That's because if everyone on the internet who claimed to own these types of watches in fact did, the manufacturers could never keep up with demand. It's mostly just inflating their e-penises.
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That's because if everyone on the internet who claimed to own these types of watches in fact did, the manufacturers could never keep up with demand. It's mostly just inflating their e-penises.
There are certainly a lot of fake watches on Instagram (see fakewatchbusta) but a watch thread or forum tends to disproportionately attract watch fans.
Patek makes something like 30000 mechanical watches every year and Rolex makes nearly a million so there are certainly a lot of people owning them.
I've mentioned that before. On the iPhone realtime priority goes to the graphics and when scrolling on the web browser, it stops loading the web page until you stop scrolling. Something Android has a hard time doing unless it gets a total rewrite.
That was me...but with WinMo. Then I realized spending hours tinkering with your phone with a million customizations isn't worth it. I just need a phone that works the right way.
Running any custom ROMs on WinMo/Android is like being in a perpetual beta test. You really don't know what is not working properly until you come across it.
The frustrating part is having to take your phone out of the case, pull the back cover off and take out the battery because your phone froze or something sent the cpu into a panic and you get stuck in a boot loop at the most inconvenient time
It looks like more fail services from Google:
Android One = Google+
Android L = Chromebook
Android Wear = Google Glass
Android Auto = Google Latitude
Android TV = Google TV
And there's more (Nexus Q) but you only listed 5.
Google's approach: throw a wide net, whatever they can catch theyll stick with it and cancel the rest. Even then theyll make questionable amendments to their products that just prove they dont have any consistency or long-term vision. This is why I stop using Googles products.
It looks like more fail services from Google:
Android One = Google+
Android L = Chromebook
Android Wear = Google Glass
Android Auto = Google Latitude
Android TV = Google TV
And there's more (Nexus Q) but you only listed 5.
What does all that even mean?
What an absolute load of rubbish.... Google already had a touch screen prototype in the pipeline when iPhone launched - but feel free to keep regurgitating stuff like this.
How is Android L, or Auto, better than what Apple are doing?
Android TV is their 6th attempt, and Apple is rumoured to be improving their TV pretty soon. Same with introducing a wearable device.
I just don't see how Google is doing something so far advanced, the only thing I see is more promises and less actual execution and products.
The LG watch and Samsung watch look pretty miserable. The moto X looks awesome only because of the nice looking form factor, and it has no release date.
The Auto stuff is still far off being launched, and is a very nascent field. How many people are going to actually buy a car with either Auto or Carplay integrated anytime soon?
Google's TV strategy is confused. They have chromecast and now also Android TV. Am I meant to buy both?
I like the new material design language. Now we just have to see if third party developers actually make use of it.
I think there's a lot of fanboy hype around Google. They are quick to show what they're working on even if its not ready (Android L, Wear, Auto, TV).
Android One? I really don't care about that, and it doesn't really compete with what Apple are doing.
Yes there are some cool things, like what you mentioned with unlocking your phone if you have your smartwatch on. They also introduced some things that are trying to catch up with Apple like continuity and their health API. But I can similarly name some things Apple are doing that are better than what Google just showed, such as quick action notifications, iMessage enhancements and extensibility - all of which Google do but the iOS8 version improves upon.
Again, other than listing out what Google talked about, *how* is it actually 5 steps ahead of Apple?
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And here you show that you don't fully understand what you're talking about.
Just because a release doesn't dramatically change the interface doesn't mean that it was a stall release. 4.4 dramatically improved the battery life, reducing the background overheads. Just because you don't see this (and obviously don't have the experience to be aware of this) doesn't mean that there weren't big changes behind the scenes. iOS7 in the meantime has dramatically reduced my iPhones battery life.
Stall release. LOL
Yeah I am against the smart watch in general but the rumors about apple enticed me a bit. If it looks anything like that, then I don't care if it can generate a fellatio genie.
You're being ridiculous. 50,000 steps ahead? Talk about over exaggerating to make a point only you seem to see.
This is the problem with blind admiration. I say Google took some ideas Apple came out with and took them a couple steps further. You know how much a couple is? Two.
But your blind admiration towards Apple sees me saying that Google took 50,000 steps. How about you take a couple of deep breaths and realise how silly you look.
I find that thing rather ugly to be honest. Reminds me of the casio calculator watches era in the 80s. I really hope if apple also releases "wearables" they design it not just before their coffee-break like this thing was obviously done.
