Personally, I can't wait to get one. I purchased a Pebble watch a while ago when they were having a major promotion, and I've been loving it. Just as a simple remote/extension of the iPhone makes it worth it. From what I've seen of the Apple Watch, it's going to be about a decade ahead of the Pebble (B&W->color, low-res->high res, buttons->touch screen, sensors, etc...) and capable of a lot more due to better iOS integration.
Conservatively, Apple has sold 320 Million iPhones in the last 2 years ...
So, 10% of that would be 32 million Apple Watches!
I think you underestimate the utility of an Apple Watch.
You can communicate, shop/buy things, control things (your home), monitor your health, monitor the outside world -- All with a wave of your wrist ... For most things, the attendant iPhone will stay in your purse, pocket or pack!
It's called convenience!
Can you save an hour a week? Do you make more than $350 / 52 an hour?
Not to mention the enterprises who will supply them to their employees -- and parents to their kids!
Look to Oscar goody bags next year; less than a million dollars in product provides free advertising by many of the trendsetters of our day. Once this acceptance of a "non traditional design" happens, then that same design becomes a disruption to the traditional.
After that, seed the runways of the fashion world with product.
Conservatively, Apple has sold 320 Million iPhones in the last 2 years ...
So, 10% of that would be 32 million Apple Watches!
I think you underestimate the utility of an Apple Watch.
You can communicate, shop/buy things, control things (your home), monitor your health, monitor the outside world -- All with a wave of your wrist ... For most things, the attendant iPhone will stay in your purse, pocket or pack!
It's called convenience!
Can you save an hour a week? Do you make more than $350 / 52 an hour?
Not to mention the enterprises who will supply them to their employees -- and parents to their kids!
I've made the calculation, on Mac Rumors, and in September 2015, there will be about 405M compatible Iphones in circulation. By the end of the year, there would be about 460M (accounting for phones taken out of circulation). If only 5% of those buy a watch in 2015, they would sell 23M!!! I think 15-20M Apple watch sold in 2015 is highly possible and probable.
10 million sales in the first year would be a humiliating failure for Tim Cook. That's good; he'll learn from it.
It's no surprise that interest in the watch has dropped a third since September; there's no compelling reason to buy one. Apple set such a high bar with the iPhone and iPad, that it will take another spark of inspiration to challenge them.
How many owners of iPhone 5 and newer are iOS developers?
How many of these will write/modify iOS apps for the Apple Watch?
How many of these will buy Apple Watches as soon as they are available?
How many?
I've read a number of developer blogs over the past month and the difficult thing about developing for ?Watch is not having the hardware to test things on. iPad wasn't as difficult because it was essentially a bigger iPhone. Makes me wonder if some developers like Facebook and Twitter will get watches to test stuff on before the watch goes on sale.
I've read a number of developer blogs over the past month and the difficult thing about developing for ?Watch is not having the hardware to test things on. iPad wasn't as difficult because it was essentially a bigger iPhone. Makes me wonder if some developers like Facebook and Twitter will get watches to test stuff on before the watch goes on sale.
They very well may have advance watches under controlled circumstances.
Conservatively, Apple has sold 320 Million iPhones in the last 2 years ...
So, 10% of that would be 32 million Apple Watches!
I think you underestimate the utility of an Apple Watch.
You can communicate, shop/buy things, control things (your home), monitor your health, monitor the outside world -- All with a wave of your wrist ... For most things, the attendant iPhone will stay in your purse, pocket or pack!
It's called convenience!
Can you save an hour a week? Do you make more than $350 / 52 an hour?
Not to mention the enterprises who will supply them to their employees -- and parents to their kids!
And you can use Pages on an iPhone and an iPad, but that doesn't mean I want to. I'm trying to limit my technology use, not become attached to it. I like that my phone is in my pocket or face down on a table not distracting me from life sometimes. Technology is moderation is a great thing; I love technology, but I also value and cherish the breaks I get from it.
I saw a Moto Almost 360 at Best Buy and was not impressed at all. The computer renders make it look much nicer than it really is. And it's extremely light, too light for my liking. When you think of nice watches they have some heft to them. This watch felt like a dummy unit that had no electronics inside. And the fact that the band attaches at the bottom instead of in the middle makes it look like you're wearing a big aluminum tire on your wrist.
The G Watch R distinguishes itself by having a round face, but the thing makes no attempt to stand out by its looks: it is decidedly dull. Its band and case look like an ordinary black sport watch, with a very plastic feel. If it didn’t have electronic functions, the G Watch R might sell for $50.
In September, at the Apple Watch unveiling Apple (AAPL) held in Cupertino, I viewed Apple’s wearable offering up close. It is beautiful. The styling and the materials are so good, it would be worth the price on looks alone. People laugh at the square design of the thing, but as the G Watch R shows, the shape doesn’t matter if the watch is basically not attractive.
What I don't like about this watch is the diver bezel hardware they added to hide the bezel. It looks stupid and out of place when you're viewing anything other than an analog watch face. And since its hardware it can't be removed or changed (if you want something less sporty and more dressy).
