No One Really Needs an Apple Watch Today

The Mac Observer ^ | July 28, 2015 22:10 GMT | Bob LeVitus

[Up Yours Marxists]

I’ve put off writing about the Apple Watch until today because, quite frankly, I didn’t know what I wanted to say. But last night it came to me… The Apple Watch is the coolest gadget in the world that you don’t need (and I say that with all due respect).

I’ll spare you the product details (visit www.apple.com/watch) so I can spend the rest of our brief time together explaining why I love Apple Watch, but don’t think you (or anyone) really needs one (at least not yet).

First, some background: I have collected and worn reasonably priced wristwatches for at least 40 years. I own more than a dozen timepieces — from everyday watches like the Casio G-Shocks I pick up on Ebay for well under $100 to my fanciest and most expensive one, a Tag-Heuer Chronograph I picked up in Hong Kong for around $800 back in the 1980s.

[Up Yours Marxists]

"In the meantime, I love my Apple Watch (even though I don’t really need it) and I don’t really miss my other timepieces at all."

The idiocy of the Apple Watch fanfare summed up by a Mac media groupie: buying crap you don't need because "it's a hipster toy".

I sure hope Mr. Cook the rainbow unicorn has his golden parachute packed up because once the dust settles and iPhones begin to lose market share he's gonna need it.

[Yo-Yo]

I don't "need" Netflix, Cable TV, or a smart phone, either. But I want them, and wanting crap that I don't need is the foundation of Capitalism.

(But I don't want an Apple Watch...)

[El Cid]

Everyone needs an Apple Watch.
At least two - one for each wrist. And maybe a third, to have it charged up and ready to swap out with the discharged watch.

[Politicalkiddo]

I think it’s stupid, but fools can spend their money how they choose.

[NormsRevenge]

They need to come out with a solar powered model. I don’t need one but..

[Boogieman]

Of course you don’t need it. Nobody even needs a regular watch anymore, in part thanks to Apple and their iPhone-led revolution.

It might have some nice features that appeal to some niche markets, but I can’t think of a single reason this would have any general appeal.

[Up Yours Marxists]

Good point. So let’s put this into perspective. For the price of a $500 Apple Watch you can alternatively buy one or more of the following:

1. 2 color laser printers
2. A reasonably-equipped ipad
3. A Samsung Galaxy phone
4. 2 entry-level laptops
5. 2 Windows tablets
6. 4 home phones
7. A decent big-screen TV
8. A decent music system
9. 2 Microsoft smart watches
10. 2 smart fitness watches
11. A dishwasher
12. A decent microwave oven
13. A washer and dryer

The list goes on forever.

[DuncanWaring]

14. A respectable bolt-action scoped rifle.

[Up Yours Marxists]

15. A 540 piece tool set.
16. A 5 year subscription to Netflix.
17. 4 cases of decent wine.
18. 166 gallons of mid-grade gasoline.

[ctdonath2]

Just because you don’t “need” it doesn’t mean you can’t find it useful, interesting, fun, and/or classy. Also doesn’t mean you are justified in dumping on people who do.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I will continue to enjoy my Submariner. : )

[ctdonath2]

Co-worker's wrist today:

[El Cid]

LOL!
I thought I was joking...

[stinkerpot65]

Good way to fund the homo-nazi Cook and his dreams of oppression.

[Up Yours Marxists]

But you NEED this, right? That’s been the Apple mantra for as long as I can remember.

[Sir_Ed]

I’m not a groupie, yet I know that when they announce they’ve made it waterproof, I’ll buy one.

I’ll buy it for the fitness apps, for the turn-by-turn GPS, for checking email and texts without dragging out my iPhone.

I think it’s a great idea, the only shortfall is it’s not waterproofed.

Ed

[slouper]

Actually, Casio already has a solar powered G Shock and I have one, wear it every day and keeps perfect time and easily converts between time zones if you travel as I do. It has time, date & day, I love it and it cost much less than i watch. Check out Casio on Amazon.

Sorry, not meant to be an endorsement but it really kinda is.

[Swordmaker]

Why one buyer of the Apple Watch says you don't need one. . . as he loves his and doesn't put on all of his other watches he owns. He does NOT say, "it's a hipster toy," as the poster of the original article, Up Yours Marxists claims. He wrote:

"In the meantime, I love my Apple Watch (even though I don’t really need it) and I don’t really miss my other timepieces at all."

And that’s all he wrote… PING!

Need for an Apple Watch?
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[Swordmaker]

Good point. So let’s put this into perspective. For the price of a $500 Apple Watch you can alternatively buy one or more of the following:

1. 2 color laser printers
2. A reasonably-equipped iPad
3. A Samsung Galaxy phone
4. 2 entry-level laptops
5. 2 Windows tablets
6. 4 home phones
7. A decent big-screen TV
8. A decent music system
9. 2 Microsoft smart watches
10. 2 smart fitness watches
11. A dishwasher
12. A decent microwave oven
13. A washer and dryer

The list goes on forever.

WOW! What a straw man argument of no value what so ever. The Apple Watch Sport sells for $349 and $399. . . So you can buy an Apple Watch for $350. You distort the cost upwards by $150 to make your propaganda point. Are you a Democrat?

Let's look at them:

#1, no, you can't.
#2, Yes, you can buy a basic model, but not well equipped.
#3, No, only with a 2 year contract, or an older model.
#4, No, you can only buy one junky one.
#5. Same as #4, maybe.
#6, Yes.
#7, ROTFLMAO!
#8, perhaps an OK music system.
#9, one Microsoft smart watch and get change back.
#10, 2 not so smart fitness watches.
#11, a contractor's model dishwasher with few features.
#12, several Walmart microwave ovens, the $40 models.
#13, one or the other of a Washer Dryer pair, cheap end.

Sorry, your straw man doesn't work. . . and your glass is half empty is absurd. You know the price of nothing and the value of nothing including your straw man fakery. Try learning the facts first. . . not making up your prices of the product you are claiming to compare to your list. Did you even READ the article you posted?

[dennisw]

When you come right down to it the Apple Watch is for the gadget obsessed and the gadget crazed. There are millions and millions of bored people on this planet and this watch fills their void.