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Ask not what the Apple watch will do for you, but what you will do for the Apple watch. :D

I will use my Apple watch in many ways: time, notifications, quick text replies, a remote for Siri (reminders, set a timer, set an appointment, etc.), answering the phone when my phone is not nearby, checking weather and stock prices, monitoring my fitness activity, and apple pay.

Plus I am sure there are many things I have not even imagined yet.
 
As a superintendent of a busy apartment complex, I keep my 6 in ziplock bag (and yes it has a glove case too) inside my pocket while I work.

I work with my hands all day on things varying from painting to plumbing and all things carpentry. The ziplock is extra security from liquid splashes, drops, dunks (saved it from a pool dive), and dirt and grime that I am constantly fighting against. You can still use your phone in any way you normally would. I got the idea from a New York State Trooper using his phone in a bag outside in the rain. Been doing it for many years.

Sometimes it's really hard, or nearly impossible, to answer some of the many texts or calls I can receive in any given work day. Hands aren't free or are filthy and digging in the pocket is a pain.

The worst is when the call or text isn't important.

Apple Watch will be amazing for my job for the simplicity of not having to do anything to know who's contacting me and why.

This is just one of the reasons why I'm excited for it. My hardest thing to decide was Sport or SS and which would hold up better and clean off better each day considering it will see it's fair share of dirt, paint, bumps and bangs.

#⌚️
 
I definitely plan on using it for fitness while running/biking and listening to music.

What I really want to use it for is golf. If they made an app that used my phones gps to show me distance to green just by glancing at my watch I would use it all the time. Plus have a little stroke counter and be able to switch holes, then I wouldn't have to pull my phone out nearly as much. At the end of the round I could look at my full scorecard on phone. That is what I am hoping I can do with my apple watch.
 
First and foremost, as an incredibly accurate timepiece. ;)
Although that's completely true, I'll offer a more serious note: I love the simplification of notifications! This will help me a lot because my phone is often silenced and "vibrate" just doesn't cut it; I don't always have the phone on my body and even that doesn't ensure I'll feel it vibrate.

I'll also be using it a lot for fitness tracking.

I'll use Apple Pay a little, but moreso when that service is functioning a little better (or stores who claim to support it are functioning better) and when it's more widely adopted by retailers.
 
I definitely plan on using it for fitness while running/biking and listening to music.

What I really want to use it for is golf. If they made an app that used my phones gps to show me distance to green just by glancing at my watch I would use it all the time. Plus have a little stroke counter and be able to switch holes, then I wouldn't have to pull my phone out nearly as much. At the end of the round I could look at my full scorecard on phone. That is what I am hoping I can do with my apple watch.

There will be an Apple Watch Golf app!! I posted it on the App thread. I can't wait for that either!!
 
Top Uses

1. Running and Gym workouts
2. Monitor my calorie and heart rate during the day
3. Keeping up with notifications during the day.
4. Sending voice messages more than text messages
 
I had a real world example today where it would come in handy. I was with my trainer and and the end of my workout, I wanted to set something up for this Saturday. I I to grab my phone out of my coat pocket and check my schedule to see when I was free. I would've been a lot more convenient to check the calendar on my phone instead of fumbling in my coat pocket.

It's those kind of small examples that make it useful.
 
Ditto.

I actually bought the 6+ having in mind I was going to get the AW.

A little fitness stuff but mostly I will use the AW is a fun electronic toy. I don't think the AW will ever replace my other Swiss mechanical engineering marvels.

BTW...my 6+ does have a slight bend. I don't even keep it in my rear pockets or wear skinny jeans.



I bought a 6+ and in hindsight it was too big

So not having to take it out of my pocket when I receive a notification will help loads

I think the, stand up every 50 mins alarm will help me and my fat Ass
 
Time
Steps/Fitness
Notifications (calendar, text, email, phone)
Directions

And so on.
 
The iPhone can be set up to flash a light for incoming alerts without buying a special case. It's in Settings, General, Accessibility, Hearing - LED flash for alerts.

Yes, and it's a nice feature. The problem is that when the iPhone is resting LED-down on a table, and I'm not looking in that direction, the LED flash goes unnoticed. This is why the Apple Watch would be good for me.
 
I'm only gonna buy a $1000 apple watch so i can brag to my friends. :cool:
I can't wait to see their faces when they see me with an apple watch while they're wearing some $200 android watch.
 
