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What do your friends think?
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None of my friends or family are even remotely interested in getting one, but I'm used to that. No one I know gets an iPhone or iPad at launch either.
On a side note, does anyone know if the animated emojis can be sent to any one who can receive text messages? And will the animate on their end? If so, this will be somewhat akin to the signature in emails that says 'sent from an iphone'. I'm not sugestion I'll want to show off, but they do look cute and I'd like to use them. I'm already disappointed that there won't be anyone I know that I can Digital Touch with, as Apple has already said that's an exclusive feature that can only be used between two AW users. It took years before I could FaceTime with anyone, so I expect this to be the same.
I believe in September they said the emojis will be sent as gifs so non Apple watch users can see them.
different here is no one is even saying that the old incumbent android wear or pebble is better; people just don't care.
My friends didn't even had to ask me if I was getting it one, they already knew. lol. They know I love 
They just can't wait to see mine
They just can't wait to see mine
My friends didn't even had to ask me if I was getting it one, they already knew. lol. They know I love
They just can't wait to see mine
Exactly the same Here
So are you a teenager or teacher? I'm lost xD
In response to your friends though, I don't see how you'd be embarrassed in wearing an awesome piece of tech!
Obviously none of them have come out of their shells yet and opened up to the idea of their own opinions and feelings (individuality)
The sooner everyone opens up and stands by their own opinions and doesn't care what other people think the better!
In saying that, none of my other friends are getting the AW, nor do they show interest.
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I feel the "walled garden" is safe though.. xD
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That's the spirit!!! I wish I had people like you at my school.
My buddies (in their 20's) think it's too expensive.
My co-workers think it's nice but too expensive.
My mom doesn't know if she wants one because she already has 2-3 other watches and she thinks she'll never wear them again if she gets the Apple Watch.
My friends didn't even had to ask me if I was getting it one, they already knew. lol. They know I love
They just can't wait to see mine
My best friend is the only one who's happy for me about purchasing an AW. She thinks it's an awesome product but she won't get one immediately as she has a FitBit Charge HR.
My friend Jose called the Apple WAtch a Virgin Watch. He says I don't get *****. He got a fist to the face though.
My wife bought me a Omega Speedmaster which retails for over 5k for our engagement 5 years ago. It is the reason I never got a Pebble, but I finally decided I can't hold back and need to embrace the technology. I will still wear my Omega on special occasions and its a classic watch I can pass along down to my son one day. It's tough to replace sentimental things with technology but it's a sign of the times.
I'm observing the same as a lot of you. No one I know has ANY interest in the watch. But I suppose I have enough to make up for all of them.
It will sell I'm sure. That being said, I don't think it has the pull and demand that the iPhone brings.
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That's what I think I'm going to go for if I decide to pull the trigger.
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That's what I think I'm going to go for if I decide to pull the trigger.
Most of my friends see it as a new chapter for apple after the death of Jobs. Some of my friends think it's a gimmick but I'm not buying it for anyone other than myself! I honestly do not care what other people think of it or not. I bought it for myself, not for you
I'm in my 50's so all of my friends are around 40 and up and not a single one that I asked (and I asked almost all of them) have any interest in the watch. And they too are mostly Apple users, iPhones, iPads, and Macs. To be honest the only interest I see is here on the forums.
As for me I'm not really interested. I wear watches so it's not that. I just don't see a need nor do I want yet another device that will need to periodically be replaced by a new version. If this was something that would last 5-10 years I'd maybe consider it. But even then, I still don't see a need for it. None of the apps that I've seen so far need to be on my wrist. The only thing that would interest me is more health related sensors but at this point you could get something that's a quarter of the price and smaller that in terms of health sensors would do the same things.
I was in a Microsoft store a couple days ago and in all honesty I think their band is kind of cool and I'm actually thinking about.
Your friends have a point. This watch isn't ready. You can liken it to the original iPhone but this category type already exists and other versions of it do more important things, perhaps just for different OS's. Apple are doing it right in making it a watch first and smart device second but they have rushed the features. I like watches and would be very interested in an Apple Watch that does more for it's money such as GPS and a battery that can last a week. Difficult but even more so with the gimmicks they are putting in it. And it's those gimmicks that really make this offering look nerdy and a waste of money. There is nothing wrong with buying a new gadget or watch but I don't agree with justifying it by self titling yourself as a brand ambassador. You're simply an Apple Fan who wants to throw money at this than wait to see if it's actually worth it.
