A whimsical post with a valid message at its core. One value of the Apple Watch becomes evident when you receive a call or text and your hands/arms are busy/full:
To check that message or call all I have to do is lift my wrist and the gyro kicks in, turning the display on. Then I can simply glance at my wrist, rather than stopping the dogs to fish out the phone, to see if the message is important enough to drop what I’m doing. And I can then respond through the Watch rather than having to dig for the phone.
Exactly.
And… you’d actually pay $350 to be able to do that? It seems kind of expensive.
Yes, much handier and also less obtrusive in social settings. A glance is more preferable than fishing out a phone and fiddling with it. But now I’m thinking, I’ll not even be safe from phone calls when I’m in the bathroom… 😉
Looking at your watch while in social settings could be seen as: if I can get out of this place? Are done yet?
While my skepticism remains high, when I showed my wife the videos Apple released on the site, she was immediately sold. Asked when she could get her hands on one.
I just continue to shrug at the notion. However, I am perfectly find understanding that this might just not be for me. If it serves the needs of other people, more power to both them and Apple.
But you can do that with any of the Android watches as well. This isn’t unique. Perhaps a little nicer looking and better built, but not particularly unique.
That particular pull quote is also silly. Almost no message is probably that important that it can’t wait a few minutes. Almost no person is that important that they need to be immediately available. Put down the phone and disconnect. Enjoy real life. Enjoy walking the dog or playing with your kids.
My wife headed on apple.com as soon as the watch was announced. She doesn’t like everything Apple does but with the watch, the story is quite different. She likes it a lot.
Still, now everybody is fiddling with their phones. So take your pick. And the idea of looking at your time keeper as a signal of: are we done yet? It comes from a time when everybody wore a timekeeper. The new generation doesn’t, so that connotation isn’t really there. Glancing at your smart watch will just mean: he’s got a new message coming in. Also not always preferable, but glancing at your watch and instantly continuing conversation is more preferable than people getting out their phone and getting occupied with it. Yes, it happens.
I think there’s the idea of convenience that women like a lot. Also, Apple put a lot of attention in the design, unlike the other guys that make plastic thingies. I also think the younger generation will have that direct connection to it. But yeah, different people will have different views on the smart watch. Still, I think the interest is large enough and it’s surely a growing market.
Thing is though it really isn’t when you compare to, well, a watch. Sure there are cheaper watches but when you look at the reported build quality and design Apple are actually at the cheaper end of that price bracket. It’s that old question with Apple of if people are willing to pay for a fashion item that happens to be a nice bit of tech rather than t’other way round…
Doesn’t it do much more? Like health things. Or be a small iPod for running, the one which you actually can use to pay for things along the way home etc.?
“But you can do that with any of the Android watches as well.”
And PC can do everything Mac does. Doesn’t mean it does it well. Otherwise Apple would be out of business long time ago.
And no, not everything Apple Watch can do, Android Wears can. Maybe in a year or two but I doubt that since Android phones still can’t do some of what iPhone can, like reliable Touch ID for example.
My wife & I both want one. That’s a good sign for Apple. She’s not in to tech at all.
I’m very curious to try one on at the mall, but I’ll be even more curious to see its added functionality a year or two from now.
One can pay $49.99 for a pair of cheap shoes that wear out fast and are uncomfortable… or $600 for designer shoes that are just for show. A really good pair of $350 shoes look good, wear well, and fit properly. That the Apple Watch. Choices.
Bingo. Not everything good is commodity-priced.
The point is, it’s a better “me-too”. Nothing to get too excited over just yet, especially if the excitement is you can look at your wrist while walking the dog for those so very important messages that couldn’t possibly wait.
It would be great if apple could get health insurance companies to subsidize part of the cost of the watch. Where I work our health insurance gives out $120 fit bits to get people moving. why not $100-$150 off an apple watch?
@Watch comes from the heart and that is a killer feature.