I expect this will be an iFlop, except for the iFanboys.
Not many people wear watches anymore. I haven’t in years. There’s no point in it, when you’re carrying a phone around, and looking at so many other devices that has the time displayed.
I used to think that too, but sometimes it’s more convenient to just glance at your wrist, rather than stop what you’re doing to dig out your phone, and press a button.
So I dug a couple of old Seikos out of a drawer and had the batteries replaced. Wearing one right now.
According to reports, ios 8 has code for environmental sensor (temp, barometric [alt, depth], humidity), a watch would be a good place for them.
Tend to disagree. I think that this will be the central node of a triad of devices. You have an iPhone in the pocket that uses the iWatch as a control node. You have health and environment sensors that use the iWatch AND iPhone to display selected information. Yes, the current generation bass gotten out of the habit of using dumb watches but add these new features and that habit may resume.
One thing is that you seldom leave a watch at the bar like many have done with iPhones and such. If you build fingerprint or retina security into such a device (unlikely for 1st gen.), you make use that much more convenient. CONVENIENCE is Apple’s speciality and this may really be the ... (wait for it) ... “Next Big Thing!”
I'm trying to disregard the anti-Apple slur so present with people so disparaging of Apple products yet immediately drawn to Apple threads. However, I agree about not wearing watches. I haven't worn one in fifteen years or more, and I'm a senior. Too many gadgets around that will display the time so a wristwatch is akin to having a horse buggy-whip. That having been said, a wristwatch will be more useful as a health-monitoring device, and is probably Apple's target market. Personally, I'd buy one if it had a powerful laser and shot poison darts, but that's me.