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Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by TwiztidK » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 12:44 PM UTC

collyw wrote: post #153

mcphage wrote: post #146

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> if you keep your phone within Bluetooth Low Energy range 300 ft. > in a waterproof sack Probably the one that contains your wallet and keys as well.

Not much use as a watch then.

It wasn't mentioned, but I fully assume the watch will be waterproof (at least water resistant). They incidentally come in contact with water too often (rain, hand washing, etc) to not be.

The Moto360 is water resistant and the Pebble is water proof, so if the Apple Watch isn't, it's seriously in trouble.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by mcphage » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 3:59 PM UTC

TwiztidK wrote: post #171

collyw wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not much use as a watch then.

It wasn't mentioned, but I fully assume the watch will be waterproof (at least water resistant). They incidentally come in contact with water too often (rain, hand washing, etc) to not be. The Moto360 is water resistant and the Pebble is water proof, so if the Apple Watch isn't, it's seriously in trouble.

No doubt the reason they didn't say yet, is because it hasn't been finished yet. But yes, it will be at least water resistant, since if it's not, it would be useless. Apple wants to sell these things, so it won't make them useless.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by mcphage » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

revelation wrote: post #18

julianpye wrote: post #5

When they announced the feature of sharing your heartbeat with your partner via vibrate, both my girlfriend and I went 'eeeeew'. Some things shouldn't be done through technology, just like that Japanese remote kissing device :)

Well, I don't see the eww factor in sharing a number. But then I also don't see the point, because the sensor will (just as the Motorola one) not reliably work when exercising and theres no tracking mechanism anyway. (There are optical heart rate sensors that are made for exercise, and they have much brighter LEDs and specially designed case for shutting out exterior light)

> have much brighter LEDs

Where did they announce the brightness of the heart rate LEDs?

> specially designed case for shutting out exterior light

Well, it's sitting right against your wrist, pressed against it. I think that'll block out enough light.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by mcphage » Wed, Sep 10, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

nokiaman wrote: post #151

femto113 wrote: post #112

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18K just means "75% pure gold", it doesn't say what the other 25% is and there are a lot of different alloys. Most commonly it's mostly copper, which ironically is what gives it the standard "gold" tint (white gold uses metals like silver instead). I assume they mean "we picked an alloy that's harder than most".

Apparently Apple has their own metallurgists now... nauseating... "crafted from 18-karat gold that our metallurgists have developed to be up to twice as hard as standard gold." http://www.apple.com/watch/apple-watch-edition/

> Apparently Apple has their own metallurgists now... nauseating...

Given how many things they make out of metal, they've probably had metallurgists for years. I'm not sure what you find nauseating about that idea.