Personally I think you look like a right w****r talking into a giant smartphone held up to your ear, but that's just my opinion...
I don't use the speakerphone mode though, I prefer the wired headset option instead.
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Can you take calls on this watch?
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I don't use the speakerphone mode though, I prefer the wired headset option instead.
I don't have a "giant smartphone" though, I have a fairly common sized model, that a lot of other people have and I use it in the way it was designed for (in the normal way, like a normal person).
It's funny, you strike me as someone uses speakerphone mode.
And your car's dash controls are in-line with the steering wheel, your hands and your view forward? That's funny, cuz that's where most cars have their gauges and warning lights and such.
Out the window, seriously? You can't hold a watch up in front of you?
And Siri doesn't do this already? I've no idea, it's not available in my native language (yet.) If it can't do this, then it'll surely get the ability eventually, as it would be a big boon for the visually impaired, and Apple has a big focus on accessibility apparantly.
In any case, your complaint about this doesn't make much sense. If people want to distract themselves with texts, they're going to do that regardless of how those texts are delivered to them. Even fiddling with your AC or radio is a dangerous distraction while driving.
Not sure what kind of car you drive (I'm in the US), but typically the dash board is right behind the steering wheel with any other displays immediately to the right of it. Cars are designed that way so you are still generally looking out the windshield. Even the rear-view mirror is centered to the windshield. My point is, your view while driving is still generally in that direction. Removing your hand from a steering wheel, looking at your watch which makes you focus on something smaller and not in-line with the road, is far less desirable than holding a watch up in front of you as you suggested.
Yes, Siri can read texts...surprised limited to english if that is the case.
Not sure what country you are in, but for many states in the US, it's against the law to use a hand held cell phone when driving (bluetooth devices are allowed). Texting to a watch I'm sure would also lead to a ticket. Your argument that people are going to fiddle with texts regardless is weak. People can also elect to drink a beer while driving, but there are penalties and consequences for that too.
Why wouldn't it be in-line with the road, you can't hold up your wrist in front of your face? You need both hands on your steering wheel at all times? How do you think stick-shift drivers drive their cars?
More importantly, is your car stereo/phone mount in front of your eyes while you drive, or somewhere at roughly the height of your sternum and off to the side? I don't see how you could say looking down and aside to your cell is safer, than just raising your wrist and flicking your eyes at the screen for a short moment. That's mighty weird.
Nobody gets fined for receiving texts to anything, anywhere. Except north korea (except they'd send you to a gulag - at best.)
Sending from a watch, sure. But why would people start sending texts while driving just because they wear a watch with that capability? That's friggin oddball reasoning.
It's not my "argument", my argument was that you shouldn't send texts while driving. Sadly not all human beings have a brain between their ears though, so a (depressingly large) number of them will anyway. Fact of life, I'm afraid.
Not really sure what you're on about, seriously. It's like you're going out of your way to find things to object about.
Not all, but most people wear their watch on their left wrist. If driving stick, again...US perspective here, the stick is used with their right.
The reason people will start to text to a watch instead of a larger phone display is the same as a dog licks his balls...because he can.
Look, bottom line, I have just about every single Apple product there is and am well invested into their ecosystem with Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone. I just see this Apple Watch as a bit of a waste since it needs to be tethered to another device and can become another hazard to distract drivers.
I wish the Apple Watch was either more stripped down (just a notifier to tell you to look at your phone since it needs to be tethered) or more of a mini-iPhone (with data and GPS enabled without need to tether).
I wouldn't use it all of the time, obviously. I'm only generally talking about in quiet locations, like my office, at home, etc. It's pretty common in the TV business world to have conference speakerphone calls with multiple speakers, so people are used to it. I wouldn't use it much out in public, unless maybe it's a quick call from my wife about groceries or whatever. Also, we often have group speakerphone conversations with family members in other states.
