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Samsung Unveils $299 Galaxy Gear Smart Watch With One-Day Battery Life
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This is something I don't get at all.
I have NEVER taken out my phone to check the time. It seems so ridiculous. My watch is there to check the time, so much more convenient.
Except that will not happen. Apple will require an iDevice, for any number of reasons. And it actually makes sense for them to do it. If you read Job's bio, it was the decision to require a Mac that liberated the iPod from the need to be complex and clunky. Will be the same for a smart watch.
Why is macrumors telling me about Samsung?
I really do not care if Samsung has a watch that is capable of brewing my morning coffee, or taking care of my bathroom needs. This is macrumors.com so let's try to focus on Macintosh (or Apple) rumors. Samsung, last I checked, is not a subsidiary of (Apple, or any of their subdivisions.).
I really do not care if Samsung has a watch that is capable of brewing my morning coffee, or taking care of my bathroom needs. This is macrumors.com so let's try to focus on Macintosh (or Apple) rumors. Samsung, last I checked, is not a subsidiary of (Apple, or any of their subdivisions.).
There is absolutely NO point in releasing such stupid gadgets, be they from Apple or any other company. Alas, we now have Cook at the helm instead of SJ; so anything "recommended" by analysts or the market will be accepted by him as gospel.
Unless we are talking about something ABSOLUTELY revolutionary and unique design-wise (such as a razor-thin wearable band with touch screen all over it and flexible gorilla glass à la Minority Report), anything like that will NOT replace quality standard watches, iPod Nanos or ordinary pedometers.
In this case it has zero to do with android. It's to do with which devices Samsung have made the client api software available to. Just like Apple, they wont let it work on old devices. Hence why its only being supported on the current models.
I get that people want to pick fault because its Samsung + Android + Watch = mouth-foaming bait but come on, at least make an effort.
You mean you are not texting, or otherwise staring at your phone, every waking minute? Must be a generational thing.
This device sounds terrible and is obviously not ready but Samsung is putting it out anyway just so they can cut Apple off and say they did it first.
Your assessment is very generous - especially considering what the Verge review had to say about the product.
Personally, I don't see what the capabilities this thing has that make it worthwhile at any price point. I don't see how it can, given its current feature set, make any kind of improvement in any part of my day. Even if it was only a $99 product, I would not at all feel compelled to buy one.
Add to that the fact that the product is not yet ready for prime time from a user experience perspective...
It's not surprising though. Samsung's approach seems to be to throw as many different kinds of products against the wall as it can and see what sticks.
It's as big as a mini-Galaxy HUGE edition. Do you have to charge your watch every day? I think the word you call it is "bad design," poorly thought out. But it's FIRST!
Any of you guys wearing a Microsoft Table on your wrist? It was announced just days before the iPhone.
I hope Apple does NOT create an iWatch. I've never thought it was necessary. With that as my opinion of making a smartwatch, it shouldn't be a surprise that I think this thing completely reeks.
camera... really?
charge every night?... Not on my watch.
style...meh, I like metal
70 apps at launch... I downloaded 70 apps at lunch
supporting device necessary... Why not just use that? Or does it lag too?
this thing is going the way of Zune.
camera... really?
charge every night?... Not on my watch.
style...meh, I like metal
70 apps at launch... I downloaded 70 apps at lunch
supporting device necessary... Why not just use that? Or does it lag too?
this thing is going the way of Zune.
You mean you are not texting, or otherwise staring at your phone, every waking minute? Must be a generational thing.
Hahaha. I guess you're right. For those in the younger generation who are pulling out their phone from their pockets every 5 minutes, I guess a watch is not needed.
Mine is usually kept on a counter-top when I'm at home, and not with me. And sometimes I leave it in my car. When it IS in my pocket, I only pull it out when it buzzes (I have a text message or email).
I wonder if Apple will try and jump on board the wireless charging thing anytime soon... if they did, it would save a good amount of space on a watch to not need a cable and it would be a lot easier to just slip it off your wrist and set it down on the table for it to charge....
Yes, the mythical Apple watch that nobody has yet seen and that probably does not even exist. At this point, the iWatch is as much vaporware as the Apple TV.
You can't compare EXISTING products with rumored fantasy products. Full stop.
Not defending this turd, but miniaturization is expensive. And as an owner of the original N7, that wasn't exactly a steal either... I overspent by $199... It's sitting in my drawer unused.
This is just the beginning. Samsung will soon be releasing all different sized watches. I'm hoping that the 6.3" watch with a stylus catches on. Its battery will last 4 whole hours!
My guess? Apple never planned on making a watch. They just spread a rumor to see how stupid of a piece of junk Samsung would make. I don't think they expected it to be quite this crappy. Samsung, you have outdone yourselves!
My guess? Apple never planned on making a watch. They just spread a rumor to see how stupid of a piece of junk Samsung would make. I don't think they expected it to be quite this crappy. Samsung, you have outdone yourselves!