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I'm glad Apple was so thoughtful with their UX. However, I think the appeal of quality watches is their timelessness and endurance. They could conceivably work
by logn 12y ago
I'm glad Apple was so thoughtful with their UX. However, I think the appeal of quality watches is their timelessness and endurance. They could conceivably work just as well centuries from now. The iWatch can't work more than a day without intervention (charging).
- Swizec 12y agoAnd because it's a slave device, will it still work with my iPhone23? Or am I expected to buy a new watch every three years?
- camhenlin 12y agoApple does have pretty long term support for some of its more expensive gadgets. For example, the original iPod still works with a brand new Mac, using iTunes (assuming you have a firewire adapter). Also, it sounds like the iPhone itself is doing most of the processing for the watch, so it's reasonable to think that even the gen1 device should remain useful for several years. Hopefully it isn't an iPad 1 though.
- q7 12y agoiTunes 10.7 user here (the last version before that crappy redesign). iTunes 10.7 is now 2.5 years old. Since yesterday I cannot access my iTunes account details anymore. App just keeps asking for my password again and again. Don't expect your watch to have support for more than 2 years.
- tdkl 12y agoWhat if you update it ? Software sometimes requires some crucial back-end changes and can't be supported to infinity.
- therealwill 12y agoApple is going for a paradigm shift with how we view watches; similar to what they did with the iPhone. It is best not to think of the iWatch as a watch but rather as a 2nd screen for the iPhone with sensors and haptic feedback.