Live Coverage of Apple's September 2014 iPhone and iWatch Event [Event Over]

[KPOM]

$349

By comparison a Movado museum watch is about $400.

 

[rans0m00]

Was there any mention of the iPhone being water resistant?

 

[Dekimasu]

"Requires the iPhone because it's been designed to seamlessly work together with Handoff. Might read an email on your watch and then respond to it on the iPhone."

Or I could just read it on my phone and reply on my phone...

 

[psac]

Next year will have Apple pay and NFC.

 

[Kwstas]

One more thing...
Tiny Screen for your iPhone apps.

 

[Jimrod]

Sound quality over Bluetooth is bad, bad, bad. You would lose all benefit from having higher-quality music files.

Sound quality over current (4.0+) Bluetooth is fine. I design award-winning Hi-Fi speakers for a living and I think that market is rapidly dying, Bluetooth is where all the business is.

 

[topmounter]

Android support?!?!?!?

 

[ChazSch]

the charger looks like a stethoscope

 

[dazzer21]

Works seamlessly with my 4S!!

Oh... hang on...

 

[phuocsandiego]

And how waterproof/resistant is this thing or other wearable tech? I bet not much...

 

[grahamperrin]

Apple Hardware > Apple Watch

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/7/ looking forward to an Apple Watch sub-forum …

Postscript: found it. Not classed as Apple hardware. Instead:

iPhone, iPod and iPad > Apple Watch

 

[rovex]

Someone remind me again what Watch offers that the Samsung Gear S doesn't ?

 

[archer75]

$350!!!! Insane. For a watch get it down to $50.

 

[8281]

Soooo...no Apple TV then? And 16 GB for the new iPhone? Sorry, but I'm tired of having to delete apps just to run an iOS update.

 

[Raid]

$350 USD? Yipe!

 

[ChazSch]

Next year will have Apple pay and NFC.

they said October....

 

[charlituna]

I would rather have had 20 minutes less of demos, spec wanking etc and seen the new ipads. If not also new apple tv

 

[rwilliams]

Man, they should have had this watch ready for Christmas.

 

[damitssam]

Thanks for the vapourware apple. LOL.

 

[audiopablo]

sorry, I got to stand up now. My watch told me because I don't know how to stand up on my own...

I still probably get it. Don't know why. You know what you should spend $349 on? A bike... or running shoes... or a baby sitter so you can exercise. But damn it - I don't like the way it looks. But I still want it. If I cancel the gym membership I don't use, it's a wash. Cancel call here I come.. or not.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Android support?!?!?!?

Requires iPhone 5 or newer. No Android or WP support.

 

[bunnicula]

Seriously people? The AppleWatch is the most exciting thing they have come out with since original iPhone. This thing blows me away, exceeds my expectations by 10x. How do you not like this? Incredible. Take my money now.

These people would've griped over the original iPhone, too.

And who is planning to replace their iPhone with a watch? Nobody.

LOL.

They work with older iPhones. They'll sell millions of these watches.

 

[MacMilligan]

Ouch, starting at $350? That's a lot of money to pry from someone after they buy their iPhone.

 

[tondeaf]

iWatch

Seems like a solution looking for a problem.

I doubt if the people who created them will be wearing them in a year.

 

[Grolubao]

Only available in 2015?! Ahahaha! They were so scared they had to release it right now?