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Are you going to buy a watch?

Are you buying a Apple Watch or...?

  • Shut up and take my money!

    Votes: 96 45.7%

  • Waiting to see it in the real world

    Votes: 63 30.0%

  • No way, too expensive!

    Votes: 12 5.7%

  • No, I don't get the appeal.

    Votes: 39 18.6%
  • Total voters
    210
jrcsh6

jrcsh6

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Jul 1, 2008
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I'm curious what people are doing regarding the watch.

I'm just not really sold on the watch. I don't really see what it does for me when I have an iPhone in my pocket. I'm also watch collector too and fail to see this is as much more than a disposable temporary gadget. (I don't mean for that to sound like Steve Ballmer when he blew off the iPhone!) It's hard to want to take off a real watch to put this on. Despite all of that I want it but can't get my head around buying it.
 
I'm in the situation where I really want to want one, if that makes sense. I'm sold on the concept, but there are still too many unanswered questions (principally battery life) for me to commit right now. Over 18 hours of moderate to high usage and I'll probably be a buyer. Less than 12 hours and I'll be waiting for the 2nd generation I think.
 
Love the concept. If it were 200$, no question about it! I'd buy one. But since the price of the lowest end model is more expensive than the iPad mini, I may need to play with it myself in stores first. I just don't know about dropping several hundred dollars on a smart watch that may not be useful with my lifestyle
 
I'll be getting it for development, but maybe I'll throw it in my watch rotation.
 
I'm not going for one at all...

A smart watch, to me, is not really meant to me just an accessory...

If you need to get your phone out of your pocket anyway to reply to a email message, then you'll be getting your phone out anyway 99% of the time...

The :apple:watch is just so you don't take your phone out unnecessarily, a small price to pay, for convenience. Same goes for everything... Fitness to, Heath tracking etc...

Can't do much on a smart watch without a self contained 3G connection. Apple's thinking is so users don't need another data plan,but what's better......? a data plan, or convenience, (taking out the fact its only on a small display), but at least you only need to look at your wrist..

While there are some things you wouldn't do on a small display, at least that option would be there if u wanted it.
 
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yes! it will replace my fitness watch: nike fuelband.

also a great addition to my 6+. I will be very happy not to take it out just to check for notifications.
 
Price is not an issue but it needs to be more independent of the phone and have a better battery life before I would consider it.
 
I'm looking to replace my regular watch, and I really like the Rose Gold Edition. I'll probably get another band to go with it, though. I don't particularly care for the white sport band and the rose gray leather is a bit feminine.
 
I would definitely get the sport watch for running/working out if the pedometer and music work independently of an iPhone. I know music will, just haven't heard about the pedometer yet. Would be awesome if GPS tracking would work like a Garmin too, but not getting my hopes up.
 
Rob587 said:
I would definitely get the sport watch for running/working out if the pedometer and music work independently of an iPhone. I know music will, just haven't heard about the pedometer yet. Would be awesome if GPS tracking would work like a Garmin too, but not getting my hopes up.
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You can download some music the aWatch. However you will need BT headphones to listen to.

The aWatch will have a pedometer but you will need your iPhone for GPS mapping.
 
I would be interested in the sport watch (price depending). IMO they all look the same, and the "finer" styles just don't look right to me. They look like sporty watches slapped on a fancier band. I look at the sport variations and they look nice, and the style flows nicely. The others just look off to me. Not feeling it.
 
inhalexhale1 said:
I would be interested in the sport watch (price depending).....
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The Sport is going to be (or start at) $349. The only questions would be, will the 42mm cost more than the 38mm, will there be different storage options and will the Space Gray cost more?

So best case all Sport versions $349.

Or worst case it could be something much more complicated like:

42mm $50, 8GB upgrade $50, Space Gray $50.
 
Julien said:
The Sport is going to be (or start at) $349. The only questions would be, will the 42mm cost more than the 38mm, will there be different storage options and will the Space Gray cost more?

So best case all Sport versions $349.

Or worst case it could be something much more complicated like:

42mm $50, 8GB upgrade $50, Space Gray $50.
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I'd probably pass then. If all it's mainly an extension of the iPhone, I really don't see the value of paying around $500 for redundant functionality (check texts, email, calls, etc.) I don't find it fashionable at all, beyond a sleek looking sport watch. I'd feel goofy wearing it with a suit haha!
 
inhalexhale1 said:
I'd probably pass then. If all it's mainly an extension of the iPhone, I really don't see the value of paying around $500 for redundant functionality (check texts, email, calls, etc.) I don't find it fashionable at all, beyond a sleek looking sport watch. I'd feel goofy wearing it with a suit haha!
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$350 is over 35% less than $500. Also being an Apple product it will have decent resale value. So spend $350 keep it a year and you can probably resell it for at least $150 lowering the cost of ownership to about $200.

Also buy a 3ed party leather band (or an Apple leather band) to wear for dress.
 
Regarding the money I have a feeling the 42mm SS with mesh is going to be approaching 1000 if not over. A real watch is still a good bit more than that but I continue to think it's just too much for what it is. For that matter. Forget watch talk and you could buy a Mac! I'd much rather apply 1000 to a iMac 5k!
 
Julien said:
$350 is over 35% less than $500. Also being an Apple product it will have decent resale value. So spend $350 keep it a year and you can probably resell it for at least $150 lowering the cost of ownership to about $200.

Also buy a 3ed party leather band (or an Apple leather band) to wear for dress.
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I meant I don't find the apple watch, in any band or face style, to be something that would replace a traditional fine watch. As a sporty watch I think it looks cool and has appeal, but I wouldn't pay a premium for it. Or rent it for a year like you suggest.
 
Literally everyone I speak to tells me they cannot wait to deploy an Apple Watch on their wrist. I believe people are grossly underestimating the amount of pent up demand is out there for this new range of products. Apple will sell hundreds of millions of them.
 
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