Apple Watch

[Luther Mac]

Apple watches shipping? Anyone else get one of these? Found this in another forum.

Delorean88

I should have got one but I got screwed by the Apple Store employee.

Bought a apple store gift card for my wife's AW. Immediately got on the Apple Store App at 12:01am. Put my order in and it showed a delivery date of April 24th. Went to submit payment to find out that the App doesnt allow for Apple Store Cards to be used as payment. Credit Card only.

Had to go to the website. By this time it is 12:05am. Delivery time is May.

By 12:15 it was June.

It is kinda baffling that the Apple Store employees can be so ignorant on a new product launch.

 

[chas_m]

Re-reading this entire thread, it's pretty funny to watch the pivot happen.

 

[Luther Mac]

Re-reading this entire thread, it's pretty funny to watch the pivot happen.

For sure. Im guilty 110%.

My wife wanted one, so I had to look into it more closely. Then my $3000 Tag Heuer took a **** for the 5th time and Im over it. Plus, Ive been wanting to buy another Polar HR monitor.

It appears the AW will have some usefulness after all. If for myself it only fixes 2 issues I'll be happy. It replaces my nice dress watch & it saves me the money I would have spent on more Polar stuff.

At $350 for a Sport model, the AW is a bargain for me compared to just the 2 gadgets I plan on replacing it with.

 

[EGSExec]

So frustrated with the Apple Store experience regarding the watch. I went with my girlfriend to take a look in person. She gave her information and once we were both called up to be shown the watches, the lady kept trying to "sell" us on a watch. I don't need to be sold. We simply wanted to get our hands on a watch. She actually asked what she could do to have us place an order today! Come on. This is below the Apple standard. My girlfriend and I tried to talk amongst ourselves about the watch and this lady kept interrupting. It all seemed very scripted. This isn't the way I've come to know Apple. Why the sudden change?!

 

[TattooedMac]

So frustrated with the Apple Store experience regarding the watch. I went with my girlfriend to take a look in person. She gave her information and once we were both called up to be shown the watches, the lady kept trying to "sell" us on a watch. I don't need to be sold. We simply wanted to get our hands on a watch. She actually asked what she could do to have us place an order today! Come on. This is below the Apple standard. My girlfriend and I tried to talk amongst ourselves about the watch and this lady kept interrupting. It all seemed very scripted. This isn't the way I've come to know Apple. Why the sudden change?!

Im sure the Apple Staff are pretty sick of people just going in to look at the watch and "get their hands on one". The bottom line is, Apple is a company that sells products, and trained staff can tell if your just window shopping, so its in their right to try and get you too buy one.

 

[Drella]

Love the watch. But the battery is so poor

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Love the watch. But the battery is so poor

What does poor mean? Does it last the entire day or what? From the get-go the Apple Watch is known not to last for many days without charging..

 

[vansmith]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how a smartwatch makes anything easier. None of them do anything particularly well except for notifications and honestly, why would I want to spend a few hundred dollars on something that my phone already does just fine? I think, in some ways, this is the heart of all the ambivalence that surrounds the watch - what does it actually solve? From where I sit, smartwatches create a problem (a lack of connectedness to our devices) and do a terrible job at solving it.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how a smartwatch makes anything easier. None of them do anything particularly well except for notifications and honestly, why would I want to spend a few hundred dollars on something that my phone already does just fine? I think, in some ways, this is the heart of all the ambivalence that surrounds the watch - what does it actually solve? From where I sit, smartwatches create a problem (a lack of connectedness to our devices) and do a terrible job at solving it.

Van, I generally agree that there isn't a killer app for the Apple Watch yet. However, I don't think it will be long before there will be that or many of those kinds of apps for different people to make this a potential worthwhile purchase.

I look at this from the perspective from a few people I know that recently switched from flip or "dumb" phones to smartphones since the upgrade price was essentially $0 for the Android phones..

These were the folks that were adamant about not doing anything other than making phones calls and occasional text or what have you. However, having made the switch, the entire smartphone experience is a "killer app" for them and now they are questioning why they waited so long..

I think giving the entire smart watch group (Android, Apple or otherwise) a little bit of time might provide some interesting things that work well alongside the capabilities of the phones..

 

[vansmith]

I have no doubt that, at some point, smartwatches will develop some sort of functionality that will increase its utility beyond "notification tray." For this reason, I may sit a generation or two out with an eye on its possibility.

 

[RONE]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how a smartwatch makes anything easier. None of them do anything particularly well except for notifications and honestly, why would I want to spend a few hundred dollars on something that my phone already does just fine? I think, in some ways, this is the heart of all the ambivalence that surrounds the watch - what does it actually solve? From where I sit, smartwatches create a problem (a lack of connectedness to our devices) and do a terrible job at solving it.

Women who keep their phones in their purses and never hear the thing ring/beep/etc. You're welcome.

