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What's the point of a smart watch if you can't change the dial and face however you want? It's like when carriers wouldn't let you load your own ring tones on t

What's the point of a smart watch if you can't change the dial and face however you want? It's like when carriers wouldn't let you load your own ring tones on to your phone, because they didn't want to cannibalize their own ring tone sales.

jackson1442 4y ago
even stranger since apple doesn't sell faces (with the exception of the Hermes faces which come with purchase of their obscenely expensive watch bands). seems like something they'd just shoot down in review if something got too close to an Hermes face.
jaywalk 4y ago
There's so much more to a smart watch than a fully-customizable watch face. While I fully believe that Apple should open up to third-party faces, I am quite content with the customization options that they offer now.
- ok123456 4y ago
  There may be more, but it includes that functionality at the very least. That would be the absolute base line functionality of a watch that has a bit-mapped display.
  - jaywalk 4y ago
    I'd argue that the success of the Apple Watch proves that you're incorrect.
    - ok123456 4y ago
      Success? I've never seen one worn in real life. Personally, they're a less cool version of an 80s swatch.
      - dpcx 4y ago
        I see more of them worn than regular wrist watches. Considering they sold more watches than the Swiss watch industry (2019), it's not surprising.
      - yreg 4y ago
        It's the most popular watch in the world.
  - xen2xen1 4y ago
    Yup, one of my favorite parts of having my last smart watch was making it look like a Fallout pip-boy. It would be required for me.
  - yreg 4y ago
    I think they should give us the option to create watch faces, but don't care about it much. It's very far down my priority list of what I want from Apple Watch. As for the reasons why they don't, my speculation is the following (I'm not defending them): They are worried about custom watch faces that might perform poorly or draw too much battery. Watch is a challenging platform to develop for as watchOS is very protective of its resources and won't hesitate to kill your app. But Apple probably doesn't want to kill the watch face and at the same time doesn't trust the developers to develop their watch faces to Apple's standard.
- xen2xen1 4y ago
  Any color, so long as it's black. Henry Ford, Steve Jobs.
- k4rli 4y ago
  Is there so much more? Unless using it for sports, it's basically an extension of your phone to serve notifications and that's it.
npteljes 4y ago
>What's the point [..] if you can't change It seems to be part of Apple's strategy, to focus on Out Of The Box experience, not on user configuration. And to the greater point? To make profit. The perfect product is not the point, nor is the perfectly satisfied customer.
brianpan 4y ago
> What's the point of The point of a smart phone is not ringtones. The point of a smart phone is not even being a phone anymore. It's everything else you do with it. The point of a smart watch is not cool watch faces. You want skins/customization, which is fair. But you have to admit it's not core functionality.

jackson1442 4y ago

even stranger since apple doesn't sell faces (with the exception of the Hermes faces which come with purchase of their obscenely expensive watch bands). seems like something they'd just shoot down in review if something got too close to an Hermes face.

jaywalk 4y ago

There's so much more to a smart watch than a fully-customizable watch face. While I fully believe that Apple should open up to third-party faces, I am quite content with the customization options that they offer now.

ok123456 4y ago
There may be more, but it includes that functionality at the very least. That would be the absolute base line functionality of a watch that has a bit-mapped display.
- jaywalk 4y ago
  I'd argue that the success of the Apple Watch proves that you're incorrect.
  - ok123456 4y ago
    Success? I've never seen one worn in real life. Personally, they're a less cool version of an 80s swatch.
    - dpcx 4y ago
      I see more of them worn than regular wrist watches. Considering they sold more watches than the Swiss watch industry (2019), it's not surprising.
    - yreg 4y ago
      It's the most popular watch in the world.
- xen2xen1 4y ago
  Yup, one of my favorite parts of having my last smart watch was making it look like a Fallout pip-boy. It would be required for me.
- yreg 4y ago
  I think they should give us the option to create watch faces, but don't care about it much. It's very far down my priority list of what I want from Apple Watch. As for the reasons why they don't, my speculation is the following (I'm not defending them): They are worried about custom watch faces that might perform poorly or draw too much battery. Watch is a challenging platform to develop for as watchOS is very protective of its resources and won't hesitate to kill your app. But Apple probably doesn't want to kill the watch face and at the same time doesn't trust the developers to develop their watch faces to Apple's standard.
xen2xen1 4y ago
Any color, so long as it's black. Henry Ford, Steve Jobs.
k4rli 4y ago
Is there so much more? Unless using it for sports, it's basically an extension of your phone to serve notifications and that's it.

npteljes 4y ago

>What's the point [..] if you can't change It seems to be part of Apple's strategy, to focus on Out Of The Box experience, not on user configuration. And to the greater point? To make profit. The perfect product is not the point, nor is the perfectly satisfied customer.

brianpan 4y ago

> What's the point of The point of a smart phone is not ringtones. The point of a smart phone is not even being a phone anymore. It's everything else you do with it. The point of a smart watch is not cool watch faces. You want skins/customization, which is fair. But you have to admit it's not core functionality.