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  • Compare the Series 4 Apple Watch 40mm and 44mm sizes to older models with this printable g...

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    dm3 said:
    They're too big. Why does Apple suddenly have a fixation with size.
    If they would have kept the same 38mm size, I'd be in line for a gen4. But I don't want a bigger watch. 

    Pretty soon we'll have iPhone sized watches and iPad sized phones, and they'll make a iPad the size of a laptop.... oh wait.
    The perception and acceptance of the 'perfect size' is a moving target. When the first iPhone came out there were many comments about it being ridiculously big for a phone. When the large Androids came out they just looked silly but now nobody bats and eye when you hold an 6" device to your ear. As Watches and tAndroid equvelants prove themselves to be ever more useful I am sure they will continue to grow. I am not sure Apple has a fixation with size (maybe it is you?), they are just moving with the times. Design is not and never has been a 'fixed thing'. Not to evolve and develop = moving backwards. T'was always thus.
    SoliStrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • Apple research continues on combining iPhone, iPad with MacBook-style accessory

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    When I use my Mac, be that a mbp or iMac I always have my iPhone close by for calls. To have my phone locked away inside my computer would be an inconvenience. 
    watto_cobra

  • Two new books offer very different looks at Apple founder Steve Jobs

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    nunzy said:
    Steve Jobs was a saint. A creative genius. And the best huckster the world has ever seen. He made billions of dollars.
    I'd argue that your first sentence entirely undermines anything that might come after. We all know Steve was no saint, don't we? He is one of my heroes for many reasons, and I will read both books because I find his story endlessly interesting, but I have few illusions about his sainthood :smile:  Like my children - I love'em above anything on this earth and would take a bullet for them without question. I also think they are totally awesome, but I have no illusions about what shits they can be. Steve was great but he was no saint.
     
    mike1nunzybryankdlolliverjony0

  • What it was like to give up my Apple Watch after three years of constant use

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    Soli said:
    paxman said:
    I like the idea of leaving the iPhone behind. I would still be able to see what texts and mails come in, as well as calls, but all the news and social media that beckons at every spare moment would be gone. Accessing twitter or fb on a watch is not great and neither is writing long emails. I spend a much time in front of my Mac and tend to spend too much time starting at my phone. The Apple Watch (I have the 2) would perhaps help me be a little more mindful of the moments around me. I am not sure this would be Apple's idea of How the watch should fit into the ecosystem but it's a thought :smile: 
    I'm hoping the iPhone get deprecated in utility the way the iPad did as being the middle ground between my iPhone and Mac to where I haven't bought an iPad for myself in many years because when I'm stationary (i.e.: seated) I prefer my Mac and when I'm mobile (i.e.: standing) it's not portable enough so I mostly use my Mac and by removing the iPhone as the Watch becomes a more important part of my routine I'm hoping the iPhone can follow a somewhat similar path (although not entirely because the iPhone will still be needed at times due to the limited UI of the Watch). Not being on social media as much because it's not practical with watchOS sounds like a bonus to me, but I'm sure that others would find that to be a dealbreaker.
    Some may indeed find that a dealbreaker, and I get it. But personally I would miss very little by not being able to access the groups I follow on fb. Instagram is fun but if you shut it down I wouldn't miss it. News at my fingertips at all times is overkill in the same way 24 hr cable news is. And I too am a Mac person and I'd be fine waiting until I was sitting down with my laptop. But getting rid of my iPhone? That would be a big step!
    lolliverwatto_cobra

  • What it was like to give up my Apple Watch after three years of constant use

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    I like the idea of leaving the iPhone behind. I would still be able to see what texts and mails come in, as well as calls, but all the news and social media that beckons at every spare moment would be gone. Accessing twitter or fb on a watch is not great and neither is writing long emails. I spend a much time in front of my Mac and tend to spend too much time starting at my phone. The Apple Watch (I have the 2) would perhaps help me be a little more mindful of the moments around me. I am not sure this would be Apple's idea of How the watch should fit into the ecosystem but it's a thought :smile: 
    watto_cobrabb-15