There are some great points in this thread, but there are some questionable one as well. Some say they would rather reply to a message on their watch when they're with a client. If we're conducting business and you feel the need to reply to a text or even look at a text that equates to the same as looking at the phone, smaller device of course, but it's still the same result which maybe taken as being rude. Am I wrong here?
 
No. Stop with the distracted driving before you kill somebody.

http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/13/apple-watch-driving/
Smartwatches like the Apple Watch are worse for driver distraction than smartphones, shows UK safety tests

You have no idea what I'm talking about. One button access to voice control combined with hands free automotive integration is much much safer than fiddling with steering wheel controls.
 
Gonna use the sapphire to cut circles in the glass of display cases. Just have to find a ridiculously overpriced suction cup to match.

If you are going to be an international jewel thief, why not do it with some style?

Just watch out for the Batman. :rolleyes:
 
When I learned of the WATCH I had not really given any thought to such a device. I only knew what existed did not have the technical capability to deeply integrate with my technology platforms of choice. So it took a while after the announcement to realize why it would be desirable to me.

The fact is, before anyone explained this (as has recently been done on the WIRED article about Kevin Lynch, Dye, and Ive's goals for the device,) I realized that it would represent exactly the things I do with my phone that made me hate the idea of phones getting bigger. Even iPhone 6, not 6 plus, seems far too large to me. The reason because I'm a semi-minimalist. I don't want to carry more than needed with me. It's a burden. However, the bigger issue is the size itself causing more and more difficulty getting my phone in and out of my pockets, especially while sitting; causing more difficulty interacting quickly with one hand or in situations where my grip might be compromised. It hit me in January that the watch would represent all of these quick, short, low investment interactions that made a large device frustrating. In anticipation of this usage, I actually traded my iPhone 6 up for an iPhone 6 Plus.

So to see even more emphasis on this aspect of the purpose of the watch directly communicated to WIRED and others makes me feel especially confident that I will be a very happy Apple Watch owner. My #1 use for the watch is just what is advertised, getting all my notifications and glance-like information directly from my wrist, just as I have got the time for most of my life. I can check the weather for the next few hours as well as my schedule to see if I can fit in a bike ride and it will take all of a glance at my wrist, maybe a swipe or two. And if in that moment I suddenly need to address some other matter (like, say, it's my turn at the grocery queue more quickly than anticipated) I don't have to do ANYTHING to recover full use of my hands. Absolutely zero concern about properly replacing my giant phone in my pocket and not dropping it. Just forget about what I was doing and continue on with what matters.

Seems like nothing until you realize that a highly connected person such as myself, such as most of you reading this, will pull out their phone over 150 times per day. That is not a made up number. That is based on a study by Nokia that is already over 2 years old. The number is probably higher now and probably MUCH higher for people who are more connected than average. Think about it. 150 times per day, maybe 200? Two hundred chances to accidentally toss your phone across the room. To accidentally miss your pocket and drop it on the floor. To accidentally smear that sauce that was on your finger but you didn't know it was on your finger all over your screen and in the cracks around your home button. (We can rinse off our Apple Watch and not violate the warranty while the same can not be said about the phones.)

Now 200 times is a lot, but the interactions we're talking about are usually short. However, there is a far bigger chance you'll be sucked into a distraction of little importance if you "already have the phone out, may as well dig in." In doing very little, the watch will do a lot. It will help us mentally filter and prioritize incoming information and, without even blocking notifications (which I suggest you consider doing, really consider what notifications actually matter to you) you will probably respond to fewer. I know I will. I know my own nature.

So you're potentially saving an enormous amount of time, not just 200 * 3 seconds a day. You're potentially saving 50 swipes through Facebook or Twitter that did not need to happen at all. You are potentially stopping 100 separate pull-to-reloads of your Inbox because that is what you do when you unlock your phone: mindless, manual checks for the latest updates. Instead, just relax and trust the watch to inform you of what matters. I mean, definitely configure your notifications such that this is possible, but, still, no more polling, guys, seriously. Just stahp.

