Time for an Apple Watch forum?

[MacInWin]

We have forums (fora?) for everything else, why not the Watch? I've looked and haven't found a really good Watch forum anywhere else.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

From what I've been able to tell, there aren't enough Apple Watch related/specific discussion that is cluttering up a sub-forum to warrant it being pushed out. Now, it's entirely possible that people aren't discussing the Apple Watch due to a lack of a specific sub-forum dedicated to it...but chicken egg problem there..

 

[pigoo3]

This has been mentioned before. I seem to remember around the August timeframe. I checked into how many Apple watch threads we had in the 2 months prior to that...and I think I found something like 5 threads.

Not saying it wouldn't be a great idea if we had lots of Apple Watch discussions. To be honest...can't remember seeing many (or any) Apple watch threads recently. We need a bunch of Apple Watch "traffic" for a new area to make sense.

Start a revolution Jake!

- Nick

 

[pigoo3]

Now, it's entirely possible that people aren't discussing the Apple Watch due to a lack of a specific sub-forum dedicated to it...but chicken egg problem there..

Very true Ashwin!

- Nick

 

[pigoo3]

Just remembered. The description of the "Other Hardware and Peripherals" sub-forum was modified to help address the "Where does an Apple Watch question/thread go?":




- Nick

 

[KevinJS]

We have an Apple Watch subforum on iPhoneForums. I haven't checked for posts in it because I use the "Active Topics" feed, but it seems to me that it hardly gets used.

I just checked. 49 threads in over a year, plus the usual spam that inactive subforums seem to attract. Of those 49 most seem to be purely chat threads like "Which watchface are you using?" Hardly earthmoving stuff.

 

[MacInWin]

Just remembered. The description of the "Other Hardware and Peripherals" sub-forum was modified to help address the "Where does an Apple Watch question/thread go?":


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- Nick

Not exactly high visibility there, Nick!

Seriously, I have just gotten an AW and am struck by the lack of any major boards anywhere. There are a few that have sporadic posts, but nothing near to this site in terms of friendliness and helpfulness. As Ashwin said, it's chicken/egg. So maybe if I keep this thread active there will be enough others coming out of the woodwork to make it useful.

Anyway, the latest version of the watchOS came out today, installed fine for me. I wasn't having any of the problems it fixed, but it is nice to know Apple is staying on top of it. My wife got it for me for our 50th anniversary last week, and I really like the thing. I didn't know if I "needed" one or not, but having it for a week now I don't know how I got along without it before. It's a combination watch, exercise band, heart monitor and iPhone extension all rolled into one. I usually end up with about 35% power left at bedtime even using it for exercise between 45 and 90 minutes/day. If you are on the fence about one, I say go for it!

 

[KevinJS]

Just remembered this one, Jake. It may be of interest to you.

tp://www.applewatchforum.net/forums/ (outdated link removed)

Looking at the names of some of the contributors, I can tell you that there are some very knowledgeable people there.

 

[MacInWin]

Kevin, I've been there. Knowledgable, but not very active over there. Most of the forums have mostly inactive threads from months ago. Maybe there isn't a "mass" of users large enough to ask a lot of questions. Frankly, the watch is pretty easy to use and "just works" so maybe a discussion forum isn't THAT useful. But we'll see what the response is here. So far I seem to be the only commenter who has one.

 

[KevinJS]

Could be. I only knew it existed because one of the admins carries a link to it in his signature on the iOS forums. I'm not a member, or likely to become one.

 

[harryb2448]

Very good thread heading Jake. 'Time' for an Apple Watch forum!~!!

 

[lclev]

I head over to macrumors when I want to discuss the Apple Watch as I have not noticed a lot of people on this forum who have one or post about them. I was planning on heading over there to see if others had noticed the HUGE improvement in battery usage with the recent update to 3.1 (81% after 9 hours)

Lisa

 

[chscag]

Thought I read somewhere that sales of the Apple Watch were down quite a bit and disappointing this past quarter?

 

[lclev]

Thought I read somewhere that sales of the Apple Watch were down quite a bit and disappointing this past quarter?

Yes, sales are down for what was reported but with the Watch 2 just coming out recently those figures are not out yet. Also the iPhone 7 sales have not been as spectacular as hoped for but there may yet be a windfall with Samsung Note 7 switchers. Also the Watch is outselling other smartwatches.

http://bgr.com/2016/10/24/apple-watch-sales-q3-16-major-decrease-apple-market-share/

*** and that still does not mean we don't need an apple watch forum section ****

Lisa

 

[pigoo3]

Not exactly high visibility there, Nick!

The main thing we were trying to address with that was insuring folks knew where to post an Apple Watch thread. Call it an in-between improvement...somewhere between having nothing Apple Watch related & a dedicated Apple watch sub-forum.

Obviously as a person who just got an Apple Watch you have a personal interest in something like this. If you have an Apple Watch question or concern...start a thread. I don't think the existence or non-existance of a dedicated Apple Watch sub-forum is going to change the quality of the responses you get or the number of responses you get.

I for one when visiting Mac-Forums always click on the "New Posts" link. Thus regardless of where a thread is posted...I see it. Maybe other folks do the same thing.

- Nick

 

[chscag]

We probably could combine the Apple Watch with the Apple TV in one forum. Since we don't receive many posts regarding the Apple TV either, maybe that will drive some traffic there. What do you think Apple Watch owners?

 

[pigoo3]

*** and that still does not mean we don't need an apple watch forum section ****

Yes Lisa...you have an Apple watch too!

- Nick

 

[lclev]

Yes Lisa...you have an Apple watch too!

- Nick

Well yes - and truthfully I am not sure a separate forum would generate more traffic for the apple watch as I am not sure how many of the members have one. Combining Apple TV with Apple Watch does not seem intuitive to me. I am not sure that would make it more visible.

Lisa

 

[chscag]

So then can we assume that you are happy with the status quo?


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[lclev]

It would be nice to have one but at this time I don't know if it would generate more topics on the Watch. Maybe if it were more prominent it would. I, like you, tend to hit New Posts and My Posts when I get on the forum so posts on the Watch I would see. I really have no preference either way.

Lisa