 

[vansmith]

Women who keep their phones in their purses and never hear the thing ring/beep/etc. You're welcome.

Put the phone in your pocket? Your suggestion seems to be one premised on buying something to solve what could easily be a change of habit. And, honestly, given that most people seem to be wedded to their phones these days, missing a notification or two may not be all that bad.

 

[pigoo3]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how a smartwatch makes anything easier.

You can measure your heart rate easier!lol

But seriously. Some of the health, fitness, or even medical related apps sound pretty interesting. But these still would't be enough for me (by themselves) to encourage me to purchase an iWatch.

Since I'm used to wearing $30 digital watches (that can last me 5, 10, or more years)…just need to replace the battery every couple years. I think that I need a MUCH lower iWatch price.

And I CERTAINLY don't want to spend $350 on an iWatch…just to have it be obsolete in 1-2 years…and then worth $75 bucks.

And remember what happened with the iPad 1…and how it was limited to only iOS 5 after only a couple years. Don't want this to happen with the iWatch 1.

I'm spending enough money on computers, smartphones, and tablets that become obsolete…that I don't need a 4th electronic device category to suck more cash out of my wallet.

- Nick

 

[dtravis7]

Hey Van, it has iTAP! Don't you want a tapping on your wrist? Grin

 

[TattooedMac]

What I am wondering., is how many Apps the Watch can hold ? Apple ships with 20 in-built Apps, but how many can it hold.. Whats the capacity ?/ Did I overlook this, because everyone seems to be eyeing off the battery life, but how big is the onboard storage ??

 

[dtravis7]

Here you go!

Apple Watch Has 8GB of Storage, Limited to 2GB for Music and 75MB for Photos - Mac Rumors


8GB.

 

[TattooedMac]

Thanks Dennis. I thought there would be something otut there, but couldn't recall hearing anything about it.
now i know that, you would think that the higher priced watches, would have a higher capacity to store songs, and the likes. 8GB isnt huge, but then gain, either are the Watch Apps . . .




Written on my iPad Air 2

 

[dbm]

Put the phone in your pocket? Your suggestion seems to be one premised on buying something to solve what could easily be a change of habit. And, honestly, given that most people seem to be wedded to their phones these days, missing a notification or two may not be all that bad.

Ladies fashion means women don't want to do that in many cases. My wife hardly wears anything with pockets. And if I suggested changing her wardrobe so she hears her phone ring I would be sleeping on the porch...

 

[vansmith]

I'm spending enough money on computers, smartphones, and tablets that become obsolete…that I don't need a 4th electronic device category to suck more cash out of my wallet.

You and I both. The three devices, which all serve a useful purpose for me, work just fine.

You mentioned fitness which would genuinely be a nice use for it...were it not 3-5x as expensive as other devices which do the same. I'm still looking for that killer use.

Hey Van, it has iTAP! Don't you want a tapping on your wrist? Grin

The haptic feedback is likely the most annoying feature (yet one of the most useful given that it's a watch and needs to alert you silently). I don't need my wrist vibrating all day.

Thanks Dennis. I thought there would be something otut there, but couldn't recall hearing anything about it.
now i know that, you would think that the higher priced watches, would have a higher capacity to store songs, and the likes. 8GB isnt huge, but then gain, either are the Watch Apps . . .

I thought the intent was that things would be "pushed" to the watch on the fly from the phone (and why reviews say some apps take ages to open). Maybe that explains the low amount of available storage?

Ladies fashion means women don't want to do that in many cases. My wife hardly wears anything with pockets. And if I suggested changing her wardrobe so she hears her phone ring I would be sleeping on the porch...

Fair enough. I suppose my response would be to take your phone out of your purse or simply ignore the notification but I realize that everyone has different needs.

 

[TattooedMac]

You and I both. The three devices, which all serve a useful purpose for me, work just fine.

The more I think about this watch, the less I'm liking it. I feel the same, and if I was a huge traveller, or sportsman, then yes it would be of benefit too me, but after looking at the iFixIt ~ Watch Teardown then I'm not really sure if these are going to be the next iPods.
Funnily enough, they do mention in the article about maybe Apple will have a upgrade program, for the insides of the Watch. I made this prediction in another thread here. In 3-4 yrs, the OS will be obsolete, and 2-4 yrs after that, maybe the Hardware will be too. So what will happen to all these really expensive watches, when the OS can't keep up with todays computing ??

I thought the intent was that things would be "pushed" to the watch on the fly from the phone (and why reviews say some apps take ages to open). Maybe that explains the low amount of available storage?

Yea, well thats my thought, BUT the Apps being made within the App updates are going to take up some room. I haven't yet delved into the WatchKit, so I can't tell you what size these will be, including 4 Size icons . . .
Still 20 Pre-installed apps, would get my goat going, because there isn't a way to hide these and they will be front and centre of the watch