Where's the Mercury option? Now, that would be something, just pour it in your pocket when not in use...
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Apple Watch 2 Expected to Focus on Internal Upgrades Rather Than External Changes, Launch in Late 2016
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I agree the Watch needs to be more responsive but I find Siri is very quick. Glances can be slow.
I'm not sure if you know that you don't have to wait for the Siri screen to come up to begin asking the question or making the command.
Try this: raise you wrist and as soon as the screen brightens, say
"Hey Siri, set the timer for 5 minutes?"
or another command/question
Do you see that Siri quickly types it out and answers? You don't have to wait for Siri to show activity on the Watch face before you interact.
For me this is the reason I wear my Watch everyday.
Also, I must be one of the weird folks who get more than all day battery life. I usually have 20% left after Standard 18 hour days with light usage (directions, appointments, reminders, texts, email reading..).
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There's definitely demand for something like this, but the issue is that the Apple Watch and just about every other true SmartWatch out there falls into the mold of too much solution for what people want at the exact moment. Me, I mainly want a health tracker. I'd like to have some of the other features too, but I mostly want a health tracker so if they could make the Apple Watch into a viable health tracker as one of its applications, I'm buying one.
For it to be a viable health tracker, it's going to need more than 18 hours of battery life... a lot more. So I went out and got a Fitbit Blaze that has 5 days of battery life. It does a few "smartwatchy" things. I didn't care that it didn't do that much, but now that it's become part of my routine, I suddenly wish it did more.
A lot of Fitbit Blazes are shipping:
https://investor.fitbit.com/press/p...s-in-First-Month-of-Availability/default.aspx
The demand for this genre of device is growing, but all of the devices are pretty underwhelming right now when viewed as generally purpose devices usable for more than one thing. Some do this well. Some do that well.
Smartwatches WILL be a pretty big thing... not as big as smartphones, but I don't think we'll be surprised anymore when someone has a wrist device. The thing is that this day could be only a year away or it could be five years away.
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My first impression when I saw the aWatch was oh no, yet another device to carry around (being tethered to the phone). I mean I would much prefer the minor inconvenience of using the phone for the features the watch is suppose to do better than having to carry both.
The day I can do everything of the phone on the watch is when I will really consider the watch. Until then I definitely stick to the phone.
The day I can do everything of the phone on the watch is when I will really consider the watch. Until then I definitely stick to the phone.
The 3rd-party apps on the Watch just take too long to open so they are useless. At least some of Apple's own apps open quickly, like mail. Hang on I'll just check my mail on the watch now, oh look a new mail, let's see...
"The full version of this message isn't available on Apple Watch. But you can read it on your iPhone"
WTF!? Utterly pointless. Oh well, at least you can send audio messages back and forth. Let's see what my wife is saying to me...
"[wife] has sent you an audio message. You can listen to it on your iPhone".
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! God dammit Watch, you make it so hard to like you.
"The full version of this message isn't available on Apple Watch. But you can read it on your iPhone"
WTF!? Utterly pointless. Oh well, at least you can send audio messages back and forth. Let's see what my wife is saying to me...
"[wife] has sent you an audio message. You can listen to it on your iPhone".
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! God dammit Watch, you make it so hard to like you.
Owner of Apple Watch. Will definitely pick up a second gen Apple Watch if the improvements warrant it. Having the watch has changed my life (my health) and is a fantastic personal assistant/dashboard as it is. All I'm after are cpu speed improvements, some sort of cellular connection (doesn't/shouldn't be LTE, you can get away with Edge on the watch), and GPS. No use for a FaceTime camera on it though that sounds all kinds of useless.
That basically is the job description of all financial analysts. A lot of them are actually really good at it which is why stock prices don't jump too badly when actual numbers are reported.
A lot of health wearables bands can receive notifications, text messages from your phone, access weather forecast, HRM, decent battery life, and better waterproofing. I see no need for an Apple Watch that duplicates a lot of this functionality for 2x / 3x the price.
SIRI, is a bit too unreliable as an input method, especially for long tasks such as calendar entry.
Apple Watch at the moment tries to do too much....
SIRI, is a bit too unreliable as an input method, especially for long tasks such as calendar entry.
Apple Watch at the moment tries to do too much....
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Give Apple a few more years.
In no rush, since they've got all the money in the world, I do believe that eventually they'll achieve the right balance between gadget like toy, and useful wearable device.
Wow, it speaks volumes about what people think of Apple these days that it would even occur that they might make bands incompatible. It would be such a dick move and huge middle finger to their customers yet it's something people think about.
And if this is on an Apple fan site, just imagine where Apple's reputation is going.
I've seen one Galaxy S7 so far. Another dud...
Customers don't want an Apple Watch because everyone has upgrade fatigue. Nobody wants to purchase a piece of jewelry that has to be replaced every 12 months because it has become obsolete. Meanwhile, my $1,000 Tissot watch that I purchased in Switzerland 11 years ago is still stylish, works perfectly, and will never be obsolete. And -- never needs to be charged. Only needed to replace its battery ONCE in 11 years.
The killer app for me are the notifications. So I miss less calls, sms, whatsapp and I am more independent form the iPhone.
and that is the problem with a premium smart watch. Most people who buy luxury watches buy them to keep - last a lifetime etc etc. They don't invest for 18 months and then throw it out. Still seems like a niche to me, at least until the improvement iterations from generation to generation become small. Imagine if you'd bought a 1st gen gold edition model for $10K plus ....
I work with a lot of lawyers who use tech as status symbols. I've seen 3 apple watches. And more Galaxy S7's than iPhones these days.
Back in iPhone 4/4s era, every single person had an iPhone and if anyone did show up without one, he was mocked until he got with the program. Now among the same group iPhones are a pretty rare sight.
Granted these are not tech people and not the brightest bunch, but they do buy base on image.
A watch never becomes obsolete. It's main function is to tell time which it will always do extremely well. You made that point yourself. The Apple Watch will be the first product a lot of early adopters hold on to when the new one shows up.
Honestly I think it was just priced too high for what it does. Love my watch but it's mainly for notifications and some fitness. At $400 for the larger "man sized" watch, it's not an easy pill to swallow.
The iWatch is what happens when you run out of ideas. Steve's idea list is now blank so they need to try to figure it out on their own but design by committee always fails. The iWatch is an example of the slow rotting of Apple.
If Apple puts a facetime camera on this and not GPS it will prove they have no idea what the point of this product is.
So analyst predicts a 25% decline over an unknown number? Wow very precise!!!
If you ever make a product that fails as bad as the AWatch let me know, I'll gladly take it away from you for free!!