So that's my #1 biggest hope for the watch, that it will fulfill that expectation. After that, I have a number of smaller expectations. For example, in my crappy old car with an aftermarket stereo that supports bluetooth, it's often very hard to navigate to the content I want to hear without getting out my phone. But, the only reason I ever even use bluetooth for audio—and accept that massive drop in quality—is so I don't need to get the phone out. If I get it out, I'm going to dock it and plug it in and have full audio quality and UI. But that takes time, a serious of tedious actions, and another mental burden. With the watch, I should be able to kick off my music, and hopefully even podcasts and the like, depending on how apps support the watch itself. At the very least I can pick a playlist when, for whatever reason, the Bluetooth state is so lost that I can't even trigger a shuffle all without arguing with Siri.

Another thing I look forward to, controversial as it may be, is recording my thoughts in the shower. Yes, I will shower with my $1,100 Space Black Stainless Steel watch and take that risk. No, I don't expect to do much with the watch there, but, activating siri and asking it to take a note should be doable and that's all I need or want, well, that and the time. I am notoriously bad at taking short showers.

I am actually a pretty regular user of Siri for a certain narrow set of use cases mainly revolving around reminding myself of things later. I add to reminders lists, some for shopping, some for actual tasks that are actually pulled into OmniFocus. I'll be able to do that even more conveniently now. When it comes to successfully implementing task management, every tiny bit of overhead or barrier to your system that you can remove the more likely you are to use it and reap the benefits. Even just 1 second less effort increases that chance I'll actually make a reminder for something. And hey, I won't have to carry the phone around at home anymore. I'll have WiFi. I won't need pockets. I can laze about in my knickers and still have full on Siri reminder taking goodness. "Hey siri, add pants to my buy list..."

I'll be writing an app for the watch as well. It won't be original. It probably won't even be the best, but, it will be fun. It will be a childhood dream, in a way, to be writing software for a computer on my damned arm. But more importantly, it will scratch an itch of mine. It will actually be useful. It will be dead simple. But, on any other device, it would be too simple to justify its existence and my effort. Better to just use a notepad type app that's more general than spend that much time for such a narrow use case. But, not now. Now it will be perfect.

I certainly plan to make use of notifications, a tap on the wrist, in a contextual manner. I expect to use just about every aspect of the watch except the fitness sensors only because they don't really fit into my life. I cycle regularly, about 2 hours a week during this season, at high levels of effort. I use a cycling computer (Garmin Edge 810) that's far better than any phone/watch/band/etc. at what it does and have no intention of replacing this. It pairs with a dedicated wrist-band HR monitor and sensors on the bike and all that data is streamed together and eventually poured into Strava. I don't use Strava's iPhone app anymore either. However, all this data eventually makes its way into Apple Health. So, assuming that is the One True Source of info about your health and activity throughout the day, I'll still benefit from the activity monitoring features to some degree. I'll also benefit from the standing reminders, as science in recent times has shown very certainly that sitting too long is a huge burden on your health and I'm a Software Engineer... I sit way too long. I don't care about step tracking, as conversely, science has shown no real benefit to merely walking about. Sorry guys. But even small amounts of vigorous exercise has huge benefits, and when I'm not cycling, I do have some backup exercises that the watch can be used to track.

I will use the watch to remotely control my Apple TV and my Hue lights. I'll take notes in Evernote. I'll tick off tasks in OmniFocus. I will probably interact with notifications/glances from a number of other apps. I'll be lied to frequently by Dark Skies! (Just kidding, it's correct like... 70% of the time and I live in a challenging location for what it is trying to do.)

And since this area of technology will finally get real attention thanks to the Apple effect, I expect a number of other uses, hopefully all very short interactions, that I will get from this device over the coming years.

I keep seeing people downplay the life changing nature of this. I am sorry you have such a boring tedious life that can not even be remotely impacted by such a pervasive set of capabilities, but, if even 1/5th of what I've listed works out as I expect, my life will be noticeably improved. It will be objectively changed. "Life-changing" does not require your entire life be redefined to be true. It can be as simple as never forgetting a shower thought, ever again.
 
Moving about at home I never carry my phone around with me, now I can leave it on my desk and go about my day....even work in the garden, go to barn, garage etc...

It will keep track of my steps, allow me to send messages to my family and vice versa. I will not mis important information and be able to ignore non important information. With the right app I can know when someone is at the front entrance.

And no more yelling from the window...your phone is ringing you left it inside!!!

