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Old 10 September 2014, 06:39 AM   #31
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Old 10 September 2014, 06:46 AM   #32
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I don't like charging my watch.....
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Old 10 September 2014, 02:36 PM   #33
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Iphone 6... Maybe... My 5 is still holding up fine.

I already own two smart watches. They are called G-Shocks. They sync up with the atomic clock and are deathly accurate.

I'll say it again... This "wearable technology", is not a watch. It's just another digital leash. After all, my phone tells time too, and it's not called a pocket watch. This wearable technology is just softening people up to the idea of simply having a chip implanted in your head a few years from now.

Just think... In a few years... The I-Chip. It will do everything. Take a look at your grand kid's future. Resistance is futile...

Love it and agree 100
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Old 10 September 2014, 03:10 PM   #34
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Now that we've gotten the official word on it today, I doubt I will be getting one. Simply put it doesn't do anything my phone doesn't already do, and my wrist is already occupied by my Rolex. So where would it go, in my pocket with my phone? No point.
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Old 10 September 2014, 03:24 PM   #35
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I'll probably buy into it, but it'll sit on my right wrist while my mechanicals sit on my left.
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Old 10 September 2014, 03:26 PM   #36
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Iphone 6... Maybe... My 5 is still holding up fine.

I already own two smart watches. They are called G-Shocks. They sync up with the atomic clock and are deathly accurate.

I'll say it again... This "wearable technology", is not a watch. It's just another digital leash. After all, my phone tells time too, and it's not called a pocket watch. This wearable technology is just softening people up to the idea of simply having a chip implanted in your head a few years from now.

Just think... In a few years... The I-Chip. It will do everything. Take a look at your grand kid's future. Resistance is futile...

Nicely put. "Wearable technology". May I borrow this?
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Old 10 September 2014, 03:30 PM   #37
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Watched the whole presentation. It's basically a smaller version of the phone that's already in my pocket or on my desk. I don't really see the benefit or need.
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Old 10 September 2014, 03:32 PM   #38
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I'll probably buy into it, but it'll sit on my right wrist while my mechanicals sit on my left.
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Old 10 September 2014, 03:39 PM   #39
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Ill trade in my iPhone 5 for a 6 (4.7 inch) in a few weeks when things calm down a bit. The Apple watch? Ill likely get it for my two teens first to see if they like it. They love the gadgets! In 2 years when the new model with all of the fixes to the issues they will soon discover comes out, then Ill decide. Even, still perhaps only for the gym or very casual settings.

Nothing will ever replace my BLNR!!! NEVER!
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Old 10 September 2014, 05:03 PM   #40
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Nicely put. "Wearable technology". May I borrow this?
Go for it!

I can't claim it. I heard it elsewhere. I can't remember where.
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Old 10 September 2014, 05:27 PM   #41
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I just don't like it and don't need it. the Iphone is perfect enough for what I want from it.

For watches, I stay with the watch brands
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Old 10 September 2014, 05:29 PM   #42
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Old 10 September 2014, 05:30 PM   #43
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What it amounts to is paying $350 to save me the immense trouble of taking my phone from my pocket.

But it is cool. I'll probably get one for exercise purposes. Maybe.
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Old 10 September 2014, 06:21 PM   #44
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Curious how good an experience the watch is if you only wear it on occasion. If I'm Apple I build in features that get better the more you use it, making it so eventually the watch is an essential piece of technology. Fitbit is sort of like that- you don't want to leave it off your wrist for a few days because than you won't be accruing data/counting steps/calories, etc. If Apple has a lot of apps like that and the watch is more useful if worn every day, I wonder how many people will start wearing is exclusively.
My thinking exactly, it seems like a device which is more useful the more it is in use. My cousin assures me I will one day put down my Rolex & only wear it on special occasions. I hardly ever take it off now, I don't want that to change & to be honest I can't see myself changing any time soon. However if I do feel like I want to give my Rolex a break I may get the Apple watch as a watch to wear as a beater!

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iPhone 6 Yes - iWatch maybe for the gym - It will never replace my Rolex.
I would like this as a gym watch, the issue however is, is it waterproof? Would be awesome if you could wear it swimming etc.

