Do you wear your watch to bed? Or do you put it on the nightstand next to your phone...
reviews from all over are slamming the hell out of the Moto 360 watch battery life, even one guy said he had to charge it TWICE in one day.
I agree - but the same limitations will apply to Apple.
Of course they are. They're for those that want to track their vitals. I'll finally be able to ditch my ugly FitBit and uninstall my battery sucking RunKeeper. It will likely have features that will let you keep your iPhone in your pocket or purse. It's a pain to constantly be pulling my iPhone out of my pocket during meetings to see who's 'vibrating' me. Now, I'll be able to simply look at my wrist. Yes, it's for a specific niche market... the most everyone niche market.
Personally, I don't want a standalone product. I have no desire to make phone calls and take pictures with my watch.
Apple just needs to include some other features.
I want to have the option of
1. Not having to go back when I realize I forgot the stupid phone
Or
2. Having the option to not have to lug around a brick in my pocket if I don't feel like it.
Standalone wristwatch phone thing gives me those options. Tethered watch gives me nothing while adding additional weight.
reviews from all over are slamming the hell out of the Moto 360 watch battery life, even one guy said he had to charge it TWICE in one day.
Finally, someone who doesn't wanna reach into their pocket every 10 minutes. I don't understand the argument that your smartphone already does everything that smartwatches do... I feel like I'm killing time every time I have to stop what I'm doing at work to pull my phone out of my pocket. Now I wont have to.
When I go running, assuming the iWatch will have GPS and bluetooth, I can put my bluetooth headphones on and I'm ready to run. No dangling cord. No strapping a phone to my arm. And when I need to actually look at the watch to check my stats or change a track, I wont have to awkwardly maneuver my phone mid-run. It can all be safely and comfortably done from my wrist.
When I go to the grocery store, assuming they will incorporate their payment system, I can ring up at the self checkout and pass my wrist over the transmitter... PAID.
Assuming they incorporate HomeKit, I can quickly check my watch to see how much time is left on the oven while I'm cooking or how much time is left in the washer/dryer if I'm pressed for time, without needing to dig into my pocket or go to my computer to unplug my phone from the charger and open an app to do those things.
This is the very definition of convenience to me and I'll gladly pay $400. Watches were invented because someone realized you had this perfect unutilized space on your wrist that could be used to provide you with data easily by simply turning your wrist. At the time, tech only allowed for time to be displayed here. Now, we can do so much more. It's a natural progression in my opinion. If I can read a text, control an appliance, change a music track from my wrist, without having to get my phone, that's the way I wanna do it.
And I still need my phone. I don't want a watch to replace my phone. Just push notifications to my watch and do what I mentioned above and I'll upgrade every year.
As so many ARE expecting Apple to blow these devices away with their smartwatch.
What is the reaction going to be here, when all Apple show of is a enhanced, and nice looking Sport/Heath Nike Fuel Band type device?
Do you think this may be in reality all it will be?
Personally I hope it's amazing and a lot more, but I do wonder if there simply IS NO "SmartWatch" coming from Apple.
I hope I'm wrong.
Every new device gets played with a lot more at first.
We constantly see people complain at first about battery life for something really different that they just got. Then somehow it gets better over time![]()
Well why won't iWatch work with android then?
A little oxymoronic don't you think?
This watch is designed for the future where humans will inhabit distant planets that have days less than 12 hours long.
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I don't disagree with your point, but it is not a defense for the terrible battery life. Design the devices so they will be used.
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Well, by not supporting the iPhone Motorolla is ignoring the number one mobile device in the world. How can Apple support Android. What version of Android should it work with? What devices have Bluetooth LE or NFC? It is a lot easier (and profitable) to support the iPhone.
Be funny if Apple unveil a tv not a watch on 9.9.2014
everyone went left, apple went right...
lucky number 7leven
Some people prefer the plastic bands over metal ones...Oh, and the wrist band is hideous. It's like taking a Rolex and securing it to your wrist with a piece of an old tire that's fallen off a semi.
There's no way that display is real. The animations look way too fluid even for a full Android phone. Also notable is Motorola only actually showing what the watch can do for about 10 seconds. That'll make them line out the doors!
(I did think the segmented dial concept for the ad was novel though)
I want to have the option of
1. Not having to go back when I realize I forgot the stupid phone
Or
2. Having the option to not have to lug around a brick in my pocket if I don't feel like it.
Standalone wristwatch phone thing gives me those options. Tethered watch gives me nothing while adding additional weight.