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Apple Watch Ultra Praised by Watch World Tastemaker John Mayer
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Sounds like you've got at least a series 6, which is pretty similar to the new offerings. Especially with watch OS 9 installed.
Is it the orange button? Lol. Or planning around ovulation? I can see that being a joy. 😉
is that a joke.. iJustine couldn't sell a fire extinguisher to a person on fire.
No, he couldn't give a rats ***. Freebie? seriously.
But that's just a guess. Maybe he's a total cheapskate.
I mean, in a sense, that community wouldn’t be wrong. Mechanical watches are typically pretty self-reliant (maybe some need battery changing every now and then). The digital watches are most definitely not timeless. In time, the software won’t work any more (maybe except to keep time and maybe GPS?) because the technologies the Watch depends on would have moved on. Mechanical watches can be heirloom pieces in ways that digital watches typically aren’t, unless you’re in to collecting old partly functioning digital watches
Wearing that watch you could be a real life suburban commando!
Don’t forget Steve wanted him to endorse the iPhone (and even sent him one pre-release) but he couldn’t because his tour was sponsored by BlackBerry.
Maybe my clumsy wording. It certainly didn't look as big or bulky IRL as the pictures suggested it would be - which I liked. But, somehow, when it was sitting directly next to the regular Apple Watches, it made them immediately look small. Hard to explain - when you're next in an Apple store you might get what I'm trying to say lol.
Yeah, I think I’ve seen much larger activity watches.
I used to wear the Forerunner 205 and then upgraded to the 305. These watches not only were big, but they wrapped around half of your wrist for a super bulky effect
But also, they were never intended to be worn as daily watches, so it didn’t matter that they were super bulky.Anytime thanks for giving me the credit.
Apple Watch Ultra has been endorsed by American musician and famous watch collector John Mayer, who has been showing off the new device on his Instagram account.
"Been wearing the Apple Watch Ultra for a week... and it's great," writes Mayer over a photo of the watch. "The first Apple Watch that excited me as a mechanical watch collector."
"It's loaded with capability and what I call 'aspirational functionality.'" Mayer then calls out some of his favorite features, including GPS tracking, a depth gauge, a dive computer, a siren to attract help in emergencies, and Night Mode.
"This is a camping/hunting/outdoors adventure powerhouse," he writes in a later post. "Not an #ad. I just like what I like."
Grammy award winner Mayer is considered the watch world's most influential collector, and is responsible for single-handedly spiking the value of individual watches he is spotted wearing in public, and of those he writes about in his column for horology website Hodinkee.
Mayer's influence is unlikely to have the same effect on the Ultra, which is probably being sold in the millions, but as GQ notes, his endorsement alone "probably registered as a sizable earthquake in Geneva" and will be a "huge deal" for anyone with a passion for Swiss watches and statement timepieces.
Apple has courted the luxury wristwatch world ever since 2015 when it unveiled the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition, which cost upwards of $10,000 and was available in limited quantities.
Unfortunately for Apple, unit sales of the gold Apple Watch Edition were reportedly in the low tens of thousands and the line was discontinued in September 2016 after just 16 months. Humorously, the models are now stuck on watchOS 4 and below.
(Thanks, Richard!)
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People on fire wouldn't be able to pay for fire extinguisher. She'd have better luck invoicing them after the hospital stay.
It is all good, sorry for the snarky post, for a second there I was starting to wonder if there was some sort of an Apple salt mine operation to sing the praises of this watch, but salt mine bots are never self reflective, so yes, I will have to visit the Apple store and see for myself.
That is a side effect of being human, but we are talking about a specific situation, in the context of giving a testimonial about an Apple product, one's history with the company is especially relevant.
Wait, isn't it true for ALL Apple Watches? Sooner or later your device will become obsolete and won't get updates. As opposed to any mechanical watch that should work forever.