Apple Watch Launches · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 24, 2015 @07:59AM from the it's-all-in-the-wrist dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Apple Watch's release date has arrived: retailers around the world have quietly begun putting them on their shelves, and customers are beginning to receive their shipments. Reviews have been out for a while, including thoughtful ones from John Gruber and Nilay Patel. Apple has published a full user guide for the software, and iFixit has put up a full teardown to take a look at the hardware. They give it a repairability score of 5 out of 10, saying that the screen and battery are easily replaced, but not much else is. Though Apple designated the watch "water-resistant" rather than "waterproof", early tests show it's able to withstand a shower and a swim in the pool without failing. Ars has an article about the difficulty of making games for the Apple Watch, and Wired has a piece detailing its creation.

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My prediction for the Apple Watch's success by JoeyRox · 2015-04-24 08:22 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I think the first generation will sell the most units and each successive generation will sell in fewer and fewer numbers. This is because IMO the watch is a novelty item without much utility and those buying it will quickly reach the same conclusion and never buy it again.