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Do you think the Apple Watch is not great engineering?

• ComputerGuru 12y ago
  Not in the same sense as something like this: http://imgur.com/nIPkSDm http://imgur.com/nIPkSDm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoskFuM_VU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoskFuM_VU (You can see the MacBook through the watch itself in the video. Yes, I know, it's not as technically amazing of an engineering accomplishment as the iWatch or whatever it's called - but it's got its own weight impressiveness. The iPhone Watch doesn't evoke the same feelings of awe and grandeur nor aspire towards the same emotions of perfection and regularity that a traditional watch would. Of course, the iWatch keeps better time than my automatic skeleton watch does, but who uses the iWatch to tell time, anyway? ;-)
• Puts 12y ago
  To me the Apple Watch is over engineered. Good engineering is like ergonomics for your mind. When you find the most beautiful solution to a problem, you know it in your guts. But with the Apple Watch, looking at it I don't know what problem it solves, and I don't see anything in the design that intuitively maps to its function.
  • falcolas 12y ago
    Try out a plastic pebble watch for a few weeks, you'll quickly understand the value of what a smart watch can do for you. At which point, you have to ask if it's worth the extra $300 or so to upgrade the features. What I found a smartwatch does for me: - More reliable notification of messages and alerts - Tells time (!) - Simple tools (like a countdown timer) which doesn't require pulling out, unlocking, and navigating the phone. The first one is the only feature which isn't available in your average $20 watch, but it's such a useful feature that it's well worth the extra money to me. So many fewer missed messages, calls, and notifications, all without having to annoy those around me with my ringer.