The 9/9/2014 Apple Launch Event Thread

[Kaido]

wtf?

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2014/09/liveblog0764.jpg

 

[purbeast0]

i still do not understand the market for these smart watches.

 

[s44]

Jony Ive has officially lost his mojo.

 

[ChronoReverse]

It's called a crown. On the Apple Watch it's called a digital crown.

This upsets me more than it should.


Battery life is the thing that will set this apart. Say 2 days please.

 

[Anubis]

This upsets me more than it should.

lol

 

[Kaido]

OK, so no pinch-to-zoom. Instead, push the Digital Crown to go back to the homescreen, then spin to scroll through lists or zoom in & out on a map.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

360 takes the cake by far in terms of looks. I guess Motorola knew what Apple had in mind and figured they could get away with shitty battery life?

 

[Kaido]

That is actually the best-looking smartwatch I've seen:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2014/09/zsh0197.jpg

 

[cbrunny]

I'm a loyal Android user, but I really expected the watch to be a real game changer. What a shame. I'm disappointed, and I'm not even the target audience.

 

[Anubis]

yea moto fed that one up as well, looks great, horrid battery

 

[senseamp]

You are never going to satisfy all the people with a watch design. I think Google has a better approach of developing a smartwatch platform, and hopefully real watch companies will do the watch design.

 

[HN]

honestly i was just picking out grotesque pics to poke some fun; but...from some other pics, still not feeling it

 

[cbrunny]

That is actually the best-looking smartwatch I've seen:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2014/09/zsh0197.jpg

You should look at more smartwatches then.

 

[ChronoReverse]

Also, anyone who wears their watch on their right hand aren't going to have a nice time with the digital crown.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

i still do not understand the market for these smart watches.

Me either. I'd much rather prefer a nice luxury watch.

 

[Kaido]

360 takes the cake by far in terms of looks.

Well in theory, but it looks too big on the arm to me:

http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/06/IMG_8715.jpg

 

[AznAnarchy99]

That is actually the best-looking smartwatch I've seen:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2014/09/zsh0197.jpg

That band makes it look nice. I don't know why they are offering it with the plastic band.

 

[trmiv]

Did they hire a bunch of old Swatch designers from the 80's to design that blue iWatch?

 

[Anubis]

Well in theory, but it looks too big on the arm to me:

http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/06/IMG_8715.jpg

its really not THAT big when looking at other watches

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/09/moto-360-review-beautiful-outside-ugly-inside/

 

[Kaido]

You should look at more smartwatches then.

Yeah, okay:

http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/samsung-gear-s-hands-on-sg-2-600x337.jpg

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I think the features of this watch seem to be pretty solid though. I'm not stoked by the design, but the features certainly seem nice. More polished than some of the Android Wear devices. With that said, Google Now is Google's killer weapon at the moment.

 

[Kaido]

its really not THAT big when looking at other watches

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/09/moto-360-review-beautiful-outside-ugly-inside/

I think it looks big & round because it doesn't have any details around the edges like the other watches. I'm sure a big aftermarket of snap-on accessories will fix that, though.

 

[Red Storm]

360 takes the cake by far in terms of looks. I guess Motorola knew what Apple had in mind and figured they could get away with shitty battery life?

Mine lasted me the day, if you sit there and fiddle with the thing (which is what this iWatch looks to invite) obviously the battery will drain fast, but if used normally (as a receiver of notifications and replying to texts/emails/chats) it lasted the whole day. Plus it prolonged my phone's battery noticeably because it spent a lot more time sitting in my pocket thanks to the watch.

One thing Android Wear definitely needs is a few dedicated apps like a stopwatch and timer, but the more you require a person to fiddle with the watch, the more you have failed in designing a smart watch UI/OS in my opinion.

 

[Kaido]

Interesting, flexible Retina display inside.

 

[cbrunny]

Yeah, okay:

http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/samsung-gear-s-hands-on-sg-2-600x337.jpg

lol true enough. but no one will buy that anyway because it runs Tizen. Point taken though.