
I don't really understand the sleep? Is this for people with apnea trying to monitor without a sleep study? What's the draw for a sleep monitor? Seems like a feature with even less demand than "breathing".
Didn't have time or energy to get specific detail, but this might help your understanding.
LCD stands for “liquid crystal display” and technically, both LED and LCD TVs are liquid crystal displays. The basic technology is the same in that both television types have two layers of polarized glass through which the liquid crystals both block and pass light. So really, LED TVs are a subset of LCD TVs.
They're more likely to make it iPhone-free than compatible with the iPad (or at least make it iPhone-free before they make it compatible with all Apple devices you own). The AW is meant to be worn all waking hours and it's not practical to carry something as large as the iPad everywhere you go.
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nonsense. it gets better battery than the device it's an accessory to. so if I'm charging my phone every night, there's no reason not to also charge the watch, which has usually been around 40%.
your Fitbit fails to play music or make payments or let me text quick messages without digging my phone out or control my Hue scenes with a tap. basically your Fitbit sucks.
Highly doubtful that they wouldn't be - they had near infinite time and resources at their disposal to come up with precisely the connector they wanted. I'm betting they're happy with it.
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Whole new market segment for them to explore: scented watchbands.There better be new bands...otherwise Apple is doomed.
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So they better burn the midnight oil tonight and shoehorn it in!
(Oh, I know, all indications are that it likely will be there, just reacting to my first interpretation of what you were saying. I'm excited for tomorrow too. Today's like Christmas Eve.)
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Well crap, you learn something new every day! More: http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/led-vs-lcd-tvs/
If you think (or are telling yourself) you're getting 8 hours of sleep, but the watch can demonstrate that it's consistently 6.5 hours, then that's a nudge to change your behaviors. If it shows you that you are tossing and turning constantly for the middle half of the night, maybe it's a suggestion to bring this up with a doctor. In either case it's not a huge thing, but it could be useful. I can see why at least some folks would want it.
I bought the Apple Watch as a timepiece and notification display, but a few months ago I decided to pay attention to the activity rings, and it kind of sucked me in - now it's got me exercising every day (and some days the desire to not lose my streak is what motivates me to exercise). Again, not a huge thing, but it's a positive benefit.
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Yep, the LEDs in "LED TV's" refer to the white LEDs they use for the backlight (LCDs don't generate any light on their own, they only manipulate the available light). Before LEDs, LCD TV's were backlit with fluorescent tubes, which can burn out, can degrade over time, use more power and are bulkier. LEDs are smaller and more power efficient and have crazy lifetimes (often quoted as 50,000 hours runtime). If I understand correctly, some TVs now use an array of LEDs spread out behind the screen and can actually vary the brightness of each individual LED to suit the particular part of the scene they are "showing" (so that part on the right, where the killer is in the shadows, they can make the corresponding LEDs less bright, leading to blacker blacks), effectively increasing the overall contrast ratio of the screen.
The "Jumbotron" type screens you see in stadiums and such - those actually do use individual LEDs for each pixel. You wouldn't want one of those in your house - the resolution is lousy, and you'd have to wear really dark sunglasses - they're designed to be visible in sunlight from hundreds of yards away.
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Even though I still have and love my first generation Watch, I may get the second gen as well. The new display leaks claiming that it is the "most advanced display put into a watch" make me interested to see what they've done to improve the OLED inside. I'm also for the performance and battery life gains, even if my watch never dips below 50% in a day. I may end up getting v2 after all!
I was really hoping for a stand alone watch.
The thinner footprint is the only thing that might keep me interested
That's true, but meaningless for this thread, as those two early posters were correct that the Apple Watch does not use an LCD display.
It uses an OLED like many other smartwatches these days:
http://www.displaymate.com/Apple_Watch_ShootOut_1.htm
Such a big mistake makes the rest of that blogger's comments about "most advanced display" pretty unreliable. What's unfortunate is that many websites seem to be blindly repeating the LCD part.
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