I was under the impression the 38mm was for women -- labeled by the media
What the media calls it is moot. Apple made no such distinction. Neither size, nor any materials are masculine or feminine.
I was under the impression the 38mm was for women -- labeled by the media
Cmon man Do not be so naive. Everything at that level of advertisement is strategic. Of course if they would have put the 42mm on her, the women's reaction maybe have been turned off by the look being too bulky.
They went for the safe, natural bet of smaller watches are for women, larger watches are for men. Its plain and simple.
...38mm isn't small, and frankly, it's substantially larger than most women's watches...
38mm isn't small for a traditional wristwatch.
BUT, after having played with several Apple watches today, I'd say 38mm is unusably small considering how information-rich the displays on the Apple watch are.
I'd go so far as to say Apple need to rethink the watch UI completely. There's too much on it and so much complexity in navigating the UI. Worse, it's a different and unfamiliar style of navigation to the iPhones we're all used to.
Glances become stares. It puts too great a cognitive load on the user.
38mm isn't small for a traditional wristwatch.
BUT, after having played with several Apple watches today, I'd say 38mm is unusably small considering how information-rich the displays on the Apple watch are.
I'd go so far as to say Apple need to rethink the watch UI completely. There's too much on it and so much complexity in navigating the UI. Worse, it's a different and unfamiliar style of navigation to the iPhones we're all used to.
Glances become stares. It puts too great a cognitive load on the user.
38mm isn't small for a traditional wristwatch.
BUT, after having played with several Apple watches today, I'd say 38mm is unusably small considering how information-rich the displays on the Apple watch are.
I'd go so far as to say Apple need to rethink the watch UI completely. There's too much on it and so much complexity in navigating the UI. Worse, it's a different and unfamiliar style of navigation to the iPhones we're all used to.
Glances become stares. It puts too great a cognitive load on the user.
Right NOW it does, but as most of the reviews indicate, the learning curve on the device is about 1 week.
But why would I buy it, if my first experience in the store isn't delightful?
We shouldn't even be talking about learning curves, never mind 1-week learning curves.
So nothing is worth using if you have to learn how to use it? I'm a photographer, and if someone had just sat me in a room with a DSLR and a copy of Photoshop for 10 minutes before I decided to LEARN anything about photography, I wouldn't have gotten very far in that 10 minutes.
But why would I buy it, if my first experience in the store isn't delightful?
We shouldn't even be talking about learning curves, never mind 1-week learning curves.
You shouldn't have to learn how to use a watch. Especially not one that duplicates many functions of the other device you're holding in your hand and can already use blindfolded.
BTW, learning marketable skills (photoshop) isn't really in the same league as learning to use a watch.