How does the watch price point appeal to you?

MattButlerStudios

The watch was just unveiled and it's starting price is set at $349 for the base model. What is your take on this price? Can something like this take off and be competitive in today's market?

Lovejoy

I love watches, apple watch will definitely be joining my collection. Not the basic one though, going for that gold one!

imGua

I would rather buy one more year of Pro

I've never liked to wear watches or anything else on my body.

colander

@imGua said:
I would rather buy one more year of Pro

I've never liked to wear watches or anything else on my body.

I hope you wear clothes .

I wouldn't get one unless I was developing an app for them and it would be second hand.

imGua

@colander said:
I hope you wear clothes

And glasses

The_Gamesalad_Guru

I love tech and will be getting one.

UtopianGames

Don't wear watches so its a no from me

Darren.

jamie_c

It looks awesome but I couldn't justify the 350 for a watch.

gyroscope

It's great technology - on the face of it... but $349 for a watch I'd only wear "for going out" is way out of bounds for me too.

And even if I wore it each day, I can't see me twiddling with it on my wrist throughout the day.... it would drive my wife & friends insane! (and myself, eventually, constantly tapping and twisting it at the end of my arm - and can't see that looking anywhere "cool"...might even look a bit daft till people get used to seeing it, possibly, I guess...)

Having said that..... if it had been $175 (no way, of course) i might have thought twice...

But I hope it's successful for Apple and a lot of people buy it. Why? Great for us GSCers making apps for it! (If and when GS add that platform....)

Tiny_Ideas

You want GameSalad to support the apple watch yet your not willing to pay for it. This is another reason why you shouldn't develop for it.

gyroscope

@Jeromy said:
You want GameSalad to support the apple watch yet your not willing to pay for it. This is another reason why you shouldn't develop for it.

Hello, don't know if your comment was direct at me, but either way, I think that's a ridiculous remark.

Also "another reason" - what's the first reason?

Tiny_Ideas

@gyroscope‌ Just a general statement. I don't know if you want to develop for it or not. People need to spend money it make money. It can't be one sided.

The other reason were stated in another thread if GS should support it. I don't see any apps being created or games that are going to raise the value of the apple watch. Leave it to the professionals who have access to advanced tools.

gyroscope

Ah, OK, get what you're saying, @Jeromy ... though I'll still be making apps/games for the Watch (if it gets into GSC as a platform) without buying one for a long while..... (Unless my first Watch app makes a squillion...)

SlickZero

@gyroscope said:
It's great technology - on the face of it...

pHghost

I'll first need to see it firsthand. I haven't worn a watch in some time, but have thought about getting one a couple of times.

They do look bulky on their own, but on photos of people wearing them, they look sleek and as a...well, watch. So I don't see it as a huge step 'getting used to' seeing them around.

Anyway, I'd definitely get one if it made sense to develop something for it. Time will tell.

Armelline

I just don't use the kind of features it offers anywhere near enough to justify that kind of investment. Hell, I still refuse to upgrade past my iPhone 4S.

gyroscope

@SlickZero Ha!

@pHghost said:
They do look bulky on their own, but on photos of people wearing them, they look sleek and as a...well, watch. So I don't see it as a huge step 'getting used to' seeing them around.

Hi @pHghost if your quote of " 'getting used to' seeing " was from my comment, I was referring to getting used to seeing people sitting, head down and gazing down to the end of an arm resting on their leg, (probably more comfortable in the long run to have the legs crossed) tapping it and twirling the crown on their wrist - users interacting in that scrunched up, back bent pose... not getting used to the look of the watch itself.

imGua

@Armelline said:
I just don't use the kind of features it offers anywhere near enough to justify that kind of investment. Hell, I still refuse to upgrade past my iPhone 4S.

I'm still using iPhone 4

pHghost

@gyroscope‌ -- see what you mean there.

Though I don't really think the Apple Watch will be ideal for that.

It isn't going to replace your phone. I think it will work best for quick, to-the-point matters.

Really, I'm not even sure how much Apple will open it up to gaming. That would mean making it vulnerable to battery drain, which can be killer with a watch. It really seems to be more of companion device than anything else.

