How will the screen turn on? Motion sensor?

[Rogifan]

It's not so much as what Apple think but were Lith-ion battery tech is. We can't have it all and it's a compromise until there is some new type of power supply/battery technology.

I can only speak for myself. I charge my iPhone and iPad every night so it will be beneficial to me to do the same with the aWatch. If it were 2 or 3 day battery life I would probably be wearing it during the 2ed day when it went dead. Better for me to have a daily pattern of charging until battery life could be extended to over 1 week of real life use (probably at least 5 or more years).

If Apple offered a nice charging stand and showed how simple it was to take the watch off before you go to bed to charge it I don't think it would bother many people. Except for those who need sleep tracking. One question I have is, how long does it take to charge? i don't think anyone has speculated on this yet.

I still think this might be like the iPod and within a year or two a shuffle or nano type device that is more geared towards just fitness. Ben Shaffer, who was a shoe designer at Nike now works for Jony Ive. Jay Blankin also worked at Nike in the division that created the FuelBand. Plus they've hired doctors and others in the medical devices space in the last year. I have a hard time believing the fitness component they announced with Watch is the be all end all of their ambitions.

 

[mtmac]

A leather charging box is included with the edition. I think it will be likely that Apple offers (possibly a few) charging stands.

I think the Nike alliance will result in more of a bangle design once very flexible displays are available. Many have stated they would like this option. People who don't want to give up their mechanical watches yet don't want to wear two watches, but would wear a watch and a bangle. Also younger people looking for a modern design that isn't based upon a watch would prefer this.

More sensors are definitely in the future.

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

That is not a natural behavior of people who's wearing watch. I used to wear watch for years and every time I want to know the time I lifted my wrist. Some people might do that sometimes but it's a fringe case, and it's not comfortable.
Now, if the screen will turn on every time I lift my arm to do something even though it has nothing to do with the watch, that's alright. But if I lift up my wrist and the screen fails to turn on, that is a fail.
We shall see.

Disagree. I wear a watch and there are countless times I glance at it by just twisting my wrist slightly. Maybe I'm using a tool or mowing the lawn or sitting quietly at a performance. Even when I do move my arm it's often a more horizontal motion about my midsection.

For me, as I often use a watch, the Apple Watch isn't one. It's a wrist computer that requires much more deliberate action to use its basic features that would be available any time at a casual glance on a typical watch. I've had watches with hybrid faces that include LCD for additional data and of course those are always on as well.

I hope the product evolves. I like the idea but I wish they would have started with an activity tracker and moved on from there as the tech allowed. I can't help but think back to the first digital watches that were dark all the time and had terrible battery life. They sucked.

 

[diamond.g]

I hope it is way more sensitive than the Android Wear versions. If your wrist is already somewhat facing you they usually won't recognize the rest of the tilting motion as wanting to see the time. And they are generally annoying when driving.