G+_George Kozi Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Originally shared by George Kozi My impressions about the Apple watch. 1) it looks nice 2) it is designery 3) it looks thick 4) it wants to do too much. Have you seen all those tiny app icons jammpacked on the tiny screen? A wearable should not try to be your phone on your wrist. It should do only a few things well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brenton Stringer Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 people have been saying that Apple were sitting back and watching where the others failed so they could bring out exactly what people really want. Well, this looks like a gen1 pebble compared to the Moto or LG offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 You can see the Sir Jony Ive touch on it, but I think he had to dress up a chunky thing to make it presentable. The moto 360 on the other hand has the right functionality and proportions, but lacks refinement. The ideal would be a Moto 360 polished by Jony Ive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 oh, I haven't handled it. What I said is solely based on what I saw on the screen and the impressions I got. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Damian Mongru Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm not sure about the Apple watch - we'll have to wait and see what the prices of the other editions are. It does look think, although they have placed the watch strap in the middle (depth-wise) of the device so it doesn't appear to protrude too far from the wrist. Also, nice job on redesigning the way to change watch straps. Also, some of those straps looked very nice. Unlike other watches it doesn't look like you can easily use it on your right-wrist. The home-screen looks incredibly busy. One of the advantages of the app-store model is that your phone may be used for only one thing e.g. you may have a million social-media apps, but that one thing would be different to other people's phones. Similarly, some may want the watch for fitness, others for social-media notifications etc. The watch needs to accomodate all those things. Why don't other companies take the time to refine their products. Maybe part of that process is listening to customer feedback. Apple's watch does look like they have thought about the problem (although I think you can already do most of this stuff on Android Wear). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Keith Stansell Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Damian Mongru - I don't see why it wouldn't work well on the right arm. I would guess there is a setting that rotates the screen 180 degrees. The watch bands also look like they could be reversed. The only difference at that point would be the position of of the dial at the bottom and button on top.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Damian Mongru Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Keith Stansell it will probably work fine with a screen rotation. The watch may have been designed for years, but the button placements are seemingly arbitrary. Why not have a digital crown with a kind of push-button. That way you could flip the screen knowing it was designed with everyone in mind. I assume the ApplePay/NFC antennas would still work okay - or maybe you just need to push the watchface against the sensor. Again it seems Apple get a slight pass on some of these things (which is fine considering their track record). E.g. there was a discussion with the Samsung Gear about not being able to take photos with the watch on your right wrist even though this is wrong, whilst on Macbreak Weekly Leo said, I'll use it [AppleWatch] on my left wrist and just get used to it. Similarly, there was a lot of problems with square-watches* saying normal people wouldn't use Android Wear because it's not like a normal watch and wait for the 360. Overall though, it looks beautiful, if still a little chunky for my tastes. I'm sure it will be fine on right or left wrist, and will sell ridiculously well. *Even though we've had square watches for a long time and there is no reason a watch needs to be round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Keith Stansell Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Damian Mongru - I agree the placement of the button and crown seem a bit arbitrary. Personally I think it would be more aesthetically pleasing if the crown was centered on the side. I'm not even sure what the button is for, from the demo it only seems to be for pulling up contacts quickly. If anything, seems like they nailed the whole changeable wrist band system. It appears to be a very sturdy but easy to use. Those are the little design touches that makes Apple products so appealing (to me at least). I'm sure it will sell well. I've bought into the Apple Eco system and enjoy my Apple products and their interoperability, but don't personally see a compelling reason to get one yet. I'd probably just mostly use it as a remote for my AppleTV. That is a lot of money for a remote. It also looks a bit bulky for my tastes and I don't really need more distractions at this point. But I'm holding out judgement until I see it in person and see if there is a killer app for it beyond sending your heart rate and doodles to other Apple Watch users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Damian Mongru Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Keith Stansell I agree with everything you have said. As with all products (dare I say, especially Apple products) you do have to see them in person to understand the all-round elegance of the device. With Apple making great products, 'staying in the ecosystem' is an easy thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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