Apple have always impressed me with their iPhone range as well as their iPad's but they are slipping a bit with this watch as well as their new MacBook. They seem to be more interested in changing use habits than putting requested technology into their products. That's their call but you're buying it. Should they next year release a watch with a break through battery lasting a week, you'll take out your plastic again (or maybe even give Apple a bit of a chuckle and pay with your watch version 1).
As I said, I see nothing wrong with people spending their money their way but please wake up to what you are actually doing. You're not assisting with the development of these watches, version 2 is most likely sitting on Tim Cook's desk and approved for production.
Apple have always impressed me with their iPhone range as well as their iPad's but they are slipping a bit with this watch as well as their new MacBook. They seem to be more interested in changing use habits than putting requested technology into their products. That's their call but you're buying it. Should they next year release a watch with a break through battery lasting a week, you'll take out your plastic again (or maybe even give Apple a bit of a chuckle and pay with your watch version 1).
As I said, I see nothing wrong with people spending their money their way but please wake up to what you are actually doing. You're not assisting with the development of these watches, version 2 is most likely sitting on Tim Cook's desk and approved for production.
I've been waiting for the right smart watch for a long time and I quite like the AW. MS Band, FitBit, Pebble, there alright and all but I like the AW better due to the fact of full support with iPhone across the board with all the features.
I know friends of mine will think I'm stupid for getting one and hate on it but at the end of the day, if it makes me happy, I'm happy and I'm more that sure that the AW will make me happy.
It might. You might also get buyers remorse. If you want it to make you happy, it would be wiser to wait, see it in person and then buy it if it still impresses you. Buying compulsively (which is really why most people will be preordering this) works more for Apple than it does for you. If you have the money to throw around, go for it.
The options you listed are not the only options. The Apple Watch is probably the best looking and offers the ability to respond to notifications but that is not as useful as it's being sold as. Great technology from Apple will be on the wrist. They are not there yet though regardless of how many times they use the words revolutionary or awesome.
Buying new stuff is fun, I get that. I waste quite a bit of my money that way. But I know it. I accept that I am doing it. There is no point in my trying to tell myself that I need this left handed Gretsch electromatic even though I can't play guitar very well at all and already have an acoustic. I bloody well love having this guitar in the house though. It's the best looking thing I have in the sitting room (objects wise of course <- not a chauvinistic comment). The Apple watch might be the best looking watch you'll buy. But that's it's selling point right now, not it's usefulness.
Who is making a watch right now that runs a week on battery, has a full-color, high resolution display, runs on a full-fledged mobile operating system, and looks like a decent watch that you could wear with dress clothes instead of something you strap on to go to the gym?
Because, I'd really like you to point me to such a device. I have yet to see it and I do spend a good deal of time on the Internet and so forth.
I have had devices that ran a week (or longer). They were sports bands and fitness trackers. Or they were regular old watches. They weren't both watches, mobile computing devices, and fashionable accessories.
Nobody ever wore an UP band or a Fitbit and thought "man... this thing would look great with my suit when I go for that interview next week."
I've seen Samsung's latest Gear. It's a sports watch. I might as well march on over to REI and buy a Polar fitness watch or some such. We have a Polar with a chest strap for use in our home gym, but I'm not gonna wear it to a cocktail party.
I took a hard look at the Withings watch because we have some of the Withings items (BP monitor and scale) and I wondered if I'd enjoy it because it's halfway decent looking. But, at the end of the day (despite a battery that lasts 8 months) it's a watch. It sends some fitness info to your phone (you cannot use it for anything but telling the time without the app on your phone) and I expect a watch with a built-in battery to last quite some time. It's also 450 dollars and looks pretty much like a men's Timex, so while it would be handy to get my Withings data off it, I can get nearly as much from just carrying around my iPhone anyway and buy myself a prettier watch.
Bottom line is this: There ARE no smart watches out there right now that are even in the same class as the Apple Watch. So, it only lasts a day. So does my iPhone and that's not a problem for me. I charge them overnight anyway.
