apple watch review
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Background…• Used Apple Watch for 4
days. That was enough!• Been lover of Apple
products since 2007. • Been getting iPhone
upgrades without a miss.• I hate notifications; disabled
all my iPhone notifications (even before I got Apple Watch).
• My two kids play a *lot* with gadgets.
• I consider myself an early adopter.
• I care less about the HW specs and more about overall UX.
• I never owned a Watch in the last 10 years.
* All these are my personal opinions and nothing related to work – past, present or future.
• Overview: Date, Time, Temperature, Activity Status, Battery %, Time Zone, Next Meeting are just a configuration away.
• Security: Every time you take the watch from your wrist, and wear it, you got to enter a password. People just cant steal your Watch.
• Simplicity : As with any other Apple product, the Watch is simple and ultra intuitive. If you are a iPhone user you would find the Watch UX to be just an extension and familiar.
• Elegance : Details are given much care. The Watch has all the curves it deserves both front and back.
• Activity: Move, Exercise and Standup. Define your goals and work towards that everyday.
• For fitness freaks, the dashboard is just a tap away.
• Haptics works great to motivate you to do more. Very subtle hint (tap/vibration) on your wrist.
• Glances– A way to look at
the static data that you care about.
– You have a good deal of configuration on this.
• Apps: It’s the eco-system of wonderful apps. Some great Apps are already built for the Watch.
• Most are companion Apps and data syncs from Phone to Watch.
• E.g. Browse through the pictures from phone
• Glances– A way to look at
the static data that you care about.
– You have a good deal of configuration on this.
• Phone Contacts : You can add your Favorites and send *simple* messages and emoticons.
• Pretty good interface and experience with the messages.
• Induction Charging : This is super cool way to change any gadget that I have seen till now.
• It’s a magnetic connector and that’s it.
• iPhone Companion: Without iPhone, Apple Watch is nothing (in theory, that’s not bad but in practice it sucks)– The real cost is “iPhone+Watch”
• Notifications : As I turned off most notifications, I couldn’t do much with Watch for the most of the day.
• Monochrome Screen: For $400+ would I get only a monochrome screen? Most expensive watches are colorful, carefully crafted and Apple Watch does not look like one.
• For the battery conservation, the display is turned off until you raise it, and that *looks like* my watch is not working to others. It just looks weird when someone is wearing a watch with blank screen.
• Bluetooth : – The most painful aspect of Apple
Watch.– Watch looses Bluetooth for small
distances and after than its practically *useless*.
– Many times it *doesn’t* reconnect when I go to phone proximity.
– Because of the Bluetooth the iPhone battery *drains* pretty quickly.
• Answering Phone: – I answered twice and I looked like
an idiot doing that. – The Watch speaker/mic are not
good enough and others felt my like was choppy.
– If that was not meant to be used, it should not be there.
• Hey… there is no fingerprint sensor. So, you got to enter password every time.
• As long as you are wearing the watch, it knows you are using it. Once you take it off, every interaction needs a password.
• Mail : Just shows the preview of the email; For most emails it points to my iPhone.
• Apps : Most of the Apps are built in a way to show a notification and take you to iPhone.
• Each time I wore the watch, I ALWAYS felt that it might fall.
• It just doesn’t *feel* as secure as conventional watch strap.
• Note : Of course, this is the sport Watch but not sure if I want to spend more $s for a conventional strap.
• The base version is “$436.91” in CA after tax == The cost of any scratch and accident.
• This issue mostly with perception – I have huge problems with iPhone and iPad shatters so far. Apple Watch becomes another one in the mix that I should worry about.
• My 3 year old asked me if there is a difference between the Spiderman watch he owns and what I own?
• He couldn’t understand that it could be a gadget without having the ability to play games.
• My 6 year old daughter didn’t understand why bought an expensive watch when I could get a Spiderman watch for $15 in Target.