We'll see.

gyroscope

@pHghost said:
gyroscope‌ -- see what you mean there.

Though I don't really think the Apple Watch will be ideal for that.

It isn't going to replace your phone. I think it will work best for quick, to-the-point matters.

Really, I'm not even sure how much Apple will open it up to gaming. That would mean making it vulnerable to battery drain, which can be killer with a watch. It really seems to be more of companion device than anything else.

We'll see.

Very good points; and we will see indeed.

jonmulcahy

I have a pebble, it's cool but it doesn't really enhance my life.
the apple watch looks to do so much more, so it may be cool.

but the main reason I am buying it is the same reason I own 2 kindles, a win8 tablet, a win8 phone and an android phone. I want to develop for it and i need a test device.

and i want to play with it

Hopscotch

Watches are so retro, I don't wear any.

I can see a new medical condition on the horizon, what tennis-elbow was for the right arm, iwatch-elbow will be for the left.

Even if GS will support the iwatch resolution, apps for it are all about integration. So unless GS make low level functions available, there won't be many sensible things we can create for it.

RP

I don't wear watches. I have a few but I don't wear them because I don't like them on my arm. I'm pretty active and watches tend to get it caught, damaged or broken when I do wear them. I also would rather refer to my do-everything-I-need phone which is in my pocket rather than getting partial data from my watch. We are talking about a second or two of effort vs. looking at your arm. To me it is kind of silly. In the end, it really is an accessory...do you need it? I don't. Will I get one?....likely.

One big selling point that has been pushed for this is biometric data...but there are several other devices that pair with your iPhone that can do this already for far less. This watch is going to have to do a lot more (direct features from Apple) and add a cherry on top.

pHghost

@Hopscotch said:

I can see a new medical condition on the horizon, what tennis-elbow was for the right arm, iwatch-elbow will be for the left.

Oh, come on, now...watches were all around in the past, and no such issues. Yes, traditional watches are retro and on the way out -- in a way. Apple Watch may well change that, give watches another chance at life. Maybe it will work, maybe not. I wouldn't forsake it out of the box, though. I actually like that the format will force you slightly to be practical about what you do, in situations where pulling out your phone out of the pocket can make you 'play around' a bit, procrastinating.

Lovejoy

@pHghost said:
Oh, come on, now...watches were all around in the past, and no such issues. Yes, traditional watches are retro and on the way out -- in a way. Apple Watch may well change that, give watches another chance at life. Maybe it will work, maybe not. I wouldn't forsake it out of the box, though. I actually like that the format will force you slightly to be practical about what you do, in situations where pulling out your phone out of the pocket can make you 'play around' a bit, procrastinating.

Im sure he has just joking on that. If anyone here has owned a real watch then they know that they are quite heavy and don't really cause any harm.

Hopscotch

@raycur09, thanks for the defence, but think about it ... if you owned an iWatch you would constantly want it to be in plain sight for everyone to see, stroking your chin, brushing through your hair, gesticulating more than usual during a conversation.
iWatch-elbow is going to be a thing!

Lovejoy

@Hopscotch‌ Ah! I get what your saying now. Yeah, i could definitely see that happening.

MattButlerStudios

The price point of this watch seems outrageous when talking about a wearable electronic device, but in the watch world I imagine that this is a rather affordable price for such a luxury item.

lycettebros

Apple have to get into this space (wearable personalised small miniaturised) it is a future direction. Why would anyone think the form factor of the phone is going to remain as it is? If they are developing devices in this direction then we are all going there (as long as we choose to play) - the watch starts tethered to the phone but eventually it becomes independent, faster, more powerful and thinner as it evolves.
This is a long term game - they will develop and explore its potential as they have to.

jigglybean

Expensive coaster.

pHghost

@lycettebros said:
Why would anyone think the form factor of the phone is going to remain as it is? If they are developing devices in this direction then we are all going there.

I wouldn't be so certain about that. A watch isn't and won't be for a long time (if it ever will) practical to replace your phone.

@Hopscotch said:
If you owned an iWatch you would constantly want it to be in plain sight for everyone to see, stroking your chin, brushing through your hair, gesticulating more than usual during a conversation.

Why? The vision of that is just plain sad.