I’m sorry, Apple Watch

[Ulenspiegel]

Return the Watch. I didn't like it when it came out, I got one and returned it after a week. Keeping my Tissot. View attachment 569678

Well, this is a classic! It was a good choice and decision.

 

[rowdt1]

Man, all these problems. I don't really care what it can and cannot do. Stop trying to view it as a replacement for your phone: it's not and it will never be. It's an accessory that just puts extra functions on your wrist. I have always been into watches and now that there's something that does more than just telling the time is simply amazing. It doesn't have to entertain me, it just has to be there when I need it. Tell me the weather when I want it to, show me an important notification that I'd miss else way when my phone's in my pocket and all that. Each time I grab my phone to respond to a text I'm doing so much more than just that. I'm checking out Facebook and Twitter, look into more news stories, play some clash of clans. That's not essentially a bad thing but I can save so much time when there's just a device that notifies me of what's important. Then I know if I have to act on it or not.

 

[Night Spring]

What are some real world uses for the apple watch? What I mean is, what can the watch do that my already expensive iPhone 6+ can't do? Besides quick peek type stuff.

One thing it does do is always count your steps. With the iPhone, I often leave it on my desk or at home, so pedometer apps on the iPhone often miss a lot of my indoor steps. And then there are days like today, when we were moving some boxes and I was walking up and down the stairs while the iPhone was up in my apartment. I got all those steps counted because I was wearing the watch. That alone is probably not worth $350, which is what I paid for my Sports watch. But combined with notifications and time on my wrist without having to pull out my iPhone, for me, it is worth it.

 

[5105973]

Surely the biggest con on the Apple Watch is the pathetic day long battery life.

Actually I get a day and a half out of mine if I decide not to charge it at night. Sometimes two days, if I have a day that's indoors and less active.

I charge it when I'm sleeping or sometimes when I'm taking a shower after working outdoors. Battery is probably more of a problem for some fitness apps.

I'm probably to the point I could use it for sleep tracking, if it could do that.

My biggest complaint is that it's not warranted as water proof. We all know some people swim with theirs, but I'm not voiding my warranty like that. I'm doing a lot of exercise in the pool and hate that I lose the chance to fill my fitness rings because the watch isn't on me.

When people say the Apple Watch is half baked I won't argue because mine gets buggy and needs an occasional reboot, giving me flashbacks to my life with Microsoft. But it's not horrible. It takes all of a minute to do that. I'm honestly rather pleasantly surprised a first generation product works as well as this one does and provides so many conveniences.

But I haven't been wearing it as much outdoors lately because it does not feel comfortable in 80-90F and the bugs are out in full force and I need my DEET, I don't care what my organic-er than thou friends say.

 

[bbeagle]

I think you're trying too hard with this example.

It's TRUE. I used that example because it just happened the day before.

Here's another few examples....
- Working outside, weeding, I've got my garden gloves on. I get an alert. I can't drag my phone out, but I can tilt my wrist and see just above/under my glove.
- Driving, I get a text message from my wife about where to meet her and my daughter - good. I can see my watch as I'm holding the steering wheel. It's just like looking at the speedometer. Not dangerous. Definitely not dangerous like a cell phone.
- At the gym, working out on the incline, I get a text message. I can read it while running. Very easily.

 

[marccollet]

Well as I said... YMMV, but it has a purpose. Most people probably don't require or want it and that's fine though.



Yup, and this is why having say, a calendar reminder pop up on your watch and tap you is a less disruptive way of remaining informed. Tap tap, quick glance - you now know that you may need to excuse yourself promptly at the end of the scheduled meeting or exit the room briefly to take care of something (if it is more urgent). Or you can ignore it.

Rather than playing with your phone before discovering that, or missing your next appointment. Or playing with your phone to discover that it was irrelevant.



I don't currently own one because I agree, for 500 plus dollars, i can live without it personally. Maybe i'll look more seriously at version 2.

But yes, quick peek type stuff is the ENTIRE POINT. That's it. If you don't feel you need that functionality, you don't need the Apple Watch - and yes, if you're not needing quick peek stuff, currently the iPhone is a far more functional and comprehensive device.

I think the biggest problems with the Apple watch are the mindless Apple Fanboys who need to buy every single product the company makes without thinking as to whether or not it serves a purpose (for them), and the media, who hang onto the words of every apple product release like it's the announcement of the coming of the messiah, and are inevitably disappointed when it's not.

Not every single product apple produces is or has to be a revolution.

Hey folks I love the one-dimensional discussions and opinions that people post really I do. It does give me the direct insight that I am a ******** person with lots of **** you money. Love my watch