I feel like I'm in some unreality bubble watching all these fashion people GUSHING about the Apple Watch and I'm thinking, "really, this thing is so clunky and plain looking". WTF are these people smoking?
I believe it's because smartwatch are still a relatively new thing mixing with the strength of the Apple brand that's making it so appealing.
The weird thing about it is that if you compare the watch to any of Apple's other breakthrough devices, it doesn't following along with their usual patterns. What's the first thing they always say? "We rethought the blah, and came up with this awesome new thing". They don't do anything truly new, but their products are always well thought out, and do things a little different, a little easier than anyone else.
And what's the Apple Watch? It's a watch that's had smart functionality crammed into it. Not really any different than the Galaxy Gear or any of the other smartwatches out there. It's banking entirely on style, of which it only has a tiny bit more of than the competition.
People can gush about it all they want, but it should be all but obvious by now that a traditional watch body doesn't make for a good standalone smart device. It's too cramped, too small. And the way you interact with it? Through the crown? Yeah, they work great for winding your watch, but flipping through apps and menus? It strikes me as being a little awkward. Not exactly the elegance solution we usually expect from Apple.
All in all, it's not all that great of a product. It's eeeeehhhhh, exactly like every other smartwatch on the market.
The bands do look pretty nice, though.
