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Seems like the Watch, whatever its ultimate potential, may be something better purchased in its second iteration: > Let’s just get this ...

Seems like the Watch, whatever its ultimate potential, may be something better purchased in its second iteration: > Let’s just get this out of the way: the Apple Watch, as I reviewed it for the past week and a half, is kind of slow. There’s no getting around it, no way to talk about all of its interface ideas and obvious potential and hints of genius without noting that sometimes it stutters loading notifications. Sometimes pulling location information and data from your iPhone over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi takes a long time. Sometimes apps take forever to load, and sometimes third-party apps never really load at all. Sometimes it’s just unresponsive for a few seconds while it thinks and then it comes back. Data transfer between the phone and watch should be something that feels as seamless as magic...else, what's the point of getting the watch?

Posted by danso on Apr 8, 2015, 12:55 PM

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Seems like the Watch, whatever its ultimate potential, may be something better purchased in its second iteration: > Let’s just get this ...

dansoApr 8, 2015, 12:55 PM

Seems like the Watch, whatever its ultimate potential, may be something better purchased in its second iteration: > Let’s just get this out of the way: the Apple Watch, as I reviewed it for the past week and a half, is kind of slow. There’s no getting around it, no way to talk about all of its interface ideas and obvious potential and hints of genius without noting that sometimes it stutters loading notifications. Sometimes pulling location information and data from your iPhone over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi takes a long time. Sometimes apps take forever to load, and sometimes third-party apps never really load at all. Sometimes it’s just unresponsive for a few seconds while it thinks and then it comes back. Data transfer between the phone and watch should be something that feels as seamless as magic...else, what's the point of getting the watch?

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