Apple Watch Sightings Picking Up Ahead of Official Launch

[stewy]

Maybe I'm alone here but I haven't worn a watch since I was a child, and I don't plan on spending $350 for a new watch when my iPhone can tell the time, check my mail and do pretty much anything I need when I'm mobile.

It's funny watching the hostile responses from this innocuous comment.

 

[Neepman]

The watch will be the biggest product fail in apples history and will go in the books as one of the biggest fails in business history.

 

[imaginex20]

The watch will be the biggest product fail in apples history and will go in the books as one of the biggest fails in business history.

Typical response whenever Apple releases a new product

 

[PeterKG]

I have to admit, that hairy guy's watch looks awful. Too big and boxy appearing. On another note, the pink sweater is also awful.

Be careful what you say about Tim's boyfriend's pink sweater.

 

[filmantopia]

Personally, I'm freaking excited about this!
I noted how Sullivan was impressed that it "had become an essential part of this person's life". Even Tim Cook recently said he "couldn't live without it".
Is that just marketing hype, or is this thing awesome in ways we haven't imagined yet? Maybe a little of both?

I think the features we already know about are enough to deeply integrate it into people's lives. People who've used smartwatches have reported that notifications on the wrist are extremely useful, and not something you want to let go of once you have it. I think the digital touch communication features are extremely underestimated in how much joy they will bring people. The fitness tracking software looks superior to any other option available. ApplePay with the wrist will be the best way to pay. Then there's countless apps from thousands of developers that will do who knows what.

 

[SgtPepper12]

I honestly still don't see it. I wait until someone figures out a way to make this thing worthwhile carrying around. I wear a 10 bucks casio watch, mainly to look at the time when I'm working or when I'm out running. Never have to worry about it and when the battery is dead or I lose it, I just buy a new one and also it offers minimal distraction (that's actually something I noticed just recently and am embarrassed to confess on a tech board: I'm sort of fed up with the continuous distractions everywhere. Wherever I look, there's some display to look at that keeps me from just being alone with the person that I am. I really see that as a societal problem).

This smart watch seems like an iPhone remote to me and I honestly have absolutely no use for something like that. I can't see myself fiddling with this tiny thing when there is my iPhone in my pocket that's a thousand times more convenient to use.

Still, maybe someone some day will have a convincing use for this, until then I don't see myself buying that or anyone else I know ftm. I'm not saying the thing is crap or it will fail as a product (even though I wouldn't be surprised at all), but I just need a bit more convincing efforts.

 

[StoneJack]

It is not a watch.
It is a wrist computer which happens to show time in addition to many other functions we don't even know yet. It imitates watch just like iPhone imitates phone keypad but its another beast.

 

[burtba]

Maybe I'm alone here but I haven't worn a watch since I was a child, and I don't plan on spending $350 for a new watch when my iPhone can tell the time, check my mail and do pretty much anything I need when I'm mobile.

So what the f... are you doing reading let alone spending the time to comment on articles on smart watches if you have no interest

 

[ChrisTX]

And if it can track my distance running and walking that is an added advantage as well.

Sadly it cannot do so without being tethered to the iPhone directly. Most serious runners don't want to run with a smartphone aside from maybe listening to music, and most already run with a Garmin or a Suunto.

 

[campingsk8er]

I want this less every day

That's strange, I want this more every day

 

[Keirasplace]

Sadly it cannot do so without being tethered to the iPhone directly. Most serious runners don't want to run with a smartphone aside from maybe listening to music, and most already run with a Garmin or a Suunto.

It would have an accelerometer, gyroscope, so, it would certainly be capable of measuring distance and counting steps without the phone, but maybe not to the meter... If you care to that level. My stride is remarkably stable on a long run (unless doing intervals). I can usually measure how long I've run to 2% precision just by knowing how many steps I've taken. It can also take your pulse without the phone too.

 

[yesthisisjay]

That's strange, I want this more every day

I'm with you, my want level out of 10 went from a 10 to a solid 11.
I like the design and size, I understand it doesn't suit everybody's tastes but it suits mine.

Consider me lining up the day of release.

 

[dampfnudel]

The Apple Watch will get you attention from the opposite sex in a way that your iPhone won't. Isn't that a good enough reason?

It's sad if someone needs a watch to get attention from the opposite sex.

 

[rowspaxe]

If apple fails with the apple watch, it'd be the biggest failure they've had since the pre-ipod days.