The keynote felt like a solid update to Android and Chrome, and clearly launches Google's vision of what smartwatches will be, but I dont get the Apple hate?
iOS 8 seemed like a giant step forward for the iPhone, where as Android L seems like a gentle next-step evolution. (Nothing wrong with that, it looks like a really good upgrade, I'm just saying.) Plus, Apple haven't even announced their watch yet.
Could just be me though, as I follow Apple more closely.
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Exactly. At least Google had the courage to announce them as point releases. I feel like iOS 5 & 6 were stop-gaps in many ways. Sure, there were new features, but it wasnt a big step change like iOS 4, 7 or 8.
iOS 8 seemed like a giant step forward for the iPhone, where as Android L seems like a gentle next-step evolution. (Nothing wrong with that, it looks like a really good upgrade, I'm just saying.) Plus, Apple haven't even announced their watch yet.
Could just be me though, as I follow Apple more closely.
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Exactly. At least Google had the courage to announce them as point releases. I feel like iOS 5 & 6 were stop-gaps in many ways. Sure, there were new features, but it wasnt a big step change like iOS 4, 7 or 8.
I've used every version of Andriod since 1.5. And will use L too. 4.3 and 4.4 weren't major updates by any stretch. 4.3 brought an OpenGL ES 3 and TRIM (great), and 4.4 essentially reduced RAM overhead for low-end devices (even better). There was nothing 'dramatic' in battery life improvement. It was certainly better but not night and day.
Also doesn't change the fact that comparing iOS 7 to Android L is incongruent (but unsurprising)
So feel free to carry on.
To each their own.
Just because he disagreed with your statement doesn't equate to being a fanboy. It just means he the guy doesn't agree with you (shocking i know). Its a forum not everyone will agree with everything you have to say.
Hence no need to resort to labelling. All that does is weaken your stance and makes you look self-righteous.
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When it's buggy and drains your battery and the average person doesn't have a chance to figure out how it all works, yes it's very stupid. When it's thought out, and released in a way that optimizes battery life, UX, and security, then it's brilliant. Google did the former, Apple is doing the latter.
You mistake "first" for "complete" First to market is nothing without a complete solution. I don't pay for beta-ware, and no one should. Android phones are beta-ware, they're getting better now, but even two years ago it was laughable to watch an average person use an android phone and see crashes, things that just didn't work, the phone's were constantly plugged in. They didn't use 1/4 of the features, even if they did work, because they basically only used it as a feature phone with a camera. Meanwhile the same average Joe on an iPhone was fully embraced into Apps and smartphone usage. So the Google illuminati can say whatever they want, but iOS has always been better because it's not the laundry list of features, it's the experience of using the phone. If iOS never existed (and somehow Android managed to, without copying the basic concept of it) smart phones today would be like super blackberrys and Treos. And 80% of the population would be still using feature phones because it would be only for geeks and executives who need to constantly type emails all day.
You mean like this?
Some of us do have these watches. This is only 1/4 of my collection.
Head over to timezone and some of the watch forums. A lot of Silicon valley guys like myself own dozens of watches. And no, I don't do counterfeits or knock-offs.
I'm definitely not in the market for a smartwatch, iwatch, or android wear. It is interesting to read all these comments about the demise of Rolex, Swatch Group, LVMH in these threads. It isn't like someone who loves mechanical watches for what they are will suddenly decide to drop it all and go w/ a futuristic smart watch. I may be interested in a fitness band if done right. Something to wear and operate on my right wrists (as the proper to way to wear a watch is on your left wrist).
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Half? Please turn down the fanboy. Maybe 3 or 4 didn't work. But that's what happens when you:
1: Livestream it out to ANYONE who wants to watch it. Apple *sometimes* livestreams events, and only if you want to watch it on an Apple device.
2: Showcase stuff several months before release
3: Don't put absurd restrictions on what the audience is/isn't allowed to do in terms of streaming, recording, and broadcasting
4: Have more than a tiny audience
5: Show off more than 1 new product or piece of software
If this had happened at an Apple event, they would have cut the feed and edited the video to make it appear nothing happened. They also would have told the reporters they weren't allowed to talk about any problems that happened. In short, we never would have known.
Google, on the other hand, isn't petrified of making mistakes and would rather risk a few problems while showing actual innovation.
I'm genuinely shocked you didn't accuse them of stealing Apple's smartwatch ideas, even though no one actually knows what Apple's smartwatch will do/have.
IMHO there are too many people stating as fact their reflections on Android devices/OS when it is more than obvious that they have never used, much less owned one. Their posts that they think make them look knowledgeable, in fact highlight their deficiencies and are easy to spot.
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