Looking back, it was surprisingly accurate! Round icons, rectangle shape, and ugly as sin.
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Looking back, it was surprisingly accurate! Round icons, rectangle shape, and ugly as sin.
I'm not sure where all the negativity is coming from. iWatch can be seen ninth same way as the original iPhone or the original iPad. They are very much proof of concepts that started the i industry and supported Apple to advance the technology. Without the in atoll success of iPhone and iPad Apple would never have been able to push developments like A7 & A8, advanced screens and even cameras. Likewise this iWatch will enable further developments in technology to move this iWatch away from being a proof of concept device into something that only a futurist can see coming. Imagine in a few years an iWatch that replaces your iPhone completely.
So, I guess I will be one of the few here considering buying the watch? I think it doesn't look as bad as u guys think it is. I'm not digging some of the bands, but some looks pretty good IMO. The price tag is a bit high though. I'll have to get my hand on it before deciding whether it's justified. In the meanwhile, continue bitching on something u haven't yet seen in person. Time and time again, seeing an actual Apple product in person can really change ones perspective. For that reason, I'll reserve judgement until then.
Give me a break! I don't even wear watches but yet I can see that then device is extremely impressive.
I find it more interesting that he said they worked on the Watch after Steve's passing (Oct 2011), but in the keynote he says they were working on it for 4 years, which would be started before his passing.
You think he and others hid this project behind his back? Or is he trying to steer credit away from Jobs and to himself?
You think he and others hid this project behind his back? Or is he trying to steer credit away from Jobs and to himself?
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the one and only reason im not totally bashing it. the first thing i could think of when i saw this was "this is a revision A product"... the refinements will be killer. but i'll be passing on it for now.
I'm not sure if you fully grasped the technology and innovation that went in to the watch. It is definitely NOT a glorified samsung gear. No, samsung can't release something like this. It's not in their technical capability or at least not willing to try. If samsung released something like this then I'll resp them again. Until then, they're just a copy cat.
So if you an Apple fan, but unhappy with what was launched.... you are a troll?
Nice try. The largest block by far is Apple fans, and they have opinions!!
the watch is insanely impressive, and i think it looks incredible. this thing will set the standard for all others over the next few years while they play catch-up. in one fell swoop apple has shown their hand and trumped everything else out there.
Next summer on Broadway
I'll have to sit behind 40 people looking at those little glowing watches. ugh.
I'll have to sit behind 40 people looking at those little glowing watches. ugh.
I think the watch is beautifully designed and manufactured.
It's just missing a couple features that would make it great. If it had built in GPS and 3G, then it'd be perfect as a standalone device.
It's just missing a couple features that would make it great. If it had built in GPS and 3G, then it'd be perfect as a standalone device.
I'm on the same boat as those who dislike Apples "WATCH" and dismiss it as gimmicky but it must be said that if it wasn't for leaks hinting that apple were working on a health-based watch there would be no Samsung gear (hence no other watches by competitors) and we may all have been wow'ed at todays event. So lets be fair to apple.
When Apple swallowed up PA Semi many thought Apple was nuts, iPhone/iPod Touch were laughed at, I'm quite sure Steve+Tim had a strong idea/concept of building upon Apple's R&D strengths and expand upon them. Innovation is driven by highly funded R&D which Apple can afford and known for.
It'll be interesting what iPod Touch/iPad update will include in terms of sensors.
Look at the price.
Its a more expansive Samsung Gear, hence some better tech
I'm not sure what amazing innovation your seeing here. Instead of it being the watch that changed the wearable playground, it just became the IOS version of what is currently out there. meh....
Tim behind the stage minutes before firing staff responsible for todays live-stream disaster.
What happened? I started watching the live stream right before Apple Pay.
Bravo is right, this is probably one of the most impressive releases in a long time. People grossly underestimate the value of what has been released today. give it 6-12 month and I think you will see a wild adoption of Apples payments system. Just this little advancement will mean massive sales of Apple hardware.
Well yes and no. iOS actually needs a lot more RAM. In this regard the new iPhones are disappointing. The certainly can get by on 1 GB of RAM but getting by and living large are two different things.
People complaining about iPhone screens are at best Samsung plants and at worst idiots. Technology is all about balanced design and frankly nothing comes close to an iPhone.
Considering I don't wear watches I have to say i'm impressed. people need to realize that like all things Apple this is a rev one device that could be seen as a proof of concept that will only get better as technology advances.
Actually I think the battery did get an update, there is just more happening in the phone so the over all gain was modest. Further You now have a real option if extended battery life is important to you.I don't like that apple didn't upgrade the battery in the 4.7 iphone. Their fascination with thinness over function I don't like at all. Other than that good job Apple.
You can only achieve so much in a first release! When Apple can build most of iWatch on a single 14nm chip you may very well see one or more of those features. I would suspect the GPS would come first.
So what, you prefer the Moto 360 that wedged a square display into a round frame, cutting off all content on the sides? All the Android Wear phones are quick-to-market gadgets with little thought and attention spent on the user experience. You may have your own opinion on whether the WATCH is aesthetically ugly or not, and you may even dislike the user interface, but no one can really dispute that it is a much more thought-out, cohesive piece of tech than the Android Wear watches, and one that integrates far more fluidly with the iPhone and Apple's ecosystem. But that's what Apple does best.
Just because Jobs wasn't involved with the watch doesn't mean he wasn't involved with other products that are four years out. And I do think Apple/Steve probably "cracked" television from a tech point-of-view, but wrangling the TV content owners is a different kind of hell, and that's probably why we haven't seen one yet. Apple may have also delayed its launch in order to prepare a foundation first, such as with Apple Pay, bigger cloud infrastructure, etc. We don't know.
Of course the site is full of 99% Apple fans. So its very telling when new product gets such a luke warm response, even from us, their biggest supporters.
More and more, the keynotes have been overhyped by under delivered.
The new phone design is not iconic. It does look very generic in the current market place.
The watch is clunky. Having waited a year later than the market, you would expect Apple to knock it out of the park.
Coupled with buying crap like Beats, and I fear for the direction of the business.
I hate to say it, but Apple are looking more and more superficial. The Sony and Nokia phones are simply way ahead now. Then it just comes down to preference of OS, and all of the modern phones work very well.
I'm sure Apple will have amazing launch day sales (the hype machine will be in overdrive), but I think the longer term will start to suffer. I know a lot of people moving away.
In my office, you can hear the frustration of iphone users who want to remain with the Apple brand, but are feeling like they are now being taken for a ride.
Probably it's that things change fast enough in tech that the things on the farther end of your pipeline aren't likely to be the same as what you were planning 4 years before.That and I kind of think the watch was a result of there being rumours that Apple was doing it so they decided it would be a good idea to throw something together.