Apple Watch isn't for Lefties!

[Peace]

No, but most lefties don't have the dexterity to control it with their right hand. Think about it as a righty if you had to do a lot of pinpoint control things with your left. I have never worn a watch on my left wrist. Unless they make a lefty version or it can be worn upside down and have the screen flipped or something they will lose a lot of sales.

Being a leftie I have to disagree here.

Most true lefties are ambidextrous . I am.

I bat right handed.
I play the guitar right handed.
I write left handed.
I eat left handed.

The last time I wore a watch was in 1973 .It was a Rolex.
I wore the watch on my left wrist and used my right hand to make adjustments on it. No problems whatsoever. It was stolen and from that point on I swore off watches.

Oh and.

I might be going back to wearing a watch. A 2015 version of a watch.

An Apple Watch.

 

[grahamperrin]

https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/09/apple-watch-interface-orientation-choice/ …

+1
and big thanks, and I'm there, under the topic begun by MacRumors …

Apple Watch Will Allow Left-Handed Users to Choose Interface Orientation > Apple Watch as a gift

 

[alphaod]

Technically it's a watch for people who wear their watch on the left wrist. I know plenty of right handed people who wear watches on their right wrist.

 

[ARSkemp]

If you wear the watch on your right hand, how are you going to use the writing feature? Some comments are just ignorant. The lefty or southpaw feature better allow the watch to work upside down. True lefties need to use the watch on their right wrist. Lefties who have adapted to society and wear a watch on their right wrist need to be acclimated to the left.

What was ignorant about my comment? I just wanted to make a point that not all lefties where their watch on their right wrist and commented on roland.g that hopefully they have a software option for those who want to flip the screen around and wear it on their other wrist.

I think it is more ignorant to say this is just a problem for lefties. If I am left handed and wear my watch on my left wrist I am sure there are righties that wear their watches on their right wrist.

 

[aawil]

I'm left handed but have always worn my watches on my left hand. I guess time will tell if interaction with my right hand will be problematic or not.

 

[grahamperrin]

Society

… Lefties who have adapted to society and wear a watch on their right wrist …

I never thought of any wrist preference as anti-social.

 

[Buddygor]

Are we saying the lefties don't use their right hands at all?

I'm a leftie, I keep my Pebble on my right arm.

 

[Cinder6]

A second or two of thinking will make anyone realize this is a non-issue. This is a problem that can, and will, be easily solved in software. This is Apple we're talking about, not Nintendo; they'll have thought of this already.

 

[jamesapp]

I'm right handed. I haven't worn a watch in probally like 6-8 years. I just looked at a picture of me and I wore my watch on my right hand.

The watch I wore had a crown and I am assuming I operated it with my left hand. I used it just to set the time. So I could have taken the watch off and used my right hand.

But I am guessing I would have to wear the apple watch on my left hand. As interaction seems like I would need the use of my right hand. Like for the drawing feature alone.

Anyway never really thought about it.

 

[grahamperrin]

A second or two of thinking …

After more more than two seconds: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=19618514#post19618514

… Apple … they'll have thought of this already.

If the appearance of pre-release Yosemite is a barometer, then I suspect that some of the overriding thoughts at Apple may be trendy, but not suitably focused on ease of use.

 

[mattopotamus]

Being a leftie I have to disagree here.

Most true lefties are ambidextrous . I am.

I bat right handed.
I play the guitar right handed.
I write left handed.
I eat left handed.

The last time I wore a watch was in 1973 .It was a Rolex.
I wore the watch on my left wrist and used my right hand to make adjustments on it. No problems whatsoever. It was stolen and from that point on I swore off watches.

Oh and.

I might be going back to wearing a watch. A 2015 version of a watch.

An Apple Watch.

Exact same here. I kick with my right foot too.

 

[Peace]

Exact same here. I kick with my right foot too.

Ha ! When I played soccer in school I kicked with both feet. That really ticked off some of the other teams.

Matter of fact if anyone is into soccer you'd notice that a lot of players use both feet.

 

[mattopotamus]

Ha ! When I played soccer in school I kicked with both feet. That really ticked off some of the other teams.

Matter of fact if anyone is into soccer you'd notice that a lot of players use both feet.

I can kick with both, but am right foot dominate. On a side note since we both bat right and throw left a backhand in tennis would feel so natural. I always wondered how people who are not like us can do a backhand in tennis. It is the opposite to how they swing a bat.

 

[497902]

Most true lefties are ambidextrous . I am.

I bat right handed.
I play the guitar right handed.
I write left handed.
I eat left handed.

I'm sure it's different for everyone. I'm also quite ambidextrous, actually there are very few things I can't do with either hand, it's just that I prefer to use my left most of the time. I can even write with both hands, but I think that has more to do with the fact that I was forced to use my right hand to write when I was little.

I rarely wear watches, but when I do I usually wear them on my right wrist. I'm not going to buy a smartwatch to use it right handed. That would feel strange and uncomfortable.