Launching the Apple Watch 2 with the iPhone 7 doesn't seem like a great strategy. I don't think consumers will want to buy two expensive new Apple toys at the same time.
Agreed. I do plan on upgrading
Please, come out at WWDC!!
I also would like to see a WWDC release. Here is to hoping.
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Ok so if i fly long haul this thing is gonna die before i even get to the hotel. Or if i stay at a relatives house it will be dead before the morning.
Sorry, not acceptable
Then the Watch is not for you. You seem to focused on the battery life. !8 Hours is more than enough to get me through a 14 hour day, with 50% battery life remaining. Perhaps you can support Pebble with their purported "7 Day" battery life. Lets see how much you appreciate their customer support and Operating software.
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I really want to like this thing. I really like the design and I feel like a "grownup" when I wear it. I've owned and returned it on 4 different occasions.
The app screen is cluttered garbage and hard to use and I never could figure out how to activate the watch faces or find the mickey mouse face. Without that, the thing even failed as a simple watch - it always started up on different screens and I'd have to spend 10 - 20 seconds and lots of swipes to get it back to the home screen which only had the time displayed in tiny fonts in a small corner. I think apps on this tiny screen are pointless and the Pay functions always disappointing as I had to twist my arm in weird directions to get all the stationary scanners to read the bar codes. The screen was too small to read notifications. In most situations I would give up and just use my phone anyway.
I know if I read the manual or watched the online tutorials figuring out the navigation and functions would be "easy." But at the end of the day it is a WATCH and should be intuitive and simple to use. It fails spectacularly. I shouldn't have to read user manuals and watch online videos to use it. Again, design and color options are fantastic, but yeah...
Really? How could you not figure out how to use the Watch face screens??? And your complaining about having to twist your arm in different directions for Apple Pay? Sounds like you have personal issues or incapable of performing simple tasks with the Watch. Of course the screen is small to read notifications, its a Watch, not the size of an iPhone Screen. The Apple Watch is easy enough where you can easily bypass any tutorials. Sounds like user error to me. Don't blame the Apple Watch.
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The anylists are predicting Apple will sell half of what they did during the launch year.
Sorry, what bands currently do this?
There are around 500 million iPhones worldwide. There are around 10 million Watches worldwide. I'd say the odds are quite a bit better if I forget my iPhone charger on a trip, wherever I'm staying will likely have one to loan me. Not to mention the widespread availability of them at the corner Walgreens. Probably out of luck if you forget your Watch charger.
Really? I think competency would play a role if some KNOWS their wearing a rechargeable Watch in which will require charging, to have a spare or bring the original with them. Not to mention Low Power Mode as an option.
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Lies, hyperbole and straw man arguments, which have nothing to do with the point.
Actual Rip Curl specs from the manual:
Width - 45.5mm (square, not including strap)
Thickness - 15.5mm
Actual Watch specs from the dimensional drawings:
Width - 38.03mm (x42.5mm height, not including strap)
Thickness - 12.46mm
Your claim that Rip Curl is "70% THICKER" than the 42mm Watch = 21.18mm
Actual difference: 3.04mm, or less than 25% thicker.
Your hyperbole = over 45%
And I'm still waiting for you to send links to your earlier claim that extended battery watch bands were currently available.
Except....no one cares about your Dog Collar or Rip Curl. Take your rant to a different forum, stay on topic.
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Isn't perspective fascinating? The exact same watch looks positively tiny in this photo:
If you're going to make these kinds of arguments, you could at least be intellectually honest about it.
He Was being honest about it. He clearly stated where he obtained his facts from Amazon. I like your hideous Rip Curl Watch by the way. Thats being intellectually honest.
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You go find them yourself, while you're posting links to your own claims. This isn't my argument. It's yours. I'm just pointing out your intellectual dishonesty. And while you're at it, please post your engineering degree, so we understand the technical background that enable you to make all of these claims.
Engineering degree? Intellectual Dishonesty? Your posts are consistently cynical and more to the point...egregious.
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Dude. At least post a picture that shows the RipCurl watch closer. That picture has the rip curl a mile away and half covered by the surfer. You are making yourself look bad. I posted a picture of the RipCurl and S2 to show its thickness. Those are not misleading photo graphs. Most here are aware of how the Apple Watch thickness looks like already.
And why the hell are you comparing a single feature watch like the RipCurl to a full featured Apple Watch? Just stop.
So your reasoning is Apple can do anything with no regard to basic physics? Give me a break. Samsung is an elite hardware maker and even they can't fit a GPS/LTE radio in a decent sized smartphone and get good battery life.
And I'm not asking you to do any legwork. Just a simple google search. Find me a single smartwatch with GPS/Cell radio that has the same battery life and as small form factor as the Apple Watch. There isn't any. Its a technical hurdle at this time.
You keep yelling that Apple can do it. Apple can do it. Apple can do it. Yet provide ZERO proof that its even possible at a $300 price point.
My proof that they can't is every single 3G smartwatch on the market is either much larger or has crappy battery life. Batteries, battery life, and 3G radios are not high tech. Its basic electronics. There are physical limitations. This is just like expecting an iPhone to have 5 day battery life.
Mac 128 is requesting your engineering degree ASAP. Please forward it to "Mac128is a troll.com". He clearly is obsessed with his Rip Curl watch.
Watch.
