Apple Watch - Laugh Out Loud Piece Of Junk?

[joggerjayne]

I've been reading about the Apple Watch.

Is it possibly the most useless piece of technology ever made?

Apple's website gives it a battery life of 18 hours! So if I get the early train to London, by the time I'm looking for a late train home, I have to ask someone else for the time, because my hugely expensive watch no longer tells me the time?

Apple say the battery lasts 72 hours in "power reserve" mode ... ie as long as you don't use the watch. Marvellous. So the battery is good for three days ... as long as you don't use it. So ... why would you bother wearing it?

And it will do lots of the things that your iPhone will do ... except on a teeny weeny screen, so it's harder to see.

Are we all in agreement? This is quite the most useless piece of crap ever made?

The only appropriate response to the adverts for the Apple Watch is ... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ... aaaah haaaa haaaa haaaaa haaaaa haaaaaaaa ... waaaaah haaa haaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

(or am I wrong?)

[Mamyalynne]

Certainly sounds a faff too far J agreed.

There have been a couple of threads on it...



http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1406048.html

[jim360]

I can only assume based on that that they plan soon to unveil a new charger drawing its power directly from the smugness of whoever is wearing one.

[joggerjayne]

Oh, yeah. Thanks, mamya.

I've just seen that its very, very accurate. To within a fraction of a millisecond. That's really useful. I wouldn't want to be a hundredth of a millisecond late for lunch for a friend. And these Brighton trains. They leave on the millisecond. If you're a thousandth of a second late, you have to wait for the next train.

Of course, they're slightly less accurate in the evening, when the battery has died.

[stoofur]

I especially like that fact that it will only work with a iPhone. So if some bad person saw that you were wearing an Apple watch. They also know you are carrying an expensive phone. Never a good idea to advertise that you are carrying £1000 worth of stuff on you.

[venator]

For a really good laugh, just imagine spending $12000 on the rose gold version

http://store.apple.com/us/buy-watch/apple-watch-edition?product=MJ4A2LL/A&;step=detail#

[1ozzy]

Lots of people with more money than sense will buy them, Apple will make a "Motza" and claim a first and roaring success.
Ho Hum..

I'm still waiting for a shoe phone, just like Maxwells'.

[joggerjayne]

Fabbers ... so it won't tell you the time in the evening ... but it will double as a "diamond geezer" style chunky bracelet.

[Baldric]

Well, I've had a good look at the spec.
I've got an iPad and an iPhone,
so will I be buying one,
no iWon't.

[mikey4444]

I agree JJ ! You haven't got anything wrong !

The most useless aspect of this daft item is that it only works if you have one of the latest iPhones in your pocket at the same time.

Can anyone explain why you would need this watch, if you already have an iPhone ?

[mikey4444]

Venator....for $12,000, you could buy a very nice Rolex !

[douglas9401]

Apple are merely pushing the envelope to see just how gullible sections of society have become in parting with their cash.
It could be that aficianados get their money too easy.

[mikey4444]

My prediction is that this new Apple watch will go the same way as other failed Apple products :::::

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-old-apple-products-that-totally-failed-2013-11?op=1&IR=T

[Mosaic]

On principle I never buy anything if the price isn't shown up front. So to me the apple splash page looks like a collection of 1970s digital watches. Not even interested in finding any more info.

[Jomlett]

The iPhone's Apple Sports Watch and the Apple Watch will be the must-have fashion item this summer. In the longterm, though, Apple will have to place the iPhone IN the watch, given time!

[tamborine]

Mine is cheaper SmartWatch with less Apps. It has the watch/phone + contacts/message/camera + vid/calculator/sat map/email/keyboard/hifi/pedometer/charger/2batteries @24hr each. Its compible to iphone & tablet but works standalone = £25.

Advantage is easy use while driving. Not easily snatched. Unbreakeable by dropping. Can find lost iphone/tablet. Bulky, not bling - less chance of mugging? Waterproof.

[tamborine]

Can take a sim card.

[tamborine]

And radio with earphones. Am still exploring it ;)

[Gromit]

If you don't want one, don't buy one.

// Apple's website gives it a battery life of 18 hours! So if I get the early train to London, by the time I'm looking for a late train home, I have to ask someone else for the time, because my hugely expensive watch no longer tells me the time? //

Most people do not spend 18 hours staring at their watch. Most people are near a charging point at some stage in 18 hours. The Apple watch is an accessory to the iPhone, so if it did run out, you can look at the time on your phone.
This is the first Generation Apple Watch. Battery life will improve, and battery mpower management will improve.

[Gromit]

There are other smart watches on the market. You have a choice.

// Apple say the battery lasts 72 hours in "power reserve" mode ... ie as long as you don't use watch. Marvellous. So the battery is good for three days ... as long as you don't use it. So ... why would you bother wearing it? //

People are used to this concept. Your smart phone can go a week without charging, if you make few calls. If you make a lot of calls, you will need to charge it every day. People are used to battery electronics, and they understand the more you use comething with a battery, the quicker it loses its charge. You would wear it because it is an accessory to the iPhone.

[Gromit]

It is for people who already have an iPhone. It does not work without it.

// And it will do lots of the things that your iPhone will do ... except on a teeny weeny screen, so it's harder to see. //

It is an accessory to the iPhone. The idea is that it is a quick glance device. If you get a call, text, email alert, you do not have to get your phone out of your pocket, bag, case to know who is contacting you, you just glance at your wrist. Then you can decide whether to answer or reply instantly, or do so at a time more convenient to you.

// Are we all in agreement? This is quite the most useless piece of crap ever made? //

It is not for me, or you by the sounds of it, but many people will find it helpful and a worthwhile accessory.