In the watch world, that word is still in use. Your analogy doesn't really work.
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Apple Watch iPhone Companion App Reveals New Details About Upcoming Wearable
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In the watch world, that word is still in use. Your analogy doesn't really work.
Same thing with Brain's ******s.
Edit: Really MacRumors? A UK culinary delight is censored.!!!!! Yes, yes, I understand why, but still.
I was in charge of training some people, and when approached by their manager, he said, "You need to explain it to them so they understand."
My response was this: "No, I will tech them to come to my level of expertise. That way, when I leave, they will have the understanding to stand on their own."
I won, and so did they.
It's not in use by the target consumer... That's the population subset that matters.
From the hands-on photos, the regular stainless steelYes! That one is my target too. I like the lighter Sport, but I much prefer the elegant Steel. And no to gold, I am not that old. Oh, it's rhyme.
Watch looks amazing with a steel link bracelet. I hope that it is included with the watch and not purchased separately. Hopefully it won't be more than around 500 or I might have to pass this time around.I think my favorite combination would be a light-colored stainless steel Apple Watch with a dark stainless steel link with the solar watch face.
I think they should find a different word to use than 'Complications'
Seriously. It sounds like a parody... of Microsoft jargon trying to be too cute and cool by half.
For a company that prides its products as being easy to use I now maybe think I should sell my Apple stock and buy shares in "face palm meme." Hard to believe the upper execs approved that word for the world to associate with the first (post Jobs) Tim Cook product. The late night shows will have some easy fodder there if Apple keeps it.
It'll be plastic.
Unapologetically plastic.
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I doubt it, for many reasons, but #1 is that if they had one that would be the sport watch, not the aluminum one. #2 they didn't show a plastic one at the preview -- even touted the quality of the cases -- so it would have been a huge c**k tease to show off metal ones for months and then drop a plastic one for $349.
They could have justified a $349 plastic one in Oct easily and then everyone would have their mind set they'd have to spend more for metal. But now everyone thinks they are getting aluminum for $349, so plastic at that price point would blow up in Tim Cook's face.
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Good point, but not sure 2nd gen fixes an issue who's genesis is with the iPhone's battery, not the watches.
If you read any article about a specific high-end mechanical watch or a comparison of high-end mechanical watches, you will find that term constantly. And the manufacturers also use it all their promotional material.
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... in regard to third-party applications.
Right but 99.9% of people are not horologists or delve into that hobby... well unless there is a adolescent joke in there. Normal people do not know watch jargon. It's not 1947. They understand the common dictionary version of the word.
The phone companies are just as bad...
Yes much better when Jony Ive called it "unapologetically plastic".
That's funny. Leisurely reading articles about mechanical watches. Heck even if Watch Week was the only magazine left in my doctor's office, I'd still just read conventional news sites on my phone to pass the time.
Saying something has been "used since" is not the same as saying something was "used in"...
in other words, it is still in use today.
Pedantically speaking you are correct. Following those lines, everything the iWatch does beyond telling time is a complication. So do we start calling
With only a very few exceptions, mechanical watch complications are displayed together (or inside) the watch face. Thus, one can argue that only stuff shown on screens that include a watch face would be a 'digital' complication.
Yes, "complications" is the correct word to use and shows that Apple is being serious in the field of horology. But, c'mon they're going to be ridiculed in the media, and you know it, and don't give me any "who cares what people think?".
If they do change it to something more average-customer-friendly, I look forward to all the backpedaling here. I also am fully prepared to eat my own words if no one outside the RDF has a problem with "complications."
If they do change it to something more average-customer-friendly, I look forward to all the backpedaling here. I also am fully prepared to eat my own words if no one outside the RDF has a problem with "complications."
Sapphire/ceramic is the most expansive combo .
Aluminium for a watch is silly, it's going to be a scratch magnet. Stainless steal is a great choice
I love your attitude. After not wearing a watch for 25 years, I too plan to get one. But, I will probably wait until the initial bugs are worked out. I don't think I could afford it, but the rose gold is just stunning IMHO.
Apple Pay DOES require physical contact. It requires the user to double click the crown of the watch and click a confirmation on the screen.
They're not going to change it. And I don't think they much care what the media says. The competition has been ridiculing Apple for several years now and Apple has basically ignored it.
Can't wait to get one !
I think thewatch will rock. There is a lot of QQING about the watch but it's the best out there. I use to have and polar loop and I loved it! The apple watch is 3000 times better. Soo I'm more than exited to get one. Some complain about it doesn't have soo features like games but apple take out all unnecessary apps and functions so it only have the things you actually use, it makes it more simply(specially for the none geek users). I hate all the gimmicks samsung devices have. Getting the 350$ one , I don't like fancy jewelry
Sorry my english
I think the
watch will rock. There is a lot of QQING about the watch but it's the best out there. I use to have and polar loop and I loved it! The apple watch is 3000 times better. Soo I'm more than exited to get one. Some complain about it doesn't have soo features like games but apple take out all unnecessary apps and functions so it only have the things you actually use, it makes it more simply(specially for the none geek users). I hate all the gimmicks samsung devices have. Getting the 350$ one , I don't like fancy jewelry Sorry my english
Just because you haven't heard a term used before doesn't make it any less correct or relevant.
Clearly you're not a watch aficionado, and that's fine, but every hobby/business/etc. has its own jargon. People didn't know what "download" meant, or an "app", etc.
But I guess if you want to dump your AAPL because they're using the correct terms for something rather than dumbing it down, be my guest.