Muppet of a Man
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Nice.
Apple announces Apple Watch
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Nice.
It's silly that with all the amazing work they put and added to this watch; they still fell into a square design. Like, with one go they made the Moto 360 look completely shoddy and outdated, but at the same time the Apple Watch looks like a gimmick simply because it's not round.
WordAssassin
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Do a little more research next time? Not only is the base price of a new iPhone not $500, but the Apple Watch works with iPhone 5, 5S, 5C, 6, and 6S. How much does a new 5C cost? $0. So that's a $350 watch that you need a potentially free phone to use.
Jesus.
GAF has historically been more wrong than right, especially when it comes to mainstream stuff (e.g., hating on the COD series, Wii, EA, iPad, etc.).
GAF isn't exactly the target market for a high-end, fitness-oriented smartwatch.
Looks ugly. That's not a type of watch I'd want to be seen wearing since it looks so cheap and gaudy.
Practically I see no point in this either, since everything it does I can do on the iphone, plus a whole lot more. A watch in this day and age is basically just for fashion. And the Apple Watch is not fashionable.
Practically I see no point in this either, since everything it does I can do on the iphone, plus a whole lot more. A watch in this day and age is basically just for fashion. And the Apple Watch is not fashionable.
Bob Dobalina
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We should definitely use actual costs here, so you'll need to be spending at least roughly $700-800 a year to use one of these.
I mean, lets be thankful it doesn't have its own data plan hahaha
Bluemercury
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moto 360 outdated? why?
WordAssassin
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Thank Christ for that. Ugh.We should definitely use actual costs here, so you'll need to be spending at least roughly $700-800 a year to use one of these.
I mean, lets be thankful it doesn't have its own data plan hahaha
EricTheCleric
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biggest concern is battery time, from what they said during the presentation it will probably not last longer than a day
which is abysmal
any smart watch with a battery time less than three days is a failure
I also have the watch, when I wear one, on my right wrist. This will make interacting with the "knob" a bit unvieldy.
which is abysmal
any smart watch with a battery time less than three days is a failure
I also have the watch, when I wear one, on my right wrist. This will make interacting with the "knob" a bit unvieldy.
The Real Bobble
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Expensive and not aesthetically pleasing. Something about the way it looks just doesn't seem right. Maybe it's the thickness or the way the front edge transitions into the strap but I'm not digging the apple watch.
Someone posted the picture of the nano watch.... That was much nicer looking than this.
Someone posted the picture of the nano watch.... That was much nicer looking than this.
Zombie James
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Price isn't a deal breaker for me, but no GPS? I thought I was going to be able to use this with Runkeeper.
There is GPS functionality from the phone to the watch with the Maps application, as long as you have a iPhone.
Yeah, but doesn't that mean that I have to have the phone with me while going for a run?
Off-Kilter
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can't wait to pick up the Apple Watch Edition edition
impetuous_silly
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That's it!? I was planned to be blown away. It seems it could not match the hype. Will pass.
Yeah, but doesn't that mean that I have to have the phone with me while going for a run?
Technically, it means that you need to have the phone with you to do anything with this watch.
yup
AstroNut325
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Yeah, but doesn't that mean that I have to have the phone with me while going for a run?
Yeah. This looks like a strange omission. I hope the next iteration has built-in GPS. Would be nice to just leave the phone home.
The interface.
Yeah, seems like I'll wait a year or how long it'll be till GPS is included in the watch.
The sport one is...I think. At a premium.
Ollie Pooch
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The site seems to suggest you can go running and listen to music (at least) without the phone on you - need more clarification on this. Though at this price a Shuffle or Nano or a Clip+ would be the smarter option.
Without built in GPS or something it seems a bit pointless - being able to hit a button to start Strava or the like, with my phone in my bag and just ride to work would be great - i wonder if it will allow that kind of functionality down the line. At the moment it does kinda seem to be an over-complicated response to a non-existent problem. Will wait til I see it in person though!
I don't know what to say. Love it from the software view. Thinks like sending heartbeat, drawing messages, vibrating for left/right directions etc. Wonderful ideas.
But the hardware perspective: squared? Honestly?
That's why I didn't like the first android ones. It just looks meh to me.
And the price: $349 for a (small version) watch that can't work without an iPhone. That can't store data ( only apps I guess) and literally receives 90% data from the iPhone? Really expensive for a "repeater".
