APPLE WATCH : REVIEW
Apple made it's introduction to the wearable technology with the Apple Watch . Apple made the watch in three version , a Sport version , a Standard version and a limited one also.The Apple Watch comes in two sizes 38mm and 42mm. Basically one for the lady and one for the male. However, a 38mm is too small even for ladies , so a 42mm would just be perfect. Check the versions of Apple Watch at our previous blog.
The Watch has multiple bands to avail your licking , so you can choose which ever band you one.The Apple Watch is quite comfortable and is one of the best feeling smart-watch on the hand available in the market.Apple Watch has basically two buttons, one the crown and the other a more tactile button.Neither of them are customizable and if you tap the crown you get to the home page.
From the Apple Watch you swipe down just like the iPhone to get the notifications. The notifications are placed quite well and does not clutter. You can dismiss one notification at a time or just clear them all.And then there's swipe up from the bottom which gives you the glance screen. It is somewhat similar to the cards , so they come from the apps from your watch. The cards can give you a whole lot of info as well as controls , you can toggle the flight mode and apps like Shazam can be used in a touch.
So coming to the apps, Apple does not have a separate Watch store for the apps, So how does the watch get the apps ? Basically it all comes from iPhone , in the iPhone store you can see the specification of the watch app provided by the developer. So you can install the app from the phone and activate the glance screen also from there.The Watch home display can be customized with only the iPhone app , so you can there's no settings in the Watch .The apps on the watch tend to slow down , smooth but slow. The Watch developers have to get it to more faster experiences, however the inbuilt apps are great. They use the whole Watch functionality like the crown and force touch. The Watch does quite well on receiving the notifications which in all tends to lessen time used on the iPhone.The taptic engine does quite well and create a good response.
Now the Activity tracker , coming to it this hands down the best activity app. The taptic engine gives you the notification when you are sitting to much ,or haven't meet the goal for the day.
The activity 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
However there's a glitch , the Apple Watch does not have a inbuilt GPS , so you cannot track the distance traveled. In fact you can use the other fitness app available to track your activity.
Apple Watch is running on an operating system called Watch OS. Developers who make iOS apps have to optimize their apps for Watch OS if they want them to work on Apple Watch.
This is similar to the way Android Wear works. The apps running on Apple Watch are either very distilled versions of the same apps on iPhone, or they’re remote controls for the full app that’s running on the phone.
So there's no option for downloading third party lock-screen, which is quite a disappointment.
But still this is Apple , and everything usually is closed. But looking at the various lock-screen's available , it does well. The Apple Watch has the best gyroscope available in any smart phone , the phone just quickly comes to life as you see it . Battery Life ! A major problem in smart-watch but Apple Watch tends to have a decent battery life , the normal usage lasts more than One and a half day.
So the battery does it job quite well.
After all this , the Apple Watch is just an accessory to the iPhone.Apple Watch is a good start by Apple in the wearable technology. Apple Watch does have great features like NFC payments, emoji , taptic engine and so on. Apple Watch still has a lot to cover , however I will wait for the version 2 .Apple Watch when compared to Android wear watches is far more developed and the OS is a major advantage for Apple Watch. What do you think ?
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