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I think it's too soon to make that call. I'm an early adopter of many Apple products, but find the watch very lacking. Even my ex-gf, who works at Apple, decide

I think it's too soon to make that call. I'm an early adopter of many Apple products, but find the watch very lacking. Even my ex-gf, who works at Apple, decided she wasn't going to get the watch. What's wrong with it? For starters, it's no-go for left-handed people. If you put the watch on your right hand, the controls are all on the arm side, rather than the hand side of the watch. On a normal watch that's not a big deal because you barely access the controls. The solution then is to turn the watch upside down, but then the controls are still awkward and since they made the strange decision not to center the control. One wonders why they went with "watch" controls at all. Second, it's not really a watch, is it? It's a lot more than a watch. A watch for me is mostly a fashion accessory. But these things are ugly. I find it very strange that Angela Ahrendts from Burberry is in charge of retail, but they didn't do what Burberry does... get watch companies to make the watches and then tack on their logo. I would love a Burberry type watch (despite my watchmaker friend telling me how much crap they are), which, by the way, has many interactive features with my iPhone. But what Apple offered was an ugly, clunky, underpowered second screen that I have to constantly charge. All that said, I think they might figure out how to make a good Apple Watch (as long as they don't treat it like they've treated the Apple TV, which IMHO, has gone backward with each version -- give me local storage!).

cmyr 11y ago
To offer a datapoint, I'm left handed and I wasn't aware I was supposed to have a problem.
Brushfire 11y ago
The left-hand, right-hand issue isnt really a thing. You can change the orientation of the display and bands such that it works for both left and right hands. The only difference is whether the crown is on the top right or bottom left, but it doesnt really affect usability (afaik).
- cgriswald 11y ago
  It affected it for me. I've tried the watch on and its just not usable that way for me. Another poster says he prefers it that way. I find the choice of mimicking watch controls odd to begin with, and then to align them in a such a way that they provide a different experience for different users seems odder still.
mgiannopoulos 11y ago
I'm left-handed and i wear my watch on the left hand. Am i doing it wrong? :)
- cgriswald 11y ago
  Yes. Please turn in your membership card. And please have the decency to turn it in with your left hand. : ) In all seriousness, watches are generally worn on the non-dominant hand. I'm not really sure why that is, I only know for me wearing a watch on my left hand leads to inconvenience and scratches. But not all left-handed people are alike. Some of us write "hook" style, and some of us write basically like a mirror image of a right hander; and from what I've read it is correlated to whether we are right-brained or left-brained. So maybe that also makes a difference in whether a watch on our left hand makes sense.
mturmon 11y ago
Your data is: you and your ex-gf did not get the Apple Watch. Not helpful.
- cgriswald 11y ago
  My point is that, although the Watch is not hugely popular and although I personally do not care for it, I can still see the potential and think it is way too early to say its just like the Apple TV. I'm sorry you didn't find my "data" useful, but I was sharing my experience and a larger idea.
  - mturmon 11y ago
    It is typical for technically-minded people to not buy new Apple products due to missing features and perceived design problems ("No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."). Often after not using the product long enough to see if it's really a problem. Or, perhaps to discover what really is there (as opposed to what seems to be missing). These people -- quite astonishingly -- seem to not appreciate how much testing and prototyping Apple does with new product categories. And then, to denounce the product as likely-to-fail in tech forums due to their personal lack of interest. Such people are trying to answer an aggregate market question, with weakly-informed personal tech prejudices. Anyway, this mode of reasoning has proved to be quite misleading; it has missed the boat on every major Apple product category. So yes, I think these observations don't really move the conversation forward.
greglindahl 11y ago
As a lefty, I appreciate that the upside-down watch crown-dial is towards the bottom. The upper left side of the watch is right where a big bone sticks out of my wrist. I don't know why you right-handers put up with that kind of thing! In any case, being a non-starter for left-handed people won't hurt the product much. Neither your personal opinion nor mine are important; data about the overall market is what you want to look at.

cmyr 11y ago

To offer a datapoint, I'm left handed and I wasn't aware I was supposed to have a problem.

Brushfire 11y ago

The left-hand, right-hand issue isnt really a thing. You can change the orientation of the display and bands such that it works for both left and right hands. The only difference is whether the crown is on the top right or bottom left, but it doesnt really affect usability (afaik).

cgriswald 11y ago
It affected it for me. I've tried the watch on and its just not usable that way for me. Another poster says he prefers it that way. I find the choice of mimicking watch controls odd to begin with, and then to align them in a such a way that they provide a different experience for different users seems odder still.

mgiannopoulos 11y ago

I'm left-handed and i wear my watch on the left hand. Am i doing it wrong? :)

cgriswald 11y ago
Yes. Please turn in your membership card. And please have the decency to turn it in with your left hand. : ) In all seriousness, watches are generally worn on the non-dominant hand. I'm not really sure why that is, I only know for me wearing a watch on my left hand leads to inconvenience and scratches. But not all left-handed people are alike. Some of us write "hook" style, and some of us write basically like a mirror image of a right hander; and from what I've read it is correlated to whether we are right-brained or left-brained. So maybe that also makes a difference in whether a watch on our left hand makes sense.

mturmon 11y ago

Your data is: you and your ex-gf did not get the Apple Watch. Not helpful.

cgriswald 11y ago
My point is that, although the Watch is not hugely popular and although I personally do not care for it, I can still see the potential and think it is way too early to say its just like the Apple TV. I'm sorry you didn't find my "data" useful, but I was sharing my experience and a larger idea.
- mturmon 11y ago
  It is typical for technically-minded people to not buy new Apple products due to missing features and perceived design problems ("No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."). Often after not using the product long enough to see if it's really a problem. Or, perhaps to discover what really is there (as opposed to what seems to be missing). These people -- quite astonishingly -- seem to not appreciate how much testing and prototyping Apple does with new product categories. And then, to denounce the product as likely-to-fail in tech forums due to their personal lack of interest. Such people are trying to answer an aggregate market question, with weakly-informed personal tech prejudices. Anyway, this mode of reasoning has proved to be quite misleading; it has missed the boat on every major Apple product category. So yes, I think these observations don't really move the conversation forward.

greglindahl 11y ago

As a lefty, I appreciate that the upside-down watch crown-dial is towards the bottom. The upper left side of the watch is right where a big bone sticks out of my wrist. I don't know why you right-handers put up with that kind of thing! In any case, being a non-starter for left-handed people won't hurt the product much. Neither your personal opinion nor mine are important; data about the overall market is what you want to look at.