What model did they order?
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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
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What model did they order?
LyleLanley
Banned
I'm starting to get used to using the watch for pretty much all my phone interactions while I'm on the go.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Adapters? Will they just let you use 38mm with 42mm and vice versa or what?
Pops Maellard
Member
No, adapters for using standard watchbands with the Watch. Given that every band except the modern buckle is sold in both variants, I doubt anyone will ever bother releasing something that lets 38mm bands be used with 42mm Watches and vice versa.
Regarding the modern buckle only being 38mm, I really love the way it functions and think that it looks pretty great, but it realistically won't fit most people who have wrists that fit the 42mm Watch.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Definitely going to have to pop into an Apple store and try this out. They already have demos up, yes?
Technosteve
Banned
what's the most unpopular model so i can order it and have it in a week =D
Pops Maellard
Member
38mm Sport with the blue and green band have been shipping pretty quickly for most people, but it also depends on what state/country you live in. Australia and Japan have been getting a pretty large selection of the Watch sooner than the rest of the world so far.
Basically 38mm Sport ships the soonest, then some of the 42mm Sport's. Everything else is stuck in limbo at the moment.
Frank Serpico
Banned
What model did he order and what did you order? That's the difference
Third Strike
Member
I think it would have been pretty awkward for Best Buy to not support it, yet have micro Apple Stores inside most of their buildings. Just need Walmart and Target to get on board.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Alright, got an appointment at my closest Apple Store in an hour to try one on
I'm pretty excited
I'm pretty excited
Pops Maellard
Member
I awkwardly tried to use Apple Pay at Target a few days ago because the Verifone terminals they have support NFC, but nothing. I knew they didn't officially support it but oh well.
I'm probably not going to shop anywhere that doesn't accept Apple Pay at this point.
pharmx
Member
It's just a matter of time, resistance is futile.
Enjoy it! I actually am swapping bands on my green sport watch to a black one. They won't let me do it because black isn't part of the collection I have, but I'll use eBay instead.
Animal
Banned
Enjoy it! I actually am swapping bands on my green sport watch to a black one. They won't let me do it because black isn't part of the collection I have, but I'll use eBay instead.
I will be doing the same but I plan to just walk into an Apple store and buy one. I hope that is possible.
doctordoak
Member
No, they just vibrate/sound on the watch.
Nice. That's exactly how I want it.
shira
Member
I went to our flagship store, they had like 50 on display and drawersful of demos.
SuperPac
Member
42mm stainless steel with black sport band. The sport band is comfortable, though does seem to get a little sweaty. I have not worn a watch in 12+ years, so this will take some getting used to again.
Would like to turn off the sound alert for standing up (seems like only muting everything would do the trick)
Snoozing calendar alerts doesn't seem to work
As others have said already, most apps I tried loaded a lot quicker than the first reviews indicated though navigation inside them is sometimes slow.
I'm not used to using Siri to do things like compose messages yet.
Ended up turning most notifications from the phone off, especially those with apps that are not actionable on the watch (like AIM).
Glances don't update quickly, and I decided it was best to try and pare those down to an essential 6-8.
Digital touch is a little odd. Sometimes drawing on it works right away, other times it seems laggy. Same when receiving touches, especially if there are multiple in a row. It's a bit confusing.
Email doesn't seem to sync as fast as it should. I'll look at it on the phone then hop to the watch and it's 15-30 minutes behind and takes 5-10 seconds to register new messages have arrived.
Lots of stuff to improve upon, but quite a nice 1.0 package so far.
They don't sell the black SS with anything but a black link bracelet don't they?
edit: Oh.. derp sorry.. regular SS.. looks good.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Yeah, same here. Got to try a bunch on, look at the bands and the colors, play with the demo, etc.
It seems really cool, but I'm torn on if I want to drop the cash on this one or wait for the big step up that will be the G2 in a year
WordAssassin
Member
Both ordered the exact same watch. 42mm Space Grey Sport with black band.
That sounds like a much better finance option than what Apple give in the UK.
The Faceless Master
Member
they never had it enabled. it's not like some other retailers that had it enabled and then disabled it once Apple Pay was activated.
esmith08734
Member
Someone Twitter mentioned that they were able to sign it at the gym with their watch. How does that happen?
I am somewhat curious about the product.
I am somewhat curious about the product.
passbook maybe?
I am a dirty, dirty consumer whore. I've had no interest in the Watch since it was announced. None whatsoever.
Out of curiosity's sake, I made an appointment to try on the 38mm Milanese SS.
I fell in love with it. I subsequently ordered one for my wife and one for myself.
I am a dirty, dirty consumer whore.
Edit: As an aside, I really want to see how the health features of the Watch evolve over time into a device that actually makes you take control of your health, e.g. blood pressure, cholesterol levels, all sorts of crazy shit.
Out of curiosity's sake, I made an appointment to try on the 38mm Milanese SS.
I fell in love with it. I subsequently ordered one for my wife and one for myself.
I am a dirty, dirty consumer whore.
