Maybe we could petition Apple to make one like the OP for the adults and like the bracelet for the teens and pre-teens.
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iWatch Reportedly Entering Production in Small Quantities Ahead of Fall 2014 Launch
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Maybe we could petition Apple to make one like the OP for the adults and like the bracelet for the teens and pre-teens.
yeah it doesn't look as good, but imo it's still the best looking smartwatch (concept) right now, so it's what Apple needs to beat
Yes, just like every other Apple product, it will drop in price over time.
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Well the iPhone did subsidized
The concept watch looks great... But i'm really hoping for something a bit more modern... The previous concept, which looked more like a band with a wider panel was so much better as it was more modern. I'm thinking George Jetson watch meets Nike fuel band would do the trick.
What they really need to do is apply some critical judgment to these "concepts." The best course of action would be to reject the garbage concepts and not publish them (accounting for more than half in this case). If they can't do that, then at the very least they should report them as highly implausible.
The gentle art of editing. The lack of it is one huge reason why MR will never be mistaken for journalism.
Virtually? Don't contradict yourself. It either leaked or it didn't. In this case, it did.
I said virtually no leaks, as in there were almost no leaks leading up to the events, with the exception of low quality spy shot no more than 24 hours leading up to the announcement. If I meant "no leaks", I wouldn't have said virtually
Moto 360 - why the hell it has the dial on the right?
iWatch will be typical Apple - forget everything you know about watch. The design with the leather is ugly as it looks like a normal watch. Something Apple will never do simply cause its not enough different. I'm sure the watch itself will be very elegant, simple and futuristic. No silly crap around and definitely no dial (some sort of home button will be present but it will be minimalistic and elegant).
The only thing I'm a bit worried about is the design for the strap. They will have to come up with something that will not wear off and will be elegant, yet will compliment the aluminium/saphire desing of the watch itself. I've very sceptical about leather but I don't know what else they can use. The typical "chain" style like strap is a no-go imho as it looks very complex and unlike Apple so I'm sure Apple will not go for that. In fact it makes every watch ugly. We will see soon I hope
iWatch will be typical Apple - forget everything you know about watch. The design with the leather is ugly as it looks like a normal watch. Something Apple will never do simply cause its not enough different. I'm sure the watch itself will be very elegant, simple and futuristic. No silly crap around and definitely no dial (some sort of home button will be present but it will be minimalistic and elegant).
The only thing I'm a bit worried about is the design for the strap. They will have to come up with something that will not wear off and will be elegant, yet will compliment the aluminium/saphire desing of the watch itself. I've very sceptical about leather but I don't know what else they can use. The typical "chain" style like strap is a no-go imho as it looks very complex and unlike Apple so I'm sure Apple will not go for that. In fact it makes every watch ugly. We will see soon I hope
"iWatch will contain several different biometric sensors allowing it to track health-related statistics like heart rate, sleep quality, movement,"
I might get a watch for my aging father, if he is still around when the watch becomes available and does what's said, so he doesn't have to take my word regarding tracking stats on sleep and movement. 22 hours of sleep and near zero movement... But will he believe Apple?
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I might get a watch for my aging father, if he is still around when the watch becomes available and does what's said, so he doesn't have to take my word regarding tracking stats on sleep and movement. 22 hours of sleep and near zero movement... But will he believe Apple?
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Interesting that Apple themselves never offered a strap kit for the 6th gen iPod Nano. Could they not establish what form an "Apple strap" would take or was the hope that the market would decide?
Personally, we have a "bare below the elbows" policy at work so none of the wearables so far (apart from Google Glass) work for me. Something different and Apple will have my money.
Personally, we have a "bare below the elbows" policy at work so none of the wearables so far (apart from Google Glass) work for me. Something different and Apple will have my money.
yeah it doesn't look as good, but imo it's still the best looking smartwatch (concept) right now, so it's what Apple needs to beat
Smart watches won't be successful on looks alone. Wait for it to hit the market. "Best looking smartwatch (concept) right now" is no guarantee for success. Apple doesn't need to focus that hard on what others are doing. Nothing's been a hit with consumers yet, so emulating their efforts may not be the key to success.
How about don't post any concepts unless it's something that is most likely based on the real thing (like 9to5Macs iOS 7 stuff from last year). Personally i'd rather not see any of them. 9to5Mac ran a story on the OS X redesign and included a photo of some internet mockup (which looked just like iOS 7). In their story they explicitly said the redesign wasn't going to look like the mockup. So why include it then? Most people reading the story didn't catch that line, but for sure remembered the photo.
Exactly. Just like those Martin Hajek iPhone concepts. The first one we saw earlier this year looked like a Galaxy S device, then there was one with a sapphire back that looked like the Nokia Lumia that had the plastic back and aluminum frame. And the latest one looks just like a HTC One. If Apple announces a wearable device that looks like a cheap imitation of a luxury watch (i.e. like a Moto 360) I will be very shocked.
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Then don't show it off if you don't want people to pass judgement. There's a reason Apple keeps their prototypes in the lab.
A lot of people thought getting a smartphone was for people that just could not stay away from their computers. All of sudden people wanted to know the weather at every second and go on social media and they could... that's when the smartphone became mainstream. The iPhone was the first to do it the best.
This watch... it'll do things that you won't know you would want until something comes around that makes it extremely convenient. It'll have a feature set and for factor that will be more comfortable than, say a phone or tablet. And if not, they did it wrong.
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Well OS X isn't touch optimized yet...
That would be ideal, but I wouldn't want to hope for too much. Even a modest editorial touch would make a huge difference. But that's probably also too much to ask.
The sad part is, with the length of time it's been around, MR should understand more about how Apple operates than just about any other publication. They should have an unmatched ability to sort out the junk from the potentially useful information. And yet, what we get is a mostly undifferentiated heap of slag.
They must have seen the complaints from readers about this. The only guess a person could make from what we continue to see here is that legitimacy as an Apple news source is not something they are interested in pursuing. High marks for consistency, anyway.