No one had ever come up with anything like it before Apple invented it.
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PUH-LEASE that attachment method has been around for ages , sliding something into an opening that is larger than the exit slot .. WOO-HOO that’s never been thought of before. It may not have been used on a wrist-phone before but that doesn’t make it special. It sort of reminds me of middle ages door locks which used wooden dowels...
When Chrysler first used “super velcro” to attach vehicle interior components 35+ years ago did they patent it? NO ,, Why ? because it was an obvious use of the product. Apples “tab a” into “slot b” is just as silly a thing to patent... I bet I could patent a used kleenex by these standards.
BTW .. does this watch have the ability to tell time for more than a day or does it still require user intervention to charge?
Neidermeyer, PUH-LEASE, show us ANY EXCHANGEABLE WATCH STRAP SYSTEM that uses such a connection. Any. Any at all.
You are an idiot of you think that a DOOR lock is the standard for prior art on a Watch strap connection to the watch. The watch industry was struck dumb by the system Apple came up with and were shocked they had not, in over 200 years of making watches, come up with such an elegant solution. That is the quintessential definition of innovation and patentable invention. YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THE SIMPLE FACT THROUGH YOUR DELUSIONAL APPLE HATRED!
Show us this system ANYWHERE. On anything. It's simplicity for multiple materials whether using hardware or just interchangeable with a molded strap is also unique. And Samsung is trying to steal the invention. Do you even know that there are PORTS beneath the connection for future expansion that allows future STRAPs to have electronics in them that can connect to the watch? I thought not. It is truly innovative. . . And you can do nothing but throw rocks and slurs.
As for the battery capacity of the Apple Watch, mine has lasted up to 48 hours between charges, but I usually don't push it. Every night when I take the watch off, I put it on a stand where it acts as a clock and charges it while I sleep. I am not using it while I sleep so what do I care. . . But if I wake up, I can see it and know the time at a touch. Nothing to plug in at all. It charges by magnetic field impedance. Taking the watch off and putting it down I would not call "user intervention." It's far less user intervention than winding my $3000 Stürhrling I used to wear before getting my Apple Watch, which had far less functionality for me.
Seriously, you have no idea how foolish you look, do you?
This is like someone who upon hearing about an MRI or CAT scan machine, starts bad-mouthing the technology saying “Oh, we have had photographs for over a century”. You sound like an idiot.
Worse, you are completely unwilling to even bother to LOOK at your local mall, to walk into an Apple store and waste some Apple Associate’s time and ask some very basic questions. The Apple Associate is paid by the hour, not upon commission - you won’t hurt his income; and Apple can afford it. This way, you can see what incredable - SIMPLE - non-obvious, innnovations Apple has made to the humble watch; and you will be like everyone else who took the time to investigate. You will say “Holy Sh*t, why didn’t someone bother to re-think this approach over 50 years ago”.
This way - you won’t look like a pathetic moron - because it’s just embarassing. In case you didn’t know; a CAT scan (Computerized Axial Tomography) machine and an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Scan machine are not the same as a photograph - just thought you ought to know that.
Otherwise, my comparison just wouldn’t make any sense at all to you.