It's going to be great....I think:confused:

Agree!!! 100%
 
I'm the same - while I'm sure I'll benefit from the various apps, there isn't a single one that jumps out as a "must have". For me, I am going to buy an Apple Watch as I feel it is 'good enough' for me to put my current crappy old (but with some sentimental value) wristwatch in the drawer and see what the smartwatch fuss is all about.

I really like the idea that I can be distracted by my phone less. Regardless of what the naysayers say, taking your phone out, unlocking it, swiping a notification, reading, locking it, putting it back in your pocket - just for a stupid Facebook notification - is really inefficient use of time and effort - to be able to do the same thing with the twist of a wrist, ignoring the notification if it isn't important, sounds really useful.
 
1) The most important function - make my wife happy (she is a Apple fans). Happiness is priceless.

2) no need to worry about miss call - my job require long standby time. I must able to receive call during the whole standby period. This watch will make my life easier.

3) Put one on my kid's wrist, and I don't need to shout when I want to find them (may be very useful inside the house). Of course, she will enjoy to draw on it as well (she is just 5 yrs old).
 
Is there or will there be an AW app that would notify you when your paired iPhone was out of range ?
My wife constantly forgets her phone when she leaves the house. I'm wondering if an AW might help ? Although I can't imagine that she would actually wear an AW
 
When I learned of the WATCH I had not really given any thought to such a device. I only knew what existed did not have the technical capability to deeply integrate with my technology platforms of choice. So it took a while after the announcement to realize why it would be desirable to me.



The fact is, before anyone explained this (as has recently been done on the WIRED article about Kevin Lynch, Dye, and Ive's goals for the device,) I realized that it would represent exactly the things I do with my phone that made me hate the idea of phones getting bigger. Even iPhone 6, not 6 plus, seems far too large to me. The reason because I'm a semi-minimalist. I don't want to carry more than needed with me. It's a burden. However, the bigger issue is the size itself causing more and more difficulty getting my phone in and out of my pockets, especially while sitting; causing more difficulty interacting quickly with one hand or in situations where my grip might be compromised. It hit me in January that the watch would represent all of these quick, short, low investment interactions that made a large device frustrating. In anticipation of this usage, I actually traded my iPhone 6 up for an iPhone 6 Plus.



So to see even more emphasis on this aspect of the purpose of the watch directly communicated to WIRED and others makes me feel especially confident that I will be a very happy Apple Watch owner. My #1 use for the watch is just what is advertised, getting all my notifications and glance-like information directly from my wrist, just as I have got the time for most of my life. I can check the weather for the next few hours as well as my schedule to see if I can fit in a bike ride and it will take all of a glance at my wrist, maybe a swipe or two. And if in that moment I suddenly need to address some other matter (like, say, it's my turn at the grocery queue more quickly than anticipated) I don't have to do ANYTHING to recover full use of my hands. Absolutely zero concern about properly replacing my giant phone in my pocket and not dropping it. Just forget about what I was doing and continue on with what matters.



Seems like nothing until you realize that a highly connected person such as myself, such as most of you reading this, will pull out their phone over 150 times per day. That is not a made up number. That is based on a study by Nokia that is already over 2 years old. The number is probably higher now and probably MUCH higher for people who are more connected than average. Think about it. 150 times per day, maybe 200? Two hundred chances to accidentally toss your phone across the room. To accidentally miss your pocket and drop it on the floor. To accidentally smear that sauce that was on your finger but you didn't know it was on your finger all over your screen and in the cracks around your home button. (We can rinse off our Apple Watch and not violate the warranty while the same can not be said about the phones.)



Now 200 times is a lot, but the interactions we're talking about are usually short. However, there is a far bigger chance you'll be sucked into a distraction of little importance if you "already have the phone out, may as well dig in." In doing very little, the watch will do a lot. It will help us mentally filter and prioritize incoming information and, without even blocking notifications (which I suggest you consider doing, really consider what notifications actually matter to you) you will probably respond to fewer. I know I will. I know my own nature.



So you're potentially saving an enormous amount of time, not just 200 * 3 seconds a day. You're potentially saving 50 swipes through Facebook or Twitter that did not need to happen at all. You are potentially stopping 100 separate pull-to-reloads of your Inbox because that is what you do when you unlock your phone: mindless, manual checks for the latest updates. Instead, just relax and trust the watch to inform you of what matters. I mean, definitely configure your notifications such that this is possible, but, still, no more polling, guys, seriously. Just stahp.