Yes, it will be. Even though the iphone does very well--a tanking product will
degrade a brand. Thats why think apple is playing with fire here.

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It's sad if someone needs a watch to get attention from the opposite sex.

Actually, most of us need a house, or at least a cool car.

 

[phantomsd]

"A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." - Steve Jobs

I believe this will be a slow start/launch for Apple... understandable because the public has yet to grasp how AW can be used in their day-to-day. Shoot, I'm still trying to figure it out... but from what I've been seeing and reading... it's pretty damn interesting.

We have to remember that Apple isn't showing us everything yet. It may take a few years before we fully realize AW's potential. Remember when the first iPhone was launched WITHOUT an App Store?

Tim was so genuinely excited during the keynote and I'm pretty sure what they showed was just the tip of the iceberg. The keynote demo was highly-controlled and the watch was probably in early alpha stage. The third party app screenshots were just early mockups (a lot of inconsistencies with the AW UI/Style Guidelines they just released). This leads me to believe there will be another special event to show off more functionality before launch.

In a few years, we'll all be wearing thinner, bigger battery life, more capable AWs. We'll be paying with our wrists and think back to when we used to swipe credit cards (think how we view checks today).

Apple has a way of doing this, a way of changing perceptions and making things you never knew you wanted highly desirable... it has already begun.

 

[afsnyder]

Saw one in person up close, on a small female wrist, and it looked shockingly not-huge. I didn't think I'd want one because all the close-up photos make it look bulky, but it was surprisingly thin. Certainly no thicker than any of the watches I own. I didn't even notice this person was wearing the Watch until someone pointed it out.

Wow, I'm jealous. I really want to see one of these things in person.

 

[Soccertess]

The watch will be the biggest product fail in apples history and will go in the books as one of the biggest fails in business history.

nooo.. it will be wildly popular, and that's unfortunate because the utility of v1 is minimal.

If they came out with health sensors that were truly innovative and wireless charging, I would bet the farm on this new product. As it is now, I'm with you and I think I give it an F. I'll need to wait till it comes out though.

 

[Tanegashima]

Maybe I'm alone here but I haven't worn a watch since I was a child, and I don't plan on spending $350 for a new watch when my iPhone can tell the time, check my mail and do pretty much anything I need when I'm mobile.

People said the same thing of TVs with remote controls.

 

[a0me]

Maybe I'm alone here but I haven't worn a watch since I was a child, and I don't plan on spending $350 for a new watch when my iPhone can tell the time, check my mail and do pretty much anything I need when I'm mobile.

You're the 10000th comment like this on MacRumors.

 

[Mildredop]

Yes, it's funny watching how the writing style on this site has give downhill, mimicking that of mass media. From lack of editorial input to over the top words to get an impact. It's a shame really, and kind of insults the intelligence of the reader.

Although, judging by most of the posts on these forums, I don't think many readers have a particularly high level of intelligence...

 

[handsome pete]

People said the same thing of TVs with remote controls.

No they didn't.

 

[Mildredop]

You're the 10000th comment like this on MacRumors.

Then that would suggest it's something A LOT of people think.

 

[Recognition]

Serious question. Why do so many people that could care less about Apple Watch read an article about the Apple Watch and then take the time to let people know how much they don't want one or care about the Apple Watch? I would love to know this. I come to read the comments to gain extra insight as to features and topics about the watch but I finding myself having to maneuver through a bunch of garbage. Does anyone have the answer to this? BTW. I want and Apple Watch.

I wish I knew the answer to this too!

Anyway, I'm off to the Mercedes owners forum to tell them that I WON'T be buying a Mercedes,
then I'm going to log into the Samsung home entertainment message boards to tell them I WON'T be buying a Samsung tv,
Then maybe I'll head over to the Microsoft website and tell them I'm NOT going to buy a surface.

People need to know what I'm NOT going to buy this year and why!!!

 

[nia820]

I might pick up the 2nd Gen version. 1st gen apple products always look like prototypes.

These iwatch signing seem more like advertisement then apple employees testing them out.

 

[Max(IT)]

Dick Tracy disagrees. Without stand-alone capability it's more of a traditional dumb watch.

This LG device has stand-alone capability and not only does it look more professional but also less like a phone with a strap than non-stand-alone aWatch.

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In my opinion, that's very ugly...