iWatch, worth it ?

[J4CKO]

Anyone got one, worth having ?

I had a quick look for a thread but couldn't see anything recent.

[page3]

Yes. It's brilliant.

But then I bought an iPhone (original) and iPad (original) both of which I also thought and still think are great.

Remember though, it's first and foremost a watch. If you have no use for a watch, you'll have no use for an iWatch.

[Murph7355]

No.

[Arklight]

If you want to tell the time, buy a normal watch.

If you want to tell people you have more money than sense, buy an iWatch

[bluenosewrx]

I have one and I love it, primarily for fitness and it does everything and more my polar loop did, also handy features like seeing messages and declining calls etc without taking phone out of pocket.

Citymapper is good on it and can change tracks on the run rather than fiddle with my arm.

Get one you won't regret it

[clonmult]

bluenosewrx said:

I have one and I love it, primarily for fitness and it does everything and more my polar loop did

Apart from have an accurate HRM, or possibly do sleep tracking? Apple have acknowledged the "accuracy" of the HRM on the Apple Watch (it will only be accurate when walking, running or gentle cycling). As a result, the only decent thing about it for fitness tracking is that it can use a bluetooth HRM strap.

Its a nice gadget, but it isn't particularly good at one of its primary functions.

[page3]

Arklight said:

If you want to tell the time, buy a normal watch.

If you want to tell people you have more money than sense, buy an iWatch

Makes no sense. You only need to take a look at the watch forum here to see how cheap the iWatch is. Could save you thousands!

[Podie]

3 people in my office have one.

2 of them love it, the other thinks they wasted their money.

My observations are:

• the metal strap feels cheap. £10 Casio's feel better quality
• They are another distration (as if phones and iPads aren't bad enough in the office)
• They "ping" reminders. A lot.
• People seem to buy stands to put their watch on to charge it

Then again, I just don't "get" the concept. I love tech, but this seems like tech for the sake of it.

[bigrich4]

I bought one just over a week ago. It's not something that you need but it certainly has its uses. I like the fact that I now have my phone and watch on silent and when I get a notification the watch just taps my wrist. This way nobody gets bothered by 'ping-ping' noises all the time and it's very subtle. It's also quite good not to have to take your phone out your pocket to check simple things like the weather tomorrow or how to get to a certain place when you're walking along.
I know it's pretty much a work in progress at the moment but it's suprised me at how good it actually is. As Apple release updates I'm sure it'll improve too.
When I went to have a play with one in an Apple Store I didn't think much of it but when you're using it in 'real life' it is much better.
Oh, I also bought the 42mm Watch Sport with the black strap at £339. I really wanted the 42mm Watch with Milanese loop but at £600 I thought it might be a bit too much to pay if it turned out to be a bit rubbish.

I hope that helps you OP!

[toohangry]

I once heard someone say that they could 'triage messages at the wrist' with one on

I don't want to be that person.

[Jobbo]

Podie said:

* the metal strap feels cheap. £10 Casio's feel better quality

Is that the £129 Milanese Loop or the £379 Link Bracelet? Big ouch if the latter!

[Leithen]

I've been using an Apple Watch for a month or so now. Pretty happy with it.

It's a good watch which also does a lot of other stuff. Notifications are the best aspect for me. Out of the box you will get alerts for everything, but with a bit of selection, you can cut it down to things that you really want to know about. Then you can happily leave your iPhone in your pocket or other side of the room, and if you have an network, in other rooms or even buildings.

Went with the Sport with a black band. Very comfortable, replaced a Rolex Sub for daily wear. Battery life is surprisingly good, fitness readings very consistent.

Directions are a hoot too with different haptic taps telling you to turn right or left. Works surprisingly well.

Worth buying? Whatever floats your boat - if you end up not liking it you'll probably sell it on easily enough.

[Podie]

Jobbo said:

Podie said:

* the metal strap feels cheap. £10 Casio's feel better quality

Is that the £129 Milanese Loop or the £379 Link Bracelet? Big ouch if the latter!

The Link Bracelet.

The watch itself is nicely made, but the strap just felt cheap and nasty.

[ManFromDelmonte]

page3 said:

Yes. It's brilliant.

But then I bought an iPhone (original) and iPad (original) both of which I also thought and still think are great.

My girlfriend has an iPad (1 or 2, possibly 3) and it doesn't even have a working YouTube app any more as it apparently "requires" the latest iOS, that isn't available for that generation of iPad. YouTube is not the only app that won't work. Despite the hardware being fine, it is becoming less and less useful. I'm not really sure how that is supposed to be acceptable.

[Leithen]

ManFromDelmonte said:

My girlfriend has an iPad (1 or 2, possibly 3) and it doesn't even have a working YouTube app any more as it apparently "requires" the latest iOS, that isn't available for that generation of iPad. YouTube is not the only app that won't work. Despite the hardware being fine, it is becoming less and less useful. I'm not really sure how that is supposed to be acceptable.

That appears to be Google's decision, not Apple's.

[smn159]

toohangry said:

I once heard someone say that they could 'triage messages at the wrist' with one on

I don't want to be that person.

Yep, I read that on here. If it isn't on the PH Private thread, then it should be

[ManFromDelmonte]

Leithen said:

ManFromDelmonte said:

My girlfriend has an iPad (1 or 2, possibly 3) and it doesn't even have a working YouTube app any more as it apparently "requires" the latest iOS, that isn't available for that generation of iPad. YouTube is not the only app that won't work. Despite the hardware being fine, it is becoming less and less useful. I'm not really sure how that is supposed to be acceptable.

That appears to be Google's decision, not Apple's.

Interesting, although arguably it is Apple's decision not to support iOS 7 or 8 onto the iPad 1.

[Leithen]

ManFromDelmonte said:

Leithen said:

ManFromDelmonte said:

My girlfriend has an iPad (1 or 2, possibly 3) and it doesn't even have a working YouTube app any more as it apparently "requires" the latest iOS, that isn't available for that generation of iPad. YouTube is not the only app that won't work. Despite the hardware being fine, it is becoming less and less useful. I'm not really sure how that is supposed to be acceptable.

That appears to be Google's decision, not Apple's.

Interesting, although arguably it is Apple's decision not to support iOS 7 or 8 onto the iPad 1.

It's a difficult one. Hardware specs have changed substantially since the iPad 1, so even if the later OS versions were made to work, they'd be pretty restricted in what they could do. In my experience Apple aren't any better or worse than others with backward compatibility. I'm typing this on a 2008 machine that is happily running the latest version of OSX for example. I think the iPhone and iPad development has been pretty dramatic since the original models were released. It's only now that the latest models will be relatively unchanged in coming years perhaps.

[Digitalize]

Considering iOS9 will support every device iOS8 does, I don't really feel it's on Apple, who try to support devices for much longer than most.

[sicasey]

I've been using an Apple Watch since first release and have been impressed with it.

Not having to get my phone out to check notifications is a bonus for me.

Also, you don't see many of them (yet). I quite like that.

And battery life....it's lasted all day, every day so far.

Just go for the Sport and pass on through eBay if it doesn't work out for you.