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1000 Dollars...pricey! As for the iris scanner, if Apple can make it as practical to use as Touch ID, then great, if not then don't include it.

Good on Apple, your home is your refuge, your safe house, your little part of the planet you claim as your own. It should not be compromised if at all possible. If I were to automate my home at some point, I wouldn't want to go with anybody else. I do have my issues with Apple on some fronts, but one of the main reasons I stick with them despite that is their priority on security and customer privacy.

When the Watch came out a couple of years ago I thought it was a missed opportunity on Apple's part that they made it rectangular rather than circular, as all smartwatches back then were still bulky ugly rectangles. I've seen a few circular Android smartwatches lately and some make for a handsome design. The patent illustration here is circular. Still I'm glad now that Apple stuck with the rectangle. As the whole smartwatch industry now seems to have chosen the circle, resulting in designs at times almost indistinguishable from each other. But you see an Watch today and you instantly know what it is and who makes it. Almost as distinctive as when the first iPod came out and you could tell who had one and who didn't by the then distinctive white plastic wrapped wires of the EarPods.

This article made some good points, but still comes across to an extent as pro Apple propaganda.

A nice idea in concept, especially for game impoverished Mac users. But way too expensive! So still a nonbuy for me and probably many others too. Make that fee an all you can eat monthly rate like with Netflix et al and they might of had a hit on their hands.