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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo the Apple is taking pre-orders on the Apple Watch today. It will be interesting to see how many
folks jump on an expensive watch that will be obsolete in two years
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)hlthe2b
(102,419 posts)With an iphone 5, a chest heart rate monitor, fitbit ONE, and a variety of 3rd party apps, I'm not sure what an iwatch would do for me that I can't do already.
Of course if someone gave me one, I'd test it out. preferably the $17K gold version. LOL
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts)All i want a watch to do is tell time.
(BTW: the watch was a gift from my employer for 35 years. The Seiko was around $300. That's as much as i'd pay for a watch. If i didn't get it as a gift, no way would i have spent $1,500 on a watch.)
still_one
(92,454 posts)still_one
(92,454 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)That's about all the time keeping I really need.
edhopper
(33,639 posts)to buy the new one.
still_one
(92,454 posts)cannot just walk into a store and walk out with a watch without pre-cording one.
You also have to make an appointment to do an in store try on
edhopper
(33,639 posts)next time, it's the iphone all over.
still_one
(92,454 posts)edhopper
(33,639 posts)will always want the latest. Apple loves building the perception of demand.
still_one
(92,454 posts)unless the price is lower. This is an U subsidized device
edhopper
(33,639 posts)It seems to me the screen is too small for anything practical and most iphone owners use that for the time.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)that Apple is primarily a marketing behemoth and could likely sell aluminum cubes with a couple of LEDs on front.
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts). . .the LED's would at least have to light up.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)That feature will be probably be available in the first update about three months after launch.
But in the next model, they'll blink!
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts)Very good!
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)But I'm still not entirely sure about this new fangled "fire" thing that I keep hearing about. Stone wheels were one thing...
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)I once found a Cartier watch while lifeguarding. No one ever claimed it.
hlthe2b
(102,419 posts)My current old Tag Heuer was a gift... Before that I had a self-purchased Seiko that survived for more than 15 years until I lost it in a stall with a 3/4 ton Holstein. Between the cow's hooves and the time entailed in mucking out the entire stall and going through every blade of hay, I chose to give that one a respectable send-off.
frylock
(34,825 posts)I still have several pairs of Oakley and Arnette sunglasses that are 20 years old.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)but for now...iPhone, disappear me!
still_one
(92,454 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)MineralMan
(146,338 posts)where I need to wear a watch. It's an attractive stainless steel model, very simple, and with a flex band. It lives in my dresser drawer, and only comes out if I'm going to a client meeting or on a trip. Otherwise, I have no need for a watch. My cell phone tells the time, and there's a nice digital clock in my car.
Who needs a watch that has a battery that won't even last an entire day. The Timex battery is guaranteed to last 10 years. I don't get it, although I do like the Mickey Mouse animated face you can use on the Apple watch.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)And sold for 5 times it's actual worth
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)watch anymore.
dhill926
(16,373 posts)I would just ask people the time. Now it's everywhere. IPhone does everything and more, I need it to .
nykym
(3,063 posts)2 hours later most color were sold out and had back orders out to 4-6 weeks.
CaChing!
TBF
(32,111 posts)just look at their phones now. I haven't worn one in quite awhile, but if I were to go back to that I'd have to stay w/my old Timex. Those things lasted forever!
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)I don't know why they sent me spam?