Originally Posted by KC native (Post 10897601)

Yes, nothing exciting but they will sell a metric **** ton of the iPhone 6s as the Iphone 4 holdouts roll into new devices.

I think they came way to high on the price point for the watch. It will be interesting to see the adoption of it.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10897613)

My guess is that their margins on that watch are lower than just about any other product they make. It's just expensive as hell to design anything with any amount of power that small.

I think it's going to be more a question of the category's value as a whole rather than whether Apple's version is worth it.

Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10897607)

Good ****ing grief. That sounds like my grandma after her 11th cigarette of the day....

Originally Posted by KC native (Post 10897624)

I agree. I like the concept and briefly looked at the Samsung Gear, but then I looked at the price tag and determined the novelty wasn't worth it.

Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 10897689)

So...Apple shows up with an overpriced product that does nothing new and pretends that they've created a breakthrough. I am now patiently awaiting the Apple buggy whip for my iHorse drawn carriage.

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 10897410)

Thus concludes Kyle's annual meh reaction to Apple's new lineup.

Originally Posted by Silock (Post 10897693)

Didn't even have to open the thread to know what his reaction would be. It's not groundbreaking, but it's not terrible. Either way, he'd be shitting all over it.

Originally Posted by KevB (Post 10897505)

If you're an Apple guy, I'd be interested to hear why you'd be excited about today's announcements. I'm not antagonizing here. I'm sincerely interested. I tend to agree with Kyle's take. I'm not an Apple "fan", but not a hater either. We have plenty of diversity in my household when it comes to tech products, including 3 iPhones and 2 iPads.

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 10897736)

I'm not rating this from a Android vs Apple tech standpoint. I'm just ready to get a new, larger phone with a better processor, 2x the storage, and cool new biometric features from the coprocessor.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10897201)

I've had my eye on the Moto 360 for a while now - it's a damn classy looking watch. I agree that the Apple watch isn't anything special, but I think it looks nicer than the square watches that Samsung and LG have put out so far. Combine that with the fact that there's no cross compatibility, and I bet that the Apple Watch will sell reasonably well.

Of course, I haven't convinced myself that $250 for a watch is worth it in general let alone $350. It'll be interesting to see how many people are willing to drop that kind of dough on a watch.

Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 10897235)

The compatibility issue is the only thing that should save Apple on this one. I doubt anyone is going to switch platforms over a watch.

The real issue is that Apple seems to be content to play catch up these days. When was the last time they did anything remotely innovative? I like to piss on the Apple fanboys out there but Apple failing this hard isn't good for anyone. I hope they get their shit together.

Originally Posted by Cochise (Post 10897411)

I would be interested in the iwatch if it would replace the iphone. If it had a phone and could send and receive texts and do light web tasks. Then I would be first in line. I don't enjoy doing many other tasks on a little phone screen... or even having to carry a phone around at all.

To me, wearable tech needs to constitute an improvement over something I already have. I don't want an additional device I need to carry around. I want something that replaces what I have without losing any function I consider essential.

I don't think we are all going to feel we "need" smartphones that much longer. We are surrounded by wifi or nearby computer terminals at work or schools most of the time. We can get to computers in minutes or seconds if we need to do a heavier computing task. Voice rec and some time to mature will have wearables to the point where we don't feel like we need 4 different kinds of devices around.

Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 10897689)

So...Apple shows up with an overpriced product that does nothing new and pretends that they've created a breakthrough. I am now patiently awaiting the Apple buggy whip for my iHorse drawn carriage.