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Jony Ive on Apple Watch: 'Everything We Did Was in the Pursuit of What We Thought Was the Best Solution'
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One of these days Apple will figure out which problem the Apple Watch actually solves. Right after they figure out which problem Face ID solves.
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I love my watch and don't ever wanna go back to life without it.
While we aren't quite to iPhone replacement, I can easily imagine a world in the near future where I have Apple Watch, AirPods, and iPad. And that's it. No iPhone and no Mac. Honestly because of how addictive phones are, I kinda look forward to that day when all I have is my watch (and using an iPad isn't as automatic as you have to be more intentional/prepared to use it).
While we aren't quite to iPhone replacement, I can easily imagine a world in the near future where I have Apple Watch, AirPods, and iPad. And that's it. No iPhone and no Mac. Honestly because of how addictive phones are, I kinda look forward to that day when all I have is my watch (and using an iPad isn't as automatic as you have to be more intentional/prepared to use it).
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that this is the head designer of Apple and admittedly has designed stellar looking products, but always wears unflattering jeans and shirts?
They haven’t dropped their focus on fashion. Watch bands? Also, the price has never gone down.
He’s like the perfect image of ‘money can’t buy you happiness’ in that photo...
And being the owner of one, I think the Apple Watch is the best gadget they’ve made in literally years and years.
Interesting then that it had absolutely nothing to do with Jobs...
And being the owner of one, I think the Apple Watch is the best gadget they’ve made in literally years and years.
Interesting then that it had absolutely nothing to do with Jobs...
More revealing is the line:
>> Apple wasn't aiming to solve a particular problem with the Apple Watch, according to Ive.
So, basically, designed because it's "cool", a gimmick, like the emoji bar on the MacBook Pro. Jobs would have killed both without hesitation, as it should be.
Jobs wasn't infallible but he knew which products to cut and where to point the ship.
I like Apple products in general.
Specifically, I don't like the Apple Watch.
I'm an analog watch guy and the Apple Watch lacks design of nice analog watches.
I'm jaded, I have a love of regular timepieces. I actually like the LG Urbane 2 and LG Watch Sport because they have a regular watch look and feel. YMMV
Specifically, I don't like the Apple Watch.
I'm an analog watch guy and the Apple Watch lacks design of nice analog watches.
I'm jaded, I have a love of regular timepieces. I actually like the LG Urbane 2 and LG Watch Sport because they have a regular watch look and feel. YMMV
I was in the same boat since the Apple Watch came out. Didn't want one. Had no need for one, as I had an Android watch (which doesn't do much with an iPhone) and could change watch faces, etc. Recently, the AW went on sale at BestBuy and with a bunch of gift cards from trade-ins of some old equipment, BB Rewards, and a new motivation to lose some weight and get in better shape, I bought one and haven't regretted it yet. It works seamlessly with my iPhone 7+ and Activity and Workouts helps me track my exercise. It's fun (for now).
I do like the ability to somewhat control what music is playing on my iPhone when I'm exercising, without having to dig my iPhone out of my pocket. Pause, next track, volume--all there on my watch. Quick glance during exercise shows me heart rate, etc. I'm sure other cool uses of the sensors will come.
Of course, for any device, you need a purpose. Until recently, I didn't have a purpose. Now I do and the AW fits the bill.
One of Apple's best devices. On my wrist 12 hours a day since the beginning.
Here we go again. Steve presided over plenty of flops. See: iPod hifi, G4 cube, buttonless iPod shuffle, hockey puck mouse, mobile me, iMac G4. He also misjudged the market on numerous occasions; he was wrong about larger screen phones, for example, and stylus-like input for tablets. A great, visionary CEO who fundamentally understood how to market products and get fans excited, but did not have a crystal ball. The Watch is a perfect example of a tremendous success that Jobs obviously didn’t foresee.
The Pebble changed my life, Apple just improved on the theme, big time. Smart watches are very useful indeed. I could care less about the exotic materials as these are throw away appliances with limited lifespans, gold and ceramic are for the Tesla crowd.
Not everything needs to solve a problem, however the Apple Watch is great for fitness and health, also Face ID is brilliant for unlocking the iPhone X and paying using Apple Pay and unlocking apps like Pay Pal, banking and so on.
Problem with Ive is that I seriously doubt he uses the things he designs.
This article confirms what I have been saying. This product IS a product in search of a solution. I had Gen 0 of the Apple watch and while it was fun...it always seemed like it didn't initially solve anything. Unlike other products where there were years of them before Apple made their own solution, the same really didn't happen with the Apple Watch. This was the first time where Apple tried to come out with the product before any major competitor (sure there was Pebble but...meh).
Now I feel like the Apple watch has a solution. To be a fitness device and to do things faster/more intimately than your iPhone. The biggest issue, however, is that Siri simply sucks. For me, the Apple watch needs to be even less handsy than the iPhone and something like Google Duplex would be a great solution. Imagine telling your watch to make an oil change appointment by just lifting your wrist? I'm sure Apple will get there...eventually. It'll take some time though and hopefully they are not too late.
Now I feel like the Apple watch has a solution. To be a fitness device and to do things faster/more intimately than your iPhone. The biggest issue, however, is that Siri simply sucks. For me, the Apple watch needs to be even less handsy than the iPhone and something like Google Duplex would be a great solution. Imagine telling your watch to make an oil change appointment by just lifting your wrist? I'm sure Apple will get there...eventually. It'll take some time though and hopefully they are not too late.
I can see that Jobs had no input into the watch at all. It was very confusing to use to begin with & wasn’t very intuitive.
Having 3 different apps for the watch (health, watch, activity) is annoying. It was never clear to me why some settings were not changeable on the watch itself & could only be changed using the paired iPhone. I didn’t understand why DND never kept any notifications in the notification bar like it does on iPhone when enabled.
Also, why are FitBit batteries so good and AW only lasts just short of 2 days?
Having 3 different apps for the watch (health, watch, activity) is annoying. It was never clear to me why some settings were not changeable on the watch itself & could only be changed using the paired iPhone. I didn’t understand why DND never kept any notifications in the notification bar like it does on iPhone when enabled.
Also, why are FitBit batteries so good and AW only lasts just short of 2 days?
Ive says that working in gold and ceramic was "purposeful" for expanding "who Apple is" and from a materials science perspective as it will help with the development of future products.
And here I was thinking they wanted a nice profit margin on the £10,000 'Edition'.
Whoever owns Gen 1 Apple Watch gold edition, what do you do with it?
Bring back Scott Forstall. IOS has become very unstable.
Bring back Scott Forstall. IOS has become very unstable.
I really really really hope that this year's watch is circular.
Why? Watches just look better like that, IMHO. And I think that the vast majority of watches sold are circular too.
Also if Apple are going to move towards making the UI of apps, via code that is declarative, then the Watch could be a good place to start re. getting apps to appear OK on a circular face without too much dev effort.
And Apple already have a UI control gesture that everyone knows suitable for UIs that are circle shaped - the click wheel from the iPod.
Why? Watches just look better like that, IMHO. And I think that the vast majority of watches sold are circular too.
Also if Apple are going to move towards making the UI of apps, via code that is declarative, then the Watch could be a good place to start re. getting apps to appear OK on a circular face without too much dev effort.
And Apple already have a UI control gesture that everyone knows suitable for UIs that are circle shaped - the click wheel from the iPod.
One product that actually makes sense to make it thinner...
I only want to know one thing: Why isn’t there a round face version?