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Serious question..do those factors affect your buying decision?
by nanijoe 14y ago
Serious question..do those factors affect your buying decision?
- stoodder 14y agoI felt the same way. I still bought the app because I've really wanted something like this. But, weirdly enough, I did look at the iPhone stats first and felt the same way. Other than that, great app!
- eddieroger 14y agoHave you ever noticed when you buy a new analog clock or are walking down an aisle that sells clocks, that the hands point to 10 and 2? It's because the clock is smiling at you. Yes, this affects a lot of people.
- Swizec 14y agoMost clocks I've seen anywhere just show the current time. In fact it's very disturbing to come to an aisle of clocks and not have them all showing exactly the same [current] time. It feels wrong. And who'd buy a stopped clock anyway? Even though you know it just needs batteries, it feels somehow dead/broken. Your subconscious tells you not to buy.
- fluidcruft 14y agoThe clocks hands are at 10 and 2 because it "frames" the manufacturer logo, which is just below the 12 on analog clocks.
- abcd_f 14y agoI like 25th frame theories as any other geek, but this is absurd. The hands are at 10 and 2 because it looks aesthetically pleasing and visually balances the clock face. Calling it a smile is a heck of a stretch. It's more of an OK/checkmark then that a smile (and this is also a stretch).
- k-mcgrady 14y agoIn all of Apple's iPhone promotional images the time is always set to around 9:40 (sometimes I've seen 9:41/42). I'm not sure the reason behind it, but obviously in this case it doesn't look like it's smiling. Does anyone know the explanation for this?
- drewcrawford 14y agoThe explanation I've heard is that they were trying to hit the time the iPhone was introduced on the Keynote screenshots. Not sure if they still do that or if it's mostly tradition now.
- k-mcgrady 14y agoThanks, that's right. I did a bit of searching a found an explanation from Scott Forstall. Why the iPhone is 9:42: "We design the (product launch) keynotes so that the big reveal of the product happens around 40 minutes into the presentation. When the big image of the product appears on screen, we want the time shown to be close to the actual time on the audience’s watches. But we know we won’t hit 40 minutes exactly." And the iPad is 9:41: Yeah! And for the iPhone, we made it 42 minutes. It turned out we were pretty accurate with that estimate, so for the iPad, we made it 41 minutes. And there you are – the secret of the magic time. Source: http://cydiahelp.com/heres-why-apples-iphone-ads-always-show-the-time-set-to-942/ http://cydiahelp.com/heres-why-apples-iphone-ads-always-show...
- iamjonlee 14y agoActually, it's because it shows the logo effectively. http://www.snopes.com/business/market/clockhands.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/market/clockhands.asp
- robryan 14y agoIt is more of a sub conscious thing, over a large sample it might well cost you a few sales.
- trhaynes 14y agoSomething that rubs me the wrong way as a language perfectionist ... "Work out" should be two words to match the others ("Post", "Drink", etc.). Love the handwriting font, calendar view, and streak badges!
- benihana 14y agoSerious answer: Yes. These factors indicate a lack of attention to detail in the very first thing a potential buyer sees.