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Purported Schematics and Details on iWatch Show Rectangular Body, Round Sensor Plate
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No, that is not a different circular watch. It's the round sensor plate on the back of the square watch.
The round part is just the sensor/wireless charging coil that fits inside the square part.
From what I have seen wireless charging involves electromagnetic radiation... no evidence of cancer fro this type of energy... also from cellular despite what people say....I don't wear a watch. "Any watch" feels bulky on my wrist and I don't have thick wrists despite my height to be honest (6'2") I wonder how Apple will make me wear one. So far the only thing that got my interest was the fitness sensors. Especially a good, accurate sleep monitor could work miracles in my life. In order to wear one while sleeping and be comfy, it's gotta be light. And micro managing fitness activities has the potential to be amazing.
Sleep monitoring and wireless charging at the same time? Anybody feeling it?
Let's hope wireless charging is not putting it on some sort of dock. I want to be able to have the dock on my nightstand and wear the watch while sleeping to monitor the sleep and have the watch charging.
p.s. Also I don't wanna get cancer while doing that. lol. I guess you can't have everything huh?
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?"
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?"
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Waterproof to 20 metres is excellent, the housing looks pretty thick though I was hoping for something thin for my tiny wrists but hey ho.
NFC payment on it would be nice but I cant see it happening unless they get a fingerprint sensor on it, which I doubt.
Does anyone know what this means: flexible, multi-touch screen will add a new dimension to the UI. ?
Does flexible mean curved or that you can actually bend it in use, and how does that add to the UI?
NFC payment on it would be nice but I cant see it happening unless they get a fingerprint sensor on it, which I doubt.
Does anyone know what this means: flexible, multi-touch screen will add a new dimension to the UI. ?
Does flexible mean curved or that you can actually bend it in use, and how does that add to the UI?
Where is Tuesday?! I need some high-quality photos! All these terrible ones are just about enough to make a grown man cry... Okay, maybe we're not quite there yet, but you know...
yet? They love form over function. 
Hmmm.. good luck with getting your "No Brainer" round Moto360 watch to work with your massive iPhone buddy.
BCM as in...
"Broadcom's high performance BCM59350 wireless charging PMU enables automatic selection between specifications from all three leading standards organizations including the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), Power Matters Alliance (PMA) and Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) for OEM flexibility. A4WP uses resonant technology, called Rezence, that allows consumers to "drop and go," placing multiple devices on a single charging surface without the trouble of accurate positioning or alignment."
"Broadcom's high performance BCM59350 wireless charging PMU enables automatic selection between specifications from all three leading standards organizations including the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), Power Matters Alliance (PMA) and Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) for OEM flexibility. A4WP uses resonant technology, called Rezence, that allows consumers to "drop and go," placing multiple devices on a single charging surface without the trouble of accurate positioning or alignment."
My thoughts exactly. However, for me, function goes hand in hand with weight and bulkiness. I won't wear a bulky heavy watch, which implies that it will not function very well for me.
As far as what it looks like, I don't care so much. But I want to be able to pull my shirt sleeve over it without any problems. I used to wear one of those huge bulky Fossil watches, and after a while, I had to go for something thinner, which is why I ended up with this (before I gave up on wearing watches completely):
How about that as an iWatch mockup?
And please with at least two days of battery time.
There's a difference b/t waterproof and resistant - waterproof will make this a buy for me.
This. It's no way removing my Skagen watch for this **** lmao. I don't care if I can pay for my cup of coffee and count my heart beats lol.
hmmm. I'm gunna go ahead and say no. Apple will show a prototype tomorrow and production wouldn't start until after that.
My thoughts exactly. However, for me, function goes hand in hand with weight and bulkiness. I won't wear a bulky heavy watch, which implies that it will not function very well for me.
As far as what it looks like, I don't care so much. But I want to be able to pull my shirt sleeve over it without any problems. I used to wear one of those huge bulky Fossil watches, and after a while, I had to go for something thinner, which is why I ended up with this (before I gave up on wearing watches completely):
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How about that as an iWatch mockup?
And please with at least two days of battery time.
iWatch Air - but we won't see that for another 5 years.