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Will an iPhone iWatch help get you fit?
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I agree. I think the apps that are currently available for the iPhone have helped motivated people find a way to lose weights. It's easy to track your daily calorie intake, exercise, get connected with people who are working toward the same goal. I'm not sure exactly where a watch will provide that much more functionality....other than being a bit more portable.
I really love the m7 processor. It gives you an idea do ue level of activity regardless if you are concerns about weightless or not.
Like on certain days where it's not over a certain number of steps i pick it up, go for a walk, wtc...
Like on certain days where it's not over a certain number of steps i pick it up, go for a walk, wtc...
I think having a smartphone is a necessity, but a fitness device is for the fitness market only which is a smaller demo.
Yeah. I think given the trend that idevices have notably bad battery life, and are fragile. An Iwatch would be more of a restriction than anything.
I've been using Nike+ GPS since 2010 or 2011. You are only making excuses for yourself if you are waiting for a watch.
True, but the overall discussion is fitness based. Clearly it couldn't have all functions when out of range of a phone, just like the phone itself can't perform all its functions when out of cellular range.
If someone wants to receive texts (and phone calls), the phone has to be in range. And we don't really know what else the watch will do.
With my 5s's built in M7 chip and FitBit, I was motivated the other day to keep going til I reached 10,000 steps 
A smartphone was not a necessity. I was interested in them when no one cared about them. In fact, you were intensely nerdy if you were interested in them. It was a fringe product.
It was a novelty to the general public when Apple released the iPhone.
They have to make it water proof or resistant because I don't know about anyone else, but I sweat. My Fitbit can even go in the shower and though I take it off, I've been known to jump in the shower with it on by mistake. I would be pissed if it took one mistake or some sweat to kill whatever device they're claiming is used for fitness.
Most phones are water-resistant these days, so I can't imagine a watch being any less impervious.
Because it is Apple. I don't mean that in any other way than Apple has historically left out some features that others have for whatever reason. For example, copy/paste or TRIM for SSDs. It spans across platforms and devices but to me, it seems like it is hard to expect Apple to do something that seems so obvious. Call me cynical.
If my watch tells me "Get off your ass" I tell it "Shut the **** up".
With tht said I would love to track my activity and exercise as at times I will exercise.
With tht said I would love to track my activity and exercise as at times I will exercise.
Why isn't a set of bathroom scales and a general feeling of improved fitness sufficient? Why the need for 'tech' when people have been getting and staging fit for centuries?