09-10-2014, 12:16 AM
Lew Zealand wrote:
The Apple Watch is not a watch, the Apple iPhone is not a phone. They are computers.
If they were watches or phones, they would tell time and make calls, respectively. That's it.
These things are computers and as such have built in obsolescence as they are hideously complicated and part of a sector of rapid technological improvement. They just happen to fit in your pocket and on your wrist where those other one-use devices also can live. They build in those basic functions (to eliminate redundancy) into the computer, whose computing functions you're really buying.
If you don't need a computer and it's associated drawbacks in your pocket or on your wrist, then don't buy these things.
This sums it up very well. I just watched the Apple video, with Jony Ives silkily leading us through futuristic images of this device. I must say, it is pretty cool. First of all, it is a watch, maybe more accurate than my radio-atomic Maximilian, with your favorite display style. But it is also a computer, like the iPhone is.
The main question is: Can replace the iPhone? If so, I might well get one when my iPhone contract is up. If not, then I'm not sure of the point.
Note: Mr Ives says, in his presentation, that for exercise monitoring, the AW will need to connect with your iPhone for some data. So that says it is not independent. Will it make calls without the iPhone?
Corallary question: Will this leave all us old folks with aging eyes out in the cold?
/Mr Lynn