What Is The Point Of the Apple Watch?

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Can someone explain to me what is so special about this? You apparently have to tether it to an iPhone, which seems to me to kind of defeat the whole purpose of it.

Other than geeks who bought google glass, what is the market?
 
I've tried a couple wearables like the Apple Watch and they all sucked.

I know a woman who wore a device on her arm that displayed various health metrics that she used to track if she was active enough throughout the day to lose weight. If the device told her she needed to be more active to counteract her food intake for that day, she would take a walk, do yoga, or exercise in some other way. So the device helped her keep on top of her weight loss so she could always be burning more than she was taking in. I literally saw this woman lose about 50 lbs. in four months this way.

It seems that the Apple Watch also provides similar metrics for monitoring one's health and fitness levels, so in this particular case I'd say it COULD be useful if people actually use it for that. But most probably won't so it will end up in the useless gadget pile.
 
I take your point, but that has to be a very small market. I guess there is a market for people with health issues or maybe as a replacement for the health alert devices that summon help. Still, that's hardly cutting edge.
 
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I think the watch itself is pretty damn ugly. And when I'm lifting weights, the last thing I want is the crown of a watch digging into my wrist.
 
Baron said:
I've tried a couple wearables like the Apple Watch and they all sucked.

I know a woman who wore a device on her arm that displayed various health metrics that she used to track if she was active enough throughout the day to lose weight. If the device told her she needed to be more active to counteract her food intake for that day, she would take a walk, do yoga, or exercise in some other way. So the device helped her keep on top of her weight loss so she could always be burning more than she was taking in. I literally saw this woman lose about 50 lbs. in four months this way.

It seems that the Apple Watch also provides similar metrics for monitoring one's health and fitness levels, so in this particular case I'd say it COULD be useful if people actually use it for that. But most probably won't so it will end up in the useless gadget pile.
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I need that device!
 
Baron said:
I think the watch itself is pretty damn ugly. And when I'm lifting weights, the last thing I want is the crown of a watch digging into my wrist.
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Is it like the techie equivalent of a dive watch, ie a big ugly hunk of metal that the owner thinks announces them as very cool?

Seriously, what does the watch actually do other than tell time?
 
The only thing I saw that grabbed me was the payment and ticket/boarding pass feature. But will you have to have your phone on you to use it? Is you do, why bother?
 
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