And I thought I was the only one around here old enough to remember the days of Swatch hysteria. I never owned one of those either.
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And I thought I was the only one around here old enough to remember the days of Swatch hysteria. I never owned one of those either.
I, also, would love one of the navy bands. Imagine it with a stainless steel Apple Watch (silver, not space black)
I really hope that they decide the introduce these into the product lineup soon. Maybe with the next generation?
I ordered the sport space gray. I think navy would look killer
They're essentially the same as the $349 Ikepod wristband which is considered very fashionable. I thought fluoroelastomer was some common rubbery material like you until I saw it in person. They feel amazing; quite luxurious. Now I see why they'd sell that as part of the edition watches. I think you'll understand its appeal once you see and feel it in person. The watches and the bands all look a lot better in person IMO. Pictures don't do it justice.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IKEPOD-...DE-MEGAPODE-ISOPODE-MARC-NEWSON-/301595145618
Wow
This is all pretty obvious. But the fact that the main stream media isn't getting it is so ironic. For years I've been using Apple products for their ease of use and good design. Never because it was cool. Well, the original iPod was legit cool. But after that, nothing was cool.
But year after year I'd hear that Apple was selling the best devices in world only because they were cool. Ha. You guys haven't seen Apple market "cool". This is Apple marketing cool. It is a full court press with celebrities and intentional product control. Could Apple have launched with 20 band colors? Sure. But they didn't. Now they are going to sell Rubber bands for $1,000 a pop. Or they are going to hand them out to A-list celebrities as a special gift (and get the press/media coverage worth tens of thousands).
This is like the anti-Apple haters worst nightmare. This is what you thought was going on all those years, but now Apple is actually doing it for this smart watch. And it is kind of awesome. (And a bit scary. I don't much like a Trillion dollar companies (yes, Apple is a Trillion dollar company, Wall Street just hasn't clued in) flexing its muscle to manipulate the consumers.)
Consider the difference between this launch and the launch of Android Wear. If Google and Samsung, two of the largest companies in the world, can't combine to do a launch that is even a 1% of the event that Apple Watch is, how can they compete? And if those guys can't compete, what hope for the rest of the world?
This is all pretty obvious. But the fact that the main stream media isn't getting it is so ironic. For years I've been using Apple products for their ease of use and good design. Never because it was cool. Well, the original iPod was legit cool. But after that, nothing was cool.
But year after year I'd hear that Apple was selling the best devices in world only because they were cool. Ha. You guys haven't seen Apple market "cool". This is Apple marketing cool. It is a full court press with celebrities and intentional product control. Could Apple have launched with 20 band colors? Sure. But they didn't. Now they are going to sell Rubber bands for $1,000 a pop. Or they are going to hand them out to A-list celebrities as a special gift (and get the press/media coverage worth tens of thousands).
This is like the anti-Apple haters worst nightmare. This is what you thought was going on all those years, but now Apple is actually doing it for this smart watch. And it is kind of awesome. (And a bit scary. I don't much like a Trillion dollar companies (yes, Apple is a Trillion dollar company, Wall Street just hasn't clued in) flexing its muscle to manipulate the consumers.)
Consider the difference between this launch and the launch of Android Wear. If Google and Samsung, two of the largest companies in the world, can't combine to do a launch that is even a 1% of the event that Apple Watch is, how can they compete? And if those guys can't compete, what hope for the rest of the world?
You mean since the iPad? And before that, the iPhone? And before that the iPod?
That's a pretty bold statement considering how wrong the naysayers have been in the past. And even bolder when it's coming from someone who's never used one.
I get it now. Apple is using this as an opportunity to recalibrate themselves
As an uber luxury brand. My perceptions are already set and this seems ridiculous to me. Mainly because I am way to practical to pay over bloated prices for what amounts to disposable items. Who knows? If the marketing keeps blasting us like apocalyptic solar flares I might change my mind after a while. Uh oh wait...there's soap bubbles running out of my ears...
As an uber luxury brand. My perceptions are already set and this seems ridiculous to me. Mainly because I am way to practical to pay over bloated prices for what amounts to disposable items. Who knows? If the marketing keeps blasting us like apocalyptic solar flares I might change my mind after a while. Uh oh wait...there's soap bubbles running out of my ears...
you.. you all.. are forgetting: IT'S JUST COME OUT. just chillax. very soon it will be on everyone's wrists, the new bands will be lousy in the streets of the common man. it's coming, don't fret.
apple is just very proud of their achievement, and one of the things they did was fuse nerd tech with high fashion, and say what you will about their success at either one or the marriage, they have done something. and they are sharing it with people who are called 'taste-makers', both in the tech world, but especially the fashion world, which is notoriously fickle and full of schadenfreude. so, it's understandable this approach.
i say, chill. soon you'll be sick of the sight of them, if you aren't already.
