"iWatch" - The Apple Watch Thread

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Which is why Apple has a chance to make this space explode, and then everyone will copy it and it'll explode some more. 😜 Watching the keynote today, I get the impression that Apple has spent a LOT of time and energy on this product, even for them.
I think one of the key differences is the build quality, especially when you look at the link bracelet, the tolerances are incredibly tight, like a high end swiss made bracelet, while the Galaxy Gear and other attempts in the past really have been poorly made slapped together rubbish by comparison.
 
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I enjoy the Iphone6 not for games and movies, matter of fact, never used it
for either. I make use of the screen real estate to do things
I did on only my pc. Read articles, Bloomberg, my trading software
now has fully functional connectivity, vnc tunnel to office, etc.
I don't think Email, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Reddit are movies and games.
And that's what the younger people are using it for(and tunes).

Geez I forgot Omega Forums LOL
 
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There are lots of iPhones out there.. what percent of iPhone users is Apple predicting will buy the iWatch as a complementary gadget? Worse case 10% of iPhone owners? Best case >50-60%? I expect lots of iWatches will be sold.
 
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There are lots of iPhones out there.. what percent of iPhone users is Apple predicting will buy the iWatch as a complementary gadget? Worse case 10% of iPhone owners? Best case >50-60%? I expect lots of iWatches will be sold.
They are projecting 18 million sold 1st year. 6 billion in sales.
A rounding error for them.
Do iPhone 5 users buy an apple watch or a new iPhone6, or both?
 
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I'll probably end up buying one, honestly. Anyone want dibs on my Speediorite in case it makes me sell my collection? 😜
 
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They are projecting 18 million sold 1st year. 6 billion in sales.
A rounding error for them.
Do iPhone 5 users buy an apple watch or a new iPhone6, or both?

18M is definitely a low ball IMO. The iWatch is compatible with the 5 series as well.
 
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Do iPhone 5 users buy an apple watch or a new iPhone6, or both?
18M is definitely a low ball IMO. The iWatch is compatible with the 5 series as well.
I know alam I was talking disposable income
and choices
 
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I have 5s. I will buy a 6.

I will not wear 2 watches and the iwatch seems like an all in proposition.
 
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I'll probably end up buying one, honestly. Anyone want dibs on my Speediorite in case it makes me sell my collection? 😜
No, the other one. 😉
 
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I have 5s. I will buy a 6.

I will not wear 2 watches and the iwatch seems like an all in proposition.
That's only appropriate at a GTG
Or transporting after a snag
 
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Its very appealing as an exercise tracker...but do I really want to wear two watches? I'll never give up wearing a vintage timepiece.
 
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No, the other one. 😉

The Speedy perpetual calendar chronograph? That's my current smart watch, lol. If it also had an alarm it actually would be almost as useful as I imagine the Apple Watch would be.

Funny how H. Moser & Cie actually did release a perpetual calendar as their smart watch offering. 😜
 
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I'll probably end up buying one, honestly. Anyone want dibs on my Speediorite in case it makes me sell my collection? 😜
I'll claim it! :-D

I don't think I'll be getting an Apple watch. I just don't think I need to be that connected all the time. It would be useful for the fitness applications, but as has already been said, there are other products that fulfil a similar role.

I spend most of my working day without my phone, as I can't have it in my working area for security reasons. Thus the Apple watch would be useless during the working day as I'd have to leave that behind as well.

I'll wait to see how the health/fitness functions work before deciding if it's worth getting for pretty much solely that purpose. I doubt it, but then I scorned when Apple released the iPad, and hee I am tapping away on it after 2 years of pretty much continuous use!
 
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Its very appealing as an exercise tracker...but do I really want to wear two watches? I'll never give up wearing a vintage timepiece.

I shall carry on wearing my vintage Omega and use the dog as an exercise tracker. Actually I think this will increase demand for vintage watches and push up prices.
 
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The problem is that fashion will never allow this device to be worn in addition to a luxury timepiece, which it obviates not for its timekeeping function, but for all the rest of what it does. Once people have a taste of it, people won't want to live without the extremely discreet (thanks to the Taptic Engine) notifications, calendars, a personal assistant on your wrist, access to all of the information you need from day to day, all of the health and fitness features, social networking, instant communication, payments without taking anything out of your pocket, and most importantly, access to anything you want unobtrusively. Even if this device didn't tell the time at all, it occupies the same space as a watch but provides functions that I believe will prove more valuable to most people (after all, the time is everywhere now).

WOW, That's all I can say, I just don't know how I managed to survive these last 50+ years with out having all this BS strapped to my ass at all times. Sorry,as far as "functions that will prove more valuable", like what? Getting distracted while doing something like driving? Don't have enough of that yet. Walking into traffic, off subway platforms, falling down stairs, because you staring at you wrist, not paying attention to where you are going? Yep, need more of that, too.
 
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WOW, That's all I can say, I just don't know how I managed to survive these last 50+ years with out having all this BS strapped to my ass at all times. Sorry,as far as "functions that will prove more valuable", like what? Getting distracted while doing something like driving? Don't have enough of that yet. Walking into traffic, off subway platforms, falling down stairs, because you staring at you wrist, not paying attention to where you are going? Yep, need more of that, too.

I never said that all this connectedness and distraction was intrinsically good, that it doesn't cause any problems, or that society needs it or couldn't survive with out it. I just see it as inevitable that these technologies will be adopted and that once they are, living without them will feel strange to many people who come to rely on them.

All of these comments have been said about each new technological innovation that has occurred in the last 100 years and longer. Don't know how humans managed for thousands of years with just horses! Or holes in the ground instead of porcelain thrones (much of the world still lives this way). And are you kidding me, cars in town that go more than 8 mph? How will anyone survive? These newfangled televisions...boxes of sin that force people to sit for hours slack-jawed eating pork rinds for an average of 5 hours a day, contributing to the epidemic of obesity, etc.

Consider also that a wearable like a watch might actually reduce distraction by providing less distracting ways to get the same information. It's a lot easier to glance at or talk to a watch than to whip out a giant phone and type on it, and notifications can now tap your wrist instead of blaring a distracting alert tone (and maybe even give custom taps for different types, so you don't have to look at a screen at all).
 
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I am not saying that tech advances are bad. But I do think that the watch thing is just bad way to do it. As far as reducing distractions I really doubt that. All the same info is already available on the phone it is paired to. Which would be more distracting, and require less of your attention/concentration, a 12+ sq. in. Phone screen or a 1sq. In. Watch screen? A phone can be operated only using one hand the watch requires using both the arm it is on and the other hand. I think this is actually making available tech more tedious and harder to use. But that's just my take on it.
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I may just be slightly on the conservative side but ever since early 2000 some finer things in life have been degenerated by techno-mania. Like this IWatch, or what ever it´s called, who wants to browse the internet with a 1" screen? Or check e-mails? Heck, I can´t even read that small print😲 Back a few years I used to work in home electronics when HiFi meant big speakers and components to build and upgrade your systems and really enjoy sound quality. What do you got today? People buying docking stations for mobile phones thinking now I got a real sound-systems if it says Bose or Creative::facepalm1:: OMG and a big RANT🫨

Sorry, these gizmos aren't for me😁