Apple event - 9th Sept - Live: iPhone 6, iWatch, iOS8, more?

[elbows]

Hmm, strap is nice. square face is fail.

Definitely the right idea to have kids versions in there. The adult versions aren't going to sell well, IMO.

Too early to tell, just as with the original iPad.

Its going to come down to user experience and genuinely useful applications as much as the chunky physicals of it.

Although they haven't mentioned it yet, I expect battery life will be a bit crap too.

So far the one thing I love is the use of the traditional watch knob (don't know its proper name) as a controller.

 

[neonwilderness]

You can scroll and zoom using the dial on the side

 

[pesh]

So what was in the massive cube they built?

 

[Fez909]

Digital crown reminds me of the Android scroll wheel.

RIP scroll wheel and QWERTY keyboards

 

[FridgeMagnet]

So what was in the massive cube they built?

Jony Ive.

 

[pesh]

Is there an unboxing video?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Will be interested to see how it develops. I don't want one, yet.

But then I didn't want the iPad when it first came out either...

 

[editor]

Very impressive battery times tbf

Almost all phone manufacturers come out with impressive battery times. Trouble is that the almost always all fade away sharpish once you start using the thing.

 

[Fez909]

Jony Ive talks like Heston Blumenthal (and with the same grandiose claims) but he has a rhythm like Jeremy Clarkson. I don't like it.

 

[editor]

Power button the side, urgh.

That's what comes with larger phones.

 

[Fez909]

"iPhone required"?

Absolute fail, right there.

 

[editor]

That and the fact, as I understand it, that in the USA there is far less of the chip & pin stuff going on.

In the US they're years behind Europe. It's not unusual to actual sign a bit of paper when you use a credit card.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

You can scroll and zoom using the dial on the side

That was a little predictable tbh.

 

[editor]

It has to be said that the watch does look shit.

 

[neonwilderness]

That was a little predictable tbh.

I was being slightly facetious

Looks like it has some nice features though, but I don't think it'll be for me.

 

[Fez909]

That quick replies thing is cool.

 

[editor]

They've changed everything with these new 4.7" and 5.5" screens! Such innovation!

 

[elbows]

That was a little predictable tbh.

Did anybody predict it and do any other smart watches do it? I genuinely don't know as there were so many silly iWatch rumours that I've not paid too much attention till today.

 

[elbows]

And now for the iCockRing

Using taptic feedback I can stimulate my groin using other peoples heartbeat. The world has truly changed.

 

[Fez909]

tbf, it does a decent amount of stuff for a watch. The best one I've seen yet.

But the concept of smart watches is still fail, IMO.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I was being slightly facetious

Looks like it has some nice features though, but I don't think it'll be for me.

I still don't see the point of a watch...

 

[editor]

Why the fuck would you want to share your heart beat with anyone?

 

[Fez909]

Why the fuck would you want to share your heart beat with anyone?

"hey bb, wat u wearing?"
"short skert, no knikkaz"
"omgzzz" *sends heartbeat*

 

[editor]

"hey bb, wat u wearing?"
"short skert, no knikkaz"
"omgzzz" *sends heartbeat*

In that case, TAKE MY MONEY APPLE!

 

[neonwilderness]

I still don't see the point of a watch...

I guess it might be handy to see notifications without having to get your phone out. Plus there's the fitness stuff.

I suspect it won't justify the cost though.

 

[elbows]

Why the fuck would you want to share your heart beat with anyone?

Young (or old) lovers whose cheese prevention circuits are disabled.

Or new possibilities for obsessing over loved ones with heart conditions.

 

[salem]

Why the fuck would you want to share your heart beat with anyone?

It's romantic!

 

[Dr_Herbz]

It has to be said that the watch does look shit.

Looks like something out of a Lucky Bag

 

[RedDragon]

Why the fuck would you want to share your heart beat with anyone?

DWP phone interviews

 

[neonwilderness]

Starting from $349. No thanks