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Photos of Montblanc's Watch 'e-Strap' Show Low-Resolution Display, Bulky Fit
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OMG its huge! You won't be wearing that with French cuffs (or any cuffs for that matter.
FWIW, I'm a watch guy that loves big watches. I get all my dress shirts custom tailored due to wide shoulders, narrow waist, long arms.
The tailor was very familiar with "watch people" and makes my left cuff larger than the right, large enough for my biggest watch.
This is common in the market this watch is aimed for.
I'm a guy. I love tech. I love apple. But I just don't get the whole "wearable" craze. Am I the only one who thinks it's gonna flop? Maybe im wrong. But I just don't see it becoming a hit. The smartphone has become the center of most people's lives. It does everything. Do we really need a smart watch to go with it? One that you have to charge every night no less? I don't think so. But hey, what do I know? I think Apple has designed a beautiful looking watch with elegant lines and a seemingly endless variety of equally elegant and interchangeable wrist bands. I just don't think people will crave or need it.
Yes, let's all wait 2 or 3 years until we buy something new,
then, in 2 or 3 years time we can say "but in 2 or 3 years time there'll be something's no even better!"...
Ad infinitum and we'll never buy anything for fear of something better coming out.....
Meh
Meh, I'll take my Citizen Eco-Drive Navihawk A-T any day of the week over any Dick Tracy Timepiece.
Meh, I'll take my Citizen Eco-Drive Navihawk A-T any day of the week over any Dick Tracy Timepiece.
As you say, the smartphone is the centre of most people's lives. Or rather, connecting to the people in their lives and the web is.
If the watch moved from being in the pocket onto the wrist, it makes sense that maybe the same will happen - to some degree - for the device we use to connect.
Right now, the technology isn't there to make the watch completely replace the smartphone, but this could be the first step in that direction. If the smartphone provides a better experience for most tasks, maybe the watch doesn't have to replace it, only add to the experience.
I could be wrong, of course, and I completely understand where you're coming from. Smart watches haven't really captured the imagination of consumers, but Apple might change that - even though they haven't showed us a feature that makes us say "yep, that's what was missing". Kind of like how some people were a bit bemused by the iPad, then went and tried one and fell in love with the device.
Then again, Tim Cook & Co know what's riding on this product - the first one post-Jobs. They wouldn't release anything unless they were genuinely sure it would succeed. I don't think they're arrogant or deluded enough to assume that something is a good product that actually sucks.
I believe that sentiment is identical to the one RIM, and other phone makers, held when iPhone was released. Look where they are now, RIM is basically left for dead and all the others are struggling and fighting each other to be a distant second. Just saying.
I think the real worry for these luxury watch makers is not that Apple will take their current market, but rather overtime change the expectation for what a time piece should be capable of. Right now wearing a expensive watch is a status symbol, it more less says I earn over six figures and my successes have allowed me to make a purchase of questionable value. After Apple changes the perception, a person wearing one of these watches will be viewed the same way a person sporting an AOL email is viewed (out of touch, questionable intelligence, etc).
Apple seems to be pricing these so buyers of the luxury models will still be be able to make a status statement while also still appearing competent. The entry level pricing reinforces this desire, people who only care about function or who are price sensitive will by the lower tier thus serving as class/status differentiators. In fact the more low end ones they sell the more clear the distinction becomes.
The existing manufacturers really stand no chance of ever rivaling or replicating the technology/ecosystem Apple has. This advantage will only compound with future iterations.
Ok, so what ? That watch has lots of buyers and fans who buy it because of its looks (and costing north of 10k USD). Nobody will buy the Apple Watch because of its looks, they will buy it because it's Apple, because it's trendy, useful... whatever. It does not impact, it is soulless
Let me understand. Exactly how many people, in the entire world, do you imagine are
(a) interested in buying an Apple Watch AND
(b) don't already own an iPhone?
Because I think this number is around 10, and I don't think Apple care very much about those 10 lost sales...
Exactly what he was saying.
He was responding to someone who was saying that before you could use this strap, you had to also buy an expensive watch.
As you have pointed out, that's not the way it usually works. The main expensive device gets picked first. Then the accessory.
Man, that's one huge ugly watch.
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Almost bought a Rolex once, until my friends told me what it stood for.
My 50 year old artist sister and 82 year old artist mother both think it is sexy. I think it is handsome. All 3 of us are looking forward to each getting one.
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Wasn't that the one with the Microsoft operating system?
You wouldn't be buying the watch to get the strap. This is for existing owners.
You do have a point - I'd much rather have an e-strap, connect it to my non-smart watch, and not have to pair it to my smart phone for any obvious features or connectivity.
More I look at that original publicity picture, the more I think I am not looking at a display, but rather a hi red image pasted into the display opening.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Could be. Who knows? Pull out your iDevice and try to get that angled hint of light on the surface (looking kind of like a triangle):
Bet you can't do it. Both are images created by the marketing department. The point is that if we can forgive ideallic imagery for Apple marketing (not being representative of real world) we should at least be able to consider such ideallic marketing imagery from non-Apple players. OR, more simply, when do we get seemingly dirty, bad angle imagery of yet-to-be released Apple products along the lines of the first 3 in this thread? So far, every shot I've seen of iWatch is pristine, completely clean, often on a model's arm with perfect hands. The third photo in the first post looks like the guy has rained dandruff onto this device or his camera lens is very dirty.
Bet you can't do it. Both are images created by the marketing department. The point is that if we can forgive ideallic imagery for Apple marketing (not being representative of real world) we should at least be able to consider such ideallic marketing imagery from non-Apple players. OR, more simply, when do we get seemingly dirty, bad angle imagery of yet-to-be released Apple products along the lines of the first 3 in this thread? So far, every shot I've seen of iWatch is pristine, completely clean, often on a model's arm with perfect hands. The third photo in the first post looks like the guy has rained dandruff onto this device or his camera lens is very dirty.
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How is it a poor image? It's a device being used like it was meant to be used, it's the way everybody who uses it will see it. It's no different than journalists writing reviews about Apple devices, and their smudges are on the screen with dust and dirt scattered about the surface of the device.
Those that are criticizing the watch band are doing so based on what the watch looks like while it's actually being used. How does it make sense to draw attention to a pristine picture that nobody will ever put their hands on?
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Please link me to a few articles by journalists that show pictures of yet-to-be released Apple products that look comparably bad (as they'll look in the "real world"). iWatch is perfect since it's also not out yet.
One can sneeze on their iDevice or thoroughly rain dandruff on an iDevice screen to approximate that third picture but I've never seen such a shot like that for an unreleased Apple product. Please point me to a similarly dirty shot of iWatch in some journalist's articles.
One can sneeze on their iDevice or thoroughly rain dandruff on an iDevice screen to approximate that third picture but I've never seen such a shot like that for an unreleased Apple product. Please point me to a similarly dirty shot of iWatch in some journalist's articles.
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