So that's my #1 biggest hope for the watch, that it will fulfill that expectation. After that, I have a number of smaller expectations. For example, in my crappy old car with an aftermarket stereo that supports bluetooth, it's often very hard to navigate to the content I want to hear without getting out my phone. But, the only reason I ever even use bluetooth for audio—and accept that massive drop in quality—is so I don't need to get the phone out. If I get it out, I'm going to dock it and plug it in and have full audio quality and UI. But that takes time, a serious of tedious actions, and another mental burden. With the watch, I should be able to kick off my music, and hopefully even podcasts and the like, depending on how apps support the watch itself. At the very least I can pick a playlist when, for whatever reason, the Bluetooth state is so lost that I can't even trigger a shuffle all without arguing with Siri.



Another thing I look forward to, controversial as it may be, is recording my thoughts in the shower. Yes, I will shower with my $1,100 Space Black Stainless Steel watch and take that risk. No, I don't expect to do much with the watch there, but, activating siri and asking it to take a note should be doable and that's all I need or want, well, that and the time. I am notoriously bad at taking short showers.



I am actually a pretty regular user of Siri for a certain narrow set of use cases mainly revolving around reminding myself of things later. I add to reminders lists, some for shopping, some for actual tasks that are actually pulled into OmniFocus. I'll be able to do that even more conveniently now. When it comes to successfully implementing task management, every tiny bit of overhead or barrier to your system that you can remove the more likely you are to use it and reap the benefits. Even just 1 second less effort increases that chance I'll actually make a reminder for something. And hey, I won't have to carry the phone around at home anymore. I'll have WiFi. I won't need pockets. I can laze about in my knickers and still have full on Siri reminder taking goodness. "Hey siri, add pants to my buy list..."



I'll be writing an app for the watch as well. It won't be original. It probably won't even be the best, but, it will be fun. It will be a childhood dream, in a way, to be writing software for a computer on my damned arm. But more importantly, it will scratch an itch of mine. It will actually be useful. It will be dead simple. But, on any other device, it would be too simple to justify its existence and my effort. Better to just use a notepad type app that's more general than spend that much time for such a narrow use case. But, not now. Now it will be perfect.



I certainly plan to make use of notifications, a tap on the wrist, in a contextual manner. I expect to use just about every aspect of the watch except the fitness sensors only because they don't really fit into my life. I cycle regularly, about 2 hours a week during this season, at high levels of effort. I use a cycling computer (Garmin Edge 810) that's far better than any phone/watch/band/etc. at what it does and have no intention of replacing this. It pairs with a dedicated wrist-band HR monitor and sensors on the bike and all that data is streamed together and eventually poured into Strava. I don't use Strava's iPhone app anymore either. However, all this data eventually makes its way into Apple Health. So, assuming that is the One True Source of info about your health and activity throughout the day, I'll still benefit from the activity monitoring features to some degree. I'll also benefit from the standing reminders, as science in recent times has shown very certainly that sitting too long is a huge burden on your health and I'm a Software Engineer... I sit way too long. I don't care about step tracking, as conversely, science has shown no real benefit to merely walking about. Sorry guys. But even small amounts of vigorous exercise has huge benefits, and when I'm not cycling, I do have some backup exercises that the watch can be used to track.



I will use the watch to remotely control my Apple TV and my Hue lights. I'll take notes in Evernote. I'll tick off tasks in OmniFocus. I will probably interact with notifications/glances from a number of other apps. I'll be lied to frequently by Dark Skies! (Just kidding, it's correct like... 70% of the time and I live in a challenging location for what it is trying to do.)



And since this area of technology will finally get real attention thanks to the Apple effect, I expect a number of other uses, hopefully all very short interactions, that I will get from this device over the coming years.



I keep seeing people downplay the life changing nature of this. I am sorry you have such a boring tedious life that can not even be remotely impacted by such a pervasive set of capabilities, but, if even 1/5th of what I've listed works out as I expect, my life will be noticeably improved. It will be objectively changed. "Life-changing" does not require your entire life be redefined to be true. It can be as simple as never forgetting a shower thought, ever again.


Very well said. I agree wit you 100%
 
In my field "sometimes" it is deemed inappropriate to have a buzzing phone around but at the same time I'm constantly required to know certain information so this can help in those situations. I have a Pebble Steel that works for now, but I'd like to try the :apple: watch because it was made specifically to work with my phone.
 
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