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Hands-On First Impressions of the New Apple Watch

IJ Reilly said:
Sorry, but the person who has never set eyes on it can only be right by random chance. Coin flips might be good for starting football games, but not for much else.
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Quit living in year 1800, the camera has been invented.
 
I'll just stick with this, thanks.

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Looks aside..

This is the only video I've seen so far of the watch, so no RDF yet. There was some cool stuff there. The different messages you could send people seemed like it could definitely become a 'thing'. But watching her use it, the UX seemed pretty confusing at times. It felt like there were too many different input mechanisms (taps + presses + swipes + the dial) and they weren't all intuitive. Centering and zooming in on an app or contact was also strange. It didn't seem to have that same intuitive feel that the iPod and iPhone had when they came out.
 
billystlyes said:
Let's be honest here. Sites like the Verge and Engadget need to keep being invited to Apple events. They aren't going to say much negative.
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It's probably that and the fact that these writers are professionals and not prone to kneejerk reactions like "OMG ITS SO UGLY THOSE BEZELS"
 
Not gonna fly

I just don't get this product. Only feature I am slightly interested is the health part but I would rather just have some less visible sensor on my body which sends needed data to my phone. I don't need this kind of weird piece on my wrist. :)
 
nagromme said:
Much better device than I'd hoped. Can't wait to see what third parties do with this.

Dark Sky, Clear, and a great podcast controller for starters. A tip calculator and Shazam (or the like) would not go amiss. But the stuff nobody has even THOUGHT of yet that's exciting.

For input we have:

- Touchscreen swipes, scrolling and taps

- Screen presses

- A wheel for scrolling and zooming and cycling options

- A button (well, two, but I'm assuming a press on the wheel is entirely OS-controlled)

- Voice mic

- Proximity sensor (since it can silence a call by putting your hand over it)

- Tilt control (not sure about a magnetometer?)

- Heart rate monitor

- GPS relayed from the phone

- Notifications relayed from the phone, with custom actions and "glance" panels

- Live camera view relayed from the phone

And for output we have:

- Screen that doesn't need a "shake" gesture (but sadly can't be "always on"--that's physics for you)

- Speaker

- Silent haptic taps in different patterns (you can tell who a message is from) with no annoying audible buzz

- Round trip back to the phone: automatically bring up the same email (or whatever) you were already looking at.


That's a lot for devs to work with. Throw in 34 different watch models at launch (not counting third-party bands) and I'd say we have a winner. Even if I myself would rather wait until generation 2. Everything new gets better--and cheaper--with time!
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Nice summary!

My dev friends and I are already brainstorming a few ideas, but obviously need the SDK/tools to really get an understanding of the potential. Plus, this device is still 5+ months out. Lots of time for retirement, improvements, new features, etc.

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I think it's funny how many people are so focused on this first version of the watch that they don't see the big picture. This will be huge. Oh, this first model might only have modest sales but what it means for wearable tech is huge. It's nearly as big of a game changer as the iPhone and the iPad were when they were introduced. Not now and not with this particular version of the watch but it'll change a lot of things (health-related, payment-related, size and features of tech products, etc.).
 
Wow ,this watch looks really cheap . A little disappointed in Apple with this product.
I think this will bomb big time .. On the other hand ,the iPhone 6 will be Apple's best selling phone ever!!
 
Defo getting one (Milanese strap) love it. Then my wife will get one and I'll send her my heart beat and a nice kiss. Then to all my mates I'll just send continuous drawings of giant cocks...Epic.
 
MorganHiller said:
I would never guess that was an Apple product if they didn't tell me.
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This, more than anything else.

If someone had posted this design a week ago, and had mentioned that it had a UI that required a "Digital Crown" knob to use... you can imagine the hooting that would've taken place.

No one would've thought it was an Apple design.

I just wish Apple brought out new models of their devices more than once a year. Between that and missing holiday sales, they're giving the competition a lot of free room.
 
jrswizzle said:
Difference being the guy you quoted states that "he thought it looked good in the keynote"......

Whereas the people he refers to are screaming "what a fugly piece of crap" and then going on to insult anyone who would be "dumb enough" to wear one.
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I don't see a difference, they are both opinions.
 
Honestly, I'm an Apple fan and I WANT to like their new products. This watch is just boring and ugly. Plus I agree with others who wonder Why? Why do I need these functions in a watch today? - I already have an iPhone. They just increased the size of the iPhone because the screen was "too small", then they offer us similar apps on a tiny watch screen?

The positive is that this has inspired me to go watch shopping. The only use I have for a watch is as a fashion accessory. I suppose I can get a nice Nixon for the price of the Apple watch or a couple hundred more. But I'm really gravitating to Bell & Ross. Might as well splurge!
 
What is interesting is the Every Single Concept Mockup that all the 'designers' presented to show off their skills, were *exactly* what Cook said they did not want to do and that was take an iPhone, shrink it down and stick it on your wrist.

Once again Apple have come up with solutions that nobody else thought of and once you see them you think, 'how obvious'. That is the hallmark of genius design.
 
Man, I see no use for this watch. Why not just take out your phone, which is better at everything and can obviously do more. And off course, you'll save your self 350 $ or €.

Also:

''You don't have to pinch to zoom to view photos on such a small screen''


What did we do to view photos on the 6th gen iPod nano? :rolleyes:
 
I only just now realized that I have been a faithful 2nd generation Apple fan. I got the iPhone 3G, the iPad 2, and the iPad Mini 2. I honestly thought that Apple's wearable would be a 1st generation buy for me, but after seeing the product and the pricing, Apple is going to have to do some real convincing between now and release.

Honestly, a lot will have to do with how functional it will be without an iPhone. Due to the location of my work, I am without my iPhone for 10-11 hours a day.
 
McCool71 said:
Gizmodo's first impression of the Apple Watch is that it "could live up to its promises" and that it feels "significantly more premium" than the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live.

Well, considering it will cost 150 bucks more than the other two (and probably double the price of what they will cost in january/februar considering they cost 199 now) one would surely hope that some of that price premium went into a more expensive housing.
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Apple has a custom processor, induction charging a much more premium housing and lot more things going on this watch. So...
 
Apple probably should've just let this one go. It's a stupid product category to begin with.
 
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