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Apple Watch Makes U.S. Magazine Cover Debut In Latest Issue of 'Self'
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They didn't need to do this with their other products, probably because they sold themselves...
Yep. They *never* had advertisements for any of their Macs, or iPods, or iPhones, or iPads. Oh, wait... They've had advertisements for *all* of those products.
Talk about your false equivalence.
As has been mentioned time and time again, the watch is also a fashion piece. It's seen on the wearer much more than a phone, which is usually stuffed into a pocket or bag. So to display it in ads as having an active screen is a bit disingenuous. I certainly get why they do it. A blank watch face is definitely duller to look at. I'm just pointing out the reality of the situation and how custom watch faces (while cool), are kind of pointless and simply self serving.
We don't know yet, but I would imagine for the length of time you would need it to run. Unless you're running 20 hours straight.
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You don't need your phone to run with the watch.
It's rumoured to be under 4 hours.
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/22/apple-watch-battery-life-19-hours/
You think you're joking.
The cellular-enabled iPad 1 was promised "by the end of April".
It was released at 5:00 PM on the last business day of the month.
Yup, end of April. Barely.
Yep. RUMORED. And do you think I don't know what the rumors are yet? We don't know what the battery life is. All we know is that you'll use it so much you'll charge it every night according to Tim Cook. That's not a rumor.
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Because it's a promotion photo and it looks a little bit dull when the display is off.
It's not running GPS, and the iPhone apparently does the heavy lifting on any compute-intensive stuff, and it has a tiny screeen, so I think they're sandbagging a longer life. Don't get me wrong, anything less than several days is a problem, but I think they're going on the offensive leaking low numbers. When launch day comes and they say 12 or 18 hours of battery life people not paying attention may be like "wow! I never thought that possible!"
This entire watch thing is ridiculous. Maybe they foresee a day in say five years where we'll all have tablets for most of our work, and use a watch via siri as our as our PDA and communication device when we're out. I can buy that, so maybe this is just taking baby steps until that day...that's all I can figure. The alternative option is that this is just a niche product getting undeserved attention.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/challenge-of-apple-watch-defining-its-purpose-1424133615
"Apple Watch provides data and communicates in new ways, but big health-monitoring features are nixed for launch"
Don't kill the messenger.
These are just some in the mainstream press (probably a small fraction since I got bored looking... )
Articles/reporting on Apple on the watch only in mainstream media within the last 3 weeks. There are loads of other Apple reporting that also mentions the watch indirectlly.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/02/17/millions-of-apple-watches-ordered/
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple/apple-may-show-more-watch-next-event-n304631
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-watch-wearable/story?id=29046361
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/apple-watch-coming-april-33564.shtml
http://business.financialpost.com/2...atch-order-estimated-between-5-and-6-million/
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...s-as-apple-stores-get-made-over-10053205.html
http://www.24news.ca/tech-science/99912-apple-orders-5-6-million-watches-report
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2015/02/17/apple-watch-health-tracking/
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...-million-smartwatch-boom-20150219-13j2me.html
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/06/apple-watch-update
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/17/apple-orders-more-than-5-million-watches-for-initial-run/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/02/17/apple-watch-projected-to-sell-20-million/23572373/
http://time.com/3711739/apple-watch-hairy-wrists/
http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-watch-health-monitoring-axed-due-sensor-issues-regulatory-fears-1818772
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...ital-life-review-untethered-smartwatches.html
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-future-wearables-20150124-column.html
http://techno.lapresse.ca/nouvelles...le-lancera-sa-montre-apple-watch-en-avril.php
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11375043/How-Tim-Cooks-Apple-conquered-the-world.html
Reading comprehension problems? They are saying outside of the media, and people like you, most don't care about it.
Apple's OWN WEBSITE says different about the heart monitor (like right now); you want to go there to confirm or rely on some clickbait title from the wsj? The article itself is a total mess; not even sure what the point of it is (except getting clicks off course).
Things were nixed before they were were even announced in September for sure. That'S to be expected when you devellop a product you actually want to sell for a few years instead of a scam.
All EKG's are heart monitors, but not all heart monitors are EKG's
Assuming rumor was true...
You specifically said heart rate monitoring is out, and many here already showed you that it isn't. Don't try to cover up your mistakes because it won't work.
So, Apple didn't make the watch as good as an EKG (large expensive machine used in controlled circumstances) and thus this is a fail?
If Apple had promised EKG level heart monitoring in September (that would be a big selling point) and then dropped it; that would be very big news. But, off course, even that WSJ article doesn't say that. So, this articles is big on headline and short on substance (a pure clickbait).
That they dropped whatever was not working is a given. Don't really need rumors or the WSJ to tell me that. That's how things are supposed to be.
I do get it but there are others on here claiming it isn't even coming with a heart rate sensor now. I just read a heap of that in another thread on here yesterday.
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except that this woman looks anorexic so it should look fine on most normal women.
No one is "killing the messenger," just setting the truth free. You stated in your earlier post and quoted in this forum several times, specifically that the HRM was axed. That is a damned lie or incompetent research on your part. You choose.
Are the finger ones the same as what exist in smart watches now? They seem pretty accurate. Or are those mainly telling O2 level, I forget (not in med industry).
I am not arguing about any sort of fail, just pointing what the rumor implies. I can only hope that the version Apple is using sucks less then what Motorola uses.