Edit: As an aside, I really want to see how the health features of the Watch evolve over time into a device that actually makes you take control of your health, e.g. blood pressure, cholesterol levels, all sorts of crazy shit.
eyeball_kid
Member
I believe Best Buy was under an exclusivity agreement with MCX, which is now ending. And speaking of ending, the MCX CEO stepped down today. Their days are numbered.
Yes! Let the hate grow inside you MCX! Let it grow!
Zeyphersan
Banned
Beautiful, beautiful news
LyleLanley
Banned
Just saw on Reddit that if you hold down the ping phone button it'll flash the iPhones light along with making the standard noise.
jts
...hate me...
What the hell?
Will you guys update Flick Kick Football for the Watch?
That's one game I still fire up once in a while to this day haha.
We have a full game coming to Watch, but it isn't in the Flick Kick series.
I wanted to make a Flick Kick game as soon as the Watch was announced, and was really disappointed once the input limitations became apparent and a true flicking style game wasn't going to be possible, at least in the short term.
Possible we update Flick Kick Football Legends and/or Rival Stars Basketball for the Watch with some kind of small companion app or something that gives you additional resources. Not sure we'd do something for the vanilla Flick Kick Football though - can't think of anything offhand that makes sense.
What is the granularity like for controlling notifications and glances?
Eg can you have phone & watch notifications set differently, and are glances independent of that? I can imagine having weather as a glance but I wouldn't want notifications for it. Or can you have notifications unique to the phone or watch (or are watch notifications only allowed to be a subset of phone notifications)?
I don't think the glance list is circular, so can you arrange it so you have some to the left and some to the right of the point where you swipe up?
Eg can you have phone & watch notifications set differently, and are glances independent of that? I can imagine having weather as a glance but I wouldn't want notifications for it. Or can you have notifications unique to the phone or watch (or are watch notifications only allowed to be a subset of phone notifications)?
I don't think the glance list is circular, so can you arrange it so you have some to the left and some to the right of the point where you swipe up?
jts
...hate me...
That's understandable. I actually don't see myself playing much at all on the Apple Watch, unless for occasions when the iPhone is out of reach or inconvenient to reach, and I absolutely need to kill a few minutes. But will keep an eye on what you will come up with.
jimbobsmells
Member
I bought Lifeline to play on the watch (if and when it ever arrives). Got bored of waiting to play it so gave it a go... killed the dude within an hour lol. Don't rely on my advice in a life or death scenario, people.
Still, looking forward to playing this on the watch HURRY UP JUNE JEEZUZ WTF.
Still, looking forward to playing this on the watch HURRY UP JUNE JEEZUZ WTF.
Pops Maellard
Member
Glances are completely separate from notifications and you can pretty deeply modify how the notifications themselves work. So yes, you could have a Weather Glance set up but not receive notifications from Weather (although I'm not sure in what context Weather notifies you of something).
I love my Watch incessantly buzzing though, so I kind of just opened the floodgates. Every app I currently use has all of the notifications allowed.
Ours arrived today. Waiting for the first sync to test our first app on it. Exciting times
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
How are they set up on your phone?
SuperPac
Member
Yes, though as mentioned above Glances are separate. For notifications you can get pretty granular depending on the app. For things like Apple's built-in apps, you can mirror your iPhone settings or get more specific. Mail lets you mirror your iPhone settings, designate what accounts get alerts on the watch, separate out VIPs and thread notifications. Same with Calendar - you can mirror your iPhone settings, choose to get/not get invite notifications or responses. And you can go app by app and decide which notifications you get on the phone also go through to the watch (or if those just stay on the phone). For instance, I have AIM set to off on the watch, but the notifications still buzz my phone.
It's both, in a way - you can have notifications unique to the phone or watch for Apple's apps. Then for any other app that allows notifications you can let all through or just a subset. If you let a notification go both places and you have the watch on, it only buzzes the watch though it'll be in notification center on both until it's dismissed.
Glances doesn't even act quite like Notification Center on the iPhone. For instance, the Deliveries delivery status app - on the phone if there are no deliveries scheduled the widget itself doesn't show in notification center. If it's a Glance, even if it has no information it still shows up in the list.
As far as I can tell, you can arrange the list, but where you swipe up is wherever you were last. That's why I pared it down to like 6-8 most important glances instead of letting everything show up there.
The Elite
BOSS
All the notification settings are toggled to on.
Honestly, I am not sure if I remember them giving me vibrations on their.
Seems odd.
Hearing the US talk about Apple Pay makes me jealous. Also, I only have two points cards that work with Passbook.
Frank Serpico
Banned
That's crazy then, I ordered the same model on Friday also and still have a June date
Dreamwriter
Member
Woot, I'm finally gonna have my Apple Watch on Friday! I'll be able to see my released watch app work, and then continue working on my game dev research.
Unfortunately, I had to switch from the sweet, sweet Space Black Stainless Steel as life made it a point to tell me I shouldn't spend $1100 on a watch. So I'm gonna have a normal 42mm Stainless Steel with Classic Buckle leather band.
Unfortunately, I had to switch from the sweet, sweet Space Black Stainless Steel as life made it a point to tell me I shouldn't spend $1100 on a watch. So I'm gonna have a normal 42mm Stainless Steel with Classic Buckle leather band.