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The Not-so-Obvious Design Feature of Apple Watch That Everyone is Missing
The Mac Observer ^
| July 10, 2015
| by John Martellaro
Posted on 07/11/2015 6:00:18 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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The Mac Observer nails the reason why there is such a divide on the Apple Watch PING!
Why people disagree
on the Apple Watch
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posted on
07/11/2015 6:03:51 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
Didn’t buy one yesterday.
Not today, either.
Sorry about tomorrow, too.
And I am an Apple customer.
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posted on
07/11/2015 6:10:41 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Swordmaker
Well, somebody needs to push this silly product. Finally, they’ve pushed their products too far and even the Apple fanboys are reluctant to buy. Oh well, the next product will drive them mad...
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posted on
07/11/2015 6:18:18 PM PDT
by
Deagle
(i)
To: Deagle
Oh well, the next product will drive them mad.. What's the next product, a tweeting toilet?
To: Cementjungle
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posted on
07/11/2015 6:38:06 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Swordmaker
How does the Apple Watch interact with various state laws? does it qualify as a “hands free device” so I can legally talk on the phone and drive at the same time?
This alone would make the watch worth the cost. One avoided ticket is the whole cost of the watch.
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posted on
07/11/2015 6:46:28 PM PDT
by
CurlyDave
To: Swordmaker
... having to respond to your phone or pull it out of your pocket or bag for each phone call or text message turns out to be fairly disruptive.Solution: Turn the phone off. Check it when you aren't busy. Few people will object that you didn't respond instantly.
Life is too short to be worshiping your cell phone as your god.
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posted on
07/11/2015 6:55:57 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(There is no coexisting with those who want to destroy us from within.)
To: Swordmaker
As I have written before, it is mystifying why Apple thought a wrist-borne auxiliary I/O device for the iPhone would be a big seller.
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posted on
07/11/2015 7:00:52 PM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
To: Swordmaker
I was able to compare my samsung gear to the iwatch, iwatch is prettier but my samsung gear ran circles around it in ability and battery life.
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posted on
07/11/2015 7:08:28 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: Da Coyote
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posted on
07/11/2015 7:19:00 PM PDT
by
Theo
(May Christ be exalted above all.)
To: Swordmaker
I want the Duke Boys edition with the Confederate flag.
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posted on
07/11/2015 7:53:56 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: Deagle
Well, somebody needs to push this silly product. Finally, theyve pushed their products too far and even the Apple fanboys are reluctant to buy. Oh well, the next product will drive them mad... Reluctant to buy? In whose world or reality?
The Motley Fool, using the figures produced by Slice Intelligence, the organization that claims the Apple Watch is flopping, says that between April 10 and June 26, a mere 77 days, Apple sold 5,500,000 Apple Watches at an average selling price just over $500, making a gross revenue of $2,750,000,000 (that's BILLION), which with a markup of 42% resulted in a profit of $1,155,000,000, also BILLION.
That's two million units more than Apple sold iPads in the first 90 days of their release in 2010, the best selling product release in history. In fact, Deagle, Apple sold the same number if Apple Watches in the first 24 hours as they sold iPads in 90 days.
That's hardly a flop.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:01:15 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: CurlyDave
How does the Apple Watch interact with various state laws? does it qualify as a hands free device so I can legally talk on the phone and drive at the same time? So far, the only place that has claimed it isn't handsfree, is New Zealand. Everywhere else has certified it hands free.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:03:12 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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To: upchuck
Solution: Turn the phone off. Check it when you aren't busy. Few people will object that you didn't respond instantly. That doesn't work if you are a physician on call. . . or many of quite a few other professions who need to be available 24/7. That's what makes you one of the ones who doesn't get what makes the Watch a game changer for those who do get it. Read the article.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:05:50 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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To: dila813
I was able to compare my samsung gear to the iwatch, iwatch is prettier but my samsung gear ran circles around it in ability and battery life. How were you able to compare? Did you buy an Apple Watch and use it? Somehow I doubt it. You read a spec sheet. . . and even on there the Apple Watch is better.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:08:01 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
I didn’t buy it, my spouse did, loves apple but disappointed
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:13:04 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: dila813
I didnt buy it, my spouse did, loves apple but disappointed OK. . . it helps to have two of them. . . a spouse with one.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:24:46 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
Granted, there are a few, a very few, people where instant response is a desirable thing. But for the vast number of other people... my statement stands.
My sympathy to folks who have allowed themselves to become a slave to technology.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:36:20 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(There is no coexisting with those who want to destroy us from within.)
To: Swordmaker
Nothing like another First World Problem to show us some real perspective.
Pulling an iPhone out of your Pocket is now a hindrance to leading a fulfilling Life.
I cannot believe my Father fought in WWII so we would have the Freedom to tackle these important issues head on.
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posted on
07/11/2015 9:36:37 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(I know I left my Tagline around here somewhere...)
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