Samsung Confirms Work on Smart Watch Project

[Renzatic]

But Apple innovates. When they make a watch or TV it will be REVOLUTIONARY. Samsung just copies what other people are doing For realz. What's wrong with you. Why won't you assimilate. Resistance if futile!!!

They assimilate entire markets and we fall back. Not again! The line must be drawn here! This far! no further!

OH GAWD! I'M A NERRRDDD!

 

[Carniphage]

Unlike phones there are no subsidies for TV's as far as I know.

But there are for PVRs.

 

[uknowimright]

lol, the 1st iPhone wasn't really even a smartphone

 

[Nebulance]

Unless they all cooperate with major high-end watchmakers (crossing fingers for Apple|Tag-Heuer), I am not really interested

I never heard of Tag-Heuer until now -- wow, I never thought a watch could be so expensive?! They're certainly very nice, but who could justify dropping $6000 on a watch? Although, I guess it is roughly half the price of a Rolex after taking a look at those...

 

[szw-mapple fan]

It seems Samsung cannot come up with own innovative idea...but is quick with coping someone’s.
The only hope for Apple is to do it right

And patent every shape on the iWatch: every knob, button, rounded squares, circle, and triangle so they can unsuccessfully sue Samsung for copying.

 

[Oletros]

I have read the first page and I have had to check if this was Macrumors or Appleinsider. I have never seen so much trolling like the posts on the first page

 

[GQB]

I've had one of these things in 2006.. not a big deal, costs about 80-100$
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http://dx.com/p/i5-gsm-wrist-watch-phone-w-1-8-resistive-screen-quad-band-single-sim-and-fm-black-133818

And it looks like an $80 piece of junk as well.

 

[adder7712]

I bought a Palm Treo as an alternative to the Blackberry. There's two.

And the tons of of Symbian smartphones from Nokia.

 

[OllyW]

So are people going to yawn over this like they did with the "iWatch" rumors?

I have to admit that none of the smart watch rumours interest me so far. Perhaps I'll change my mind when more information is available.

 

[thasan]

LOL! Yeah.... they should really leak some outlandish thing and see if Sammy responds with their own on-going plans. Would be funny especially if Apple would then come out and say it's BS.

April 1 is approaching faaast!
Time go get some more leaks

 

[0815]

This kind of post is just a rehash of the traditional talking points about Apple...

Yes, there were personal computers before the Apple ][ and the Mac

Yes, there were mp3 players before the iPod

Yes, there were smartphones before the iPhone

Yes, there were tablets before the iPad

Yes, there are now smart watches before the rumored iWatch

The difference, of course, is that NOBODY actually bought this stuff until Apple perfected the design, features, and ease-of-use part. Once shown how to do it by Apple the so-called competition jumped in. The smartwatch market will be exactly the same.

+100

I wish the appel bashers arguing "but there was xyz before" would understand that the value in Apple products is to take existing (failed or badly done) things, put some thought into it it and create a device that is easy and fun to use. They rarely 'create' a new product categories, but they make exiting garbage usable. Of course, once everyone else updates their products accordingly, everybody claims "but that is only the natural evolution, we anyway would have done it that way"... just makes me wonder why they always wait for apple to make it really usable.

Lets hope that Samsung learned some lesson and comes out with a new easy to use smart watch (the smart watches they through on the market before are not very desirable and are not that smart)

 

[inajeep]

For me to purchase one it will be either round like a watch or shaped like the one from Predator.

 

[samcraig]

April 1 is approaching faaast!
Time go get some more leaks

Introducing the iCondom. The world's first smart contraception. "We've patented the hell out of it"

It's revolutionary. Magical. It just works.

 

[iGrip]

The bigger screen game will not work in the smart watch market Samsung, so you can throw that tactic out the window.

My wrist is to small for anything bigger than what current watches are like.

My guess is that your hands and pockets are too small for normal sized phones too, and as a result, you are relegated to using an iPhone.

 

[samcraig]

+100

I wish the appel bashers arguing "but there was xyz before" would understand that the value in Apple products is to take existing (failed or badly done) things, put some thought into it it and create a device that is easy and fun to use.

