Bring on the 3rd party chargers.

[mcdj]

I'm a little surprised at the charging cable. It may be magnetic and snap on effortlessly, but a wonky cable sticking out of the back of an otherwise very thoughtfully designed watch seems like an afterthought.

If I lay the watch on a nightstand at night, I need yet another dangling cable, next to my lightning cable. And another outlet.

And if I lay the watch on its side, crown side facing up, the charging cable will stick straight up, unless I want to lay the watch on the cable and have the cable running under the watch. Awkward.

This thing is screaming for a nice little padded inductive charging tray/box, with a magnetic charge disk, mounted perpendicularly to the padded base, an oval support for the watchband, and lightning cable coming out of the back, out of the way.

 

[FatMax]

Apparently, this is included with the  Watch Edition. According to David Pogue at least.

 

[mikedis]

Yeah the charger is weird.

 

[Deep.sky]

Wow, that is SOME thread necro.

 

[Sirious]

I'm a little surprised at the charging cable. It may be magnetic and snap on effortlessly, but a wonky cable sticking out of the back of an otherwise very thoughtfully designed watch seems like an afterthought.

If I lay the watch on a nightstand at night, I need yet another dangling cable, next to my lightning cable. And another outlet.

And if I lay the watch on its side, crown side facing up, the charging cable will stick straight up, unless I want to lay the watch on the cable and have the cable running under the watch. Awkward.

This thing is screaming for a nice little padded inductive charging tray/box, with a magnetic charge disk, mounted perpendicularly to the padded base, an oval support for the watchband, and lightning cable coming out of the back, out of the way.

You kind of single handedly predicted the Apple Watch magnetic charging dock and AirPower.

 

[mikedis]

You kind of single handedly predicted the Apple Watch magnetic charging dock and AirPower.

I mean, wasn't it just common sense that Apple would eventually release a high end stand for the watch? And AirPower is dead internally, or at least, that's what they want us to think.