No, it's a ugly device. If this was leaked before hand everyone would of said it was fake and ugly.
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Apple Watch First Impressions From Watch Experts, Fashion Sites
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This is a fair point I hadn't considered that much. Any reasonably good watch costs $200 - 300 or more. So if Apple built a "reasonably good watch" - which it seems they did based on the feedback on the material, straps and so on, then $349 (albeit "from") might appeal to many given that you get lots of other functions with it, whether you use all of them or not.
Despite the naysayers this watch will probably sell like hotcakes. It's not perfect, a little bulky, but it looks to be an amazing achievement. Overall I think it looks pretty hot, customized as I would like it. There are so many options (48 for the case/size/band) that there is probably something for everyone here.
Look, people spend thousands of dollars for high end watches which have zero functionality compared to this watch (or other smartwatches). $349 isn't cheap but it's not a lot of money in the context of quality watches. Even the gold watch, if less that $1000, will represent value to many watch collectors, who spend thousands at a time for watches.
Something for everyone, from the average consumer, to athletes, to fashionistas, to collectors. Like a lot of Apple products, people often disapprove but once they see it in the wild or at an Apple Store, it seems awesome. I think that will happen here.
Look, people spend thousands of dollars for high end watches which have zero functionality compared to this watch (or other smartwatches). $349 isn't cheap but it's not a lot of money in the context of quality watches. Even the gold watch, if less that $1000, will represent value to many watch collectors, who spend thousands at a time for watches.
Something for everyone, from the average consumer, to athletes, to fashionistas, to collectors. Like a lot of Apple products, people often disapprove but once they see it in the wild or at an Apple Store, it seems awesome. I think that will happen here.
I have the exact same issue. PLUS. Take a look at this ad from the keynote... all these attractive people with their watches... but where in the world are they keeping the iPhone? especially the runners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUE_M8A5yxnLfW0KghEeajjw&v=CPpMeRCG1WQ#t=108
No way am I gonna carry a 4.7 or 5.5 in my arm band just to have the watch on as well, feels redundant with the motion coprocessor.
The Apple Watch will sell more than the iPad initially did.
It looks great, and people love it.
$349 does get you the stainless steel and sapphire crystal model. There isn't a plastic Apple Watch.
That is just misleading. Get it right please if you are posting on a public forum.
No. It's. Not.
seems like many people in tech forums are saying the moto360 blew it away design wise because it is round mostly, funny how it not being round doesn't seem to bother the fashion site people nearly as much.
I honestly think they released this too early.. let Apple Pay grow first and then bring in the apple watch. "Paying easy, just got easier, now with your wrist." As it sits now, the apple watch is just like everything else out except with a "Crown" to navigate through your cluster of unnecessary apps..
You do realize opinions on design are personal right?
We don't all drive the same car, the same color, and park it in the same house, while wearing the same clothes.
Hopefully they can offer up multiple designs to fit more people's taste in the future, however they will never please 100% of the population.
I am looking forward to playing with my friends review unit later this week, however one thing that bothers me about the 360 (at least currently) is that it has Square software within a round device. There really isn't much (besides the watch faces) that takes advantage of it's unique industrial design.
Still, the 360 looks like an awesome REV.1 device. I can't wait to see how it progresses in the future.
He's being very misleading. There is no plastic watch. You can get a plastic band, but there's leather and metal ones as well. And the $349 price point wasn't tied to any of those models specifically, nor were we told which bands would be included with which watches. We simply don't have enough data at this point to make the judgement that poster made.
A very good point and one of the big reasons why the Apple Watch won't threaten the luxury watch market. And since it's an electronic piece requiring an iPhone, it's not meant to be a luxurious investment to be passed down from one generation to another.
The traditional luxury watches have that sense of value.
I'm not knocking the Apple Watch but think it's a nice product they're offering. I probably won't go for it right away and want to wait to see how it develops once it comes out.
But as an athletic fencer myself, it would be handy to monitor my physical activity and heart rate. Especially for health reasons and track my cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
The idea is having a high end smart watch that is customizable which is the intention here. I don't think Jony meant ill will towards the Swiss regarding them being in trouble and that it was probably a professional "rub" on them in a light manner. I'm sure he views the Swiss designers with high regard.
No, it is not. It is water resistant, which is not at all the same thing. Out in the rain is ok; swimming or being in the ocean, not.
Maybe
Which Apple watch is plastic?
Stainless steel case?
Aluminum case?
18k gold case?
I don't notice any made of plastic among that list, but maybe some other materials expert can chime in on that
I personally like the design. Though when seeing it on its own it look quite bulky, but seeing pictures or people wearing them, it looks great! I wish I had the opportunity to play with one soon though. Im estimating it will be six months before they will release it though. Why do they tease us so!
What really impressed me were the interchangeable bands! Honestly this is the part that worried me from the beginning. I feared some cheap rubber or leather straps. As they flowed through the six straps, I was getting worried because none fit my taste... When they showed that metal infinity strap, it was done. Threw my money at the tv. These cant make it here soon enough, nor can I wait to see what 3rd party band makers will bring also.
What really impressed me were the interchangeable bands! Honestly this is the part that worried me from the beginning. I feared some cheap rubber or leather straps. As they flowed through the six straps, I was getting worried because none fit my taste... When they showed that metal infinity strap, it was done. Threw my money at the tv. These cant make it here soon enough, nor can I wait to see what 3rd party band makers will bring also.
I also think that the basic design is a home run! But the watch is too thick for my taste in its current iteration. In future iterations, the current design made thinner will be perfect.
There you go, actual "experts" in the field of fashion and the watch genre (not all of you armchair industrial designers, i.e. whiners at home) pretty much say that Apple made a "watch" that alone is constructed better than most "normal" watches in that price range ... except oh yea, it's a smart watch that does a ton of things too
Apple's attention to detail and their ability to create products that just look and feel good will make this product a huge winner. Everyone I have talked is very interested buying one, watch-wearers and first-timers.
Apple's attention to detail and their ability to create products that just look and feel good will make this product a huge winner. Everyone I have talked is very interested buying one, watch-wearers and first-timers.
Are you sure? The Apple Watch "Sports" has no sapphire glass and no stainless steel tho. that's probably where the "from" upwards is coming from