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applegeek01

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So there are obviously a good number of people who are planning on purchasing an :apple:Watch. My question is: does anyone have a friend or someone else to connect with on the watch?

Sure, the new interactions with sketch, tap, and sharing your heartbeat are awesome, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm sure no one in my contacts is going to have an :apple:Watch

This isn't a feature that I was dying to use when I get my watch, but being able to do it would be cool. I guess I will just have to wait until the watch becomes more popular and affordable and more people invest in it. Until that time, I think I'll be by myself with no way to use the new ways to communicate.
 
I don't care that people in my circle get the Watch or not. I'll buy it just for fitness aspect of it, and notifications. I'm not even that interested in apps.. though that may change.
 
applegeek01 said:
So there are obviously a good number of people who are planning on purchasing an :apple:Watch. My question is: does anyone have a friend or someone else to connect with on the watch?

Sure, the new interactions with sketch, tap, and sharing your heartbeat are awesome, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm sure no one in my contacts is going to have an :apple:Watch

This isn't a feature that I was dying to use when I get my watch, but being able to do it would be cool. I guess I will just have to wait until the watch becomes more popular and affordable and more people invest in it. Until that time, I think I'll be by myself with no way to use the new ways to communicate.
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One of my friends wants one, my mom wants one (she wants to get an iPhone too as she only has a 'dumb' phone at the moment), and I'll bet I'll spot some Apple Watches on campus a month or so after release! I'm stoked.
 
matrix07 said:
I don't care that people in my circle get the Watch or not. I'll buy it just for fitness aspect of it, and notifications. I'm not even that interested in apps.. though that may change.
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Yeah, like I said. It's not that big of a deal to me. I'll use it for my marathon training and while at work. I'm sure some apps will come in handy, but none of them really excite me just yet either

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One of my friends wants one, my mom wants one (she wants to get an iPhone too as she only has a 'dumb' phone at the moment), and I'll bet I'll spot some Apple Watches on campus a month or so after release! I'm stoked.
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I think your mum might need a good many lessons if she is upgrading to an iPhone and watch pairing. Unless she is technically savvy already that is
 
I'm probably the only person I know who will have one at launch. Even so, a GF is the only person I could see ever sending picture messages to.
 
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Im getting it as for the notifications (similar to my pebble, but will you know work) and reply functions! Siri is a bonus. And being able to adjust music playing on iphone will be nice. I can only sometimes do it on my pebble, when it decides to work.
 
I will probably end up getting one for my wife also, but other than that I doubt I will know anyone with one.
 
I thought I would be the only one in the house but when I told my husband it will be able to tell your phone to make noise so you can find it he was suddenly interested in one. He thought I was crazy with the first iPhone but it took him a short time to come around. Now as a realtor he cannot live without it.

Oh, and I really doubt the battery issue is going to stop a lot of people. We already plug in the phone every night, it is not hard to remember to plug in the watch. I will be looking for a more central charging station for everything now.
 
Certainly going to be limited uses for sharing my heartbeat or drawing cutesy pictures. I'm not sending that stuff to a dude, and I can't imagine many women buying the Watch for use outside of exercising (or at all).
 
applegeek01 said:
Yeah, like I said. It's not that big of a deal to me. I'll use it for my marathon training and while at work. I'm sure some apps will come in handy, but none of them really excite me just yet either

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I think your mum might need a good many lessons if she is upgrading to an iPhone and watch pairing. Unless she is technically savvy already that is
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She's had the iPad 2 and now she has the iPad Air 2. She's pretty good with iOS and I'm sure she'll be able to pick up iOS on the phone and Watch OS on the Watch fairly quickly. Good point though. I'll teach her. :)
 
I don't think it's meant to be an important feature. But just to increase the network effects. If you're dating someone with one, it becomes very compelling just for the communication features. Money becomes such a smaller concern when people are in that mindset.
 
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