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Even though I am an Android developer, I played with the thought of buying the iPhone 6 (the big one) and an Apple Watch, because Swift is kind of a reset for d
by DominikR 12y ago
Even though I am an Android developer, I played with the thought of buying the iPhone 6 (the big one) and an Apple Watch, because Swift is kind of a reset for developers and I am very happy with my MacBook.
But now that I've seen the keynote, I've got some issues with the watch:
First of all, I feel it's too expensive, because those smartwatches are basically obsolete after a year. (at least to me)
It would have been good if Apple would allow those watches to be sent in and upgraded, especially for the version that uses a gold casing, which I suspect will be extremely expensive. (probably > $1000)
The design of the watch is not bad, but not good either. I would have no problem wearing it, but I don't like that rectangle look. (the Moto 360 looks better to me)
But on the other hand I like the navigation wheel a lot. I'm pretty sure that this alone will allow for more complex apps than what we see on Android Wear at the moment.
The new types of messages that Apple presented isn't interesting to me, but I can see the younger audience using it a lot.
- robmcm 12y agoApple has a trade in option for iPhones, perhaps this will extend to watches, or perhaps the second hand market will be strong. If not you can send it to cash4gold.com ;)
- wil421 12y ago>First of all, I feel it's too expensive, because those smart watches are basically obsolete after a year. I felt the same way when introduced rMBP but the prices are going down. Hopefully, they will go down in the next couple years. Personally $200 would be perfect but $350 is too much especially when I can get a new iphone for less (with a subsidy from my carrier).