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@Gl3n Swatch were cheap enough to allow for it though. iDoubt the iWear will be. And as RyanDS said. It's nice to have something I don't have to charge. That doesn't become obsolete. That is a classy statement that says "Hey, look at me, I care about time" the way a gentswatch does. I have a swatch btw The more we talk about it the less likely I think it is that it will be an iWatch. iBand or iWear or iMove or anything other than iWatch. That said, Ives is rumored to have said that Switzerland is fucked. He's always come across as a clever guy so I find that unlikely. |
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Tonka 31,980 posts
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It bloody was. And in massive demand during certain lectures at college, too.
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I also had one of these:
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spindizzy 7,755 posts
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Registered 17 years agoGl3n wrote:
I really don't get this. I know people with iPhone 3GS. The laptop I use every day is from 2009. My home iMac is also from 2009 and works brilliantly.
RyanDS wrote:
Yeah and I wonder whether Apple's obsolescence issues with their portable tech will come into play.
Unlike just about everything else I own my watch is the one thing I never change. I've had the same Seiko Kinetic on my wrist for 7 years. Only get's taken off at night.
Prior to that I had the same watch for 9 years until it broke.
So I find it really annoying that I like the idea of the iWatch, but I know I would never ever use it.
Swatch was an amazing marketing exercise in persuading people to swap out their watches every few months.
I can't see Apple deviating from their upgrade-upgrade-upgrade mentality for the iWatch.
Of course Apple bring out new models of their products, but it's not like they gratuitously break older products ... okay, sometimes the latest/greatest iOS version runs like a dog on really old hardware, but it's not like you HAVE to upgrade! And at some point, it's just inevitable.
That said, I probably wouldn't buy a MkI iWatch (or whatever it gets called)... this stuff all evolves rapidly for the first few generations. And if the battery life is really -
gamingdave 5,087 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAs a watch collector I have plenty of watches to choose from, but one gets 90% of the wrist time. I couldn't be a one watch man though as I like to be able to change, and enjoy watches for more than their functional aspect.
Even my oldest watch keeps excellent time, and hence is not obsolete, despite being 68 years old. The bulk of my watches are from the late 60's and 70's and all keep more than acceptable time. One keeps time to 0.03 spd.
An iWatch (along with all the Android Wear watches too) will fast become obsolete though. The screens will get better, the batteries will last longer, and CPU/GPU will improve. For simple notifications this will not be an issue, but as the years roll on (and it won't take long) they will be expected to do more and more, and that is when the early models will struggle. Just like my old 3GS chugs these days.
Of course people are happy to upgrade phones fairly frequently, so perhaps it won't be such a hurdle.
I'm certainly interested to see what they come out with. I assume it will only work with iOS which rules me out, unless the new iPhone does something really special to tempt me back from Android (and comes either in 128GB model or has SD card support - fat chance on the latter). -
If they're smart they'll position this as something you can either wear instead of a watch OR as well as one.
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kalel wrote:
That could make sense...and be a reason why (if rumoured) they're announcing something today yet only a short while back employed the top watch designer
If they're smart they'll position this as something you can either wear instead of a watch OR as well as one.
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Tonka 31,980 posts
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I hate the way Google images makes those robot watches look all shit -
DaM 17,729 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIf they get this right, it could be massive.
They weren't first to the MP3 player, smartphone or tablet markets, but revolutionised those.
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CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoFor me, I'd rather something without a screen, as I already have a nice watch I like (not TAG) and whilst I would love the track my exercise/lifestyle and stuff, I really don't want to change my watch if I don't have to. Something like the Jawbone Up would be great for me, just a band that tracks my movements but is sleek and unobtrusive. -
TarickStonefire wrote:
Not true, trends rarely work that way in fact.
And "due for a fall", they're only "due" something when they deserve it
I think Apple were probably the defining brand of the noughties and people will look back on white earbuds and iphones the same way we look back on Sony Walkmans in the 80s. But with that comes a danger as we're well into the next decade and people are very aware that these things are a little passé now.
This is a big product for Apple. It feels a bit like their Discman or Minidisc to me, but who knows. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThey would never have acquired beats had jobs been alive, either.
They won't fall into obsolescence like they did in the 90s again, but they really need to get this one right.
They have taken their eye off the home computer market and the gadget/fad market is so fluid that all it will take is one genius idea from a competitor to push them down a notch. -
Salaman 24,162 posts
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Registered 17 years agogamingdave wrote:
As a watch collector, how do you feel about the gentlemanly classiness of the TAG watches?
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PES_Fanboy wrote:
SO DID I.
I also had one of these:
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In 1984, if you needed to carry 2,000 characters of data on your wrist, this iWatch predecessor was the answer
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Deckard1 wrote:
I remember a kid at school had one of those. All it did was play the Bond theme, but I so wanted one.
This was the absolute shiznit.
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