I don't know, if I will buy it. Hard to tell. Software: yes. Hardware: no.
Also: heard that it is not waterproof. Why the hell did they put the splash water on male image on their site? Please explain, apple.
But the hardware perspective: squared? Honestly?
That's why I didn't like the first android ones. It just looks meh to me.
And the price: $349 for a (small version) watch that can't work without an iPhone. That can't store data ( only apps I guess) and literally receives 90% data from the iPhone? Really expensive for a "repeater".
I don't know, if I will buy it. Hard to tell. Software: yes. Hardware: no.
Also: heard that it is not waterproof. Why the hell did they put the splash water on male image on their site? Please explain, apple.
I'm surprised that Ive didn't say something like: "We meticulously designed the software to internally mimic the movement of the finest Swiss watches and then... made it better."
jakonovski
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There's no water resistance marking on the case. That makes me guess it's going to be the lowest feasible number, ie. 3atm/30m which means splash proof. Which would be a lot worse than "real watch" competitors.
heliconsoul
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The 38mm in space grey is seriously good looking. The sports ones with the plastic bands are goofy as hell.
Huh? Right handed people wear watches on their left hand. Tim Cook was wearing this one on his left hand.
northead
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DISCLAIMER: the followings are obvious impressions and personal thoughts based on what we've seen so far, not statements or judgements of a not-even-fully-developed product.
Quite the opposite to me.
Android Wear is still in development, of course, but much, MUCH more in line with Google's overall UI vision and the upcoming Material Design language. It's bold, colourful, catchy, intelligent. Your smartwatch is an easy-to-reach channel between the smartphone in your pocket and you.
It also shows the time first and foremost, something that the Apple Watch doesn't seem to be doing (or does it?).
This ugly and mixed interface of the Apple Watch reminds me of touchscreen + QWERTY keyboard smartphones - not to mention that it forces you to use the watch on your left wrist*.
The black background, despite being a potential power saver when matched with the AMOLED (?) panel, goes completely against the bold and white principles of the Human Interface, and those colours look rather ugly and inconsistent, alongside the terrible fonts and the overall cluttered interface.
It doesn't even look like an Apple product to me. More like something I would see Samsung doing.
Google also has a true killer application, which is Google now. What is this mess even running on? Is it iOS? How do apps work? Are these clever extensions of my phone or standalone apps?
To me, this looks exactly like what Apple has advertised it against: a smartphone shrunk onto a smaller device.
I want to do the less I can with my smartwatch, and Wear looks like heading just in that direction, opposing your voice (and Search's amazing capture) to that Crown thing.
I'm not doubting Apple's care and attention, far from that, but it's the actual result that looks messy and overall pretty bad looking, at least at first sight.
*UPDATE: Apparently, this has been clarified, and the watch can be used with the bands swapped and the core turned upside-down. But there is a new, bigger problem...
Garrett 2U
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They'd have a huge product on their hands if they sold the sport edition less than 200$... but starting at 350$, ehhh idk
Errrr I meant it the other way around. Long day.
Yeah, I'm sure it just rotates the display when you put it on left-handed. This is such an obvious idea that every single left-handed observer thought of it and I can't imagine Apple not implementing it.
People like myself who are into fitness are using high end GPS watches that have dedicated GPS chips.
Having this need to pair to a phone and it's shitty GPS chip limits it's market significantly.
Nah, personal preference aside, this thing will sell like hot cakes. I knew my lesson from when I asked why anyone would want an oversized iPod Touch.
Just_myles
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Wow, I thought apple would have sold me on this but aesthetically, it's not very pleasing. Feature-wise, it's nothing that I would ever want to do with any other smart watch any. So I guess the world keeps turning.
Look at these haters.
Just wait until it's out.
This will sell.
Also, GAF isn't exactly the best target audience for this type of wearable technology; especially the fact that it's aimed for fitness in a video-game community.
But not everyone is the same, we definitely have some FitnessGAF bros and bettys, but essentially the correlation of the negativity of this hardware is obviously not for GAF.
Just wait until it's out.
This will sell.
Also, GAF isn't exactly the best target audience for this type of wearable technology; especially the fact that it's aimed for fitness in a video-game community.
But not everyone is the same, we definitely have some FitnessGAF bros and bettys, but essentially the correlation of the negativity of this hardware is obviously not for GAF.
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