Jeb Bush says Apple Watch not intuitive, knocks battery life in 'review'
In a recent interview with Business Insider, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush shared his thoughts on Apple Watch, which he is often seen wearing on the campaign trail, and rattled off a few of his favorite apps.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush sporting a Space Black Apple Watch. | Source: Jeb Bush via Instagram
Conducted at a town hall address in Milford, N.H., the short session dealt only with Bush's take on recent Apple technology, specifically Apple Watch. Bush has been seen wearing the device at campaign stops, debates and other public venues.
"It requires a lot more work than it needs to," Bush said. "It's not as intuitive as the other Apple products. The battery gets out too quick, I don't have time to learn all the applications, but it's cool."
He went on to speculate that Apple will iron out the kinks with next-generation Watch models, making them more fully featured and easier to use. Despite its flaws, Bush plans to stick with Apple Watch -- or "iWatch" as he called it, referring to the name media outlets gave the device prior to its release -- for the foreseeable future.
"Until someone comes out with something better, I'll probably keep mine," Bush said.
On apps, presumably iOS titles considering Bush owns and uses an Apple Watch, the presidential hopeful named CBS Sports Fantasy first, a must-have for keeping tabs on his fantasy football team. He also named The Associated Press' AP Mobile app, Kayak for campaign trail traveling, Amazon's Kindle and The Wall Street Journal. In all, Bush has about 40 apps in regular rotation.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush sporting a Space Black Apple Watch. | Source: Jeb Bush via Instagram
Conducted at a town hall address in Milford, N.H., the short session dealt only with Bush's take on recent Apple technology, specifically Apple Watch. Bush has been seen wearing the device at campaign stops, debates and other public venues.
"It requires a lot more work than it needs to," Bush said. "It's not as intuitive as the other Apple products. The battery gets out too quick, I don't have time to learn all the applications, but it's cool."
He went on to speculate that Apple will iron out the kinks with next-generation Watch models, making them more fully featured and easier to use. Despite its flaws, Bush plans to stick with Apple Watch -- or "iWatch" as he called it, referring to the name media outlets gave the device prior to its release -- for the foreseeable future.
"Until someone comes out with something better, I'll probably keep mine," Bush said.
On apps, presumably iOS titles considering Bush owns and uses an Apple Watch, the presidential hopeful named CBS Sports Fantasy first, a must-have for keeping tabs on his fantasy football team. He also named The Associated Press' AP Mobile app, Kayak for campaign trail traveling, Amazon's Kindle and The Wall Street Journal. In all, Bush has about 40 apps in regular rotation.
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All he is stating is that the battery life is not yet good enough, and that future versions will improve, and in the meantime, he will keep using his current Apple Watch.
I'll bet he's like a lot of Watch users. And he's being honest. Leave it at that.
What he said there is basically a publicity for Apple because people will just say, well Jeb could use it and he's an idiot, so I guess i can too...
I'm better that pinheads phone died quicker than his watch.
I tried to find a Photoshopped image of this, and you;don't believe a didn't find one! haha
He's wrong, 100 reviewers says so and I say so. Battery life is not short. So, mr. fat lips should shut his mouth and keep his lying for his own voters.
He says he likes it and he's going to keep wearing it, and by all accounts upgrade to the next one. So I really don't see a reason for him to lie about it. Seems like he's giving his honest opinion. Maybe because he's confused about how to work it, he's got a lot of power draining things turned on; or he's perhaps got so many notifications happening during the day, and the day of a presidential candidate lagging in the polls is a lot longer than most, not to mention he gets a lot more notifications then most (probably including yourself), that it's draining his battery faster than most.