I thought from the beginning that Apple would have a hard time with this prototype of a digital watch. Very limited applications, Very poor integration with the iPhone as a host, Then the true killer: Battery life. No one in 2015 is going to charge their watch every day.
I'm sure Apple will get the watch right, Assuming it survives this initial blunder. But the damage is done.
I agree, this is too soon. Battery life isn't evolving anywhere near as quickly as the rest of the components in the watch, but here it's the one feature that needs to improve drastically. I quite like Pebble's workaround, but obviously that isn't what Apple would do (I don't think they have it in them to work with an e-ink screen even though they should try).
I thought from the beginning that Apple would have a hard time with this prototype of a digital watch. Very limited applications, Very poor integration with the iPhone as a host, Then the true killer: Battery life. No one in 2015 is going to charge their watch every day. I'm sure Apple will get the watch right, Assuming it survives this initial blunder. But the damage is done.
I agree, this is too soon. Battery life isn't evolving anywhere near as quickly as the rest of the components in the watch, but here it's the one feature that needs to improve drastically. I quite like Pebble's workaround, but obviously that isn't what Apple would do (I don't think they have it in them to work with an e-ink screen even though they should try).