My g/f and I went to the Apple Store yesterday (Roosevelt Field Mall) and each tried on the watch.
The Apple person who helped us was awesome and didn't care how long we spent there, in fact the reservation was under my g/f's name but she didn't care that I was there and let me try on watches. We were def. under 15 minutes.
She wasn't weird about it at all, and was really concerned that the watch had a good fit. It was a good experience.
The aluminum models are much more matte in person when compared to the stainless steel models, which for me personally I liked much more. They felt lighter on my wrist, closer to my Fuel Band than the stainless model which is something I was hoping for. (The closer to fuel band fit)
I can totally see how people think it looks cheaper though, in a way it does, for my mostly non-formal, more running type of life style the aluminum is great, if I had to wear a suit everyday I'd have to get the stainless steel version, I think it would be more fitting with formal clothes and events. That being said, it's extremely marginal, the watch is a small watch and the amount of time spent analyzing a frame that's barely noticeable is quite minimal, on either version we spent more time worrying about how it felt and how natural it was when our arms were moving around. The Milanese band seemed to be the most snug, though I personally thought the the sport band was the most comfortable and snug.
My disappointment came when we went to the working units they had out. When I checked it out it felt as if the crown button was not intuitive at all and when compared to the contacts button I was left wondering why is that button so huge? The app icons are ridiculously small, this watch is a siri device. Scrolling and reading, etc. were all fine, I wouldn't want to read a book, but for texts and quick emails, why not. The force touch interaction felt useless and not natural whatsoever.
The activity app seemed alright, I'm anxious to try it out in the world. I'm really a huge fan of the Nike apps so I'm pretty excited to try out what Apple has here.
I don't think the sport model is worth it's entry price solely on the fact that it requires an iPhone, why not just make a tiny Air Play screen and a bluetooth heart rate sensor ? That's the question I asked myself, though I then thought, because it's a first version product and it's going to be kind of fun to have it.
I'm sure in 2 - 3 years the functionality and navigation are going to be much more improved, who knows maybe it will able to be totally independent one day.
We're both still looking forward to our orders being delivered but the excitement is a bit lowered.
The Apple person who helped us was awesome and didn't care how long we spent there, in fact the reservation was under my g/f's name but she didn't care that I was there and let me try on watches. We were def. under 15 minutes.
She wasn't weird about it at all, and was really concerned that the watch had a good fit. It was a good experience.
The aluminum models are much more matte in person when compared to the stainless steel models, which for me personally I liked much more. They felt lighter on my wrist, closer to my Fuel Band than the stainless model which is something I was hoping for. (The closer to fuel band fit)
I can totally see how people think it looks cheaper though, in a way it does, for my mostly non-formal, more running type of life style the aluminum is great, if I had to wear a suit everyday I'd have to get the stainless steel version, I think it would be more fitting with formal clothes and events. That being said, it's extremely marginal, the watch is a small watch and the amount of time spent analyzing a frame that's barely noticeable is quite minimal, on either version we spent more time worrying about how it felt and how natural it was when our arms were moving around. The Milanese band seemed to be the most snug, though I personally thought the the sport band was the most comfortable and snug.
My disappointment came when we went to the working units they had out. When I checked it out it felt as if the crown button was not intuitive at all and when compared to the contacts button I was left wondering why is that button so huge? The app icons are ridiculously small, this watch is a siri device. Scrolling and reading, etc. were all fine, I wouldn't want to read a book, but for texts and quick emails, why not. The force touch interaction felt useless and not natural whatsoever.
The activity app seemed alright, I'm anxious to try it out in the world. I'm really a huge fan of the Nike apps so I'm pretty excited to try out what Apple has here.
I don't think the sport model is worth it's entry price solely on the fact that it requires an iPhone, why not just make a tiny Air Play screen and a bluetooth heart rate sensor ? That's the question I asked myself, though I then thought, because it's a first version product and it's going to be kind of fun to have it.
I'm sure in 2 - 3 years the functionality and navigation are going to be much more improved, who knows maybe it will able to be totally independent one day.
We're both still looking forward to our orders being delivered but the excitement is a bit lowered.