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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of the issues that many people have said about smartwatches over the years is that they have yet to find that \u201ccan’t live without\u201d feature. Sure, some can make and receive phone calls and send and receive texts \u2013 but you already have your phone for that. Some can track your fitness activities \u2013 but once again, other (cheaper) devices can do that (and do you really want to risk breaking your expensive Apple Watch during sporting activity?)<\/p>\n
Sure, the Apple Watch has a whole host of features that you may <\/i>find interesting or exciting. But how many of them could you not live without? As columnist for the Mercury News Troy Wolverton <\/i>found out, \u201cI simply didn’t have a compelling reason to wear it. And it turns out I didn’t miss it.\u201d While he noted slightly useful features such as storing boarding passes, he decided in the end that \u201c(it’s) a limited device that doesn’t do anything particularly well.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c…The Apple Watch Just Wasn’t Working Out For Me\u201d<\/h2>\n
Other people were even more scathing than Troy about their experience with the Apple Watch. James Cook <\/i>of Business Insider said that after four months of perseverance he decided that the Apple Watch \u201cjust wasn’t working out for me (and I gave it a good go).\u201d<\/p>\n James was one of the early adopters of the Apple Watch and he says that he even queued up outside of the Apple Store in order to be one of the first customers to try one on. He concedes that there are some things he misses: Notifications, fitness data, the weather and the fact that it is a great conversation starter. But overall he said that it just isn’t enough and for now he will \u201cpack it up and throw it to the back of a drawer.\u201d<\/p>\n Battery life has been a constant complaint from Apple customers about so many of their products, so it’s no surprise to see it again here. One of the biggest problems for people who actually want to use their watch is that, if the battery on a smartwatch runs out \u2013 it’s no use whatsoever. Michael Sawh<\/i> of Trusted Reviews said that he could no see Apple making the same mistake as other smartwatch developers. But, he added, \u201cI think it was the moment when I woke up at a friend’s house, lifted my wrist and saw a blank screen that I knew, sadly, that I’d been wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite some of the features that it does well, Michael was disappointed to realise that, unfortunately, Apple hadn’t \u201cthought differently\u201d with the Apple Watch. He explained, \u201cmy experience with the Apple Watch feels all too similar to how I’ve felt about every single Samsung smartwatch so far.\u201d<\/p>\n He is a little more optimistic about the future, though, adding that Apple also made mistakes with the first ever iPhone and iPad. He thinks that Apple could get things right in the future if they make sure that they spend their time wisely ensuring that they get things right. But he ominously adds at the end that he’s \u201cnot convinced the world is truly ready for smartwatches.\u201d Which is perhaps something Apple agree with and may be why the Apple Watch 2 isn’t available just yet.<\/p>\n James Croft <\/i>of Gizmodo found that he took a completely different direction to many other watch consumers. While you would often expect people who loved a regular wrist watch to perhaps be interested in the extra features an Apple Watch brings \u2013 it’s more surprising to see someone move from an Apple back to a regular wrist watch.<\/p>\n However, James did just that, finding that he just didn’t find most of the features useful \u2013 except one feature he really enjoyed – \u201cthe date and time!\u201d Unfortunately the Apple Watch just didn’t seem to cut it in that department for him \u2013 he found checking the time incredibly unreliable. James explained, \u201cYou do a subtle wrist turn. Nothing. You try again. Nope. Before long, you\u2019re snapping your wrist up like a French mime waiting for an imaginary bus.\u201d Doesn’t sound terribly fun, does it?<\/p>\n James decided to look about for a watch which could allow him to check the time without accidentally hitting a child in the fact as he flicked his wrist. After picking up a beautiful Seiko watch<\/a> he was amazed by the timelessness of the device, \u201cIt won\u2019t get any better (or worse) one year, ten years, or even twenty years from now.\u201d He considered that a mechanical watch was a piece of wearable art but that an Apple Watch is just a device which will one day go out of date and that \u201cI think I\u2019ve got enough of those kind of gadgets.\u201d<\/p>\n The Apple Watch is certainly not a complete disaster, but it doesn’t seem to have learned from the mistakes of previous smartwatch releases. While it is certainly more beautiful and more user friendly than other smartwatches, it has not yet managed to stumble across that \u201cmust have\u201d feature which will finally make everyone flock to the smartwatch.<\/p>\n As the Apple Watch 2 announcement appears to be just around the corner it is going to be interesting to see if it manages to resolve some of the problems that people have found with the original. Or is the Apple Watch destined to suffer the same fate as previous smartwatches from other manufacturers.<\/p>\n We’ll just have to wait and see…<\/p>\n Images: Shinya Suzuki<\/a>, Dolzhen Zhargalsaykhan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Sources: Mercury News<\/a>, Business Insider<\/a>, Gizmodo<\/a>, Trusted Reviews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The biggest announcement at Apple’s conference in 2014 was the long awaited Apple Watch. For years it had been rumoured and finally it looked as though the smartwatch revolution was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[301],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt Was Just a Fancy \u00a3600 Bracelet\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI Ditched My Apple Watch For A Regular Watch\u201d<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nConclusion<\/h2>\n