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NY1822 said:

so comical peoples reactions to this:
Hellooooooo...they are set to release the X.
People are acting like the 8 is the only phone.

if i owned an ice cream store and just opened it, and could only sell vanilla for 2 months until my shipment of chocolate arrived, would i keep producing my vanilla cakes at the same rate as when i originally opened knowing chocolate will now be on sale?

gatorguy said:

MacPro said:

jcs2305 said:

gatorguy said:

peterhart said:

AppleInsider said:

Misidentification might also be an issue, given how similar some smartwatches can look, and the fact that many people don't follow wearable technology that closely.

I personally think a LOT of people are starting to follow the smart watch industry, especially with Apple Watch Series 3 buzz. I would hazard a guess MOST people could recognize Apple Watch...it's quite distinct.

I don't think most folks have ever SEEN an Apple watch so it would not be surprising that it's simply a catch-all name just as some people call any smartphone an iPhone. FWIW I myself have never seen one in the wild (and there's a million people in my metro area) tho no doubt some customer of mine, or someone "the next table over" has been wearing one. I've just not ever noticed. If I was looking for them I might have. 

You are actually saying you have never seen an Apple watch in the wild? I think sometimes you just post things to simply disagree with a post? My goodness..  The Fitbit has existed since 2011 and yet no-one knows about it.... and the Apple Watch is so insignificant in your metro area that you have not seen one on a single person in the nearly 2 and 1/2 years it has existed, yet somehow it has taken up the "catch all" name for fitness trackers/smart watches? 

Don't take anything he posts seriously, he is a pro-Google troll and knows he is spouting crap.  The number of people I see wearing Watches is amazing.  My wife and I evacuated Florida recently and in airports in Tampa, Boston and Manchester NH I saw so many I felt left out not owning one, I should add, my wife does and I will get one soon.  We traveled extensively and stayed at quite a few hotels in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine before we flew home yesterday.  We saw Watches everywhere.  No wonder Apple are now the number one watch (not just smart watch) today. 

That's because you "watch" for them. I'm absolutely being honest and have NEVER seen an Apple Watch in the wild. Your silly name-calling doesn't make it any different (why does a presumably smart guy even do juvenile stuff like that?). You've probably had  a hundred Moto G's pass you by but could probably answer honestly you not ever seen one in the wild. Apple Watches aren't anything I keep an eye out for, nor any other smartwatches for that matter. They hold no interest. 

It's like buying a certain color vehicle that you hadn't seen out on the roads all that much if at all. Once you start driving it they seem to be everywhere. But don't assume everyone else is noticing your new toy. They aren't. 

Soli said:

williamh said:

I don't really want anything different - very pleased with my Series 0.  I don't need sleep monitoring, at least not using a sensor that would require me to wear the watch in my sleep.  I've been using my phone for sleep monitoring and consider that more than adequate.

There are plenty of things I want, but the Series 0 has been so great in HW and the watchOS updates—now on version 4—have made the usability so much better that I haven't felt a strong need to update. While not marketed as water resistance for swimming I have worn it for swimming without issue or concern as swimming laps keeps me near the surface. I am, however, without the swimming options in the Exercise app. That, plus, sleeping would be nice options to have.

Metriacanthosaurus said:

williamh said:

I don't really want anything different - very pleased with my Series 0.  I don't need sleep monitoring, at least not using a sensor that would require me to wear the watch in my sleep.  I've been using my phone for sleep monitoring and consider that more than adequate.

Sleep monitoring is such a joke. What are you going to do? Sleep different? A friend of mine said he was thinking about getting a second Apple Watch to wear to bed for sleep tracking...I said...Why? What are you going to get out of that?

You're fucking nuts if you don't think that quality sleep is a joke. At a minimum, sleep monitoring is about recording how you sleep so you can look for patterns. Since I take my Watch off at night I don't really know how much I sleep, how quickly I fall asleep, when my mind cycles through stages of sleep, or any other potential issues, like sleep apnea.

First we need monitoring, and then we can work on finding solutions to problems, like being able to monitor sleep will be able to lead to better sleep, smart alarms that will wake you up an ideal time, warm your bed or room at a given time based on when your core body temp drops, etc. 

Want a restful sleep? Take off the damn watch and leave technology alone for 8 hours.

You're honestly saying that if you don't wear a watch to bed you'll have restful sleep? That's it?! That's your entire "professional" opinion as to why sleep affects people in different ways—everyone who can't sleep well is wearing a watch to bed? Really?!

bdkennedy said:

THIS is why I don't trust my data to the cloud. I have my own server.