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kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

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hi I will probably get an apple watch welp thanks for reading bye

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i disagree

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wesley snypes posted:

jeg forstår :smugmrgw:

nice made up words

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Jan 13, 2008

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I like how a bunch of mad nerds keep denying how good the iPhone 6 is because they're mad their internet pontificating was wrong

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and let me tell you, I am a man with a deep appreciation of how

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graph posted:

you've got it dead-on. excellent work.

graph you're a good guy but you're wrong about the iPhone 6. worse, you're trucking with stymie.

it's not too late. you can turn back. stebe (pbuh) will forgive u

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theadder posted:

the temple of steve jorbs at yerba buena

timb, his arms wide

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Jan 13, 2008

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this thread is getting real bad even for a cremnob thread

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theflyingexecutive posted:

too bad apple couldnt solve the arm hair problem and deliver any of the unique health features they promised months ago

where'd you read that?

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i thought you meant they took features out, not "the wsj needed to fill column inches"

the only thing i was expecting it to do is heart rate/step tracking

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infernal machines posted:

also the fact that this a) exists, and b) is being touted as a feature is a good indication the the tech isn't ready for this product and a wiser apple would have waited until it wasn't needed

the original iPhone had a 5 hour battery life

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infernal machines posted:

and other smartphones were at best on par with that

is this competing with watches or "smart watches"?

smart watches, obviously, despite what cremnob might think

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Jan 13, 2008

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there wasn't really a market for smartphones outside of professionals pre-iPhone. the Apple watch may be good enough as a watch and as a smart watch to really grow the market outside of nerdos that would wear an android or pebble

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i am going to get an apple watch

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Wootman posted:

do you not have a phone, that has the time on it.

im not buying it to tell the time

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Jan 13, 2008

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i want the watch so i dont have to take the phone out of my pocket to check notifications and i want the fitness tracker stuff and because it looks much less dorky than anything else that accomplishes both of those tasks

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Pissflaps posted:

its purpose is to be a desirable object that people will want to own

it's a functional desirable object which is why so many people itt have difficulties with it as they cannot relate

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

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pretty sure apple isn't targeting dweebs and middle managers with the wrist device

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infernal machines posted:

they weren't targeting them with the OG iphone either, but up until that point they were the only ones buying smartphones

yeah i agree. i think apple is trying to make a market here. we'll see how it goes i reckon. they'll deffo sell a shitload of watches

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infernal machines posted:

and pre-ipad tablets were full on windows pc's with performance, weight, and battery lives to match

i'm still not seeing the iwatch as an equivalent revolution, but it's basically just competing against clueless me too implementations that got rushed to market on the rumour that apple was thinking about a watch. no one knew why or what to do with them, so they basically don't do anything. and for some reason apple's featureset follows the market, but looks better

i don't really see what else you'd want a wrist phone companion to do other than what apple is throwing out there

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THC posted:

not have to be charged daily

i too wish for magic

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Jan 13, 2008

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do you also use a nokia candy bar from 2004 so you don't have to charge it daily? do you look at laptops and grunt while scratching your balls, warily eyeing the magsafe connector?

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zen death robot posted:

good lord its a loving watch that kind of does some other tricks, its not a "game changer"

it's a souped up calculator watch with a really fancy screen for fucks sake, if you want to wear a watch there are a million nicer watches out there without the useless "phone companion" poo poo crammed in

some of them run on a battery for years, some are self winding none need to be charged every day

y'all really hung up on this "charged every day" thing

did a power adapter kill your cat or something? do you have an electricity allergy? i see people say "lol u have to charge it!!!" but there's no real explanation of why that's bad or what they'd rather have. if you don't want one, don't get one. some people find the 'phone companion' stuff useful and are glad that there's a halfway decent looking thing that combines all of it.

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Wootman posted:

charging a watch lmfao

i'm sorry for your crippling learning disability that prevents you from associating objects with their functions, it must be a very difficult way to go through life

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Wootman posted:

charging a loving watch

weak tea man, weak tea

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c'mon u got something better than that

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Wootman posted:

buying an apple watch is the funniest thing it really cant get any funnier

0/10

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you should tag in fishmech or someone

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zen death robot posted:

is reaching for the phone that's within just a few feet or less from you at all times that hard? did you pull a muscle trying to jump up to grab your phone when it was too far from you one time?

and more seriously it's another charging device you'd have to take with you when you travel. for a watch.

yes, it's so convenient to pull my phone out of my pocket rather than just look at my wrist.

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zen death robot posted:

well at least we know the problem that it's solving is extreme laziness

i get enough emails, messages, and calendar events throughout the day that i'd much rather be able to simply glance at my wrist to prioritize notifications rather than have to pull my phone out every time (especially when i'm interacting with other people; a situation i know many may not be able to relate to itt). not to mention, i can control my music, track my heart rate, and use other great Apple features like Pay and Passbook straight from the Watch

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

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man this is hard, how does cremnob do it

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still getting a watch tho, it'll be a neat little gadget

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infernal machines posted:

cremnob is dumb as rocks, he just rapid fire posts 9to5 mac and quote greuber

you're better than that

thanks, i think.

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i like the idea of taking calls on the watch because i don't have an in-car bt

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can't really think of a lot of other places i'd use it

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Beast of Bourbon posted:

the watchface does not display unless you move your wrist to activate it

moving your wrists: a thing people never do to look at something on their wrist

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Jan 13, 2008

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i was going to get a retina air but i think i'm just gonna wait for them to add the new trackpad and poo poo to the retina pro and get that

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