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Apple Watch Featured in Hong Kong Fashion Magazine 'East Touch'

bbeagle said:
If you get a metal band that stretches, the holes inside the metal band will pull your arm hair. That's why I've used leather bands for the past 20 years - no such problem.
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You could always trim your arm hairs. Or even wax! Are you man or ape?
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
I know what you're saying about the "geeky" thing, but the funny thing about geekiness is how cool it becomes.

I think the way it goes is this:
Geeky - when you're the only one in the supermarket that has one
Elite - When the only people that have them are those with money, and geeks
Interesting - when you're in the supermarket, and you see 1-3 people that has one
Cool - When kids are begging their parents for one
Common - When everyone has one
Commodity - When grandma or grandpa asks why you don't have one
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Funny. I would only modify by changing Geeky category to Dork. To me Geeky is someone like an early adopter and gets great joy out of new gadgets... if it offers a cool feature/purpose and is respectable looking. Geeks, despite their "hobby," have social skills, self-respect, and can influence non-geeks. OTOH dorks have zero taste or social skills and can only influence other dorks.

Screech from Saved By The Bell is the dork poster child. Mark Cuban is a geek.
 
Rogifan said:
I really hope this power reserve feature can be used anytime and not just when the battery is low.
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This. If the power reserve can be used at any time that would put Apple ahead of the game. I think that would look infinitely better than a blank black square sitting on a wrist. It should be an option for those who want it and ignored by those who don't.

I went camping last weekend with the guys. I threw my S5 in UPSM and didn't even need to charge until Monday night. That included putting it back in regular mode when I returned home Sunday. If power reserve is anything close to that it would be pretty damn sweet. If it's just for low battery... okay.
 
Maybe the "yawn" photo is a subliminal message that the battery will last all day. It's late, late at night, and that's why the guy is yawning — yet his Apple Watch is still going strong. :D
 
mistertomlinson said:
I am almost positive I read somewhere that the watch is ambidextrous and can simply be flipped around to accommodate left handed people. Keep in mind, the bands can be removed and placed on different sides of the watch. And it wouldn't be difficult to flip the image on the watch in the software's settings so that the crown could be on whichever side you prefer. I'm almost certain someone from Apple has addressed this.
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iSee said:
You can flip it upside down and put it on your right wrist. That puts the crown on the left, where you need it to be. The display graphics would be upside down, but there's a setting for that, of course.

The crown will be below the button rather than above it like it is on the right. But I can't see a disadvantage to that. In fact, it seems better that way to if you are working with both the button and crown. Your left thumb would stay perched on the crown while your index finger would either be on the crown or come up to push the button. I think us lefties got the best of it for once... Or so I imagine. I'd have to see how this works out in real life.
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rdlink said:
I'm not certain about this, but I think the fact that it's a smart watch will allow you to flip it over on the other wrist, thereby putting the crown on the correct side of the watch to use it.
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Wow, I looked through Apple site and did not see this, but this is good to hear. I hope to get confirmation about this next week at the event. Thank you all for responding. Although, I am not convinced about getting the watch (my wife wants it yesterday), this at least removes a major reason to not getting one.
 
rei101 said:
The design of the watch is hideous at best. Does not look good at all, that is why Apple is investing so much in campaigns... to convence you.

It looks like a 60's 70's old lady stuff. An ugly retro.
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Are you talking about the shape? Because the different colors and bands make it look drastically different. A few combos are retro, but others look completely different.
 
Forget the questionable fashion. What is up with the color the type on the cover of the magazine? It's hardly legible. I mean maybe if you're trying to put the emphasis on the watch itself—but there are better ways to achieve that result. This just looks sloppy and unintentionally bad.
 
fallenjt said:
I think it's elegant and good looking. So far none of smartwatch is even considered nice enough to wear.
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I disagree, some of the android wear watches are actually quite nice. If they just didn't have Android running on them..... I'm willing to bet the Apple Watch will outsell the Galaxy S6, HTC One, and all their smartwatches combined this year.

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Cuban Missles said:
Wow, I looked through Apple site and did not see this, but this is good to hear. I hope to get confirmation about this next week at the event. Thank you all for responding. Although, I am not convinced about getting the watch (my wife wants it yesterday), this at least removes a major reason to not getting one.
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It can be flipped over. That was discussed when it was unveiled. You choose the orientation in setup apparently.
 
Looking at these pictures, though one thing is undeniable - this is incredibly cool for teenagers, especially with higher income. I guess we will see a teen idol, someone like Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, 5 seconds of summer with Apple watch and teenagers will instantly connect with these images, which we find strange. Thats a teen fashion and I can understand it (not very much like but ok).

These guys will be extremely cool with Apple Watch (One direction, for those who don't know).
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Cuban Missles said:
The more pictures of the watch I see, the more I am thinking it is not for me. I am left handed, but this watch seems to be only for the right handed people. I could not put on something that big on my left wrist and still be able to write comfortably. If I put it on my right wrist the crown will by on the wrong side and make using it difficult.
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...the screen rotates
 
I'm really hoping that in actual usage, the watch face would be off in every single one of those photos. I mean, it looks nice, sure, but I'd rather not waste the battery on powering the display unless I'm actually looking at the thing.
 
Perhaps the photoshoot was to point out that just because something is in a fashion magazine does not mean it’s appealing, functional, or interesting - just relevant, or more concisely, flavor of the month.
 
The douchebaggery in those photos is through the roof. It hurts to look at.

Hipster level 8,000,000.
 
I can't wait to try it on. I'm fairly thin so I might have to go with the smaller version.

Now to go leather strap or metal...

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jtmarine73 said:
I disagree, some of the android wear watches are actually quite nice. If they just didn't have Android running on them..... I'm willing to bet the Apple Watch will outsell the Galaxy S6, HTC One, and all their smartwatches combined this year.
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I personaly think that smart watches are still too niche to achieve high sales. I think it might be able to hit 1 million in the first few months but not pass the sales of the S6.
 
bbeagle said:
If you get a metal band that stretches, the holes inside the metal band will pull your arm hair. That's why I've used leather bands for the past 20 years - no such problem.
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yeah, but their metal link and milanese bands are not the stretch metal bands thank god. I simply cannot wear those dastardly things. The apple link bands allow you to pop links out and add them to personalize the size (as opposed to that stretch crap).
 
Won't be long before every tuhao has one to go with their gold 6+.
 
dugbug said:
yeah, but their metal link and milanese bands are not the stretch metal bands thank god. I simply cannot wear those dastardly things. The apple link bands allow you to pop links out and add them to personalize the size (as opposed to that stretch crap).
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I didn't know that. Thanks! Maybe I'll try a non-stretchy one! :)
 
69Mustang said:
No we weren't. There were some who laughed at skeuomorphism after Apple declared it no longer cool. I wasn't one of those people. Skeuomorphism has always had it's place. As for the watch, skeuomorphism doesn't apply here. Skeuomorphism is the design concept of making items represented resemble their real world counterparts. In this case the watch and smartwatch are real world items. If anything, the opposite is true. The :apple:watch skeuomorphically represents real world watch faces with a digital interpretation.
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The watch faces are rather skeuomorphic - digital screens don't have physical hands. I don't have a problem with this - but I do find it ironic that so many were complaining about it with ios but now justify it because it's a watch, as if we've never had digital watches before and need reference to traditional watches for understanding. The more a smart watch looks like a "real" watch the higher the praise it gets. "the 360 - ohhh - its round - that’s better than apple's square because most watches are round" Sounds a bit form over function to me.
 
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