The red dot is yuck, but the ring is not too bad.
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My Apple Watch can never replace my iPhone. I use the iPhone for a lot of things that Apple Watch can't do on the go, e.g., stock market trading, etc.
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The red dot is yuck, but the ring is not too bad.
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My Apple Watch can never replace my iPhone. I use the iPhone for a lot of things that Apple Watch can't do on the go, e.g., stock market trading, etc.
honglong1976
macrumors 68000
nope! unless you are 70 and fall over a lot
decypher44
macrumors 68000
Went into an Apple store for something unrelated. Browsed the S4. I currently have an S3 so I really was just browsing while waiting for store employee. I put it next to my S3 on my arm and wow! The text is bigger, and the screen is much, much brighter! My eyesight is going downhill as I get older. This would be perfect.
Only way I’d do it, though, is to trade in my S3. Right now, Apple will give $175 trade-in. Problem is, no store within 100 miles has one.
Only way I’d do it, though, is to trade in my S3. Right now, Apple will give $175 trade-in. Problem is, no store within 100 miles has one.
I had the original, then the Series 2. I bike and swim quite a bit and my Series 2 is very useful for me. I will be getting the Series 4 for the bigger screen real estate.
PBG4 Dude
macrumors 601
I guess you missed the Apple Shades part of my post. Keep looking at where the puck is, though.
My bad
Justanotherfanboy
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So, step one-
Convince every single one of the dozens & dozens of Android manufacturers to quit using off the shelf processors, and switch to custom silicon instead, like Apple uses- at a much higher expense, for the sole purpose of letting a competitor have a Secure Enclave element available to bring their competing payment system cross-platform.
Hmmmmm...... sounds like a hard sell.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
I wouldn't even notice. Never really understood why people are bothered with the dot, or even the ring. Is just a visual way to distinguish GPS from cellular.
OldSchoolMacGuy
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Apple doesn't want to do that at all. The Apple Watch is a product that keeps people with the iPhone. If you love the watch, you can't switch to Android.
By making the Apple Watch work with Android, they'd give people more reason not to buy the far more expensive iPhone. That'd be a really stupid move on their part. I guarantee they've looked at the market and have an idea of how many they'd bring over by doing so. The truth is that only a small portion would consider it even if it were an option.
It’s already selling like hotcakes. Further more, would it not be possible for other watch makers to add such features to their Android devices? Maybe not as Android itself is a giant bag of hurt when it comes to this kind of innovation.
bbeagle
macrumors 68040
I went into the Apple store last week, and they offered me $225 for the S3. Prices went down $50 in just a week. I know why, but that's a lot.
I just wish people would stop bitching about the red dot and the lack of a 4” iPhone.
BoulderAdonis
macrumors regular
They will separate the watch from the iPhone some day. Just like they eventually separated the iPod (iPhone) from the Mac.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
You will find that most people who already use health and fitness wearables (like the Apple Watch) are also healthy. They don't use it because they are unhealthy. Monitoring your health is not a bad thing. Some people may discover things about their health that if they did not use the Apple Watch, wouldn't have... or it would have been too late. I don't think monitoring your health does make you paranoid. It's better knowing then not knowing.
Thanks for the well thought out response. The red dot is ghastly.
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No it is selling well, it would sell like hotcakes if it were available to be paired with an Android device also.
There is no technical reason as to why the Apple watch could not work with other OSs
PlainviewX
macrumors 6502a
Series "0"? It's series 1, isn't it? It didn't go from Series 0 to Series 2.Upgraded from Series 0 and man am I impressed! Went from "Hmm been 20 seconds and app hasn't opened..guess i'll just check on my phone" to "Uh... I just clicked the app and its ALREADY LAUNCHED?!!"
Loving my S4
I think it looks ghastly. Everyone is different, likes different things. I think it spoils the look of the watch.
I thought the same thing when you were able to buy dots for the watch. No way was I buying that for my Apple watch.
Brien
macrumors 68040
I still miss the black dot (or color matched dots the Edition had) though.
Can’t wait to upgrade from my S0, may hold out for S5 if it’ll make it, but sooooo tempting.
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We were forced to call it that when Apple introduced a “Series 1” that was the Rev A watch with upgraded processor.
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Funny thing is I’ve debated skipping the 4 and getting a used S4 Hermes next year for (probably) regular S5 pricing.The S4 is looking good, can't wait to pick up a used S5 in two years time.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
Internet Enzyme
macrumors 65816
No i will not i might fall by then
I've just picked up a used S3 SS for a very decent price.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
Far far from it. But you are more then welcome to not see it.
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Hmmmm! Looks like gravity and trip hazards efefct only over 70's where you are (hypothetically assuming that is the only advantage Series 4 have over other models)
EdT
macrumors 68020
I pre ordered the iPhone on September 14 and was off on Friday the 21, release day for both the phone and watch. At 9:00 am local time I thought I would run into town and see what the lines were like at the local Apple store. That’s about a 40 minute drive from my rural area house.
I got there and the line wasn’t very long, so I decided I’d get in line and look at the new watch. I had been reading about what it could do for a while and I kind of regretted not ordering one on the 14th.
They had several employees taking names/reasons for being at the store and there were Apple Watches of the type and color I wanted so I asked how long was the wait. The answer was I could wait in line with others who hadn’t preordered but wanted to try to buy one OR if I knew what I wanted and it was currently still in stock I could reserve one and receive a text giving me a time window, still for that Friday, and as long asi arrived during that 1/2 hour window and checked in then I could buy the watch.
I arrived back at the store right at the time, but things had slipped a bit so I didn’t get into the store for another 20 minutes. I had purchased the watch and walked out within 5-10 minutes however, so I’m not complaining. My phone? As I said I live north of town. UPS deliveries are always late in the day, and this was no exception: the phone arrived at 8:30 PM.
I got there and the line wasn’t very long, so I decided I’d get in line and look at the new watch. I had been reading about what it could do for a while and I kind of regretted not ordering one on the 14th.
They had several employees taking names/reasons for being at the store and there were Apple Watches of the type and color I wanted so I asked how long was the wait. The answer was I could wait in line with others who hadn’t preordered but wanted to try to buy one OR if I knew what I wanted and it was currently still in stock I could reserve one and receive a text giving me a time window, still for that Friday, and as long asi arrived during that 1/2 hour window and checked in then I could buy the watch.
I arrived back at the store right at the time, but things had slipped a bit so I didn’t get into the store for another 20 minutes. I had purchased the watch and walked out within 5-10 minutes however, so I’m not complaining. My phone? As I said I live north of town. UPS deliveries are always late in the day, and this was no exception: the phone arrived at 8:30 PM.