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Apple Watch to Feature Time-Only 'Power Reserve' Mode, Prototypes Disguised as Samsung Watches
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Judging by my little ipod 6th generation all those sensors is a lot to ask of that tiny battery to power (even just being an ipod with a battery that tiny with no wifi/blutooth it sux battery quick. And it is a lot more sensitive to things that drain more power, even if it is just a little more power. Things like volume you play at or what headsets it is powering make a huge difference in power life).
Even posters on The Verge (who clearly are not Watch fans) think this device looks 'meh' in real life. Now that every Android OEM seems to be going circular we'll be going from 'wow, cool!' to generic and everywhere in a year.
I wonder if that's wise though... Generating free mindshare for Samsung.
How can there be mindshare if there wasn't any in the first place?
Bingo. I currently wear an Omega watch, and the last thing I'd want is a smart watch that resembles some $150 watch from the jewelry counter at Macy's. I like that the Apple Watch isn't trying to to look like a cheap analogue watch.
- Come on, you know everyone has different tastes. Many people are commending Apple for its design of the Apple watch.
- The round examples that you pasted in your post have all been slammed for being awkward in usage, due to the fact that text and information does not display well on round screens. Apple chose the right option here with a rectangular screen for the specific use of the watch.
- By the end of this year Apple will likely have sold more smartwatches than all other smartwatch manufacturers combined. In that case it would mean that your opinion about the design being worse than the Android watches is a minority opinion.
And was obviously wrong, too. A round display is nothing more than a sop to the watch snobs who believe it has to be an imitation of a traditional watch or it's an automatic no-go design. Starting with a blank slate to design (which Apple always does), the logical solution for a wrist wearable is a rectangle.
Yes, but you fail to see the substantive difference.
Samsung mimicked Apple product for actual product because they didn't have an original idea of there own at the time.
Apple is putting it's product in a Samsung case as a "trojan horse" so that no one notices it's an Apple test mule. Apple isn't copying Samsung design to sell product, just hide.
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That's what she said.
P.S. the user has the option of multiple style faces. Or had you not really don't any research on the Apple Watch yet? I don't think going into power save mode is going to change the face. That would be silly.
I get the difference, just never thought I would see the say Apple would hide behind a samsung.
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As long as its justified in your head. Just cannot see it happening under jobs.
For me, it is having satnav where I don't have to have my phone on view, especially in a city I don't know. You can always see tourists walking around using their phones to navigate and they're just asking to have it nabbed, or be robbed because they're tourists. Having the watch guide you by taptic feedback whether you're walking, or even if you're riding a bike like I do regularly will be very helpful even in my own town because I walk and ride a lot but I also travel frequently so this one feature is high on my reasons to want the watch.
Why? It makes a great disguise because the tech paparazzi is looking to hard at Samsung watches. Very similar to how they test the next iPhone in the current iPhone shell. Big difference between "hiding behind" and "disguising." Also Apple's doing so is a clever jab at Samsung; not a compliment.
For copying the design of the Samsung watch to hide their own design. For falsely leading others to think it was a Samsung watch. For intentionally using Samsung's design in a knock off manner.
Maybe some were, but obviously other sensors were not.
Clearly all health items were not abandoned by mid 2013, as Apple was still hiring health sensor experts like crazy all the way through at least Spring 2014.
All the indications are that Apple was working on, and continues to work on, new sensors.
So there's a power save time-only function.
So basically I buy a $350 watch that only tells the time...
So basically I buy a $350 watch that only tells the time...
Problem with general rules is that the consumption of the different radios has varied a lot between different models (with a clear downward tendency except when adding new functionality like 4G).
The iPhone 6 can play video for 11 hours. I can run down the battery using the GPS radio faster than that (I'd say in about half that time). I've noticed this most when using the Glympse app that is using the GPS essentially constantly while sending out your location (well, not literally constantly but with very short intervals).
I don't agree with some of your numbers. Radios typically take much more percentage of power than low single digits. Particularly if you consider the fact that you can leave your iPhone screen off for an entire day and drain 25% of battery. Cellular radio drain varies greatly from low (when you have 4 or 5 bars) to very high (when LTE struggles to get a signal). Wifi and Bluetooth are much lower power but remember, Apple Watch will be constantly connecting to iPhone via Bluetooth for messages, emails, apps which will draw a fair amount of power over the course of a day without any screen time.
On the other hand, the screen on Apple Watch will have a minimum power draw because it's not designed to be on all or even for a few hours a day. So while I'm sure the Apple Watch screen draws a lot of power, it is not expected to be on for more than 10-20 minutes total each day for typical users.
It's all about typical usage habits and these are not expected to be anything like iPhone.
That seems unlikely. The only guy mentioned is a software guy and the technical challenges seem to be primarily in solving unique hardware problems.
Wow! A watch that has a time only feature. That can survive not being recharged for more than a yea ... erm .. mon ... Week ... Ok then ... Day.
How can it NOT succeed?
How can it NOT succeed?
For copying the design of the Samsung watch to hide their own design. For falsely leading others to think it was a Samsung watch. For intentionally using Samsung's design in a knock off manner.
None of these will hold up at all, because none of the devices were sold and all of them were used only for internal purposes.
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Wow! A watch that has a time only feature. That can survive not being recharged for more than a yea ... erm .. mon ... Week ... Ok then ... Day.
How can it NOT succeed?
It will likely have more chance of succeeding than your attempt at semi-funny sarcasm.
The Apple Watch has a much smaller screen than the iPhone, therefore much less power. Not sure how much updating the screen at 60fps costs; that can go down to 1fps. And I think the motion sensor will be running and decide when to turn the screen on depending on how you hold the watch.
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Apart from the fact that grabbing lost items and running away with them is theft.