Apple watch who's getting one?

[Yamahadivvyrider]

Oakey said:

I wondered what sort of people would buy these, now I know; people who need to ask 'permission' beforehand.

Why don't you ask her for your balls back too?

Just bought a new motorbike . Thought I'd better ask this time

[Esseesse]

The Apple Watch is not a 'smart watch' is one of the more important things about it.

[Esseesse]

Also I believe that the watch may be part of the reason the iPhone is growing.

The watch will eventually be the primary thing you take with you. The iPhone will move towards or even merge with the iPad. The iPod (Classic) has just been discontinued, replaced effectively (over the years) by the iPhone.

[Rude-boy]

clonmult said:

So the big question - what function do these watches perform that makes them so compelling to some people?

Not iWatch but an answer to your question (in part)

Mrs has a SGS5 and a Gear Fit watch.

She is into her jumping about and staying fit and exercises most nights. It keeps track of her heart rate, steps and so on which seems very interesting to her.

Most importantly though it means that she knows that someone is calling her or has texted her without having to look at her phone or check it all the time. In the office it has to be on silent and is usually in her handbag. Likewise when at race tracks it is not audible when it rings even on the highest setting with the most piercing ringtone known to man.

They have their uses for those that wish to use the current functions but for me they need to be another 2 or 3 generations before i will really look at one.

[Otispunkmeyer]

The watch is an interesting concept (though we have come full circle here, don't need a watch because you have a phone, now you don't need to check your phone because you have a watch).

I'll check them out when the battery lasts more than a week or so.

[Vanya]

XJSJohn said:

why can't they make a kinetic generator into the watch that could at least provide trickle charge to the battery ??

© XJSJOHN 2014

Pocketwatch version = win win!

Win1: A few spins on the chain for a quick charge.

Win2: JD preserves his street image.

[FourWheelDrift]

z4RRSchris99 said:

a watch that doesnt last a whole day? ill stick with my rolex

maybe Trevor Bayliss can make a wind up version.

[Morningside]

XJSJohn said:

why can't they make a kinetic generator into the watch that could at least provide trickle charge to the battery ??

© XJSJOHN 2014

A load of iWatch users doing the wker sign to charge it up.

[Fatrat]

Esseesse said:

Also I believe that the watch may be part of the reason the iPhone is growing.

The watch will eventually be the primary thing you take with you. The iPhone will move towards or even merge with the iPad. The iPod (Classic) has just been discontinued, replaced effectively (over the years) by the iPhone.

I certainly hope this is not the future. For those of us who don't have 20/20 vision and fat fingers and thumbs, trying to reply to emails or texts on a watch will be impossible.

I really wanted to want one of these but I just can't see the point of them. If the watch tells me I have an email or a text then I will get my phone out to read it!

Maybe I need to wait for the Apple Watch Plus

[BoRED S2upid]

Oakey said:

I wondered what sort of people would buy these, now I know; people who need to ask 'permission' beforehand.

Why don't you ask her for your balls back too?

I was just wondering why all these permissions were required to buy an Apple product, I can't even imagine how that feels having to ask permission from your wife to buy a watch!

[Miguel Alvarez]

Esseesse said:

Miguel Alvarez said:

I won't be. They look nice enough but like most things of this ilk it'll be next to useless in a few years. I have a fairly uselss Abacus watch lying around that I could sync with my then Sony phone.

What if you can change the internals?

The iWatch or the Abacus one?

I did briefly look at changing the internals on the Abacus and a few other of my old watches but decided it was going to cost far more than I was happy to spend and would require a lot of faffing about on my behalf.

[quote=clonmult
They're next to useless right now.

I'm more intrigued by people who decided to go for any form of smartwatch, why are they doing it?

I have one of the Fossil/SE MBW-150 watches. First and foremost I thought it was a good looking watch, it could also double up as a method of reading incoming messages, could see if an incoming call was worth stopping my bike ride, etc. etc. What a bug surprise, it was shockingly bad at these, and I can't see any reason why a Moto 360, Apple Watch or Pebble would be any better, or somehow enrich my life.

