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Jony Ive Apple Watch Comments

Defender2010 said:
Nothing about the Watch is more complicated than any feature of iOS. I don't believe the learning curve is higher than a first time iPad user for example...
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Based on my wife and others like her if you can use an iPhone you won't have a problem with the watch.
 
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lauramayer said:
Jony Ive is a sexy men. :)
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So he possesses the sexiness of multiple men put together? :p

Mac 128 said:
Yes and in saying it, he might just as well have said 'save your money and don't buy the gen 1 Watch, because the next watches will be amazing'.
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Honestly, if anyone is buying a gen 1 watch at this point, they clearly wouldn't have been paying attention to what Jony Ive was saying about the Apple Watch at the Met Gala.
 
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papbot said:
You could say the same about any model years iPhone too. For many(most?) of us we knew what we wanted the device for even before it was released. If it had not been Apple I would have gotten one of the Pebbles or some other similar device, just as I was about to do when the first iPhone came out. I had been looking at Blackberrys and such back then. As soon as Apple announced the phone I knew I would get it. And I still use it every day, as an iPod.
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No not really ... Apple doesn't usually comment on what they have in the pipeline. In fact, between Ive saying the first Gen product will be surpassed by subsequent models -- something we know, but aren't reminded by the manufacturer during its availability -- and then Cook talking about all the amazing products they will be releasing soon, it's starting to sound downright apologetic.
 
papbot said:
I'm not seeing this as a luxury item. Every day I'm seeing more and more people wearing one both where I work and just when out and about. Plus recently I've seen quite a few people with some other smart watch. I couldn't tell what the manufacturer was but a year ago I didn't see anyone with such a device. I've always been into watches so it's one of the first things I look at when I meet someone. I've maintained for a long time that as these devices advance in functions the number of people using them will increase dramatically just as the transition from the basic cell phone exploded into smart phone usage.

The convenience and utility of these devices will continue their acceptance and it may not be an Apple product that everyone is using but it will be something similar. I work in a hospital and I've already seen patients being advised on the use of such devices for monitoring purposes. Apple products are not being pushed but most of the medical applications and monitoring functions I've read about mention the Apple Watch. It already has the circuitry necessary for measuring oxygen saturation and no other device at this time does. The transition to these devices may be slow now but from what I've observed recently it won't be for long. Just one personal experience, I've never used Apple Pay from my phone but I use it every day from my watch. And unlike when I first used it that way last year no one even blinks an eye when I do it now. They are so used to seeing people do the same thing.
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What tech circuitry does the Watch have that can measure oxygen saturation? Wow - I would love to see something take advantage of that!
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throAU said:
It's definitely a luxury item.

There's basically nothing you can do on an iWatch that you can't do with other devices you probably already own.

Therefore, it's not a NEED, it's a WANT. An expensive WANT. So pretty much the definition of luxury item.

Not to say that its desirability and capability will not increase, but right now.... hard to justify imho.
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JayLenochiniMac said:
I disagree. Not having to take out the iPhone constantly to screen notifications is solving a specific need in my book.
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I really like it for fitness tracking in addition to the other watch functions. I use it every day at the gym for my workouts and running/elliptical. Much easier access than pulling out my phone. I also like being able to respond to notifications right from my watch with either audio or a standard pre-formatted reply
 
FriendlyMackle said:
I really like it for fitness tracking in addition to the other watch functions. I use it every day at the gym for my workouts and running/elliptical. Much easier access than pulling out my phone. I also like being able to respond to notifications right from my watch with either audio or a standard pre-formatted reply
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Don't get me wrong, i agree it has functions it can help with, but fitness tracking you can do much cheaper with a fitbit at the moment. A friend has both, and sold his apple watch because the fitbit works better for him and the Apple Watch didn't yet do what he wanted well enough yet - battery life not good enough, dependence on the iPhone too much, etc. He's still keen on keeping track of v2 or v3 but v1 just wasn't good enough.
 
FriendlyMackle said:
What tech circuitry does the Watch have that can measure oxygen saturation? Wow - I would love to see something take advantage of that!
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All it takes is having both red and infrared LED output. Probably many watches have that ability already. Likely an FDA thing, not using it.

Hmm...

Question to anyone with a Samsung Note 4: it's had an oximeter function in S-Health since 2014. Is that enabled in the USA, or only certain countries? Anyone know?
 
Mac 128 said:
Yes and in saying it, he might just as well have said 'save your money and don't buy the gen 1 Watch, because the next watches will be amazing'.
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Personally I am so happy with my current Apple Watch that I am in no hurry for Apple to release a completely new model.

When it comes to technology purchases I usually can't afford to upgrade to every new model/version, so I tend to skip a model or two because there will always be more features and improvements in future generations of the product. I'd rather save my money for the upgrades that will have the most impact for how I use the device. Sometimes that means upgrading sooner and sometimes that means upgrading later, depending on what each new version brings to the table. Since we are currently in the first generation of the Apple Watch, the next generation hardware is expected to offer some dramatic improvements (of course we won't really know until we see it).

I may be more inclined to stay current on the Apple Watch anyway. After all I wear it as much as 18 hours a day and interact with it dozens of times throughout the day. Little improvements really add up when you interact with a device over and over throughout the day or week. Even if I never sell my Sport, I could upgrade to the new watch after two years and that Sport cost me roughly 50 cents a day to wear. In fact I bought the Sport, even though I really wanted the SS, because I figured I might want to upgrade to the next model when it is released. Maybe I will go SS for the next version anyway... especially if I can still sell my current watch for something.

Sean
 
Well this makes sense, but still Apple Watch will probably always remain a companion product to the iPhone. And there's nothing wrong with that.
 
xtshabi said:
Well this makes sense, but still Apple Watch will probably always remain a companion product to the iPhone. And there's nothing wrong with that.
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For the next few years, sure. But I wouldn't count on it always being so dependent on the iPhone. I think it would be much more useful if it was an independent device, and I think it would get more and more independent as time goes on.
 
Night Spring said:
For the next few years, sure. But I wouldn't count on it always being so dependent on the iPhone. I think it would be much more useful if it was an independent device, and I think it would get more and more independent as time goes on.
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It's certainly plausible, but there are limitations in battery technology and size of the device.
A phone can be charged while it's being used but a watch cannot (at least not comfortably).
 
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