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I really don't understand the comparison between a $9000 Rolex and a $350 Apple device. Totally different markets and no reason you can't own both. Stop drinking so much swiss kool-aid folks; this is comparing apples to oranges. A lot of people will buy them. That you can count on. So what if it's disposable tech - it sure doesn't stop Apple fanboys from buying new iPhones every year, or Android lovers for that matter.
For me I wouldn't wear both at the same time, yet I see the advantages of wearing both. One is certainly a gimmicky gadget (I'm sold already LoL) the other is a classy mechanical masterpiece.
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Old 10 September 2014, 10:37 PM   #45
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Funny that you will spend more time winding the Apple Watch than an actual mechanical watch
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Old 10 September 2014, 10:46 PM   #46
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It's hideous and brings nothing new to the table that already hasn't been released in the last 18 months, I used to look forward to these releases by Apple, but TBH they have become much of a muchness. Just my watered down opinion.
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Old 10 September 2014, 10:48 PM   #47
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Old 10 September 2014, 10:48 PM   #48
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Naah...I would never take off my Rolex for an Apple Watch..truth be told, I didn't find it that nice looking or extra-special...
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Old 10 September 2014, 10:52 PM   #49
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They are going to offer an 18kt I-watch, there is nothing more attractive than solid gold and plastic...I'll wait for the platinum!
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Old 10 September 2014, 10:57 PM   #50
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They are going to offer an 18kt I-watch, there is nothing more attractive than solid gold and plastic...I'll wait for the platinum!
Ya, wonder what the 18k version will cost...I'll bet not $349!
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Old 10 September 2014, 11:06 PM   #51
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Is it waterproof?

I saw that it could be used at the gym but...
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Old 24 September 2014, 10:04 AM   #52
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Considering the nearly unlimited research & development funds at their disposal, one would hope that Apple doesn't leave the water sport lovers behind. Not that I care either way, as I have no desire to share my heartbeat while swimming with the rest of the world or being wired 24/7, but I wonder if the current leadership goes the extra mile ;-)


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Old 24 September 2014, 11:42 AM   #53
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Is it waterproof?

I saw that it could be used at the gym but...
I thought I heard 30m WR somewhere here.
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Old 8 October 2014, 01:41 PM   #54
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Old 11 October 2014, 02:20 PM   #55
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some quotes from well written in depth review at ablogtowatch.com:

... the Apple Watch is what the wrist watch is meant to be in the 21st century.

... The Apple Watch isn't a death blow to the original watch; in fact, it is the most watch-inspired consumer wrist gadget of all time

...Apple dedicated a great deal of time to studying and surveying the watch industry, as well as engaging in copious amounts of research on websites dedicated to watches, including aBlogtoWatch. In an inadvertent way, a lot of our work likely helped influence how the current Apple Watch was designed


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Old 11 October 2014, 08:47 PM   #56
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when I went to ATT to buy an iPhone 6, the salesman was wearing an apple phone.
very nicely designed. the review above pointed out by Rondineli is most informative and interesting...and one of the items, I absolutely did not know is that for the most part the Apple Phone is tethered to an iPhone....big negative for me. Also, the idea of playing music or getting email on a "smartphone" is just, well, ridiculous.

That said, these smartphones will evolve, and as they do, the traditional watch market will be impacted. No sense in sticking one's head in the proverbial sand, just because one has a bias toward mechanical, traditional watches.
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Old 11 October 2014, 10:55 PM   #57
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I am always skeptical of "reviews" that don't have one single negative pointed out. That link sounded like a 5 page marketing piece, not a review. Based on that article I am quite surprised the human race has survived without the apple watch...thank god its coming or we would be doomed.
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Old 12 October 2014, 01:49 AM   #58
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when I went to ATT to buy an iPhone 6, the salesman was wearing an apple phone.
very nicely designed. the review above pointed out by Rondineli is most informative and interesting...and one of the items, I absolutely did not know is that for the most part the Apple Phone is tethered to an iPhone....big negative for me. Also, the idea of playing music or getting email on a "smartphone" is just, well, ridiculous.

That said, these smartphones will evolve, and as they do, the traditional watch market will be impacted. No sense in sticking one's head in the proverbial sand, just because one has a bias toward mechanical, traditional watches.
You keep saying Apple phone but you're talking about the watch, right?

As far as the watch being tethered to the phone, I can't imagine these things selling if they weren't, and instead were a stand alone device. The only real thing the watch has going for it is the "convenience" of telling you what's going on with your phone without having to reach into your pocket and pull it out.
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Old 22 October 2014, 11:41 PM   #59
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The iwatch is to mechanical watches as mp3 is to CD's? Who knows?

I know we're getting these kind of statements from horological bloggers:

". . . what I believe to be a future inevitability: the dominance of the smartwatch as a necessary tool in the everyday lives of everyday people. . . The experience of wearing the Apple Watch is as good or better than most high-end timepieces, . . . Apple is in fact asking them [high-end watch wearers] to potentially give up something they love for something that in a few years they might not be able to live without." Ariel Adams, ABlogToWatch.com in the iWatch Review
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So are you all enjoying your Apple Watches three years later?

More seriously, I was search-surfing the goldmine of old messages on various topics, thinking about the impact of smart watches upon the WIS world. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it seems to me that at least one thing is certain: Amazingly (or perhaps not), there was NO real impact. Am I now drawing a correct conclusion to what was still a fairly open question just a few years ago?
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