I used to do the sleep tracking thing back in the day when I got my first UP band (those things fall apart and start looking nasty very quickly, no matter how well you treat them and I started not wanting to shower with it because of this)... but, once you look a few times at how you slept, you get a pretty good sense of how you sleep most of the time, so I'm not upset if I don't get to see that every day.
The Apple Watch is interesting. Looks like it'll be a fun gadget. All the hue and cry about how thick it is (most watches are thicker, and every "smart watch" I've seen is like a small brick, so what the fuss is there I do not understand), how it's square (so what? It's easier to read and the screen isn't cut off or wasted), or how must prettier the (whatever name device) is (they're not... I was in Best Buy a month or so ago marveling at how cheap they all feel)... well, it's just a bunch of griping that is totally unfounded.
Apple took their time with this device. It shows. No new product category offering is going to be perfect, but this thing has been roundly criticized before it has even launched.
If people hated Apple as much as some of the griping on this forum indicates, they wouldn't be sitting on billions in cash, so I prefer to take most of this whinging with a grain of salt.
I'm looking forward to seeing whether *I* like using this watch. At the end of the day, if I like it, I don't care whether anyone else thinks my watch is a smart purchase.
If I buy it and I don't like it, oh well.
The first iPhone was fun and it really didn't do too much of anything but entertain me while I played with my Star Wars lightsaber app. Look how far it has come in 8 years.
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This is why nobody has any business being an early adopter if they aren't already writing off whatever they spent as money lost.
Hey... I've taken bigger risks than the Apple Watch. We leased a first generation Chevy Volt back in 2011. That's like buying a new Watch every month that's just like the one you bought the month before... for years.
It was a great car. We currently own 3 of them.
You just never know. You have to take informed risks now and then.
My 17 year old friends have no interest, and some say it's odd or a pointless waste of money. My family isn't interest either, and tell me I waste too much time on it. I don't really care, since I love it, and know it will be useful and entertaining for me to use. Someone's preference in a watch shouldn't matter too much.
Who is making a watch right now that runs a week on battery, has a full-color, high resolution display, runs on a full-fledged mobile operating system, and looks like a decent watch that you could wear with dress clothes instead of something you strap on to go to the gym?
Because, I'd really like you to point me to such a device. I have yet to see it and I do spend a good deal of time on the Internet and so forth.
I have had devices that ran a week (or longer). They were sports bands and fitness trackers. Or they were regular old watches. They weren't both watches, mobile computing devices, and fashionable accessories.
Nobody ever wore an UP band or a Fitbit and thought "man... this thing would look great with my suit when I go for that interview next week."
I've seen Samsung's latest Gear. It's a sports watch. I might as well march on over to REI and buy a Polar fitness watch or some such. We have a Polar with a chest strap for use in our home gym, but I'm not gonna wear it to a cocktail party.
I took a hard look at the Withings watch because we have some of the Withings items (BP monitor and scale) and I wondered if I'd enjoy it because it's halfway decent looking. But, at the end of the day (despite a battery that lasts 8 months) it's a watch. It sends some fitness info to your phone (you cannot use it for anything but telling the time without the app on your phone) and I expect a watch with a built-in battery to last quite some time. It's also 450 dollars and looks pretty much like a men's Timex, so while it would be handy to get my Withings data off it, I can get nearly as much from just carrying around my iPhone anyway and buy myself a prettier watch.
Bottom line is this: There ARE no smart watches out there right now that are even in the same class as the Apple Watch. So, it only lasts a day. So does my iPhone and that's not a problem for me. I charge them overnight anyway.
I used to do the sleep tracking thing back in the day when I got my first UP band (those things fall apart and start looking nasty very quickly, no matter how well you treat them and I started not wanting to shower with it because of this)... but, once you look a few times at how you slept, you get a pretty good sense of how you sleep most of the time, so I'm not upset if I don't get to see that every day.
The Apple Watch is interesting. Looks like it'll be a fun gadget. All the hue and cry about how thick it is (most watches are thicker, and every "smart watch" I've seen is like a small brick, so what the fuss is there I do not understand), how it's square (so what? It's easier to read and the screen isn't cut off or wasted), or how must prettier the (whatever name device) is (they're not... I was in Best Buy a month or so ago marveling at how cheap they all feel)... well, it's just a bunch of griping that is totally unfounded.
