Is that much information really necessary?
Depends on when.
Some watch faces are just overloaded with data? When you are working out, you need to be able to glance at the watch and get your data quick.
Yup, so having a display that is larger allows the data be spread out and easier to read.
And "looking dorky" is an opinion, not a fact. I personally feel that the Apple Watch Ultra looks dorky on people. It reminds me of the an '80 high school nerd with a calculator watch.
Completely true that it is an opinion. Hard to understand how one looks dorky, but the other does not, but you have every right to your own view.
You realize that Google has choices, just like Apple.
Yup, no where did I say that all Pixel watches and faces looked bad, nor that all Apple Watch bands and faces looked good. I was responding to the post that said the only way one could like the Apple Watch better was if one judged them unfairly. I was simply explaining why I like that particular Apple Watch and face better than the particular Pixel one.
I have seen some pretty gaudy bands on Apple Watches.
I am sure you have. They were not the topic of the discussion.
What other fitness watches have you bought
Two different Basis Bands, a Suunto Dive watch, several polar watches over time, and a pair of Garmins for biking a long time ago.
All of those and a few other Garmins I have borrowed.
What data could you not see?
I use my watch for more than just fitness tracking. Reading text messages on round watches is painful as the text constantly reflows or only uses a small inset square.
And most classically designed watches are round.
Yup, as they were designed to be the smallest possible area for analog faces. These are not analog faces and pretending they are does not really do much. These are designed to serve a very different purpose and keeping an old design does not make much sense. Early CRTs were round, but we stopped using that design when we figured out how to make them rectilinear. People made push button phones with round key layouts to mimic the requirements of rotary dials. They were also silly.
Oh come on, just because someone expresses an opinion that does not toe the MacRumors' "Apple rights, everyone else wrong, unless they copy Apple." doesn't mean someone hates Apple.
My response was not based on this one comment from him, but the body of his comments over a long period of time.
Between this thread and the recent Garmin thread, it is clear that there are a LOT people who have expressed an interest in a circular watch.
I have nothing against circular watches, I just do not think they make sense for this application. There are many people who have asked for many other things that I also think do not make sense, just because others want them, does not mean them right.
Even people that have Apple Watches and are Apple supporter. I suspect that if Apple were to offer a CHOICE of a circular watch, it would be fairly popular. Personally, I would take a good look at it.
Apple has clearly made a device that is designed to serve a set of purposes, many of which require efficient display of text. Have you tried to scroll text on a round display? Do you feel it is good experience?
People often say that “choice is good”, and in some cases that is good. The problem with making a round watch is that it makes it much harder to develop for the watch, it forces compromises for things that need to run on both. Both of these things I feel are bad. They are simply my opinion, but they are based on experience from 40 years of software development, UI/UX design and product management.
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