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He doesn't care so noone else should care either. That's how the world should be in his view.
Battery life of 1 week MINIMUM needed before i touch any "smart watch",
its not a usable device if i NEED to carry a charger around for my watch when i go overnight for business
I have also corrected the Jony Ive quote i keep seeing --
"When we see something huge and powerful we aspire to make it small and unusable."— Jony Ive
he who has brought us surface mounted, sealed, landfill bound systems in a push to get people to buy new every 2-3 years rather than upgrade the HDD or add your own RAM to extend the life of a system.
its not a usable device if i NEED to carry a charger around for my watch when i go overnight for business
I have also corrected the Jony Ive quote i keep seeing --
"When we see something huge and powerful we aspire to make it small and unusable."— Jony Ive
he who has brought us surface mounted, sealed, landfill bound systems in a push to get people to buy new every 2-3 years rather than upgrade the HDD or add your own RAM to extend the life of a system.
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You'll be waiting 10 year, or until battery tech improves immensely with the current use cases of the Apple Watch, whatever comes first. If your usage is quite light, you could see something within 5-6 years even without new battery tech just because SOC efficiency is improving.
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Still undecided on this.... its one of the best smart watches to look at and the UI looked fantastic but 1 day battery life for me is the killer..... its a little but thick as well.
I'll probably ended up with the v2 which will last half a day but at least it'll be thin
Considering they didn't even distinguish in saying 1 day between the big one and the small one, I'd wager the bigger 42mm watch lasts close to 1.5 days of pretty intense use, 1 day for the smaller 38mm one.
I can't see it being a hit either with minimum battery life and limited health sensors...........However, it will create competition and hopefully someone will hit the golden mix.
I'm still hoping that the thing they showed has been improved. Just seams pointless... moto 360 looks gorgeous... too bulky at this point though... but seams like it is on the right track...
cellphone makers - are just trying for dear life to create a new category that nobody cares for.
Steve jobs once said not to chase the trends but to create them
Apple has failed
Nobody? Is that why a small start-up with no real proven track record of providing consumer products managed to get 68,929 people to pony up a total of $10,266,845 on Kickstarter for a simple smart-watch, before they even had a working product?
Apple will sell many of these because there is indeed a demand for smart-watches, whereby only some will buy it because they will actually use it and some will buy it as a status symbol.
I think the cheap ones will be out first and plentiful with the others taking longer to get into widespread production. Not used a watch in many years so I don't know if I'd get one but at $350 it might be nice to get just to be part of it.
Seriously, who is going to buy these? Not only for the hight price. In my case, last thing I need is to find myself trouble-shooting software problems with my watch, on top of other devices that require time and effort to keep running well.
Buy one as an investment and never open it. Just keep it in the box. Similar to the original iPhone, it might be worth something one day...even after the OS and tech gets obsoleted after 2 years!
I hope this thing makes Valentines Day. I want one so bad.
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Agreed. Hoping that I can at least update to "S2" at some point.
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True, but with all wireless tech (Apple products included), that 1 - 1.5 days of battery life when the devices are brand new, easily slips to maybe .75 - 1/1.25 battery life after a year.
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They are pretty ugly IMO. And the prices make me laugh. Pay $500 for something that needs to be upgraded every two years? No thanks.
I remember very clearly when Bill Gates said something like, "Every home will have a PC," my father saying, "We'll never own a PC." And now my parents have a computer in every room.
I said something similar to my wife nearly 30 years later when the iPad came out. Now she and I have 4 iPads in the house.
I've learned to never discount tech, even if it appears to be niche.
We can never tell how the iWatch is going to turn out. When the iphone came out it was not meant to run Apps. It was supposed to be a phone to browse the net.
Maybe people will find uses for the iWatch, maybe not. I think one of the best uses is to be able to control other electronic devices like TV's.
Maybe people will find uses for the iWatch, maybe not. I think one of the best uses is to be able to control other electronic devices like TV's.
Steve jobs once said not to chase the trends but to create them
Apple has failed
....while chasing MP3 players with an iPod, chasing Netbooks with an Macbook Air, chasing smart phones with an iPhone and chasing tablets with an iPad.
When did Apple say you have to upgrade every two years? We know nothing about this device except that the cheapest model will start at $349.
Interesting. Figuring out the preferred band ahead of time will be hard for Apple. That said, the bands should be easy to build, especially the plastic ones. Of course I've seen Apple run out of cases at iPhone launch. So who knows.
I'm guessing the steal watch goes for $500. If it is $400, then that is the price without the band. Some of the bands for the steal watch are really nice. The bands alone are worth the jump from $350 to $400, they are that nice.
I'm still using my 3GS on its original battery, so battery tech is not as bad as you think it is; especially if you're not a heavy user and simply top off the battery every day.
These days, one cell seems to have died a few weeks ago, so it goes from 20% to %0 instantly, but besides that, still chugging with a few hours of browsing before dying. If I use it as a phone in an area with decent reception, it still lasts all day.
If the battery is rated for 500 full charges and the average user just tops up (no full charges because they're not using it intensively, ) it could easily last a full day for 2-3 years under medium use. BTW, many people I know replace the battery in their supposedly not replaceable Iphone for $30-50 bucks. I doubt it would be even that expensive for the watch, maybe #20 bucks.
I also get the feeling that unlike other phones, the battery in this one will be replaceable. The internals of the watch seems a lot more modular than the phone.
Yes, we get it. But you and others with similar sentiments are not the market for this watch. Millions will be sold in spite of you, just as Chevy sells millions of cars and trucks in spite of me.
because it WILL be updated every year. You're forgetting that this is not a classic mechanized watch, its a digital device and in this day and age, 1 year old product is already technologically obsolete. Its not like some Rolex that maintains its value, this watch will already lose 20% of its value after purchasing it. Thats just how it is with digital things. Apple and some folks are expecting too much from this.
Here's what Apple says about some of the bands on their website:
So one link bracelet takes nine hours to complete. And it appears that the materials for the others are coming from Europe. That makes me wonder if all the components of this device will be manufactured in China or if China will just be for final assembly? Or will the Edition watch not be manufactured in China at all? Notice on the marketing materials the back of the watch doesn't say anything about where it was made/assembled.
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Hey I know people that are still using an iPad 2 and an iPhone 4s. Watch might be updated every year but that doesn't mean the existing one will become obsolete. Plus the internals look quite modular so who knows what Apple's plans are in regards to upgradability. The watch is so different from anything else they've done I don't think we can really look to other products to predict what they'll do here.
No the delays are to do with getting the software to work properly and the battery to last more than 1/2 a day.
I think a lot of MR members are going to be shocked when Apple announces the prices for these bands.