Apple watch

[Spearhead04]

What is the point of this thing? I was originally looking at the sport version for use with the Nike + running application but It needs your phone to access the internet and has not built in gps. Seems like a waste of money. I wonder if the general face will always stay lit to display the time or if you will have to toggle a button to check the time. If it's the latter then I would say the thing is beyond junk.

 

[TexasGooner]

I don't know about the iWatch, but, I got a Moto 360 for Christmas, that I didn't ask for, and I actually like it more than I imagined. My watch can either stay lit/dimmed, or you can set it so that the display will turn on when you move your arm closer to your face to view the watch. These smart watches probably aren't worth it since it's the first generation, but it is nice seeing my texts and emails without having to reach for my phone or get it out of my pocket. And I'm curious to see how this tech evolves in the coming years.

 

[mnole03]

I think when you turn your wrist the face lights. It's a beta product. It'll be a few generations before it's really worth buying. The battery life and charging mechanism need to improve dramatically. The thing needs GPS. It needs more health functionality and more sensors. It'll get there, but I still think it's years away.

The idea itself has incredible potential. The health and safety benefits of always on biosensors will be incredible. It's anybody's game right now. Apple proved with their Watch release that they're not ahead of the rest of the market.

 

[kooterridesagain]

Apple watch is so creepy, I don't get it. You can send heart beat readings to others as well as more animated emoticons to let them know your feelings. Really? As if the socially awkward generation needed this
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[kc78]

None of the watches seem worth buying yet. Its a concept that isn't quite ready yet. There are a number of issues with them.

1. Most of them are terribly ugly. Even the best of them are just so thick that they look terrible.
2. They require the cell phone to be connected.
3. Battery life is terrible.

I can see great use for them at some point where they might even be able to replace the phone with the ability to take and send calls, text messages, use gps, read and send email/texts. However technology needs to go quite a bit further before those things can fit into a small sized watch.

 

[semihawk]

$$$$ for apple. and by the way, have you downloaded and installed the latest iphone5 or 6 OS? if so, check out the apple watch app that was installed and cannot be deleted.

 

[dmm5157]

Originally posted by kc78:
None of the watches seem worth buying yet. Its a concept that isn't quite ready yet. There are a number of issues with them.

1. Most of them are terribly ugly. Even the best of them are just so thick that they look terrible.
2. They require the cell phone to be connected.
3. Battery life is terrible.

I can see great use for them at some point where they might even be able to replace the phone with the ability to take and send calls, text messages, use gps, read and send email/texts. However technology needs to go quite a bit further before those things can fit into a small sized watch.

Agreed. I'll add that I really don't see much functionality to justify the costs right now. Since I quit wearing my regular watch on a daily basis years ago, it would take something very special to make me want to begin wearing one again.


The watch game has been around for a few years now and I was a little surprised at the point in which Apple brought their watch to table. Their presentation showed a lot at their view of the watch overall.

This is what I felt was Apple's message with their Watch product:
All-day battery life is not necessary.Independent use (non-reliance on smart phone) is not necessary.Affordability is not necessary.The Apple Watch is a status symbol and luxury peripheral, it is not intended to stand alone or be a smartphone replacement. People will buy it regardless of what it is, in large part because it's an Apple product.

I found this interview with AT&T VP of Devices, Jeff Bradley, to be pretty spot-on, at least regarding wearables. He isn't saying much that's new, but it doesn't make it any less true.

http://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-standalone-smartwatches-are-the-key-to-true-mobile-freedom/

It's going to take awhile to find a distinguishing utility for people to want to add [an independently connected smartwatch] to their portfolios. We saw the same thing with tablets. It has to have the right size, the right battery life, the right screen size...and in this particular category, the UX has to be tuned for precisely the things you want to do on your watch, particularly when you're away from your phone. I think that when this comes together, there's a huge opportunity for growth.

[/I]We will continue to work with the OEMs and also the platform providers to increase the utility. A standalone connected watch lets me do things I couldn't do prior. A companion watch is a marginal extension of my current smartphone experience. Some people will value that and pay for it, but the real opportunity is when these things become connected. Then we get another level of mobile freedom. I can leave my phone charging when I leave the house to go to the store, but without a material trade-off.


[/I]

 

[PoopandBoogers]

Read a funny comment on these- If these watches can detect our heartbeats, then they should automatically erase our browsing and search history when it stops.
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[Flie]

It's an interesting product (more so than the android watches I've seen) but not useful enough to make me want one.

I think they need to make these devices fully featured phones unto themselves for them to really take off.

 

[kc78]

Originally posted by dmm5157:

Originally posted by kc78:
None of the watches seem worth buying yet. Its a concept that isn't quite ready yet. There are a number of issues with them.

1. Most of them are terribly ugly. Even the best of them are just so thick that they look terrible.
2. They require the cell phone to be connected.
3. Battery life is terrible.

I can see great use for them at some point where they might even be able to replace the phone with the ability to take and send calls, text messages, use gps, read and send email/texts. However technology needs to go quite a bit further before those things can fit into a small sized watch.

Agreed. I'll add that I really don't see much functionality to justify the costs right now. Since I quit wearing my regular watch on a daily basis years ago, it would take something very special to make me want to begin wearing one again.


The watch game has been around for a few years now and I was a little surprised at the point in which Apple brought their watch to table. Their presentation showed a lot at their view of the watch overall.

This is what I felt was Apple's message with their Watch product:
All-day battery life is not necessary.Independent use (non-reliance on smart phone) is not necessary.Affordability is not necessary.The Apple Watch is a status symbol and luxury peripheral, it is not intended to stand alone or be a smartphone replacement. People will buy it regardless of what it is, in large part because it's an Apple product.

I found this interview with AT&T VP of Devices, Jeff Bradley, to be pretty spot-on, at least regarding wearables. He isn't saying much that's new, but it doesn't make it any less true.

http://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-standalone-smartwatches-are-the-key-to-true-mobile-freedom/

It's going to take awhile to find a distinguishing utility for people to want to add [an independently connected smartwatch] to their portfolios. We saw the same thing with tablets. It has to have the right size, the right battery life, the right screen size...and in this particular category, the UX has to be tuned for precisely the things you want to do on your watch, particularly when you're away from your phone. I think that when this comes together, there's a huge opportunity for growth.

[/I]We will continue to work with the OEMs and also the platform providers to increase the utility. A standalone connected watch lets me do things I couldn't do prior. A companion watch is a marginal extension of my current smartphone experience. Some people will value that and pay for it, but the real opportunity is when these things become connected. Then we get another level of mobile freedom. I can leave my phone charging when I leave the house to go to the store, but without a material trade-off.


[/I]

I agree with Apple in that quote. The technology isn't simply to a point yet where the smart watch is useful. Once it doesn't have to be attached to my phone, then it becomes viable. For now, my understanding is that the main reason Apple has released a watch at all is that Jonny Ive is a huge watch guy and he was threatening to leave and go somewhere else where he'd be given the ability to design a watch. So it seems like simply a pet project for him to keep him happy and not a real business strategy.