[Swordmaker]

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[WayneS]

I stopped reading at If you’re willing to invest in one.

I will not take advice from a person who does not know the difference between a purchase and an investment.

[Amendment10]

"Don’t get me wrong, the Apple Watch isn’t ever going to “replace” the iPhone – however, it will make sure that you no longer have to pull the device out of your pocket for every single notification you receive."

This is why I think that the Apple Watch will be very successful. It will likely prove to be a much more ergonimically correct front-end to the iPhone for many iPhone users.

[dennisw]

cost $10 and far superior to the crappy apple watch

[VerySadAmerican]

I can’t even learn how to use my moto g. An Apple “smart watch”, or a “smarter than I am watch”, is not in my future.

I wish I could figure out how to get my phone to keep beeping or something when I miss a call or have a voice mail or a text. It will beep once and that’s it.

My wife still has her old flip phone. If she misses a call or has a voice mail it “notifies” her until she acknowledges it. Know what else she can do with that old flip phone? She can actually call people. Even those how have smart phones.

[Moltke]

I discovered this while visiting the Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France when I asked the guard at the security checkpoint if he minded if I kept my Apple Watch on while walking through the metal detector. He didn’t seem to notice this wasn’t a typical watch, one that mostly shows you a black display instead of the actual time, and he let me pass through without putting the device into the plastic tray.

Think about the iWatch what you will, this is just plain stupid. A typical watch mostly shows you a black display? Mine just shows me the time of day. Like most typical watches. And the drama! Metal detector. Guards. Saved by the iWatch from a life or death situation! Sheesh.

[Leep]

With technology changing all the time it will likely obsolete in 3-5 years.

[Leep]

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[Swordmaker]

My girlfriend just called me at work to tell me the Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray with black strap I bought for her just arrived. She’s waiting for me to get home to open it.

I ordered it for her at three minutes past midnight on April 10th and they were already sold out, as they were on the black stainless steel Apple Watch I ordered for myself one minute earlier. My girlfriend’s watch had a listed delivery date of between May 13-27, so obviously Apple beat that. Mine is still showing a June delivery date.

[jlindseyx42]

History in the making, indeed. What more intrinsically valuable product could Apple have offered - the iElbowStretcher, the iCrockpot, the iLitterBox ? One has to wonder.