Strengths of Apple Watch emerge over time

11 years ago

“At first, I was overwhelmed by pinging notifications and frustrated by the slow loading speeds of many third-party apps. At least it looked good,” Tim Bradshaw reports for The Financial Times. “But understanding the appeal of the Apple Watch takes time. For instance, after a few days, I worked out the best way to tame notifications: turn them all off and then, one by one, turn them back on if and when you notice something on your iPhone you wish you had seen immediately.”

“Only later did I appreciate one of the Watch’s subtler virtues, notably its Taptic Engine — a gentle, silent vibrating alert when the Watch needs your attention. The alerts vary depending on whether I have received a text message or a tweet, or am directed left or right,” Bradshaw reports. “It helped me decide whether to interrupt a conversation to peek at my wrist and let me find my way to a destination without even looking at a screen.”

“After a handful of Glances and two dozen apps, navigating the Watch became so time-consuming that I might as well have pulled out my phone. Once I did whittle down the combination that suited my routine, the Apple Watch started to make sense. A lubricant to my digital life, it became more valuable the faster I was able to stop peering at my wrist,” Bradshaw reports. “After a month, I don’t want to be without it. But until you wear one for a while, it might be hard to understand why.”

Much more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: With Apple Watch, you have to wear it for awhile to get it.

As we wrote back in March: Just like the tens of millions who said they didn’t want or need an iPhone, who are now on their fifth iPhone, so it’ll go with Apple Watch.

And, as we wrote last month:
Here’s what makers of Swiss or any other watches should do: Push the idea of wearing of two watches, one on each wrist or two on one wrist, into vogue. Because once people start using Apple Watch, they aren’t going to want to leave it at home. Ever. They won’t want to go to dinner parties without their Apple Watch. And that’s bad, bad news for watchmakers not named Apple.