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Agree or Disagree: Watch 3 Red Crown is a Hideous Monstrosity?

bunnicula said:
So, you either buy one and cover it or you buy a Series 2. I mean, it's not that complicated, really. Eating meat when you're a vegetarian and having to suffer through the torture of accepting that there's a small, red dot at the end of the crown of your AW that you will rarely EVER see aren't really in the same ballpark.
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Many vegetarians eschew meat for moral reasons, but in her case, she simply didn't like the taste of meat. I'm the same way with mayonnaise. I can't stand the slightest trace of mayo on a burger. So yes, it's the same ballpark.

Maybe you wear long sleeve shirts and sweaters, but I mostly wear shirts with rolled up sleeves, so the watch and the crown are almost always visible.

To be clear, I'm not saying that I wouldn't buy a skin for the crown, but that doesn't make the red dot a good design choice.
 
Veinticinco said:
Yes, it's hideous "design" and whoever signed off on it as the solution to visible product differentiation, ought to be animated as a poo emoji, stripped of his knighthood and sent economy class back to the UK.
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It’s pretty stylish and classy in my opinion. It’s good to have some color on a watch otherwise it’s boring Grey and white.
 
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Gameboy70 said:
Many vegetarians eschew meat for moral reasons, but in her case, she simply didn't like the taste of meat. I'm the same way with mayonnaise. I can't stand the slightest trace of mayo on a burger. So yes, it's the same ballpark.

Maybe you wear long sleeve shirts and sweaters, but I mostly wear shirts with rolled up sleeves, so the watch and the crown are almost always visible.

To be clear, I'm not saying that I wouldn't buy a skin for the crown, but that doesn't make the red dot a good design choice.
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What did tiny, red dots ever do to you, man? ;)
 
It’s hideous, I hope they offer SS models without it in the future. Still baffled over it, such a bizarre choice.
 
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joshen said:
It’s hideous, I hope they offer SS models without it in the future. Still baffled over it, such a bizarre choice.
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I imagine will start seeing articles on MacRumors of Apple Watch users trying to remove the red dot with their own methods. Should be interesting to see how that goes. I do know some are purchasing other stickers to cover up the red dot.
 
Relentless Power said:
I imagine will start seeing articles on MacRumors of Apple Watch users trying to remove the red dot with their own methods. Should be interesting to see how that goes. I do know some are purchasing other stickers to cover up the red dot.
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First world problems! People aren’t happy unless they have something to whinge about.
 
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Ad13 said:
First world problems! People aren’t happy unless they have something to whinge about.
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But it's a bloody red dot!!! lol
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Relentless Power said:
I imagine will start seeing articles on MacRumors of Apple Watch users trying to remove the red dot with their own methods. Should be interesting to see how that goes. I do know some are purchasing other stickers to cover up the red dot.
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watchdots will be loving the red dot!
 
What bothers me is that the series 3 without the ugly red dot comes with 8Gb less internal memory
 
Appleaker said:
If iPhone X customers are able to deal with a notch that’s constantly in their face, then not being able to deal with a red dot at the side of your watch seems like a joke.
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Unlike the iPhone, the Watch is a wearable. Unlike the notch, there is no logical reason for the red dot.

syan48306 said:
I think it looks great on a stainless steel w/ white sport band and the ceramic version. I can certainly see some people upset that it clashes with some band combinations.

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Of course it looks fine like this. But if you want to change bands often, the dot just clashes with many, many colours.
 
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Gameboy70 said:
Many vegetarians eschew meat for moral reasons, but in her case, she simply didn't like the taste of meat. I'm the same way with mayonnaise. I can't stand the slightest trace of mayo on a burger. So yes, it's the same ballpark.

Maybe you wear long sleeve shirts and sweaters, but I mostly wear shirts with rolled up sleeves, so the watch and the crown are almost always visible.

To be clear, I'm not saying that I wouldn't buy a skin for the crown, but that doesn't make the red dot a good design choice.
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I will gladly take a red dot over any amount of mayo.

The red dot can be covered up unlike the presence of mayo
 
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Who cares .. not going to look at it anyway. Not sure why it seems to bother so many people.

Certainly not a factor I considered in my buying decision.
 
the future said:
Unlike the iPhone, the Watch is a wearable. Unlike the notch, there is no logical reason for the red dot.



Of course it looks fine like this. But if you want to change bands often, the dot just clashes with many, many colours.
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You seem too think I am justifying the red dot and saying it’s okay, I was actually talking about the complaints about it.
As for the notch, I wasn’t saying they were the same, I was saying the notch is worse but people find it bearable. The fact you wear it is somewhat irrelevant, because, again it can be covered up and it is on the side of the device. It is like complaining about the color of the Apple logo on your iPhone.

Now I am not saying it’s stupid to complain about it (because I also don’t think it should be there), but some people are blowing it out of proportion.
 
Just a flag for connectedness to me. I wear on my left wrist so I never look at the crown. There are also decals out there to cover.
 
kildraik said:
Just a flag for connectedness to me. I wear on my left wrist so I never look at the crown. There are also decals out there to cover.
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Yeah, I wear mine on the left wrist, but I orientate it with the crown on the left, so it probably annoys me more, since I'll be staring at it all day.
 
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