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Stopped using mine after 10 days, and a friend of mine did the same after the same time. We both did for the same reason : we don't like to wear watches in gene

by bsaul 11y ago

Stopped using mine after 10 days, and a friend of mine did the same after the same time. We both did for the same reason : we don't like to wear watches in general. We've got our cellphone to know the time if we want to. Which means we lost the reflex of putting our watch in the morning. And since the apple watch doesn't have any major everyday use, we simply stopped using it. Worse, whenever i feel like using it, such as going for a run ( sports being the only time when i feel like it's kind of useful), it's often out of battery, because I hadn't use it for a few days and left it on the table. Ps : comparing to the ipad, the feeling is completely different. I was very skeptical at first, just like with the apple watch, but i left the ipad on the couch and used it all the time. All i would tell me skeptical friends is " you've got to use one to understand". With the apple watch, it's completely different. It really feels like a flop.

joshstrange 11y ago
Let me get this straight, you used a device for 10 days and you already had a bias against watches so the watch must be a flop... Ok. The watch as a smart-device is a completely new concept that will take some time to get used to a tablet is a pretty simple (relatively) thing to use given knowledge of a computer. Not to mention tablets were used or had been used by a larger number of people (even if they were a bitch to work with) before the iPad unlike the watch. While Pebble and Android Wear exist their usage numbers (One would expect) are way under tablet usage pre-iPad. And again Computer/Laptop -> iPad is a lot easier of a transition to make. It took a little bit for me to really understand the best use cases for my pebble but very quickly it became a device I would not consider leaving at home. Because of that and having had worn a smart watch for 1yr prior to getting my Apple Watch I feel I was able to "slide into" normal usage quite quickly. Everything my Pebble did my Apple Watch does better. Battery has not been a problem for me (never fallen below 40%) and charging every night is insignificant seeing how it's on my wrist from the moment I get ready in the morning till the moment I lay down to go to sleep. IMHO most people who say "I tried it and it's a flop or it's no good" are people who either didn't give a fair shot or expected a phone on their wrist (Which I felt was made very clear that this is not that). This is an extension of your phone, I think of it more like a mouse to a computer than a tablet is to a computer. It's primarily a quick-display device so you don't need to fish your phone out and a portal into what's going to happen next. There are gimmicky things about the Apple Watch like sending taps to people with watches but there are duds like that in every Apple product.
- bsaul 11y ago
  Don't get your point. It's supposed to be much more than a watch, so my bias against watches shouldn't have mattered. Apple aims at mass markets. They didn't sell the apple watch as something brand new that people will need a lot of time to adjust to. In fact, It would a contradiction to their core value since the macintosh : computers should adapt to humans, not the other way around. The fact that they don't give selling numbers says a lot. I did use the watch as an extension of my phone, and after 10 days of intense use (because it's my job), it didn't provide any value to me. And i've never missed it since i stopped using it. I don't see what for more time would be needed for ( it's not like it provides very advanced functionnalities that takes time to learn how to use anyway).

by bsaul 11y ago

joshstrange 11y ago

Let me get this straight, you used a device for 10 days and you already had a bias against watches so the watch must be a flop... Ok. The watch as a smart-device is a completely new concept that will take some time to get used to a tablet is a pretty simple (relatively) thing to use given knowledge of a computer. Not to mention tablets were used or had been used by a larger number of people (even if they were a bitch to work with) before the iPad unlike the watch. While Pebble and Android Wear exist their usage numbers (One would expect) are way under tablet usage pre-iPad. And again Computer/Laptop -> iPad is a lot easier of a transition to make. It took a little bit for me to really understand the best use cases for my pebble but very quickly it became a device I would not consider leaving at home. Because of that and having had worn a smart watch for 1yr prior to getting my Apple Watch I feel I was able to "slide into" normal usage quite quickly. Everything my Pebble did my Apple Watch does better. Battery has not been a problem for me (never fallen below 40%) and charging every night is insignificant seeing how it's on my wrist from the moment I get ready in the morning till the moment I lay down to go to sleep. IMHO most people who say "I tried it and it's a flop or it's no good" are people who either didn't give a fair shot or expected a phone on their wrist (Which I felt was made very clear that this is not that). This is an extension of your phone, I think of it more like a mouse to a computer than a tablet is to a computer. It's primarily a quick-display device so you don't need to fish your phone out and a portal into what's going to happen next. There are gimmicky things about the Apple Watch like sending taps to people with watches but there are duds like that in every Apple product.

bsaul 11y ago
Don't get your point. It's supposed to be much more than a watch, so my bias against watches shouldn't have mattered. Apple aims at mass markets. They didn't sell the apple watch as something brand new that people will need a lot of time to adjust to. In fact, It would a contradiction to their core value since the macintosh : computers should adapt to humans, not the other way around. The fact that they don't give selling numbers says a lot. I did use the watch as an extension of my phone, and after 10 days of intense use (because it's my job), it didn't provide any value to me. And i've never missed it since i stopped using it. I don't see what for more time would be needed for ( it's not like it provides very advanced functionnalities that takes time to learn how to use anyway).