APPLE WATCH

APPLE WATCH

           Apple Spring Forward event was held  specially for the Apple Watch. Apple Watch was shown by Apple in it's previous event in 2014.Apple had told that the Watch would be available in April 2015 , but didn't reveal the exact details of either the launch nor the Apple Watch.So enough backwards , let's see what Apple has for the wearable tech.

           The Apple watch comes in a variety of materials for each persons preferences.Apple Watch comes with Stainless steel , Aluminum and Gold versions. The watch comes in two different sizes , the 42cm (height) and 38cm (height). The Apple Watch sport comes with an aluminum body , the Apple Watch comes with Stainless steel body and the Limited Edition Apple Watch comes with 18 karat Gold body to have a premium look.The Apple Watch fells more comfortable on the wrist.
 
           The time face of Apple Watch is quite different from other smart watches in the market.The Apple Watch has a variety of watch faces and can even be customizable. You can add remainders , fitness or even weather and a whole bunch of custom details can be added.Apple has also introduced glance screen , which is more like a notification bar but with more details.You can swipe from bottom to top to access it .It's quite similar to the one in the Android Wear.Glance screen can show you the important details as well as your heartbeat at that time.

          Apple Watch can now show and reply to messages directly from the watch.The taptic engine produces an sensation that you have received a message.Siri is integrated in Apple Watch so you can either reply by voice or by text. Apple Watch also can now receive calls on your Watch. So you can either answer it on the Watch or on the iPhone.How can a person talk on the Watch ?? AWKWARD .  Apple Watch also gives you option of text reply when a person is calling. No it does not have a SIM slot but is connected to your Apple iPhone.You can view you e-mail also n the Watch , if it's too long just scroll it by the help of crown.You can mark it as read or unread also.




Apple Pay as shown in the earlier event by Apple just works on like the iPhone.Apple Pay is synched across the iPhone and gets all the card that you have  saved . You can pay directly from the watch by just keeping it near the device. It also gives us a taptic response when the transfer has been done.Apple Watch has a ton of third party apps -- Wechat , Uber, Instagaram to name a few. You can request a cab from Uber just like and you can see the details by just scrolling the crown.Instagram also gives you the simplified app for your Watch. The best one ---  SPG hotels now have an app for the Apple Watch in which your room no is shown and also the conformation no , so no need to stand at the reception.Apple Watch can act as a key to your room and by just keeping it near the lock your room is unlocked.


  The Apple Watch has inner circle of friends so as to connect to them at any time. You can press the side button on the Apple watch and access your inner circle. You can choose the person by scrolling through them by the crown.Once selected you can either call , message or Digital Touch.Digital Touch is a new way offered by Apple to connect to people , so if sketch a drawing on your Watch the same sketch appears to the other persons Watch you have sent. With Digital touch you can  send a tap to the person so that they can know that you are thinking of them.Digital Touch also makes it possible to send your heartbeats to the other person , so the person receives the exact heart rate that the watch recorded.


FITNESS ?

Fitness being the most important part of smart watch sales and a forte for the smart watch companies to accomplish. So is it better ?
The Watch has four Sapphire sensors : the IR , LED diodes and also photo-sensors which measure the heart rate.It also has accelerometer and GPS which allows it to make Fitness Apps make accurate data and making fitness goals by telling the amount of calories burnt.The fitness app  has three ring interface in which each ring as tells us specific activity. The inner most ring shows the time you been standing.Apple Watch pops up a message if you been sitting to long and helps you reach the goal.
The middle ring is the exercise ring and shows you your workout of the day. The global time declared is 30 minutes for a good day. The last ring being the movement you have done basically the calories you have burnt through the day. So you can start by small and modify as you like, the all three rings can be modified as per the user. At the end of the week the Watch gives you the weekly report and also suggest for a better workout plan.      

             You can either use the inbuilt Health app provided by Apple or optimize for a detailed workout app by Nike -- the Nike + . Both apps work great either of them can be useful.Nike + is recommended for more intensive workouts.

 
          The Apple Watch will go on sale April 24th, with prices starting at $349 and running to over $10,000 for its top-of-the-line models. Apple Watch Sport, the low-end model housed in aluminum, starts at $349 for the 38mm model and $399 for the 42mm model. The stainless steel Apple Watch will start at $549 for the 38mm model and $599 for the 42mm model, with prices ranging up to $1,049 and $1,099 depending on the band they're paired with. The 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition will start at $10,000. Those will only be available in select retail stores.

In all the Apple Watch is far more advanced then it's competitors in the market.It has a good design and shows a comfort to your hand. Leaving the Hardware or design aside, the software Apple has provided is just out of league. It shows great simplification and the use of simple use of hardware like the crown for the home button as well as home.With kick start of a great deal of apps not just by Apple but also third party apps , Apple has made a masterpiece or not only time will tell.
So is it better than Moto 360.

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