Tim Cook: Apple Watch on Schedule to Ship in April
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Chupa Chupa
macrumors G5
It works the same as Continuity on your Mac or iPad using BT 4.0.
"Notable" guesser with a mixed track record. Sounds a lot like the rest of us.
powerbook911
macrumors 601
Are the stainless watches going to scratch less than those original iPods?
I hate to admit it, but I am getting pretty excited about opening the Apple Watch on day one. Now I just have to decide on which one! Space Grey Aluminum with Black Plastic band is a leading contender for me, but I hate the idea of not getting the sapphire glass.
I hate to admit it, but I am getting pretty excited about opening the Apple Watch on day one. Now I just have to decide on which one! Space Grey Aluminum with Black Plastic band is a leading contender for me, but I hate the idea of not getting the sapphire glass.
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You can learn more from an animal by studying what comes out of the back end instead of the front.
My predict is that Apple Watch does not see the light of day til May. Even then, big shortage with units in warehouses timing a strategic roll-out.
Piggie
macrumors G3
Let's be honest.
Like Steve, Tim "IS" the companies main salesman.
Whatever he (Apple) does not make is useless and not needed.
Whatever he (Apple) does make is something you can't live without.
That's what any salesman should be saying.
What else would you expect him to say?
Be Honest?
What if he said, yea, I love my Apple watch. Bit of a pain to have to remember to charge it every day, and be nice if I didn't have to carry my phone around all the time also, but, it's still good.
Errr, no
It's going to be AMAZING as Apple have spend and will spend a TON to do everything and anything they can to persuade us we need to buy one.
It's Business
Col4bin
macrumors 68000
4/17 simply because it's my daughter's birthday. Otherwise don't care one lick.
bbeagle
macrumors 68040
Nobody ever said 'beginning of 2015'.... Apple said 'early 2015'.
Early 2015: January, February, March, April
Mid 2015: May, June, July, August
Late 2015: September, October, November, December
Aniseedvan
macrumors 65816
I thought this about my iPhone. I've got jaybirds and sadly quite often since getting my iphone6 I have to revert back to my apple earbuds as the bluetooth won't keep a connection at the same time as my vivosmart. Lets hope the watch can maintain two BT connections better than my iPhone currently does...
Not really. First Gen iPhone was almost 6 months between reveal and launch. His is only one month longer. Not that abnormal in that respect.
Can be. Depends on the person. Though Apple clearly have the year split as either early/mid/late or q1,q2,q3,q4. Early/mid/late is obviously a split into 4 month groups, so April still counts as early. If they release after that date, then people can moan that it's delayed or missed the early 2015 slot.
redman042
macrumors 68040
My thoughts after reading through the issues discussed in this thread:
- Of course the software is laggy and not done yet. Writing an all-new OS for an all-new product is COMPLICATED. Updating iOS to work with the watch doubles the complexity. Optimizing all this to maintain battery life in a tiny form factor increases the difficulty another 10x. I bet the software engineers are working 90 hour weeks right up until early April to get this done, and I suspect that's been the case with EVERY major iOS release as well. Just how it goes.
- Lots of people (me included) don't wear watches/jewelry these days, but I have a feeling this product will change that for a lot of people. I also swore off big phones several years back, but now I own a 6+ and love it. Apple has a way of getting people to change their minds. And it's not because they have a "cult following", it's because their products are pretty darn great. They earn their loyalty. I haven't worn a watch for 20 years, but I'm likely to get the Apple Watch, because it looks amazing.
filmantopia
macrumors 6502a
Wait, stop the press!! You don't see it as a big hit?? My god.
MacrumoursUser
macrumors 6502
filmantopia
macrumors 6502a
How many people do you think "did tablets" before the iPad?
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You do realize this watch will require more interaction than those other watches, right?
Haha. Still trying to argue against this? Did you not learn from the other thread a few days back where you also tried to say March is not 'early 2015' either?
Apple have historical precedent where they've used early/mid/late, showing they split the year into thirds. You choose to ignore this just so you can bash Apple. For someone that has no interest in the Apple Watch, you sure post enough in threads about it..,
eoblaed
macrumors 68040
#1: I think you're reading way too much into use cases for the watch and what that could potentially mean about 'the culture'. There's a lot of bias evident in the phrase 'anxious gerbils'.
#2: I'm still dubious that you know anything about this device.
bobob
macrumors 68040
The first day of Spring this year is on March 20th and it runs through to June 21st - - and yet I have never heard anyone argue that Spring doesn't come early in the year.
iThingsGurl
macrumors 6502a
All those who claim that the Watch is doomed to fail just because most people don't wear watches anymore, well most people didn't even spare $500+ for a phone 7 years ago, nor did the idea of browsing Internet on a 3.5'' screen excite them. It all changed.
No one is talking about the seasons. Only the common use by Apple of early/mid/late. Think you're being deliberately obtuse.
TallManNY
macrumors 601
Nah, there were enough rumors that at some point even in Apple's timeline a March launch was something they were shooting for. It may be technically within the window, but read between the lines. It is just a technicality.
Aniseedvan
macrumors 65816
One other point on the watch which I find interesting is the screen can be flipped so those of us who wear it on the right can have the crown on the left.
I'm actually right handed but have worn a watch on my right hand after sitting next to a kid in school who was left handed and I just copied him (I was about 6 in my defence). It would be entertaining to see if my non dominant hand can mentally sort the crown being on the left...
How many notifications do you get per day? That is one of the key benefits - removing the need to take the phone out to check a notification or getting a better notification.
I get probably 100 emails per day, five to 10 msgs and up to eight/10 meeting notifications. Have separate and easy ways to identify the notifications will be beneficial. It will also allow for more notifications - scoring updates in cricket matches for example.
It will also save phone battery life. When travelling for a couple of days I can massively drain the phone battery pulling it out constantly to see emails, meeting reminders and locations etc. The phone battery being preserved will be great.
Also when travelling I can see when a call comes through if it is someone I want to talk to or someone I need to talk to without pulling out the phone. Call screenign wil be easier (not that it is that hard at the moment).
I am not going to be looking at the watch every 5s for notifications - I will be looking at the watch when a notification comes through.