The genuine use cases for smartwatches seems to be virtually non existent. The HRM in some of them isn't anywhere near as good or useful as a Polar or Garmin. They're normally useless on their own (GPS tracking and data related work tends to be done by the phone).

So the big question - what function do these watches perform that makes them so compelling to some people?

The Abacus was made by Fossil from memory so we probably have the same watch. Mine was to be fair ok at doing what it said on the tin. The problem came when even the newer version of Sony phone refused to sync with it.

I agree with not seeing the benefit. I'm sure the iWatch is a step up from the Abacus but I'm past the age of caring about being contactable and monitoring my messages that much. I keep promising myself I'm going to find an old Motorolla flip phone with about 6 ring tones and chuck my dependency on technology in the bin.

[Miguel Alvarez]

BoRED S2upid said:

Oakey said:

I wondered what sort of people would buy these, now I know; people who need to ask 'permission' beforehand.

Why don't you ask her for your balls back too?

I was just wondering why all these permissions were required to buy an Apple product, I can't even imagine how that feels having to ask permission from your wife to buy a watch!

Lol I don't ask but I do give her heads up one is incoming. That way if she doesn't approve we can get it out of the way. Don't want her bad vibes ruining new watch day.

[Rude-boy]

Miguel Alvarez said:

Lol I don't ask but I do give her heads up one is incoming. That way if she doesn't approve we can get it out of the way. Don't want her bad vibes ruining new watch day.

I like my approach.

"Look love (shows her picture on phone) I just won £100 on the fruit machine!"
"Wow that's good..."
"I know, and here's a picture of the RC car I have just bought with the money!"

[Foliage]

Is it a substitute for a phone ie does it have a sim card or does it have to have a iphone to go with it?

[Miguel Alvarez]

Rude-boy said:

I like my approach.

"Look love (shows her picture on phone) I just won £100 on the fruit machine!"
"Wow that's good..."
"I know, and here's a picture of the RC car I have just bought with the money!"

My usual approach has been to take her shopping then go try one. She'll be so bored and uninterested she'll tell me "yeah buy it if you want" just to get me out the shop.

"Hey presto babes I took your advice what do you think of my new watch...... that you approved"

But I digress. I shall not be getting any smart watch anytime soon.

[Yamahadivvyrider]

I don't think it has a SIM card.it links up to the phone.my main reason for wanting one is it'll makeva decent hands free for the car. And bike..

Well that's what I told her beloved

Edited by Yamahadivvyrider on Tuesday 30th September 13:55

[james_tigerwoods]

Miguel Alvarez said:

"yeah buy it if you want"

Danger, Will Robinson!

[Debaser]

XJSJohn said:

why can't they make a kinetic generator into the watch that could at least provide trickle charge to the battery ??

© XJSJOHN 2014

Seiko have had watches on sale for years with that technology (well, almost - I think they use a capacitor rather than a battery).

[FourWheelDrift]

First public appearance of the iWatch - http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/30/apple-watch-fi...

Is this the market they are aiming it at?

[clonmult]

Rude-boy said:

clonmult said:

So the big question - what function do these watches perform that makes them so compelling to some people?

Not iWatch but an answer to your question (in part)

Mrs has a SGS5 and a Gear Fit watch.

She is into her jumping about and staying fit and exercises most nights. It keeps track of her heart rate, steps and so on which seems very interesting to her.

Most importantly though it means that she knows that someone is calling her or has texted her without having to look at her phone or check it all the time. In the office it has to be on silent and is usually in her handbag. Likewise when at race tracks it is not audible when it rings even on the highest setting with the most piercing ringtone known to man.

They have their uses for those that wish to use the current functions but for me they need to be another 2 or 3 generations before i will really look at one.

The gear fit is more like the fitbit than a "smartwatch" as such. And from the looks of it, the HRM functionality on it isn't that accurate so essentially useless for training - you're almost better off having no HRM than having one that gives inaccurate readings.

It still strikes me as a solution looking for a problem, only when all these functions are in one device - and not split between the phone and a watch - will they become pervasive.