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Jony Ive Discusses Steve Jobs and Apple Watch in Vogue Interview
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I do think the Apple Watch is going to flop. I just don't think there is going to be a wide adoption of folks who want to start wearing watches. I think it is going to be a bit too nerdy and awkward.
and. . .I'm going to be a bit creeped out if people start sending me their heartbeat. . . What am I supposed to think when that happens.New creeper threat vector IMO.
Unfortunately, I agree. Most people won't pay $350 for a watch, those that have the money probably have even more expensive watches, and that just leaves the tech crowed. Plus, technology is outdated so fast. I don't want my $350 watch to be obsolete and have 50% battery capacity in 18 months.
It's been said a million times, but I do miss Steve's influence on the company. Ive and him made a great team. Things weren't always perfect, but it was exciting.
It's the heart emoji/emoticon. The Apple Watch has interactive emoji (faces too). A minor communications gimmick. People who like emoji will use them. The rest of us won't. No biggie.
Obviously, yes. Read the article: timepieces took a long time to become portable, and then more time to move from the pocket to the wrist. A parallel to modern challenges. It took centuries to go from fixed devices (analogy: mainframes, then desktops) to the wristwatch (analogy: eventual replacement for pocket phones, for some people some of the time? Apple's not showing their hand yet!)
It's not how it looks like, darling. I'm still thinking of you when I do her.
The problem is just that - from what we know now - you couldn't tell your wife anything with that iWatch.
Well, the photo MR has chosen to illustrate this article is from June 2014, three months before the Apple watch was announced. So it's not really surprising.
Edit: It does look like a Marc Newson watch though.
Watch.
The heartbeat thing may be the biggest gimmick I've ever seen talked about by someone that high up in the company. It's *absolutely* useless, and no one will care. Why mention it?
It has tons of communication methods and features, tailored to quick use on a small screen.
- AI-generated multiple-choice quick text responses
- Dictated text
- "Walkie-talkie" voice clips
- Watch-phone
- Interactive emoticons (heart, smiley)
- Quick doodles/gestures/symbols
- Location sharing
- Silent, invisible tap gestures (less intrusive than any long-distance communication yet devised?)
- Whatever 3rd parties come up with
Cheap word and incorrect usage. A novelty has zero utility other that its amusement factor. The Apple Watch and similar have extensive functionality to enhance efficiency of recurring daily events in addition to health features which can be harnessed in both the medical profession and individually.
Whether its design and practicality interests you personally or consumers broadly is a separate issue. But its wrong to suggest its a mere toy.
Starts at $350, so maybe $700 won't be necessary. I agree that it might be kind of new and romantic to send a heartbeat. I could send a lot fewer heart emojis and a lot more actual heartbeats to my SO. I wouldn't use the heartbeat in the way that it was used during the unveiling, though. I wouldn't send my heartbeat in response to food... it would kind of diminish the value of my heartbeat and suggest that I'm intimate with food or something.
Yes, I couldn't believe they spent so much time on it during the keynote and are still talking it up. you are introducing a new product line and trying to explain why people should want it and THIS is what you are pushing?! seriously?!
Exactly my thoughts. I love watches. I have a broad selection of watches from cheap to expensive. Invicta,Tag, Breitling, Omega & a crappy Rolex that does not keep time very well. The apple watch seems interesting but I echo your thoughts about it being obsolete in a short time. One of my favorite watches was my fathers that is over 50 years old.
Personally I just think it is a bit silly to market it as a serious timepiece. It's not for me.
For those who enjoy the tech, I hope you enjoy it.
I think it's gonna be a popular fad for a year and then once the hype wears off, the value proposition of paying $1000 for a watch with a one year shelf life is gonna show itself
I want Apple to prove me wrong though
Yeah, they make such a big deal about this...
I really don't care to feel someone's heart beat
(doesn't everyone's heart beat)
Despite their efforts, I don't see the fashion world becoming enamored with the Apple Watch. Watch enthusiasts are very particular and loyal, and I don't see them giving up their expensive watches for a new, untested gadget.