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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Looks nice in that fake computer graphic. But look at real work pictures of the watch vs the Apple watch Look how damn massive that round watch looks! Zero bezel tech would have made it much mor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 But if Apple has zero bezel technology than the current rectangle AppleWatch would be even smaller. Its simple geometry. You can't get around it. The round watch will always be worse for showing text at…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Show me a good looking and nice User Interface round watch. It does not exist. Because either you have to compromise with a tiny usable screen or have a HUGE screen that is usable. I don't understand why that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Its not lazy. Its a FACT. I can only go by what is REALITY. The reality is the round watches all look clownish. I'm not going by some imaginary round watch by Apple that does not exist. But you can li…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 If fashion was the #1 priority they would have made a round watch. You are the champion of the strawman argument, sog. I'll give you that. In all of this thread... every post I've written here... I sta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Sorry but the Samsung watch looks like my $10 Timex But hey if thats your taste so be it. That's a lazy response. I'm sure that the other poster is imagining what Apple could have done with a round shap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Bottom line is the Watch is still a computing device. Apple can spew all they want about it being about style. Sure. Fine. But its primary purpose is a computing device. A computing device that looks …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 A wearable will eventually replace the smartphone as the go to personal device. Anyone with the slightest amount of intelligence or vision can see this. The transition may take 5 years or 15 years. But its g…
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sog35 wrote: » So why doesn't Apple make a round iPhone? Don't sell them short. Simple: because iPhones aren't worn. Nor are Ferraris (nor are they sold in volume... it's more like a club of rich people). Same is true of a high-end watch or …
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sog35 wrote: » Another picture proving why Apple will never release a round smartwatch Notice how much more BULKY the round watch looks. This is Samsung's latest watch. Looks clownish and Cheap. Even though there is way less USABLE…
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mac_128 wrote: » And just what is your expertise in this matter? Indeed it may be simpler than you think it is. Apple has already dealt with something similar, in the transition form the 3.5" display to the 4" display. Likewise for the iPad. D…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Yuk. That would be ugly as hell and wasting a ton of screen space. A rectangle image in a round screen? Thats your solution? No way Apple allows that. The App makers would have to redesign their entire…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 There are literally THOUSANDS of different bands you can wear with an AppleWatch. Also options to paint or plate your watch with different metals. Its very easy to get a unique looking AppleWatch. Ma…
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nolamacguy wrote: » they were. without a doubt. as a non watch wearer before AW, I don't give a shit about somebody else wearing the same leather strap watch on his wrist. we aren't peacocking our wrists around. but if I were that sort, I'd proba…
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rogifan wrote: » Exactly. People make it sound like this is so simple. Just like those who think it would be easy for Apple to make an ARM tablet with OS X on it. The fact is Apple thinks about these things longer and harder than anyone on an Inte…
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bluefire1 wrote: » Cartier, TAG Heuer, Baume and Mercier, Franck Muller and others make gorgeous watches with square faces. I'm hoping that future Apple watches continue with the same shape, albeit a bit thinner. And all of those companies make g…
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radarthekat wrote: » Those who believe round is the appropriate form for a smartwatch should look at watch bands. The part of a watch that covers the rest of your wrist, wrapping all the way around the wrist, does not have round protrusions. It'…
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radarthekat wrote: » I think that's also a mischaracterization of the facts. Remember Steve Jobs saying that Apple will never do a smaller iPad because people would need to file down their fingers to use it? Well, even when he said that it was a…
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foggyhill wrote: » Man, for someone so in tune with esthetics (sic), your tone deft when it comes to women's fashion. This the size distribution of women's watches sold on Nordstrom's web site 461 Under 30mm (yes, this is very small...) …
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radarthekat wrote: » You've characterized this incorrectly. Apple holds off on some changes, like screen size, until the technology is right. Because Apple also thinks in terms of power efficiency of its devices. IPhonrs have for a long time b…