I'm not getting one, not knocking the watch or people who are I'm just not a watch person. Plus I think the first year or so anyone in a room with one is gonna scream hey look at me I have the apple watch lol
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Do You Even Like Smartwatches? For the people who aren't getting the Apple Watch...
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This.
The stainless dark version with steal band will be around $1400 here in Sweden..
If I spend a few $ more I will get a watch I can pass on to my grand kids if I ever get any.. The
watch will, best case, still be partially usable in 3 years. Battery will suck (even more), it probably won't run the latest apps designed for watch2 and so on.. As a watch it makes no sense, and as far as a tech-toy it´s still just to early to get in to. Smart watches will probably be awesome in 5-10 years but right now they are 80´s cell-phones
Immensely annoying. Particularly when you're engaged in a conference call on your landline and suddenly all your idevices start chiming in. I disabled notifications on everything but my iPhone for that very reason. If I'm interrupted when I'm busy, I now have one device to silence. Simple is good.
I think the redundancy of carrying a watch and an iPhone everywhere to do many of the same things will lead to fatigue. Users will constantly be forced to make decisions: Do I deal with this on my watch or my iPhone? Make the wrong choice and device switching mid-way will waste time and dissipate focus. Decision fatigue will set in.
Can we use more specific terminology? What you really meant was that you haven't worn a timepiece for over a decade. The Apple Watch isn't a timepiece. It's a computer on your wrist that just happens to display the time when it's not doing anything else. Your opinion may change after the watch has been out for a while and we see what its full capabilities are.
Just stop. As a future Apple Watch owner and previous Moto 360 owner. I'll say the leather strap is really nice. Like kdarling said, it's made in Chicago.. And for the price, I'd love a Horween strap for my Apple Watch.
I don't wear watches overall but there is something I don't feel right about wearing a high tech watch like a smartwatch. I get other watches, g shocks or rolex and why you'd buy it and wear it on different occasions but wearing a fully functioning OS that have to be charged almost everyday as a watch I don't understand. I'm going to get a really nice watch someday, maybe a rolex in the edition price point of 10,000-20,000 and will not even consider apple watch as a candidate.
I like the idea of a smart watch, all gadgets and such interest me but the practical application for me is limited. I check my phone enough that an apple watch wouldn't be used to its fullest. I like that the watch can be an intimiate thing... But I'd probably be the only person to end up getting a watch in my circle of friends if I ever did... So that feature would be a bust.
Feels like everyone was craving bigger screens last year and now it's about small ones.
Feels like everyone was craving bigger screens last year and now it's about small ones.
That's just silliness.
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I understand your opinion on 1-3, but number 4 is ridiculous. I do snatches and kettle bells all the time with my g-Shock on my left wrist. You're probably wearing your watch too close to your hand.
Initially, I was going to buy an Apple Watch with the link bracelet. But, as more info about it came out, I wasn't thrilled that I have to add another device to charge every single night. So, I ended up buying a new G-Shock. If and when the battery charge can last days and not hours, I will look at it again.
This is an interesting thread--
I'm personally very tempted to get one for the fitness and perhaps "directions"/maps features, but I must admit that I do have some hesitations: call me a tin-foil-hat-wearing-luddite but I'm a little weary of having a bluetooth device attached to my wrist, potentially all day and many days of every week. I'm not sure that it has been "proven" with sufficient certainty that such exposure is "safe".
I also admit that the broader concern that a smart-watch might not be an alltogether desirable thing has its merits. While such a device could improve my fitness data (at least, with hte battery life of this generation, for waking hours only) I'm not sure I like the idea of what is made possible by having that information available, at least the way data sharing and apps "works" today.
Non-use and even non-desirability of smart-watches is a very valid discussion.
I'm personally very tempted to get one for the fitness and perhaps "directions"/maps features, but I must admit that I do have some hesitations: call me a tin-foil-hat-wearing-luddite but I'm a little weary of having a bluetooth device attached to my wrist, potentially all day and many days of every week. I'm not sure that it has been "proven" with sufficient certainty that such exposure is "safe".
I also admit that the broader concern that a smart-watch might not be an alltogether desirable thing has its merits. While such a device could improve my fitness data (at least, with hte battery life of this generation, for waking hours only) I'm not sure I like the idea of what is made possible by having that information available, at least the way data sharing and apps "works" today.
Non-use and even non-desirability of smart-watches is a very valid discussion.
I'm totally sold on the idea of the Smartwatch (original Pebble backer and backed the Pebble Time Steel too), but I'm not sold on the idea of the Apple Watch.
I like it for a few reasons - mainly notifications and music control. I'm not sold on the idea of it doing so much, but I may come around in time and once the battery lasts longer.
I did write my first ever Pebble app yesterday though - to give me Disney World wait times so that when I'm on holiday in the summer my iphone can stay in a waterproof bag in my rucksack but I can still check ride times
I like it for a few reasons - mainly notifications and music control. I'm not sold on the idea of it doing so much, but I may come around in time and once the battery lasts longer.
I did write my first ever Pebble app yesterday though - to give me Disney World wait times so that when I'm on holiday in the summer my iphone can stay in a waterproof bag in my rucksack but I can still check ride times
A smartwatch is a very good idea. The industry - though - is making its first babysteps in this field. In 5-10 years we will have real smartwatches, not just gadgets that pretend to be.
I like wearing traditional watches. I'm personally a techie but smartwatches don't interest me. The concept of a smartwatch never appealed to me.
Not a watch wearer anymore and yet the watch interests me for the tech. I do not see a lot of advantage in looking at the watch for a message vs looking at my 6+. Most the time I have to respond to my texts and email which will require the phone in the end.
For me, the advantages of the watch do not out weigh not wanting to wear a watch to begin with. I say all this now but months from now I might try one. There are many smart watches getting ready to be introduced with each one hopefully getting better and better.
For me, the advantages of the watch do not out weigh not wanting to wear a watch to begin with. I say all this now but months from now I might try one. There are many smart watches getting ready to be introduced with each one hopefully getting better and better.
I have a Fenix 3 which immediately impressed me on how useful it is and is able to do its job for over a week on one charge. That's what the Apple Watch needs to get to. You will probably find it useful out of the box but the hassle of having to charge it so much really makes it look not ready. If battery technology is not there, it doesn't seem sensible to push it to its limit just to make a retina force touch screen with whatever amount of sensors. They should have cut back and delivered a device that lasts the week first and foremost. Cut out force touch, Siri and even the heart rate monitor.
This thread asks a good question. I prefer not to wear anything on my wrist at all and generally only wear a watch to run. If apple watch had gps, I might get a cheap model because it could replace my running watch and I might grow to love it in other circumstances. But I'd only take that chance if I knew it could at least be a running watch and therefore not a completely useless purchase.