And these are photos of Sony's latest smartwatch (which got a pretty bad review on cnet). Build quality looks awful. So even though it's waterproof I'd never want to wear it on my wrist because it looks so cheap.
Also text looks really small and hard to read too. I'm guessing Android Wear on screens that aren't high res isn't an eye please experience (kind of like iOS 7 on the iPad 2). I can understand wanting design consistency between Android on a phone and on the watch but I don't think a mostly white background makes sense for a watch. Just makes the bezel stand out even more whereas with ?Watch Apple is trying to make the bezel blend into the background. And most screen shots of ?Watch show text that is very easy to read.
I have yet to see an Android wear watch that would appeal to women. With ?Watch I can think of several combinations that are female friendly. Perhaps a bit of Angela Ahrendts influence there?
Finally the iWatch of 2013 is coming in 2015 sometime after others have been making smart watches for a while now (some 2nd and 3rd generation). Like the iPhone 6 this is a bit late, but who knows for sure maybe better late than never... and so far AAPL is been sucking this quarter. will see how it does at the end of January
Ridiculous title for an article. What other 'approach' is available to any consumer when it comes to a product not yet available for immediate purchase or even pre-order?
Seems right. I was thrilled to leave my wrist watch behind once iphone came along. But as we all know the Apple price doesn't include Apple Care or the cost of apps. Apple Care adds $100 to every purchase....at least. Anything not gold plated, completely water proof and highly durable will not deliver the value for the buck regardless of cost. But aside of all that...we all know that first genre ration products just that. Wait for at least generation 3 or 4.
Time will tell us.
My household has purchased at least 10 iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. The money I've saved on not buying Apple Care would pay for 2 more devices. No, Apple Care does not add $100 to every purchase.
The other day I found a website review of various smart watches with pictures of the devices on a wrist. What struck me most was how unbelievably big and chunky they all were. I am guessing that for anyone with a small or medium sized wrist theses smart watches will be just too big to wear in comfort. We will have to see how the Aplle watch compares but the fact they come in two sizes suggests that they may just be wearable by everyone and not just those with very big wrists. This could be one reason for people wanting to wait and see before considering if they will buy the Apple watch: will it be comfortable to wear?
I don't get these comments about size severely limiting the popularity of smart watches. Just look at the size of most fashionable watches over the last several years. These things are huge and they do nothing but tell the time.
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The reason smart watches haven't taken off is because no one has produced a model with the right blend of good looks and indispensable utility. Smart watches are in the same evolutionary stage as smart phones were in 2006.
Everyone needs a TV set and a phone, far less than everyone needs or even wants a watch. Frankly I'd be very surprised in one in ten iPhone owners want and buy an Apple Watch. A generous survey.
Many, many people could do without a physical TV set (and still enjoy TV-like programming). My teenaged kids almost never use "a phone." They text and Skype and whatever, but never "talk on the phone." You need to update your thinking to the 21st century. A smart device on your wrist isn't just a watch any more than a phone in your pocket is a "phone."
I don't get these comments about size severely limiting the popularity of smart watches. Just look at the size of most fashionable watches over the last several years. These things are huge and they do nothing but tell the time.
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The reason smart watches haven't taken off is because no one has produced a model with the right blend of good looks and indispensable utility. Smart watches are in the same evolutionary stage as smart phones were in 2006.
And perhaps over time there will be a shift to larger and larger smart watch faces, but for now, ?Watch is plenty big, just like the iPhone with its 3.5" 3:2 display was criticized for being too large in 2007.
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Personally, I can't wait to get one. I purchased a Pebble watch a while ago when they were having a major promotion, and I've been loving it. Just as a simple remote/extension of the iPhone makes it worth it. From what I've seen of the Apple Watch, it's going to be about a decade ahead of the Pebble (B&W->color, low-res->high res, buttons->touch screen, sensors, etc...) and capable of a lot more due to better iOS integration.
Mmm ...
Conservatively, Apple has sold 320 Million iPhones in the last 2 years ...
So, 10% of that would be 32 million Apple Watches!
I think you underestimate the utility of an Apple Watch.
You can communicate, shop/buy things, control things (your home), monitor your health, monitor the outside world -- All with a wave of your wrist ... For most things, the attendant iPhone will stay in your purse, pocket or pack!
It's called convenience!
Can you save an hour a week? Do you make more than $350 / 52 an hour?
Not to mention the enterprises who will supply them to their employees -- and parents to their kids!
Look to Oscar goody bags next year; less than a million dollars in product provides free advertising by many of the trendsetters of our day. Once this acceptance of a "non traditional design" happens, then that same design becomes a disruption to the traditional.
After that, seed the runways of the fashion world with product.
Mmm ...
Conservatively, Apple has sold 320 Million iPhones in the last 2 years ...
So, 10% of that would be 32 million Apple Watches!
I think you underestimate the utility of an Apple Watch.
You can communicate, shop/buy things, control things (your home), monitor your health, monitor the outside world -- All with a wave of your wrist ... For most things, the attendant iPhone will stay in your purse, pocket or pack!
It's called convenience!
Can you save an hour a week? Do you make more than $350 / 52 an hour?
