Tried on the Apple Watch - wow!

I dunno the aluminum one looks like a toy to me. But to each there own.

 

The Milanese loop has two options for Medium and Large, you probably wore the large one so it folded over a bit too far.

And I'm not sure on the Apple Pay without the phone thing. Does it not need to have an active data connection? The watch relies on the phone for active internet connection.

 

Milanese only comes one size for each model watch, 38mm and 42mm.

Apple Watch Sizing Guide

 

Nothing online? Haha ok, how about ummmm ... Charge your card. If not you could have a card with no money on it and spend 10,000 dollars by the time it goes " online" it gets rejected . I think you were talking to people who had absolutely no clue

 

No internet required, the merchants terminal does the checking just like with a card swipe.

 

I think the credit card terminal does the online bit. My plastic credit card never had a data connection.

 

does't the watch need that secure element or whatever to store your AP info on the watch?

 

Apple pay doesn't need an Internet connection. It comes up with a unique token based on some algorithm. As long as you have unlocked your phone while your watch was paired to it, and not taken the watch off, Apple pay will still work. It was documented in one of the reviews to confirm it.

 

They should feel nearly identical.

However, the demo loop on the try-on watches uses a mixture of softer and harder taps. Unless you experienced the whole demo loop and learned the intensity of each tap, you may have just gotten strong taps on one watch and soft taps on another, by chance.

With real watch software, the intensity of the taps can be adjusted.

 

Dude, it's the merchant terminal that "goes online" to do what you're describing, not your phone/watch. You can use Apple Pay in Airplane Mode on your phone.

 

I've been very tempted to book an appointment but I'm sure it'll make me want it ever more!! I have to wait 43 days for mine

 

The only thing required for Apple Pay on the Watch is NFC which the Watch has. The one that charge your card is the retailer machine, not the Watch.

 

the space gray looks pretty sweet.

 

"Make more than one appointment?"

What I meant was, if I wore the watch, it'd make me want the watch even more and I have to wait a while until it arrives!!

 

Ah. Fair enough. I get it! Yeah, I could. I might book one this weekend.

 

I think this is a good description. I also like the space grey sport, but I'm also not a "watch guy". I could understand people that are used to wearing classy stainless steel watches might look down on the aluminum feel, and think of it as a "toy". But I'm wearing a fitbit now, and the apple watch feels like a step up!

 

Definitely might have to try one on, just curious! (will NOT cancel pre-order for any reason though )

 

an interesting question though. What happens if your watch gets lost or stolen? the only way to disable the apple pay is to cancel your cards.

I was a backer of a number of all-in-one credit cards (coin for example, even though they look like they have gone bust)...and one of the security features was that the card had to connect with your phone each hour or it disabled itself...so even if you lost the card, it would disable itself.

If the watch doesn't need to be connected to the phone after the initial pairing, whats to stop it getting used if stolen?