The Apple Watch - Not a rant.. I promise!

In fact, a couple of weeks ago I decided not to review the Apple Watch yet, not because it's not an important product or because I couldn't get one or whatever, but because I felt that this piece of technology that my wrist straps were on such state. early access status which, given Apple's recent announcement about Watch OS 2, should probably wait, then I realized that Watch OS 2 is coming in the fall and Apple is legitimately hoping people will buy this and use it for months before it Those improvements may materialize, so while I still might try it again with more emphasis on functionality once the software update arrives.

I definitely have a few words to say in the meantime Corsair delivers the real mecca. Oh, here I have a real Mac or nothing with its new Strafe mechanical keyboard. With genuine German made Cherry MX key switches, click Manchin for more information. I'm going to move my chin now just the three for a loop. I know, I know I've made fun of this one before, but I'm really going to release it soon this time. Like the video if you want to see us build a computer inside a mini refrigerator, it will be amazing for today, although the Apple Watch is available in many millions of different models, so let's start with some of the things that differentiate them. you can get a 38 millimeter or 42 millimeter dial to fit the size of your wrist, a price of $350 to $17k to fit the size of your wallet, a variety of build materials ranging from aluminum with ion x glass in the sporty models to stainless steel or gold with sapphire crystal in the most premium ones and enough strap options to choke a horse, from plastic to leather to stainless steel, then there are the similarities: there are body sensors on the bottom of all the models, in fact, the hardware is identical up to just eight gigabytes.

The onboard storage is actually kind of funny if you think about it, they all have two buttons, a bottom one for frequent contacts and the top crown for opening the home screen and scrolling vertically, which is a fun throwback to my Blackberry days. It's actually even more fun because it comes from Apple, the inventor of touch-based momentum in everything because the scroll wheels anyway, although I bought a 38 millimeter, non-sporting, non-edition Apple Watch with a loop strap Milanese because I thought it looked cool, so some of my comments will be specific to this bias, but most of my comments will be general observations about Apple's first portable device, that is, if we don't count the modified iPod nanos, the Fit and finish of the Apple Watch are not perfect.

My crown. The button is a little spongier than it should be, especially when you sometimes have to tap it twice, but overall I would say it's exceptional, it's much better than the moto 360, the bright hope for Android Wear enthusiasts who wanted a really premium feeling option and makes the LG g

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, it feels like a geek device rather than a piece of jewellery, especially due to its plastic screen, and you know, maybe that's it the point here, right? If we evaluate the Apple Watch as a mounted smart wrist. wearable is a category that seems to be trying to invent, despite being somewhat late to the party, it falls short of the functionality that smaller companies offered months or even years ago and if we evaluate it as a watch, you know, a watch, then I I don't know about you, but the fact that I can't check the time with a discreet glance at my arm when cornered by a talkative neighbor or during an unsatisfying sexual encounter where I'm downstairs without it being extremely obvious that I'm bored is simply unacceptable, I mean, sure you can wake it up in a variety of ways by double tapping or pressing the crown, but if a real watch company released a watch that required something of that nature to know what time it was.

I'd laugh at them, which doesn't mean it's all bad, it's a very forward-thinking product and I'll say more about that later, but for now the navigation with subtle vibrations as corners approach is solid, the wireless charger is Well, finally, the inclusion of Apple, the ability to set the watch a few minutes in advance, I felt like they really designed this product for me personally. Phone conversations are surprisingly easy to have with the watch's speaker and microphone, with support for Facetime and the 272-by-340-pixel OLED. The display, a first for Apple, is razor-sharp with retina-class pixel density and super-high contrast, making it easy to read in virtually any condition and easy to forget where the LCD screen ends and the edge begins. .

Beautiful, it's a shame the battery life sucks. a big one without enabling the power reserve that lasts a long time but turns off literally all functions except pressing a button to show the time the Apple Watch couldn't even make it through lunch on the second day both times I forgot to charge it and this is what I I would consider very moderate use, there are so many com

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s in this product that they all come back to the battery, gestures to turn on the screen, not always hearing, hey siri, screen timeout at lightning speed when I do a pause to think for a second. using it, the fact that the watch only rings and avoids turning on the screen to show incoming notifications, I mean the latter is what iOS dominated over Android for so long, Apple knew that was important years ago but just couldn't overcome the engineering challenges or at least not in a way that doesn't force them to commit to the design or vision of this product to make it a reality because that's what happened here, just like those early flash-based iPods that They contained like 50 songs and seemed like a pathetic replacement for the hard drive-based models that housed thousands of people.

Apple is moving six steps ahead of its opponents. They could have removed Wi-Fi or reduced the Soc performance of the Apple Watch to make it a more sensible and well-rounded product. today, but instead they have set the internal goal of what a smartwatch should be a computer on the wrist and now they are just playing a waiting game until the product they want can actually be manufactured and I understand why they did it because what First comes the chicken, the interactive computer on your wrist that Apple is trying to build or the egg, the software that will run on that computer and make it functional.

Either is useless without the other and Apple can't sit back and wait. forever, while the developers only work on Android Wear or Pebble, so they released what is essentially a development kit, a product that can be coded and that is functionally the same as what is coming and that allows Apple collect valuable customer feedback as you should. It doesn't take two taps to dismiss the notification. Hey, being able to interact with Hangouts or Gmail messages in addition to a message would be great. Starting navigation with Siri shouldn't require me to touch the device, which is very inconvenient when I'm on a motorcycle. this thing is useless as a music remote control, one of the only things I do with my smartwatch until it defaults to turning on music control when I'm playing music and supports third party media apps like sonos and play music but it will seem one of the first toys to adopt, once the one with the screen always on, not to mention always listening to Siri and stuff, it arrives well, so Linus, everyone who bought one should feel like idiots, well I'd say which depends on why they bought it, if I bought it to have a great smartwatch then yes if they bought it as a fitness tracker especially the one I have which tells me I'm progressing in my walking training when I'm sitting typing this review and I slip from sweat when I play. badminton, then yes, if they bought it as a fashion accessory that looks surprisingly good on both men and women with the same Apple design and that, like the white headphones in the year 2000, tells the people around them how modern and cool they are, then I guess.

No, I mean I've seen firsthand that it's a great conversation starter and not just with my fellow geeks like my other smartwatches, so the answer to that question is that value is in the eye of the beholder and although many will find something better. Make the most of your investment in a sports watch 20. The Apple Watch at least offers an arguably better value proposition than a pair of high-fashion shoes or something. They will both be just plain hideous and you won't want to be seen in public. with them in a year, but at least the Apple Watch will do something in the meantime and why don't you do something to avoid paying too much for your mobile bill? ting.com, that's the mobile operator that focuses on customer service, why talk to a robot?

When you call your cell phone provider, they can connect you directly to a person with TING and you only pay for what you use with an average TING bill of only about $24 a month per device and if you're stuck with a contract, you can Switch to Ting and they will cover 25 of your cancellation fee up to $75, so go to linus.ting.com and try their savings calculator where you enter your latest bills and find out, would you really be saving money? Whether you are or not don't take my word for it go for it and plus if you use our link you'll get 25 bucks in service credit or towards a new device so that's a nice little bonus too thanks for watching guys yeah this video sucks.

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