Not to mention the enterprises who will supply them to their employees -- and parents to their kids!
I've made the calculation, on Mac Rumors, and in September 2015, there will be about 405M compatible Iphones in circulation. By the end of the year, there would be about 460M (accounting for phones taken out of circulation). If only 5% of those buy a watch in 2015, they would sell 23M!!! I think 15-20M Apple watch sold in 2015 is highly possible and probable.
Nope. I've actually watched the ?Watch design video several times. I think Mr Ive has a career in voiceovers after he's done at Apple.
10 million sales in the first year would be a humiliating failure for Tim Cook. That's good; he'll learn from it.
It's no surprise that interest in the watch has dropped a third since September; there's no compelling reason to buy one. Apple set such a high bar with the iPhone and iPad, that it will take another spark of inspiration to challenge them.
So far, that spark has not arrived.
I've read a number of developer blogs over the past month and the difficult thing about developing for ?Watch is not having the hardware to test things on. iPad wasn't as difficult because it was essentially a bigger iPhone. Makes me wonder if some developers like Facebook and Twitter will get watches to test stuff on before the watch goes on sale.
No. Everyone has, because the live feed was unwatchable, heh.
And you can use Pages on an iPhone and an iPad, but that doesn't mean I want to. I'm trying to limit my technology use, not become attached to it. I like that my phone is in my pocket or face down on a table not distracting me from life sometimes. Technology is moderation is a great thing; I love technology, but I also value and cherish the breaks I get from it.
Here's a review of the LG G Watch R.
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2014/12/19/lgs-g-watch-r-intriguing-smartwatch-is-not-quite-there-yet/
What I don't like about this watch is the diver bezel hardware they added to hide the bezel. It looks stupid and out of place when you're viewing anything other than an analog watch face. And since its hardware it can't be removed or changed (if you want something less sporty and more dressy).
And these are photos of Sony's latest smartwatch (which got a pretty bad review on cnet). Build quality looks awful. So even though it's waterproof I'd never want to wear it on my wrist because it looks so cheap.
Also text looks really small and hard to read too. I'm guessing Android Wear on screens that aren't high res isn't an eye please experience (kind of like iOS 7 on the iPad 2). I can understand wanting design consistency between Android on a phone and on the watch but I don't think a mostly white background makes sense for a watch. Just makes the bezel stand out even more whereas with ?Watch Apple is trying to make the bezel blend into the background. And most screen shots of ?Watch show text that is very easy to read.
I have yet to see an Android wear watch that would appeal to women. With ?Watch I can think of several combinations that are female friendly. Perhaps a bit of Angela Ahrendts influence there?
The ?Watch portion of the event was fine. :smokey:
Finally the iWatch of 2013 is coming in 2015 sometime after others have been making smart watches for a while now (some 2nd and 3rd generation). Like the iPhone 6 this is a bit late, but who knows for sure maybe better late than never... and so far AAPL is been sucking this quarter. will see how it does at the end of January
Seems right. I was thrilled to leave my wrist watch behind once iphone came along. But as we all know the Apple price doesn't include Apple Care or the cost of apps. Apple Care adds $100 to every purchase....at least. Anything not gold plated, completely water proof and highly durable will not deliver the value for the buck regardless of cost. But aside of all that...we all know that first genre ration products just that. Wait for at least generation 3 or 4.
Time will tell us.
My household has purchased at least 10 iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. The money I've saved on not buying Apple Care would pay for 2 more devices. No, Apple Care does not add $100 to every purchase.
All this and the ability to buy donuts too …
That would be an awesome combo with self driving cars!
"KITT? Are you there!?! I'm coming down and we're going to London!"
The other day I found a website review of various smart watches with pictures of the devices on a wrist. What struck me most was how unbelievably big and chunky they all were. I am guessing that for anyone with a small or medium sized wrist theses smart watches will be just too big to wear in comfort. We will have to see how the Aplle watch compares but the fact they come in two sizes suggests that they may just be wearable by everyone and not just those with very big wrists. This could be one reason for people wanting to wait and see before considering if they will buy the Apple watch: will it be comfortable to wear?
I don't get these comments about size severely limiting the popularity of smart watches. Just look at the size of most fashionable watches over the last several years. These things are huge and they do nothing but tell the time.
The reason smart watches haven't taken off is because no one has produced a model with the right blend of good looks and indispensable utility. Smart watches are in the same evolutionary stage as smart phones were in 2006.
Everyone needs a TV set and a phone, far less than everyone needs or even wants a watch. Frankly I'd be very surprised in one in ten iPhone owners want and buy an Apple Watch. A generous survey.
Many, many people could do without a physical TV set (and still enjoy TV-like programming). My teenaged kids almost never use "a phone." They text and Skype and whatever, but never "talk on the phone." You need to update your thinking to the 21st century. A smart device on your wrist isn't just a watch any more than a phone in your pocket is a "phone."
And perhaps over time there will be a shift to larger and larger smart watch faces, but for now, ?Watch is plenty big, just like the iPhone with its 3.5" 3:2 display was criticized for being too large in 2007.