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Best Buy Begins Selling Apple Watch
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Count me in the group that doesn't. Either functionality or value of money.
However, I am excited for next generations. For me I think it's almost there. Maybe next generation if they have extra health sensors. Battery is fine. I am dreaming when wireless charging like Cota are the norm. 30 feet away sounds too good to be true.
Kind of a ridiculous statement, don't you think? What's the purpose of it other than to inflame others? I love my watch. It's not revolutionary, but I didn't expect it to be. I find it very handsome, very functional, and fulfills exactly the expectations I had for it. I wear it daily.
It's one thing to have a valid opinion and explain why. It's another thing to simply bash a product without reason just to be an *******, and to try to inflame others. Why you aren't banned for doing so is beyond me.
So you have one and found it useless? I'm sorry to hear that. Could you tell us why you feel your watch changed nothing in your life?
Not at all. Unlike a gym membership or stair master, my watch helps me keep appointments, send quick messages to my friends, pay for coffee without digging out my wallet or phone...
If my watch were ONLY for exercise, then I'd say you were right. Clever of Apple to make sure that I wear it for other reasons (including knowing the time) and so have it on my wrist every day for those things. Which is why people are likely to stick with it as they wouldn't a gym membership or stair master. It's hard to put it away given all it's uses for other things.
Oh, and I got a gym membership ten years ago and still go faithfully three times a week. So...not necessarily the most apt comparison there.
You would if your time was worth money. I've had ezpass since the beginning and probably been charged more in fees than the cost of the Apple watch. So yeah, ezpass does cost money, except you don't really see it.
Nope. And your point is? I mean, if I want to wear my smartphone on my wrist rather than have it in bag or pocket, why would you find that pointless? You're not doing without your smartphone are you? You find it useful. So. Why is mine less so if it's not the same as yours, in a pocket or bag?
I'm confused. If someone uses their iPad for reading, as I do--and I do a LOT of reading--then it is doing the following: keeping my apartment from overflowing with books, newspapers and magazines, helping me go paperless (I don't know if that does much ecologically, but it sure helps me out), and, most wonderfully, helping me to archive and re-find articles, chapters, etc. of value to me.
I can also find magazines and newspapers from around the world, ones I wouldn't find at my local newsstand. And many of these e-magazines, newspapers and books have video; and, of course, I can do other things like search and change the font to read them without glasses, etc. So, my iPad has really replacing all those things.
So, here's my question. Why does the iPad have to be a replacement for a notebook in order to succeed in your estimation? And if it isn't a replacement for a notebook...then why is it a failure? I consider it awesome and a real game changer thanks to all the space on my bookshelves and freedom from paper magazines and newspapers. Why doesn't that count over a notebook?
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Logical fallacies, by definition, don't make sense. They just rig the argument. "iPads don't replace notebooks (his definition of how they'd be a success), so they are failures." Or "Apple watches don't replace smartphones (his definition of how they'd be a success) so they are failures."Get off this thread, you're making way too much sense to post on MacRumors.
You can define what would be a success to you, personally, but you can't define what would be a success to others--or overall--and, thus, claim something that has not proven itself a success in this way is a "failure."
In other words, he isn't making sense. He's just saying what you want to hear.
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EXACTLY!
But the moderators allow these types of inflamatory comments. These types of comments are what cause these message boards to lack any substance, but the moderators don't care.
I even reported the post to the moderators - but they will do nothing at all.
Yep and boatloads of things that save them time or provide some efficiency in their life.
Mods do care, but even unfavorable comments are allowed. If you feel a post has violated forum rules report it.
Oh right
here comes the efficiency rationalization. Awesome. Funny how there is no difference between a fanboy and a cocain addict. Both will rationalize the **** out of anything.
I DID report it.
However, this wasn't just an unfavorable comment - it was a comment that had no point in the topic being discussed.
'The Apple Watch has no use' is okay in a thread ABOUT the Apple Watch, or reviews of Apple Watch. I'm not against people holding opinions. But this is beyond that...
We don't need to go into EVERY SINGLE THREAD about the Apple Watch and see these exact same comments that are only meant to inflame, nothing else.
And here comes the putdown of any evidence in favor of the watch as "fanboy cocaine" (don't forget the "e" there)Oh right
Funny how there is no difference between an anti-Apple troll and a cocaine addict. Neither can resist dismissing any valid evidence or fact of an Apple product being good or useful.
Oh boy, one thing has nothing to do with another not sure which logical fallacy that falls under. Your phone us an example of a time saver also. I guarantee you will live a week without it. I've seen people using the watch, it's a time saver to them; see their emails, texts, meeting notices etc. maybe it's not high enough on YOUR food chain, but for a busy person I can see where this enhances their efficiency.Oh right
Then why are you reading and posting in this discussion where people will certainly be gushing about how much they love their watches, something you clearly don't want to hear? By all mean, go where you'll hear only what you want to hear.
And then someone who doesn't have one, and is not the target market, complains about it for the 100 times. Yep, this happens...
You're right.
What amazes me with all the posts from people that "Will never buy an Watch" or "it's useless" spend time posting on the Watch section of the forum. I'm really surprised by this behavior.
You know, I've been wearing my Apple Watch for two months. And I can't tell you the number of people who didn't know it was an Apple Watch (servers at my coffee place, friends/family, customers behind me at the store) until I lifted up my arm and did something with it (like use Apple Pay). Most of the time, my arm is down, the watch is dark, and it passes for just a watch. Also, sometimes I've a sweater on (a lot of places have air conditioning on high and it actually is cold inside), and my watch can't be seen at all.
So, I'm not so sure about all these claims about there being no Apple Watch owners in the whole of Germany or the U.K. and only a few in New York City. Granted, a few million watches sold over three months means that they can't be too numerous in countries with populations of 80 or 60 million (Germany/UK). Not like smartphones which have been out for 8 years and are often given away by phone companies.
But rare though the watches still are, you may have bumped into several watch owners and either not seen what was on their wrists, or not recognized it for what it was. That was, after all, one of Apple's goals. The watch is suppose to look like a watch, not an electronic device. So, I don't think anyone saying "I haven't seen anyone wearing a Watch in this country of 60/80 million" is evidence of the watch's failure in the marketplace. The iPhone was a rare sight when it first appeared, too--and it was a lot easier to spot when someone used it. If I lift my wrist to look at the time, you probably won't even notice that my watch is an Apple Watch, not at first glance, at least.
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I'm no leather expert, but I thought it felt very soft and supple... seemed very comfortable when I tried it on in the store, but I went for the leather loop instead for its comfort and design. But the leather loop has a very thin layer that's glued/fused to the core material which is hard so you can't really compare it to traditional leather bands.
I will say this though: Apple has put as much thought and care into the bands as the watch itself ... The leather loop, steel link, sport band, modern buckle, Milanese loop... all very elegant, beautiful and quite innovative.
