I have a 5.
The watch looks beautiful. All of the dedicated tracking watched look terrible. It can still work as a fitness tracker without the iPhone around right? I wonder how limited it will be on a disconnected state.
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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
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I have a 5.
The watch looks beautiful. All of the dedicated tracking watched look terrible. It can still work as a fitness tracker without the iPhone around right? I wonder how limited it will be on a disconnected state.
LyleLanley
Banned
Everything but the Sport (so all the Watch and Edition models).
jts
...hate me...
The Jawbone UP3 and UP4 have pretty good design (Yves Béhar), and the UP3 and 4 have features up the wazoo, more sensors than the Apple Watch and way longer battery life (up to a week).
$179 or $199
However, it doesn't have a watch display. That's a huge missed opportunity. Also, not waterproof, just water resistant like the Apple Watch.
Other good looking suggestion is the Withings Activité.
+Is an actual watch
+Looks seriously good
+8 MONTHS of battery life
+Actually waterproof
-fucking expensive ($450)
-bit less fitness features than the UP, but better if you're a swimmer.
2 great options imo vs using the Apple Watch in a gimped manner.
If you want GPS then can't you just use the iPhone, you don't need a watch for that at all?
If you want a stopwatch, there are lots of non-fitness watches that will have chronographs
If you want heart rate monitoring then a polar bluetooth chest strap will sync to your iPhone
If you want a stopwatch, there are lots of non-fitness watches that will have chronographs
If you want heart rate monitoring then a polar bluetooth chest strap will sync to your iPhone
Got the Shakes
Member
Pretty sure I read that it if your phone is locked, then it will only buzz the watch. If you are using your phone unlocked then the notification will pop up on your phone and it knows to not buzz the watch.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Mine is still showing as June, last I looked. :-(
PjotrStroganov
Member
It should be the other way around. Inside is where you really can mess up your watch.
With so many SKUs, a hardware launch any other way would have looked devastatingly bad as opposed to iffy like it has been.
A learning experience, to be sure. Their #1 takeaway should be to sell it with the sport band by default and just make the other straps as accessories only so they can shore up stock at stores for launch day.
Did my try on session tonight. As I anticipated, 42mm steel with the link bracelet is the one I want. I liked the sport more than I thought I would but the steel one still looked quite a bit better to me. I liked the black and white sports bands. Cross your fingers my wife gets me one for my birthday.
The bands are not what constrained the supply of the bodies.
Right, this. I get why they're selling forty SKUs but not many companies would sign up for an SCM nightmare like this. I'd rather they gone with ala carte skus and a physical retail launch, but clearly they're trying to move to a showroom luxury model
One of the guys at my local takeaway is getting one. Might ask him if he'll let me tap him for my usual order!
This just doesn't sound right.
It sounded better in my head.
jts
...hate me...
$200 may seem harsh but I think a $100 difference would become almost a no-brainer and hence undermine the Sport too much.
You have to factor in the sapphire glass and ceramic back as well.
Bomber Bob
Banned
devildog820
Member
Yup. I tried a few on in Boston today. I put the Milanese loop on the black aluminum. If you look right where it connects, it is a tad odd. However I took a few pics head on and it looks fine. Plus, I looked at it on the table and it was good that way. The regular aluminum looks great too. The leather band may be my favorite though. It was super comfy. Also the rubber did not rub my skin the wrong way or pinch/burn.
Dreamwriter
Member
Also, not everyone needs 64GB of storage on their phone.
jts
...hate me...
The leather loop has an almost irrelevant chrome detail. Fits well with other watches.
That's what they look like in the UK (Type G).
I know, I live here
I mean the folding prongs. Looks really compact if it is a USB adapter. Closest equivalent would be some old Nokia chargers I have where the earth pin popped out.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
That is a nice plug, the gold prongs make me think it might be for the edition models. I'd be all over a Red Sports band, too.
doctordoak
Member
We're only a week out. Wish they'd update the estimated ship date so I know if I'm getting it next Friday or not.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
I know, I'm checking my order every four hours now it seems. I need therapy.
SuperPac
Member
I have the Deliveries app on my phone in my notification center - that checks for me, luckily. Otherwise I would be just like you (and sometimes I still check it the "old" way. You know, just to be sure. Double sure. Quadruple sure it hasn't changed yet.
Auron_Kale
Member
Tried one on yesterday, though I most likely won't get one until at least the second iteration.
In any case, the 42mm stood out better on my wrist versus the 38mm, though I'm not too sure which size the band was on the sport watch I tried (might've been the M/L I think).
Despite trying on the leather bands and the Milanese loop, I still kept coming back to the sport band strangely enough.
If I were to get one today, I'd probably go with the Space Grey 42mm with a white sport band. The moment a Product Red sport band is out, I'd be all over that too.
In any case, the 42mm stood out better on my wrist versus the 38mm, though I'm not too sure which size the band was on the sport watch I tried (might've been the M/L I think).
Despite trying on the leather bands and the Milanese loop, I still kept coming back to the sport band strangely enough.
If I were to get one today, I'd probably go with the Space Grey 42mm with a white sport band. The moment a Product Red sport band is out, I'd be all over that too.
How can you do that without a shipping number?
SuperPac
Member
Apple order number, email address and zip code. It does an order lookup for you and updates its status.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deliveries-a-package-tracker/id290986013?mt=8
Got the Shakes
Member
It uses your order # and email address.
I know, I live here
I mean the folding prongs. Looks really compact if it is a USB adapter. Closest equivalent would be some old Nokia chargers I have where the earth pin popped out.
Oh! ha
I assumed it was the USB wall adapter for the UK. Is that not what they look like for the iPhone6?
Impotaku
Member
Much prefer the Apple II watch, retrotastic.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYn9drHx2E
http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYn9drHx2E
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
I want a timer that taps you in second intervals silently so you can count seconds along with them.
jimbobsmells
Member
Why are they doing that? I don't accept its for marketing purposes because why market exclusivity for a company that millions have bought into?
Gold watches for the 1% and exclusive options for the rich and famous. I love Apple products but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I suppose that's what happens when you hire fashion people.
Nah, it makes sense. Your most hardcore will wake up for it, whereas if it was midday or something, the store would be overloaded and guys like you who would have woken up might have gotten a June ship date purely because you couldn't connect to the server.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I canceled my kickstarter pledge for the Click adapter at the last minute yesterday. I may save up for the Milanese loop instead.
I wonder if they should do it lottery style, so they don't punish those that can't get up at 3am to preorder something. Eg everyone that preorders in the first 12-24 hours goes into a hat.
Likewise - for the watch at least - they should have had a system that didn't penalise those people booking try on appointments. They are sensible and will be less likely to return the 'wrong' watch. Blind preorderers may preorder two with the intent to return or sell on one.
Likewise - for the watch at least - they should have had a system that didn't penalise those people booking try on appointments. They are sensible and will be less likely to return the 'wrong' watch. Blind preorderers may preorder two with the intent to return or sell on one.