Apple meh Watch

(the pictures are not working right now, I might go back an fix them, maybe)

I am an apple fanboy.  I have alway been Team Apple.  Most of the time I am totally on board what ever they do.  Big iPhone?  Yeah sure, I can see why someone would like that.  Macbook Air, so want one.  Siri on Mac OS X?  Sure, why not, she still is not as cool as we want her to be, but whatever.  Apple Watch?  eh, no.  Apple tends to do release things that you are like, I did not know that I needed this thing, but now I NEED it in my life.  That is what the iPad did for me.  I don’t see this with the Apple Watch, I could be wrong, but even though I did not see the practical reason for a $500 iPad, but I still wanted one.  I have no desire to have an Apple watch.  It is an Apple first.

Still need your phone.

You still need to have your phone on you to make it work.  Well, it will still give you the time with out the phone, but nothing else.  If anything, it is just an extension of your phone screen.  Now when you think about it, this is not a big deal, because we really do not stay way from our phones much anymore, but now we need to carry 2 devices at all times.

One day battery

Yep, one day.  Now, I know what you are going to say, your iPhone only lasts one day.  Yes, that is true, and I am happy that it lasts a day.  It would be nice to last longer, but it is fine.  But I use my phone a lot in a day, so that makes sense.  But we are talking about a watch.  I would expect it to last at least more than one day.  Watches are a thing that you just put on, and don’t think about.  I feel if I have to take it off to charge it everyday, I will forget to put it back on in the morning.  

I have not worn a watch for years, except for church, cuz it looks baller

I have liked watches for a long time, but since I have a iPhone, it does not make much sense to keep one on all the time.  It is not that much of a deal to reach into my pocket to see the time.  Yes it is quicker to just look at my wrist, but not that much, I am used to it.  

1st gen hardware sucks

Even if I was going to get an Apple watch, I would not get the first one.  Do you remember the first gen iPad?  It was awesome, but one year later, with the iPad 2, it just made the first one look like crap.  This is the general rule for apple hardware.  The first version is just a proof of concept.  It just proves to the industry that it will work, and everyone should buy it.  The iPad 2 is still in use, and is still fast enough.  So, if you are going to get one, let the hipsters get the first one, and work out all the out of the gate problems.

Pricing

And, here is the biggest reason why I am not getting the Apple Watch.  When they announced it, I still was not excited.  We have heard rumors for years that they were going to come out with a watch.  So much so that the other tech companies tried to beat apple to the punch with their own.  And no one wants them.  These watches have the same problems that I listed above, without the added benefit of it having the magic apple logo.  Is that all that is needed, the Apple magic logo on the back to make this a product that the masses will want.  It has happened before.

When they were going to announce the price, I was thinking in my head, if it is $50, ill buy it day one, $100, maybe, even $175 I might have considered it, that is the price of a regular fancy watch.  But $350 for the cheapest?  Nope, nope.  sigh.  I wonder if this is apple going, lets price it high, see if it sells, let the first adopters pay full price.  Then to make sales headlines next year, they release a better cheaper version, and blow everyone away.  That is my hope anyway.  

Now, I know most of my points are not that big of deals.  I know that if I had one, I would like it, and find ways that it makes my life easier.  Just like how I did not know how the iPad would change things.  I did not know why I needed it, I had a phone and a laptop, why do I need a super large phone?  But here is the diffence, , despite that, I still WANTED it, I wanted it to a NEED it now!! level. I just do not feel the same for this product.  I made this list to try to put my finger on exactly why I do not care about this.  This is the first time ever that I did not desire to have an Apple Product day one. Am I too old now.  Do I just not “get it”?