Will you buy an Apple Watch?

[tigerfan33]

Don. I only wear glasses when I need to read small print. I swear print is getting smaller and my arm needs to grow a tad longer to read

 

[Ronnie-]

Don, I always just zoom the page in to fit what size is comfortable to read, so text is not much of an issue when it comes to screen size for me. For icons there is a standard and zoomed view.

I do where contacts 100% of the time, but no other reading correction.

 

[Foxbat]

I was lucky that one of the engineers at work got the 6+ so I was able to handle it in person and without the security cable as in the store. I carry my iPhone in my pants front pocket and I couldn't do that with the 6+ which made it easier for me when my 5s went for a swim in the washing machine.

After listening to the pundits discussing the Apple Watch I am warming up to the idea of getting one, but like I waited for the iPhone 4 before getting an iPhone, I'll end up waiting for generation 2 or 3.

 

[TheForce]

I'm betting the watch will have several updates on software with longer upgrades to hardware than the phone or ipad. What we may see is more options on the bands. Maybe a titanium model added to the mix. Longer battery may be down the road a ways but we'll need to see a new technology for that and nobody is even hinting on that. One area I would look for is a solar powered model that seems quite possible for Apple in a Gen 2 release maybe in 2 years. When solar is out, I will be ready for the next generation.

Roland- as opposed to just saying you will wait for gen 2, make a decision what you really would like to see that would make you want it. You got mine-- solar. What's your wish list? BTW- I've owned two solar powered watches and loved them both.

Might be a good sub topic- What we would like to see better in the Apple watch before we buy. ( besides lower price)

 

[Foxbat]

I'm going to reserve my want list until I actually get to try one on. My main concern about the thickness of the watch may not be a real issue depending on how it fits my wrist. I'm used to a Seiko Digital Chronograph that is maybe 5-6mm thick. The Apple Watch is twice as thick, but that is measured from the bump on the back to the front of the crystal so it may not be as high off the wrist as it seems.

 

[TheForce]

My old Seiko Diver's watch is 13.5mm. My Sony is 9mm. My Tissot T-Touch is 14mm. Apple Watch is said to be 10.5mm

I can read e-mail on the Sony but I need my reading glasses. To just read the time, weather, who is calling me, I can read those alerts without glasses. I think the Apple has a clearer screen so it may be easier than my Sony to read. I need to try the 38 vs 42 on before deciding. Both are the same thickness.

 

[navychop]

Wouldn't internal memory be faster than an SD card?

 

[StevenD]

Wouldn't internal memory be faster than an SD card?

Yes, but I have never run into an issue where my SD card wasn't fast enough on any of my Samsung phones.

 

[TheForce]

It may be a point, however, with the 6+ where that camera is able to record HD video at 240 fps. On my edit computer, I had to resort to a special memory card off the PCIe bus, 256GB with dual channels to get 2 streams of 60fps video to flow. That memory card is 4 times faster than the SSD drives. While SD cards are available in very fast speeds today, I don't think it would work for the 6+ 240 fps video speeds. But for all other uses, I'm sure the XC micro SD cards will be plenty fast.

 

[tigerfan33]

http://watchaware.com/post/8076/developer-42mm-is-ideal-apple-watch-size

I may switch to 42mm according to this. Reading text easier due to bigger face does make a difference says this developer. I may make a trip to Apple Store between April 10-24 before ordering.

 

[mike123abc]

I am still planning on buying a low end version to play with and see where it goes. I do like most features of my current "not smart" watch - atomic radio controlled, solar powered, titanium, water resistant 200 meters, etc.

 

[TheForce]

Which solar powered one do you have? I'm also considering getting the Tissot T-touch solar they just came out with as a sport watch to wear when I'm in the water or have trouble charging the Apple watch, but the Apple will be my main one. I have the original T-Touch titanium and it is not very water resistant. Wore it swimming in my pool and it flooded. Got it repaired but a year later the altimeter and thermometer broke but still keeps good time, so I also need a good sport watch as a backup to the Apple and will likely go for the Tissot T-Touch solar. It's a bit bigger (thicker) than an Apple watch however.

 

[mike123abc]

Which solar powered one do you have?

I have a citizen blue angels in titanium. Amazon product ASIN B001QFYKTA

 

[TheForce]

That's really a nice watch! I have an old ecodrive solar here but it too advertised "Never needs a battery" then after 7 years the LiION wouldn't hold a charge more than a day. Citizen wanted over a hundred $ to replace the LiION in it. It's here in the drawer now dead as a doornail. It was a basic diver's watch with a calendar date. I think I just paid $200 for it way back when. I also lost the bezel. Must have caught it on something. Citizen said they could not replace that part. When the Citizen solar died, is when I bought the Tissot T-Touch.

Anyway, I put in a bid on ebay for a new T-Touch Expert vintage 2011 model that is supposed to be an improved version as it has a back light and it is supposed to be actually waterproof. It's not a solar but after looking at the solar model I changed my mind and scrapped the idea. I actually like your Citizen much better and that bezel looks like a slide rule. Is that right? Do you use it or is that just a novelty now? I have a calculator built into my Sony smartwatch2

Anyway, I hope I win the bid on ebay as I really need two watches, one smart watch which will be the Apple for 99% of the time and a good rugged watch for off the grid, swimming and hiking in the desert or... off the grid. The Tissot T-touch with built in compass and altimeter will fill that bill. I actually used those two functions allot on the original T-Touch. I hope the T-touch Expert lasts longer than my original.

 

[navychop]

Let us know how that turns out.

 

[mike123abc]

I actually like your Citizen much better and that bezel looks like a slide rule. Is that right? Do you use it or is that just a novelty now? I have a calculator built into my Sony smartwatch2

Yes it is a slide rule, and no I do not use it. I tried it out a few times when I first got the watch, but when I have a scientific calculator available on my cell phone it is not needed. What I use most on it is the ability to have one time on the hands, and a different one on the LCD display. When I travel I keep local time on the hands and my home time in the display. When I am at home I keep the day/date on the LCD.

 

[navychop]

I wonder when I forgot how to use a slip stick. Probably about 5 minutes after I got a good calculator.

I think that white plastic slide is still in a drawer somewhere around here.

Does ANYBODY remember how to use one?

How many ever used a circular slide rule?




I guess it's time for me to read up on what an Apple Watch actually does.

 

[navychop]

Well, searching for actual Apple Watch features tends to yield a bunch of "it's 38mm, no, it's 42!" And "it's got colors!" And "you can get it in steel! Or aluminum alloy!"

And other tedious crap. Even the so called features list at Apple is really marketing BS.

What I've found: It does nine tents of nothing that I can't already do with my iPhone 6+.

More convenient to stick your wrist to the checkout? Meh.

Room/car key/pass? Probably coming to the iPhone without the watch.

Extended Fitness features? Useful for some, double Meh for me.

eBay, weather, market notifications? "You're getting CLOSER" in Target? Really?

I see little of interest to me. And hard to see any wide appeal.

Again, have I missed something?

 

[tigerfan33]

That's about the extent of it.
I can see most having no interest in the Apple Watch.
My interest started with the purchase of the 6+ (easier to read bigger screen gave away to tougher to carry at work).
The watch fills that void for me. That is if it works as reported. The other is the fitness aspect for me.
Doesn't need to be 100% accurate for me to be happy.

 

[Kraven]

I don't even have a regular watch or a cell phone