Apple took their time with this device. It shows. No new product category offering is going to be perfect, but this thing has been roundly criticized before it has even launched.
If people hated Apple as much as some of the griping on this forum indicates, they wouldn't be sitting on billions in cash, so I prefer to take most of this whinging with a grain of salt.
I'm looking forward to seeing whether *I* like using this watch. At the end of the day, if I like it, I don't care whether anyone else thinks my watch is a smart purchase.
If I buy it and I don't like it, oh well.
The first iPhone was fun and it really didn't do too much of anything but entertain me while I played with my Star Wars lightsaber app. Look how far it has come in 8 years.
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This is why nobody has any business being an early adopter if they aren't already writing off whatever they spent as money lost.
Hey... I've taken bigger risks than the Apple Watch. We leased a first generation Chevy Volt back in 2011. That's like buying a new Watch every month that's just like the one you bought the month before... for years.
It was a great car. We currently own 3 of them.
You just never know. You have to take informed risks now and then.
There is no device that does all of what the Apple Watch does and lasts a week on battery life. But that wasn't my point. Take out some of the features that limit this devices battery life and maybe throw in a GPS chip and waterproofing and you old get there. My Fenix 3 lasts just over a week with always on notifications, GPS running about 8 hours a week as well as cone connectivity to a heart rate monitor. And that's an always on display too. Now that's a useful watch. It is a good looking watch too but not as good looking as the Apple Watch. Like I said, Apple came from the watch angle first as its personal and needs to look the part. The features should have been toned down until they could fit the purpose and then add the extras on.
I think Apple is coming at this from the proper angle. As you agreed, there IS no watch that does all that at one time. And, yet, Apple is going to get people who want an attractive watch for notifications AND people who can use this for fitness purposes.
It's incredibly clever of them, really. Put that thing right next to your iPhone and charge it all night.
If you decide to go camping for a week and you need a watch to tell time, you can slap on any old regular watch or use an old fitness watch you have lying around, but isn't that sort of thing about "getting away from it all?"
All being notifications, text messages, etc.
If one brings an iPhone camping and charges it with solar power, one should be able to charge that watch, too, though.
I think you give Apple and the Apple Watch too much credit. It does fit the purpose of a good looking watch but doesn't match that category due to the requirement to charge it nightly. It doesn't fit well in the fitness watch space as it needs to be tethered to an iPhone for serious training. Functionally it has two things over the competition and that is responding to notifications and Apple Pay (should you be lucky enough to live somewhere it works). Everything else is gimmicky and comes at a high price financially and functionally. Take off the microphone, force touch, high resolution display and heart rate sensor and there would be plenty of room to improve on the requirements that are more important.I think Apple is coming at this from the proper angle. As you agreed, there IS no watch that does all that at one time. And, yet, Apple is going to get people who want an attractive watch for notifications AND people who can use this for fitness purposes.
It's incredibly clever of them, really. Put that thing right next to your iPhone and charge it all night.
If you decide to go camping for a week and you need a watch to tell time, you can slap on any old regular watch or use an old fitness watch you have lying around, but isn't that sort of thing about "getting away from it all?"
All being notifications, text messages, etc.
If one brings an iPhone camping and charges it with solar power, one should be able to charge that watch, too, though.
No-one is embarrassed by their iPhone going dead. It will be quite embarrassing if your watch dies because you forgot to charge it or you didnt make it home last night. That might sound like a minor issue if you're usually not a watch wearer but it is if you are.
Maybe that's it.
I don't usually wear a watch. Even if I did, I would not be remotely embarrassed by my watch going dead. I'm more concerned with my phone not being charged.
And, I am willing to bet there are plenty of people like me.
My husband wears a watch daily. It's a Citizen that I gave him on our first Valentine's Day together many years ago. He often travels to other time zones, but rarely changes the time on his watch. He changed it one time last year while on a long trip, then realized months later that he'd never changed it back. He usually looks at the time on his phone, it turns out. He wears that mechanical watch out of habit.
He's getting an Apple Watch. Maybe he'll start using his watch again.