Purported Schematics and Details on iWatch Show Rectangular Body, Round Sensor Plate

[thasan]

The problem is in you -- trying to find personal satisfaction and life excitement from mature product categories.

Does your AV receiver depress you?

u misread. they are not my life but of course i want the best value for money for everything i buy. is that a sin in your book?
i want something that functions well and looks good. and of course, u wont have a chamfered edge AV receiver or an excited bunch of people trying to find out how the next phone will look like etc etc.

 

[McCool71]

You couldn't move that glass of bubbles out of the way could you and post us a clearer shot?

Wouldn't help much since the device is in fact in the sparkling water and not behind the glass.

 

[bobob]

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Fantastic!! A Nest thermostat that straps on my arm?? the possibilities are endless!

Funniest thing I've read on the net this week!

 

[Mago]

I don't know why everyone is so in love with the Moto 360 being circular.

Besides the actual watchfaces, the whole UI is just a square with cut off corners. Readability for text is probably worse, and screen area isn't as much as it can be with an equally wide square. It also shows compromise in engineering and design with a black strip at the bottom.

The Moto 360 being circular also doesn't look different enough from traditional watches from a third person. It only will if you're close to it. Apple would want iWatches to be easily recognized.

I think Apple will still impress us with the iWatch by making it completely metal, and using a magnetic band that is easily adjusted without the traditional pin-in-hole and latch that all these current smartwatches and regular watches have.

There will be an insane amount of small touches in its design that make it better than anything.

FYI Android foresees an circular display, while the screen technically it's an square one with cutted borders, the OSX it's aware this, and the guí it's optimized with that in mind.

IMHO all the Smartwatches with the notorious exception of the Peeble, share the same defect: battery last one day, I think this will keep many people away for a while until at least 3-4 days of battery it's provided.

The Moto 360 at least have a feature that helps: wireless charging, very convenient since many people use to wear off everything before going to sleep, just placing it on its cradle does the trick.

 

[kdarling]

Someone should've set up a betting pool on what the iWatch's shape and features would be.

What am I saying. I bet there's something like this in Vegas already.

 

[D.T.]

Someone should've set up a betting pool on what the iWatch's shape and features would be.

What am I saying. I bet there's something like this in Vegas already.

Yep, I’m in $5,000 for it being a triangle. It’s a long shot, but it pays 10:1

 

[Jsameds]

EE hints at 2 phones and a watch.

https://twitter.com/EE/status/509321784609746945

The watch looks round..

 

[APPLENEWBIE]

Hope apple gives us a watch as good as my 40 year old Seiko Diver automatic watch. Case opened 2 times, only for cleaning!

 

[abshole765]

So the iWatch is gonna be a thick square block like every other smart watch on the market for the last 3 years...

...exept the Moto 360, that one actually looks really nice.

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Moto 360 looks like garbage with any other band.

 

[snorkelman]

I wonder what new features are going to be common to the watch and the phone, the stuff aimed at payment technology perhaps?

Would cover them for folks who are half way thru their upgrade cycle on phone side of things (who might spring for the watch to get access to something they'd otherwise be waiting a year for)

 

[wigby]

maybe insert water resistant in place of waterproof?

I think since it doesn't die under 6 feet of water after 30 minutes, it's fair to call it water proof.

 

[sputnikv]

Well, it should be leakproof then!

Imagine the confusion:

Customer: "Hello, is that AppleCare. I have a light leak in my iWatch"
AppleCare Rep: "Okay sir, is that a liquid leak, or a light leak?"
Customer: "Uh? Um? Liquid? What, like liquid metal?"
AppleCare Rep: "Never mind sir. Lets start again, shall we?"​

That makes no sense.

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*sighs*

There's a difference between waterproof and water resistant.

I know.

 

[Mactendo]

How do you know this won't be embedded in the band?

Now we know it To me it was clear from the rendering.