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I was happy to use my Pebble and now, my android wear devices to track my running pace. I run about 4 miles a day. Honestly, the iWatch is just too pricey for w

I was happy to use my Pebble and now, my android wear devices to track my running pace. I run about 4 miles a day. Honestly, the iWatch is just too pricey for what I would use it for.

coldtea 12y ago
If $300 sounds to much for a fashion item, it's probably not for you. Heck, I don't think I'll buy one either. But then again, consider that people buy $300+ headphones (Dre's) because of how they look, fashion etc. And they are not even the best headphones out there, whereas this is probably the best smartwatch. Or that people bought iPods for $300 or more just 6 years ago. Without video or phone or camera. Heck, I bought my first iPod for ~$800 10 years ago (complete with a black and white LCD display). And that's the 1st gen. In a year, it will be like $200 or $100 for the same thing or the new model. So, yeah, it might flop or it might sell, but it won't be due to its price.
- DannyBee 12y ago
  "If $300 sounds to much for a fashion item, it's probably not for you." Fair enough, but i have to say, I feel like i'm taking crazy pills here. So apple releases it and suddenly it's a fashion item to have a clunky, square watch. Just a few short months ago, i was reading nytimes articles about the current crop of smartwatches saying "'They’re just not that attractive,' said Mr. Dawson, 'they are all clunky and square'" But now suddenly it's a fashion item to have a clunky, square watch? (I understand fashion is fickle, but this is really really fickle :P)
  - girvo 12y ago
    Agreed. Apple make beautiful devices that are fashion accessories... but this isn't one of them, in my opinion.
    - Schwolop 12y ago
      I know it's wasteful to cut the corners off LCDs to make them round, but I am a little surprised that Apple didn't go that route just for novelty value if nothing else. Would've made a nice interface paradigm with a rotary dial on the face too.
      - Bud 12y ago
        You're surprised that Apple didn't make a fundamental design decision for novelty value? Not sure you have been paying attention to Apple lately.
        Schwolop 12y ago
        Ok, ok; bad phrasing on my part. I meant that with Apple's branding around affordable luxury and challenging the status quo, a round screen would most definitely have been a talking point for this product and a differentiator from everything else on the market. That said, I've since been reminded about the Moto360 which _did_ have a round screen, so my point is moot anyway.
      - CamperBob2 12y ago
        Round LCDs do have an undeniably cool look: http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MG_5280.jpg http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MG_5... But I have a feeling Porsche has just used an ordinary square panel here, with its edges concealed by the gauge bezel. A watch designer doesn't have room to pull off a visual trick like that.

I was happy to use my Pebble and now, my android wear devices to track my running pace. I run about 4 miles a day. Honestly, the iWatch is just too pricey for what I would use it for.

coldtea 12y ago

If $300 sounds to much for a fashion item, it's probably not for you. Heck, I don't think I'll buy one either. But then again, consider that people buy $300+ headphones (Dre's) because of how they look, fashion etc. And they are not even the best headphones out there, whereas this is probably the best smartwatch. Or that people bought iPods for $300 or more just 6 years ago. Without video or phone or camera. Heck, I bought my first iPod for ~$800 10 years ago (complete with a black and white LCD display). And that's the 1st gen. In a year, it will be like $200 or $100 for the same thing or the new model. So, yeah, it might flop or it might sell, but it won't be due to its price.

DannyBee 12y ago
"If $300 sounds to much for a fashion item, it's probably not for you." Fair enough, but i have to say, I feel like i'm taking crazy pills here. So apple releases it and suddenly it's a fashion item to have a clunky, square watch. Just a few short months ago, i was reading nytimes articles about the current crop of smartwatches saying "'They’re just not that attractive,' said Mr. Dawson, 'they are all clunky and square'" But now suddenly it's a fashion item to have a clunky, square watch? (I understand fashion is fickle, but this is really really fickle :P)
- girvo 12y ago
  Agreed. Apple make beautiful devices that are fashion accessories... but this isn't one of them, in my opinion.
  - Schwolop 12y ago
    I know it's wasteful to cut the corners off LCDs to make them round, but I am a little surprised that Apple didn't go that route just for novelty value if nothing else. Would've made a nice interface paradigm with a rotary dial on the face too.
    - Bud 12y ago
      You're surprised that Apple didn't make a fundamental design decision for novelty value? Not sure you have been paying attention to Apple lately.
      - Schwolop 12y ago
        Ok, ok; bad phrasing on my part. I meant that with Apple's branding around affordable luxury and challenging the status quo, a round screen would most definitely have been a talking point for this product and a differentiator from everything else on the market. That said, I've since been reminded about the Moto360 which _did_ have a round screen, so my point is moot anyway.
    - CamperBob2 12y ago
      Round LCDs do have an undeniably cool look: http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MG_5280.jpg http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MG_5... But I have a feeling Porsche has just used an ordinary square panel here, with its edges concealed by the gauge bezel. A watch designer doesn't have room to pull off a visual trick like that.