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Tim Cook tried to make the Apple Watch his iPhone moment but it came across as off - the Watch really is nothing as revolutionary in any way shape or form as th

Tim Cook tried to make the Apple Watch his iPhone moment but it came across as off - the Watch really is nothing as revolutionary in any way shape or form as the iPhone was. It is thick. They had to resort to gimmicks - communicating heart rates, drawing fish, three dots to ask for lunch(!) - to make it sound useful. The price is off by at least $100. They specifically danced around mentioning battery life - with these many features it might not actually be all that better than the competition - an area where Apple habitually shines. The UI also looked complicated to me - two ways to control it - touch and the unimaginatively named crown thing. Which is again very un-Apple. (When the watch is on your wrist I kept thinking how easily am I going to find the crown. For a normal watch that thing is very rarely used and that too when it is not on the wrist.) Not that I think SmartWatches are here to stay as a mainstream product but the little hope we had that Apple will knock it out the park with some must have feature - that hasn't panned out with the iWatch for sure.

lukeholder 12y ago
The original iPhone was thick also when it came out. Wait till the 2nd revision. I agree the price for the low end version is off but the high end versions I expect to be in the 1k-2k range.
- blinkingled 12y ago
  Of course the next iteration will be better - but I am not sure about the OG iPhone comparison - the market for SmartWatches seems to be entirely different. Feels like a niche fashion or fitness accessory at that price point. People badly wanted a great SmartPhone. Watches they can live without I think until there is a compelling use case for average consumer. Those things are all OK compared to what's happening with the overall market but what bugged me is how very un-Apple like this was.
_pmf_ 12y ago
> the Watch really is nothing as revolutionary in any way shape or form as the iPhone was. The iPod brought portable digital music collections to the masses. The iPhone revolutionalized personal computing. The Watch has exchangeable wrist straps.
- jodrellblank 12y ago
  The Watch is Siri, out of your pocket. It's http://www.dailymobile.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Michael-Knight.jpg http://www.dailymobile.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Michae...

lukeholder 12y ago

The original iPhone was thick also when it came out. Wait till the 2nd revision. I agree the price for the low end version is off but the high end versions I expect to be in the 1k-2k range.

blinkingled 12y ago
Of course the next iteration will be better - but I am not sure about the OG iPhone comparison - the market for SmartWatches seems to be entirely different. Feels like a niche fashion or fitness accessory at that price point. People badly wanted a great SmartPhone. Watches they can live without I think until there is a compelling use case for average consumer. Those things are all OK compared to what's happening with the overall market but what bugged me is how very un-Apple like this was.

_pmf_ 12y ago

> the Watch really is nothing as revolutionary in any way shape or form as the iPhone was. The iPod brought portable digital music collections to the masses. The iPhone revolutionalized personal computing. The Watch has exchangeable wrist straps.

jodrellblank 12y ago
The Watch is Siri, out of your pocket. It's http://www.dailymobile.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Michael-Knight.jpg http://www.dailymobile.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Michae...