I think this will make a lot of people here happy. They want and applaud an Apple dominated world. The larger Apple gets, the harder it is for anyone else to compete. It won't matter if another company comes up with a good idea, people won't buy it. The Apple marketing machine is far above any other companies. They make good products and they have the brand recognition. IMO, if any other company made this exact same watch there would hardly be any buzz about it. Bands in multiple colors would be a gimmick, etc. etc.
Again, I'll try to keep it as simple as necessary: Why wouldn't MacRumors report about Apple's newest product?
Your posts show that you don't like the watch, you don't like anything about it, but you have to get over the fact that you're irrelevant.
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Watches are very personal so I won't push people's opinions on the Apple Watch too strongly but some of your points aren't very good arguments.
1) 24 Cycle? Are you regularly awake for 24 hours straight? 18 hours of regular use is actually more than most people are awake in a day. That only leaves you with 6 hours of sleep. Taking the Watch off at the end of the day is something many people already do. I don't think of it as charging it as I do a question of comfort when I sleep. Putting the Watch on a dock on the bed side table is a habit I can easily adopt.
2) Too small to interact with? It's not meant to be used like a phone just like a phone wasn't meant to be used like a laptop. Input on a small watch is a problem that the digital crown and Siri have resolved quit elegantly. I expect that my Apple Watch will be used most in a Dick Tracy style. I already use Siri extensively on my iPhone. Being able to raise my wrist to interact with Siri is likely going to increase those interactions.
You say you're waiting for the next generation? You expect a larger Watch?
It may have to be charged every night, but your Omega and polar loop combined can't do anywhere near as much as one Apple Watch. Besides, I don't get why anyone would want to sleep with their watch.
I agree, still, the galaxy s6 edge is more expensive than the iphone 6+. (i mean the lowest models).
So Apple's going to start selling the $49 Sport band for $1,000? In what universe? How about a much simpler explanation...Apple will be adding color choices to the Sport band and it was something they planned to do all along.
I understand why some people want to sleep with a smart watch but I think it's a task better accomplished by a dedicated sleep monitoring system.
My Withings Aura has made me give up my Jawbone Up which I used for monitoring my sleep. The Withings Aura is just there, with its pad under my mattress. I don't think about monitoring my sleep. It just happens. It lulls me to sleep with its red light and soft sounds and wakes me up at the end of a REM cycle nearest my wake up time. It even works with Nest to cool my room down to the perfect sleeping temperature.
So having used a dedicated smart sleep system, even if Apple Watch could monitor my sleep, I'd rather sleep without it and let the Aura take care of what it does best.
I think Apple is trying to be less about exclusivity and more about personalization, as they mentioned in the Keynote announcement.
But since nobody from the general public has one yet this is just a tease, which is why it feels like exclusivity from our perspective. Clearly we're all just jealous.
Next Friday can't come fast enough.
But since nobody from the general public has one yet this is just a tease, which is why it feels like exclusivity from our perspective. Clearly we're all just jealous.
Next Friday can't come fast enough.
i totally want to sleep with my apple watch.
for the sleep tracking.
i plan to charge first thing in am while i'm waking, shower, dress, etc. and if it needs more maybe a bit at work.
gonna work fine i'll bet.
Absent Samsung?
You know, I look at this, how they are seeking to court and involve part of the design and fashion world, and whatever one might think of it, I don't think Samsung is or would be doing this, or even could. I don't think they would consider it, or even be taken seriously. Maybe Apple is the only tech company that can even realistically seek to expand and involve like this.
You know, I look at this, how they are seeking to court and involve part of the design and fashion world, and whatever one might think of it, I don't think Samsung is or would be doing this, or even could. I don't think they would consider it, or even be taken seriously. Maybe Apple is the only tech company that can even realistically seek to expand and involve like this.
Good catch. Now we know what Newson contributed to the project.
I think it looks neater than it works, though. A traditional tang buckle clasp is more secure, which might matter for a "Sport" watch.
New watch band colors are hardly "rumors" or "tech news." Wake me up when a killer, must have app emerges or we get info on how long they intend to support a $10,000 gadget or anything of substance. Anything. This is just PR... and PR that leaves a bad taste in one's mouth when "exclusive" accessories are already in the hands of the taste makers and wealthy who have already grown bored with the options for a device the rest of us don't even have flippin' access to yet.