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"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 relea

"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.

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.