iWatch

[jmorgan]

ZesPak said:

jmorgan said:

Hey up, taken apart.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Teardo...

I read that, don't get their teardowns of smartwatches. Who's going to take it apart?
Maybe just the battery replacement. But then again, the battery should easily last 3 years, by which time this has been made obsolete about 3 times?

It's interesting to see what is in them, even if there is no repair. Nice to see what it probably costs vs apple inflated......

[Leithen]

jmorgan said:

It's interesting to see what is in them, even if there is no repair. Nice to see what it probably costs vs apple inflated......

My God! You mean they make a profit on these things! You'll be telling me they aren't a charity next...

[jmorgan]

I would probably give that charity a suitable donation if it were a true stand alone.

[ajprice]

jmorgan said:

It's interesting to see what is in them, even if there is no repair. Nice to see what it probably costs vs apple inflated......

Yeah, the Apple Watch battery is 205mAh, Android Wear watch batteries are usually 300-400mAh, some bigger than that. Probably explains the battery life Apple are stating as up to 18 hours. My 'no st sherlock' prediction: Apple Watch 2 will need a bigger battery.

[anonymous-user]

smn159 said:

Mine arrived this morning - well it's actually for the wife so I haven't opened it yet...

We had a similar package arrive here yesterday as well!

The Watch has landed... I will let you have my thoughts in a couple of weeks

[DeuxCentCinq]

Burwood said:

Don said:

My Rolex was about £450 to service.

I love it but I don't wear it any more. I wear the Pebble Steel and will wear the Apple Watch.

I'll probably use the Rolex for social occasions as it will prevent me from responding to Notifications whilst at them. This is a good thing when trying to be polite.

Mine is 11 yrs old covered in scratches never services. Il do so when it stops.

You sound like a 20 year old girl with a Peugeot 206.

[Hoofy]

DeuxCentCinq said:

You sound like a 20 year old girl with a Peugeot 206.

You don't need to service a watch. You do need to service a car to make sure it doesn't end up killing someone. That said, as resident bad ass and keyboard warrior, I should let you know that I can kill an iWatch wearer at 5 paces with a Submariner*.







* - providing it's had a regular service.

[Bullett]

Surprised that this hasn't popped up on here yet.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technol...

[audi321]

Yeah hot wrist! I wonder how hot these things will get, I know I wouldn't like my phone permanently attached to my wrist when it's been used sometimes

[Vaud]

audi321 said:

Yeah hot wrist! I wonder how hot these things will get, I know I wouldn't like my phone permanently attached to my wrist when it's been used sometimes

Not very, at guess, given Apple's attention to the customer experience. The battery is very small, it can't play video so the very very battery hungry, heat generating sources aren't there to cause heat in the first place.

[Kermit power]

I'll probably end up with an Android equivalent at some point, but it's certainly not worth dumbing down to an iPhone for...

[DeuxCentCinq]

Hoofy said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

You sound like a 20 year old girl with a Peugeot 206.

You don't need to service a watch.

Yes. Yes, you do.

[CountZero23]

ZesPak said:

I read that, don't get their teardowns of smartwatches. Who's going to take it apart?
Maybe just the battery replacement. But then again, the battery should easily last 3 years, by which time this has been made obsolete about 3 times?

Paying £300 for a watch which won't even last 3 years. Mental.

[leglessAlex]

CountZero23 said:

ZesPak said:

I read that, don't get their teardowns of smartwatches. Who's going to take it apart?
Maybe just the battery replacement. But then again, the battery should easily last 3 years, by which time this has been made obsolete about 3 times?

Paying £300 for a watch which won't even last 3 years. Mental.

Technically any tech is obsolete when the next generation comes out, so I don't think the Watch is any more mental than an iPhone which has much the same useful life span and is double the price.

I agree with ZesPak re. the teardown, but I guess they do it just because they can and because it is kind of interesting to see inside this thing.

I went to see these at the Apple Store yesterday, a couple of things struck me. Firstly, I didn't get the instant 'I want this' feeling that I usually get with new Apple products, either Apple are losing their mojo or I'm getting older and more sensible. Secondly, I thought the 42mm was too big unless you have large wrists although the 38mm was a very nice size.

[CountZero23]

leglessAlex said:

Technically any tech is obsolete when the next generation comes out, so I don't think the Watch is any more mental than an iPhone which has much the same useful life span and is double the price.

The difference is that the phone will still 'work' after 3 years but the watch will be unuseable.

Then I really don't 'get' spending £600 on a phone either, replacing my Galaxy S2 with a Moto G next week. After a week without a phone seriously considering not getting one at all, it's been very peaceful.

Do we need yet another trinket in our lives to distract us?

[Oakey]

CountZero23 said:

The difference is that the phone will still 'work' after 3 years but the watch will be unuseable.

Then I really don't 'get' spending £600 on a phone either, replacing my Galaxy S2 with a Moto G next week. After a week without a phone seriously considering not getting one at all, it's been very peaceful.

Do we need yet another trinket in our lives to distract us?

I'll have your trinkets if you don't want them?

[jjones]

CountZero23 said:

The difference is that the phone will still 'work' after 3 years but the watch will be unuseable.

Then I really don't 'get' spending £600 on a phone either, replacing my Galaxy S2 with a Moto G next week. After a week without a phone seriously considering not getting one at all, it's been very peaceful.

Do we need yet another trinket in our lives to distract us?

The Moto G is a very good phone for the cost, maybe look up zenphone 2 also although these are not out yet.

[leglessAlex]

CountZero23 said:

The difference is that the phone will still 'work' after 3 years but the watch will be unuseable.

Then I really don't 'get' spending £600 on a phone either, replacing my Galaxy S2 with a Moto G next week. After a week without a phone seriously considering not getting one at all, it's been very peaceful.

Do we need yet another trinket in our lives to distract us?

Oh I don't know about that, only the batteries would be the problem and I'm sure in three years time you'll be able to send your Apple Watch to someone to get the battery replaced for not a huge amount of money. It's not as if a smartphone battery will be much cop after three years worth of charges.

If you're not a fan of trinkets, why have a smartphone? If the answer is because you use the functions of a smartphone then is it really so hard to imagine that people will use the functions of a smartwatch?

You may think the Apple Watch is a gimmick but then I know people who think smartphones are a gimmick and use an old Nokia. Different strokes for different folks.

[Zoon]

CountZero23 said:

The difference is that the phone will still 'work' after 3 years but the watch will be unusable.

Why?

[p1stonhead]

Zoon said:

CountZero23 said:

The difference is that the phone will still 'work' after 3 years but the watch will be unusable.

Why?

Software updates will slow it and soon the updates will stop altogether like the iphone generations which lose support after a few years. Itll be more than 3 though but probably not more than 5.