The Apple watch comes out next month, inevitably followed by umpteen clones. I fear that almost everyone (including myself) be wearing one of these within a couple of years.
Perhaps “fashion” wasn’t the best word. More like an accessory revolution.
From iPhones to watches hardly seems revolutionary. At least to me anyway. Now it’s on your wrist instead of in your hand, big whoop.
I doubt it. There are plenty of other “smart watches” on the market, and they don’t seem to be too popular. First, you look like a complete tool, which might ward off many of the younger generations. Secondly, it’s just not that big a deal - tapping your wrist instead of reaching into your pocket. The main reason it seems so revolutionary is because almost every major SciFi show way back when had a magic watch - apart from the “we’re finally in the future!” factor, I don’t think they’ll be too prevalent.
Not to mention that smart watches will inevitably have smaller screens than phones do, which will limit their utility. Another limit: you’ll only be able to manipulate them with one hand.
I still wear a non-over sized, analog wristwatch daily, as do most of the professional adults I deal with. Will this be the new hipster accessory? Seems likely. But, like Bluetooth earpieces, this too shall pass.
Maybe. A lot of Apple fans would buy dog crap on a stick if it had the Apple logo on it.
Me too. I wear the 1965 self-winding Movado that my grandfather’s company gave him on the occasion of his 25th anniversary with them. I cannot ever see myself wanting a smart watch. But then, I am a very slow adopter of new technology - thus my user name.
Good point that anyone still buying wristwatches is not really the intended market for the Apple watch. Anyone so into tech that they really must get this thing right now is telling time with their smartphone anyway.
Dick Tracy had one 50-whatever years ago! (Earlier, a two-way radio; later, a 2-way TV!)
So prophetic!
You can’t make the actual phone call on any of the smart watches them selves, can you? Aren’t they just info screens for the phone in your pocket?
The real fashion revolution is that men’s jacket lapels will get 9mm wider next year, because Apple decreed a new standard.
But what if I wear my iWatch and my Google Glasses at the same time? Then I’ll be cool, right?
I like Apple, but I don’t get the point of these things, and I don’t see Apple popularizing the market enough to cause a bunch of people to run out and buy these things. I haven’t worn a watch in over 20 years, and I don’t see that changing with the iWatches–to me, they feel like a step back. That said, I also didn’t get the point (and still don’t quite, except for organizing revokutions) of Twitter, so take my prognostication with a big grain of salt.
As a runner, I plan on buying the sports model. It’s annoying to have to pull out my phone and get sweat all over it (and deal with fingerprints that don’t work when sweaty) in order to change the chapter of the book or check a text.
That said, I have no plans on wearing it all of the time–I prefer to wear Swiss watches, something with a bit of mechanical soul.
I’ll see how it fits into my lifestyle, and if it stays a “running only” accessory, I’ll be happy. If I see the light and realize it is absolutely unbelievably awesome, I might get a SS model.
And when the iPod first came out, I was firmly in the camp that MP3 CD players were the waay to go. They could hold something like 15 albums…why would you need more than that? Who needs their entire music collection with them at all times? Why would people pay that kind of money to do something they can already do perfectly well for much cheaper?
Yeah, wasn’t right about that one. It’s too early to tell.
I’ll get one or something similar when they add things like fall detection and other saftey mointerring features. The fitness stuff is good but if they could also monitor blood pressure and blood sugar levels they would be onto a whole new market. The stuff they have now is too clunky to work into one device but a couple of years from now it will happen and lots of people will be wearing bio feedback devices that look like a watch.
As someone with relatively refined horological tastes, I would say the apple watch incorporates design changes that are game changing.
Yeah, but this isn’t just technology, it’s also about fashion. I don’t just wear a watch to tell time, I want one that looks good. This thing…looks stupid. And ugly.
Another thing is, the screens are so teeny-tiny, I can imagine a lot of people would have a hard time reading them, if you have really poor eyesight.
Such as?
It looks like an old first-gen digital watch to me, or maybe those huge plastic watches of the 1960s - a real clunker, and I haven’t read anything that stands out as being particularly innovative or game-changing - not against any small PDAs, much less existing smart watches. Small refinements, yes.
Unless putting a bitten-apple logo on it counts. 
(That first question’s serious, though.)