blessingx Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 For those looking for band adapters (before everyone else starts making them)...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1516117990/click-the-first-watch-band-adapter-for-apple-watch https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/adappt-standard-bands-adapter-for-apple-watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Nouveau riche has been a synonym for poor taste for a long time. No reason to expect the Chinese, Russians etc. to act much different. Very true. We have a say here which applies in these cases, something like "God gives bread to those without teeth and hunger to those without bread". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Augmented Reality iPhone App Lets You Try on Apple Watch http://bgr.com/2015/03/25/apple-watch-augmented-reality-iphone-app/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Liked this comment from another Brit (note the implicit fanboi dig) I think if you look at how it is being marketed, you'll see that Apple are targeting up-market, fashion conscious, watch buyers for whom I suspect the features are secondary to the style and image of the thing, so women. At the same time they are offering men more butch versions with gadgetry included. The chaps with expensive cars who buy Swiss mechanical right now. This is additional to twenty million Americans who buy anything new the company produces. If they pull it off, they'll have done rather well. As for how long the battery lasts if someone overdoes the geekery, well how strong is the competition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Interesting, and certainly right about Vogue, etc. covers, but aren't "up-market, fashion conscious, watch buyers for whom I suspect the features are secondary to the style and image of the thing" those chaps, not women? Aviator watch owners aren't pilots, for instance. They're men who like that style. Women, in comparison, like nice looking, practical (timekeeping) devices, no? Also, which ones are the "butch versions"? Edited March 26, 2015 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Also, which ones are the "butch versions"? The ones with the bigger strap on? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Strap-on? Butch? Where's Tice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 In a gay bar, surrounded by nelly iWatches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Daily Mail gushes over "Deeply Personal" experience of shopping for an Apple Watch http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3015052/Apple-s-secret-watch-shops-revealed-pictures-emerge-specialist-stores-built-world-experts-warn-timepiece-short-supply.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted March 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) "In Selfridges, the Apple Watch display is part of its Wonder Room, a room devoted to watches and jewelry and described by the store as 'a unique destination that plays host to the world’s most desirable brands.' Apple’s watch will be rubbing shoulders with Cartier, Bvlgari, TAG Heuer, Gucci, Montblanc, Longines and more." Not sure about shoulders, but I hope Apple is right up in another of TAG Heuers' parts. Strap-on! Also: http://originalapplewatch.com/ Edited March 27, 2015 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episiarch Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I have one of those original Apple watches. May need to lend it to the better half (an Apple employee) so she has something to wear on launch day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Want to buy an Apple Watch? if only it was that easy. http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2015/03/30/apple_watch_purchase_launch_register/ Out of the way, plebs http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gold-apple-watch-buyers-can-skip-queues-10144234.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Out of the way, plebshttp://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gold-apple-watch-buyers-can-skip-queues-10144234.html That story really pegged the whiney-ometer! How dare people spend their money on things I find frivolous (or can't afford)? Don't they know there are children starving in (insert suitably benighted region)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Meanwhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Finally a decent video on the interface... http://youtu.be/LHdVkPrdRYg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Well, I plan on getting the black sports one. I've become a bit addicted to activity trackers (wearing a vivosmart currently, which syncs with my garmin edge), and this seams to offer the best those have to offer plus a bit more. My only concerns are the battery life when using the features i like and how accurate the HR meter will be. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 http://youtu.be/tCYn9drHx2E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Ordered a stainless and a black aluminum sport model. Kept refreshing the Apple website until the store became live, and completed the purchase within 3 minutes, and the ship date is still 4-6 weeks out. How did they sell out the first batch in 3 minutes? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Seems people are posting on forums that they indeed did start seeing ship dates slip past 4/24 as early 3-5 minutes into the Apple Store opening back up for online sales. Within 10 minutes everyone was seeing 4-6 week ship estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Ordered a stainless and a black aluminum sport model. Kept refreshing the Apple website until the store became live, and completed the purchase within 3 minutes, and the ship date is still 4-6 weeks out. How did they sell out the first batch in 3 minutes? Wow. Same. I used the store app, had it already saved in favs with my cc info already in their system I refreshed until the store let me order, was done in less than a minute, and still got 4-6 weeks shipping. I'm guessing that was true for everyone, and am hoping that it was just a precautionary thing and it might come earlier. I ordered the black sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 (edited) There's at least one report of calling Apple Friday morning and being told the dates are "to manage expectations" and some 4-6 weekers would likely receive theirs earlier. Was near an Apple store today so walked in. Surprisingly, not only did they have the display table and reservations area, but this small store also had three models on the floor for demoing - that no one seemed to notice so you could walk right up to. Confirmed 38mm was best for me, but I wonder what those extra pixels would do (on maps, etc.)? 42mm didn't look as huge as I feared (and VR examples showed). Still experience with the chunky LG G has me more nervous of too large, than too small. Same here on the black sport. Suspect they sold a high percentage of those. Edited April 12, 2015 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 http://intelligence.slice.com/first-apple-watch-data-one-just-isnt-enough/ Almost two-thirds of pre-orders were for the less expensive, aluminum Sport line, which starts at $349. About one-third of pre-orders were for the stainless-steel Apple Watch collection, which starts at $549. The gold “Edition” series, which starts at $10,000, didn’t represent enough US pre-orders to show up in Slice’s report. The average selling price per watch was about $504. The average order was for 1.3 watches. 71 percent overall selected 42mm. Sport buyers were slightly more likely to choose the 38 mm case, with 32 percent purchasing the smaller version, versus 24 percent of Apple Watch buyers. The most popular color is Apple’s “space gray” aluminum case—40% of pre-orders—followed by stainless steel (34%), silver aluminum (23%), and “space black” steel (3%). The black sport band was the most popular band among all buyers, representing almost half of all orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) The sport band is the hardest one to put on, when I went to Apple Store for my appointment to test drive the watch. The milanese loops is disappointingly grey and dull looking, like a finer version of screen door mesh, not like a shark mesh (or JB Champion mesh for Moonwatch). EDIT - I had accidentally ordered an extra sport band for stainless when the watch already had a sport band. When I changed it to the classic buckle leather strap (right after I posted at 1:30AM) the delivery date for that one was 4/24 - 5/8. So it will get here 2-4 weeks faster than my space grey sport model. Edited April 13, 2015 by HeadphoneAddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 For those considering watch protective covers/cases... http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/14/best-protective-covers-cases-bags-apple-watch/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Enigma Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Crap, I never thought about getting cases for my watch... I better do that so I don't hurt the sapphire crystal or steel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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