Sometimes my hands just type words that sound somewhat similar to what I actually wanted to say. I meant watches.
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Tim Cook Talks Apple Watch Water Resistance and European Apple Pay Expansion
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Sometimes my hands just type words that sound somewhat similar to what I actually wanted to say. I meant watches.
last time i took a shower in the dark without being able to see though,, I slipped and bashed my head of the tub giving myself a major concussion(my friends and I commonly refer to the incident jokingly as the Rubber Ducky incident)
so I wouldn't recommend that
When you are moving in complete darkness, you should know the terrain, move carefully and keep your hand on an object where possible. Keeping your balance without visual cues is more difficult, so you have to compensate for that, thus keep your hand touching something provides information about balance that normally your eyes would provide. And knowing the terrain is important so you don't step of a cliff (or just the step of a stairway). If you don't know the terrain, you have to move very carefully and protect your head (stepping on a rake too forcefully can have very bad consequences and in a forest you don't want to run into a tree branch that pokes your eyes).
Overall, it's not rocket science but having a good sense of balance helps. Blind people do it day in and day out.
Of course there are uses (like checking what time it is). But capacitive touchscreens don't really work when they are wet and microphones and loudspeakers can also be easily muted by water.
And it is unfortunate that you cannot appreciate the joke in my statement. The point was among other things that we take off quite a lot of things before taking a shower, taking off your watch as well isn't really a big additional burden. And most people take off all their stuff because it's just more practical to clean yourself if there is nothing sticking to your body (be it a watch, glasses or as we seem to agree on, your clothes).
See my other posts on this point.
It's a watch. People are used to being able to wear a watch all the time, even in the shower. You shouldn't have to take it off.
Breaking news on June 1st...
Apple Watch stopped working after a shower.
Steve Jobs Ghost reply: "You took the shower too long"
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you can also buy 7 iphones. use them daily. don't have to worry about battery life.
Apple Watch stopped working after a shower.
Steve Jobs Ghost reply: "You took the shower too long"
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you can also buy 7 iphones. use them daily. don't have to worry about battery life.
I did not realize that it was a joke, my apologies, I had taken it as gross exaggeration / hyperbole
This. My wife and I, our whole family actually, are swimmers, triathletes, etc.. I'd buy the Apple Watch for no other reason than if I could swim with it and have accurate heart rate monitor and lap tracking.
For me, the watch is a no-go until it is water resistant to 30m plus. I have zero interest in wearing it in the shower, I want it for too many other aspects of my life that involve water.
There is a huge market for this and I think most of these watch and sports accessory companies are missing the boat entirely. As of the last I checked, the only smart band out there that we can swim with is the Polar Loop -- wife has one. It's ok for tracking, but isn't worth a crap in the water and doesn't have an integrated heart monitor. In the water, the water touching the face is just like tapping it constantly, so it just messes with the thing. Nice that it's water proof, but that's where it ends. As for the others like the Nike ones, FitBit, etc.. they all claim to be water resistant, but I know far too many people, myself too, who have destroyed FitBits simply because they can't hold up to our own sweat over time.
The applications for a multi-atmosphere (as in water pressure) water resistant smart watch are huge. Not only could they be rated for swimming and diving, but they could be rated for water impact and SCUBA use. The Apple Watch is more powerful than any dive computer out there.
How about this idea for swimmers? Since the bands seem to easily removed, perhaps a third party could develop a replacement band that integrates a waterproof cover over the apple watch. It could have a thin top and bottom that allows touch screen operation and allow the heart rate sensor to work.
Hell if you design it right, it could use the band the watch comes with.
Hell if you design it right, it could use the band the watch comes with.
I'm glad someone in this thread understands how water resistance classification works. For people wondering why others are saying it'd be nice for Apple Watch to be water resistant to at least a 30m rating, that's the bare minimum to actually be "splash resistant". Anything under that is not recommended to even come into contact with water. I guess the whole water resistance certification can be a little confusing to follow, if you're not a WIS/watch geek.
Who in general showers with their watch?
Going for a swim I can understand but a shower, himhh
To me the comment about wearing your watch in the shower is pretty irrelevant - I mean, who really does wear their watch in the shower? But to me a water proof watch is very important. I want a watch that I don't have to remember to take off when I go swimming, or do any one of a dozen other things that might get the watch to get wet. I don't need it for scuba diving - that is an "unusual" enough event that getting all the equipment together, getting the wet suit on, I'm pretty confident I wouldn't forget to take my watch off. But more regular, pedestrian activities where the watch might get wet is something that I just don't want to worry about. I don't care if the touchscreen works or not when it's wet, I just want it to work when everything dries out. I want my watch to be a piece of jewelry that I can wear almost anywhere. And until the Apple Watch is water resistant enough that I can go swimming in the pool or at the beach I'm not interested.
Its pretty clear that all you say will be water resistance, probably just wont be good for swiming .
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If you joined a watch enthusiast forum, you might be shocked at how many people actually do shower with their watches on. Usually it's the same people who sleep in their watches. I've encountered many people on forums such as that who haven't had their watches off their wrist in years. Continuous wear. Heck, I know I'll catch myself going weeks without taking off whichever watch I'm currently wearing. To a watch enthusiast, it's a completely different mindset. Kind of similar to a non tech-enthusiast an Apple computer/device is just a computer/smartphone. So if Apple is going to target the watch enthusiast market with their higher end, precious metal/gold Watches, they do need to keep that water resistance in mind. A person who's worn his Rolex through everything might not like the fact that he has to take off a gold Apple watch to get in the shower, swim, etc.
My ignorance has shown through.
You actually were right to start with. Rolex did make a Quartz (battery powered) watch from the 1970's through 2001, the OysterQuartz. And can be pretty highly sought after now.
Don't expect a watch w/ a 5-10m rating to be any good for anything but washing your hands. The meters rated on a watch aren't the actual depths you can reach. For serious scuba diving most mfrs. will recommend 50bar+, which is 500 meters. But you're not actually diving to 500m. I mean you could, but that would probably be curtains for you.
Plus in many watches the rating has more to do w/ pressure resistance. If I remember correctly, ORIS used to have a good write up on their site regarding their watch ratings. Breitling used to as well but I haven't been able to find it. I'm sure other dive watch mfrs. have something similar.
I'd be interested in reading such a piece if you succeed in digging a good one up.
Here's one on a popular and well respected watch blog that speaks to some of the specifics...
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/ask-watch-experts/explaining-watch-water-resistance-ratings-mean/