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Made me giggle that the ad for this is some surfer being totally in the middle of an amazing moment and then getting distracted by a phone call. I really like

Made me giggle that the ad for this is some surfer being totally in the middle of an amazing moment and then getting distracted by a phone call. I really like my apple watch, but this really isn't selling it...

WA 9y ago
Haha yes. "Dave, could you send me this PDF real quick?"
joesb 9y ago
The same can be said about mobile phone when it was first introduced. "Look at that mobile phone ad, he was spending time with his family outside the house and then getting distracted by a phone call! This would never happen if we only have landline phone!"
- jacobush 9y ago
  Still true though.
rhodysurf 9y ago
yeah I'm a surfer and I have an apple watch. never once have I wanted the ability to use my phone while surfing, it's the antithesis of the entire activity. that video made me laugh
- fineline 9y ago
  Surfer here too, I've said it before about waterproof phones, anyone start making calls in the lineup deserves what's coming to them.
  - monk_e_boy 9y ago
    Kite surfer here, we use them to control go pros (which are out of reach, say up in your lines or on the kite) also for data read outs from Woo sensor (a trick and jump height monitor) I bet other water sports are using these watches in similar ways. E.g. GPS
    - fineline 9y ago
      Yeah but you're not sitting out on the break babbling on about work or doing selfie video calls to your partner. That's annoying enough on public transport, in the surf it would ... well it would make stand-up paddle boarders seem cool by comparison.
mark212 9y ago
But the photography on that was amazing wasn't it? Slow-mo from behind the tube, just the hand and the watch dipping below the surface. Great visual I thought Edit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvD80mNKBM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvD80mNKBM
monk_e_boy 9y ago
Surfers, windsurfers, kite surfers have gadgets on their boards (Woo, PIQ, XENSR), arms, head (gopro), kite lines, etc that we control with the watch. For example the Woo device gives you real time info on jumps and tricks. Xsensr does GPS, speed, etc. So the watch is really useful for a lot of water sports.
vidyesh 9y ago
People are so uptight now a days, just ignore the call no big deal.

WA 9y ago

Haha yes. "Dave, could you send me this PDF real quick?"

joesb 9y ago

The same can be said about mobile phone when it was first introduced. "Look at that mobile phone ad, he was spending time with his family outside the house and then getting distracted by a phone call! This would never happen if we only have landline phone!"

jacobush 9y ago
Still true though.

rhodysurf 9y ago

yeah I'm a surfer and I have an apple watch. never once have I wanted the ability to use my phone while surfing, it's the antithesis of the entire activity. that video made me laugh

fineline 9y ago
Surfer here too, I've said it before about waterproof phones, anyone start making calls in the lineup deserves what's coming to them.
- monk_e_boy 9y ago
  Kite surfer here, we use them to control go pros (which are out of reach, say up in your lines or on the kite) also for data read outs from Woo sensor (a trick and jump height monitor) I bet other water sports are using these watches in similar ways. E.g. GPS
  - fineline 9y ago
    Yeah but you're not sitting out on the break babbling on about work or doing selfie video calls to your partner. That's annoying enough on public transport, in the surf it would ... well it would make stand-up paddle boarders seem cool by comparison.

mark212 9y ago

But the photography on that was amazing wasn't it? Slow-mo from behind the tube, just the hand and the watch dipping below the surface. Great visual I thought Edit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvD80mNKBM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvD80mNKBM

monk_e_boy 9y ago

Surfers, windsurfers, kite surfers have gadgets on their boards (Woo, PIQ, XENSR), arms, head (gopro), kite lines, etc that we control with the watch. For example the Woo device gives you real time info on jumps and tricks. Xsensr does GPS, speed, etc. So the watch is really useful for a lot of water sports.

vidyesh 9y ago

People are so uptight now a days, just ignore the call no big deal.