These smart watch devices aren't going to replace your phone. They just add to convenience, and, you'd be amazed how much you notice taking your phone out of your pocket less times per day, even if it's only 25% less than usual. For me, since I don't have lots of long phone conversations, my texts are short, and most of my emails still require my laptop (because of attachments and whatnot,) a smart watch significantly reduces the amount of times I dig around for my phone in a day.
i miss so many calls from failing to feel the ring vibrations in my pocket that having the watch alert me on my wrist of an incoming call is in itself worth the price of admission.
Not to mention being seated while noticing a text buzz and having to try and wedge the 6+ out of my pocket only to see its some useless notification.
Not to mention being seated while noticing a text buzz and having to try and wedge the 6+ out of my pocket only to see its some useless notification.
Two of my biggest reasons, too. I'm a business owner who is basically working 24/7, so being able to screen things from my wrist is a huge deal, because pulling my phone out of my pocket a zillion times a day is too much, especially when so many of the notifications aren't urgent.
If what you're saying we're true, then it wouldn't be capable of replacing the phone. If I could place and receive calls, texts, listen to music, etc. then it would be capable of replacing my phone. This watch cannot do those things on its own.
Do you have 2 personalities? These were comments you made earlier.
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=20802953#post20802953
"$549 is outright outrageous!!!! I don't care who you are. That's over $200 more than the Gear S that doesn't even need a phone to work. Doesn't even have a keyboard..NO!!!!!"
"Apple is so behind in the watch market."
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=20800918#post20800918
I think as long as you're connected to the same wifi network there shouldn't be a problem. My house is fairly large and handoff calls work from just about anywhere.
But gee, are you for real? You know what most people do trough the day with their smartphones? And you know under what kind of pressure was apple to enlarge the screen of the iPhone because 4" was to small for what people do?? And then you wanna move and do all that in a tiny little screen? Yeah, right!!
$550 is the Stainless Steel one. A Stainless Steel Pebble watch which doesn't even remotely have the same functionality or build quality has a $250.00 price tag.
$550 would be the one I'd want. I have never had interest in a Pebble. However, my Gear S that I recently sold that I paid $299 for had more functionality than the Apple Watch. This is in no way comparing Samsung with Apple. It's simply price comparison. Even the sport model is higher priced.
Why did you sell that watch out of curiousity if it was cheaper and had more functionality?
Because they aren't for people who keeps their phone on them as much as I do. My phone is always "right there". I tried changing my habits by coming home and just sitting it down trying to make use of the watch. Doing this I saw great benefit, but as I said it was just at home. I don't run nor do I care what my heart rate is...I've used the sensor on my Note 4 once to see that it worked, so the only use case for me was notifications and the cost didn't make sense at $299. No way would I put $550 out there for my type of usage.
I have a 24 piece watch case that's full...I sold it, added money to it and bought another Movado.
Sounds like a Pebble watch would better serve your needs:
- its only $80.00-$100.00
- pushes all iOS notifications to your wrist
- Has a few watch faces to keep things interesting.
I have a Pebble now and can't wait to get the Apple Watch because:
- The Apple watch has a nicer screen
- I can actually interact with notifications rather than let my watch tell me I need to go pick up my phone to reply to something.
- Anything beyond that is a bonus (heart rate sensor etc).
Go back to my original post - I said I would be interested in such a watch if it could replace my phone. This one clearly can't, or at least not yet.
I didn't comment on what most people do on their smartphones, nor do I particularly care - I'm not going to base my shopping habits on what other people's needs are, I'm going to shop based on my own needs. And this phone doesn't fulfill mine.
I think you're grossly mischaracterizing what I've said by saying that "I wanna move and do all that in a tiny little screen." I don't care one way or another, really - I've gone this far in life with a regular (and much less expensive) watch, and I'll be fine moving forward with it. But if a company were to come along and make a watch that could replace my smartphone, I'd be interested.
You pay for nice design, and smart watches are an interesting combination of tech and fashion. Good designers don't come cheap.
The watch doesn't connect to a wifi network. You need to be within wifi range of the phone.
Actually, at the event, Kevin Lynch said that the watch connects via Bluetooth and Wifi so you don't have to be within Bluetooth range of your phone.
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