I wish posters like you wouldn't ignore everything that happened in the industry and the contributions made by thousands of people and write them off as if they didn't matter.

 

[bumblebritches5]

I really don't care about Apple's watch, and I think it's pathetic they're creating an actual watch, but what samsung's doing is beyond pathetic, is there NO market Samsung won't follow Apple down?

If I ran Apple, I'd start a rumor, or start actually going into some strange market, and I'd set a ****ing trap to trap and kill that damn company.

 

[Carniphage]

I wish posted like you wouldn't ignore everything that happened in the industry and the contributions made my thousands of people and write them off as if they didn't matter.

Business is like sex.
Coming first isn't what matters.

 

[AngelOfSoul]

Let me ask you this. If Samsung is no competition - why all the hate from forum members and also from Phil over at Apple? No so-called about it. Apple has serious competition in the cell market thanks to HTC and Samsung. Especially Samsung.

Because they copy anything and then sell it for a cheaper price. You won't understand that because you never be in Apple position. Nobody wants their hard gained design and technology to be easily copied (technically stolen). Especially, when you asked to the stealer about it, they confess no guilty.

 

[wovel]

I'm with iGrip here. You're all accusing Samsung of copying an Apple product that doesn't exist yet. It's like some of you here don't have a personal opinion about other companies, rather a Pavlovian response. As soon as you hear something, you all start swawking "copy copy copy" like a bunch of trained parrots.

"What's this? Samsung's making a sleek antigravity driven flying car with crash control? Stupid Shamesung! Always copying. Apple should just buy them OLOL"!

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Yeah, and Smart TVs at that.

I think attaching an Xbox controller to an S3 to demo their game controller finally drove most people into the Samsung copies everything camp. Samsung is responsible for the growing public perception that they like to copy things. Why? Because the like to copy things. You don't think it is weird to have a Samsung executive making defensive statements about a product neither company makes?

 

[samcraig]

Business is like sex.
Coming first isn't what matters.

You missed the point of my post.

Because they copy anything and then sell it for a cheaper price. You won't understand that because you never be in Apple position. Nobody wants their hard gained design and technology to be easily copied (technically stolen). Especially, when you asked to the stealer about it, they confess no guilty.

How can you say I'll never be in Apple's position. You have no idea what I di for a living. Maybe I'm in a job where my work can be stolen/copied/etc. Pretty BOLD statement there..

And you missed the point of my post as well. The issue wasn't about copying. The person raised the issue that Samsung is "so called" competition. There's nothing "so called" about it. Copying or not copying - Samsung is competition.

 

[BvizioN]

Of course Samsung. Me too

 

[Tomacorno]

The biggest innovation I look forward to seeing is how Apple, Samsung and any other company overcomes the battery longevity issues for such a small device.

If they have a significant breakthrough, it could lead to much improved performance in other mobile devices.

I am getting 7 days per charge on my Pebble. I know that some people were saying they were only getting 2 days but I have not had any issues with battery life. It is probably not as power hungry as a fully interactive touch screen display from Apple or Samsung but I do get text and appointment notifications fairly often.

 

[riverpoet]

Samsung releases Galaxy Watch. Doesn't sell, who would want a gimmick & a Samsung branded watch, duh.

Apple releases iWatch, of course not a gimmick but well integrated with Apple ecosystem, classy and useful. Some people buy because they already own other Apple products, other because of nice shiny Apple logo on it & great design.

Samsung releases Galaxy Watch II. It's much cheaper than iWatch, looks better than 1st gen. Sells well, because it's cheap and "open".

 

[unplugme71]

Apple shouldn't come out with a watch. Then Samsung will say a month later they dropped the smart watch project due to lack of demand.

3 months later, Apple releases their iWatch.

 

[Attonine]

I never heard of Tag-Heuer until now -- wow, I never thought a watch could be so expensive?! They're certainly very nice, but who could justify dropping $6000 on a watch? Although, I guess it is roughly half the price of a Rolex after taking a look at those...

Take a look at Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piaget. For watch connoisseurs these are considered the three brands at the top of watch making, with prices to match!