So the Apple is taking pre-orders on the Apple Watch today. It will be interesting to see how many

[still_one]

folks jump on an expensive watch that will be obsolete in two years

[leftofcool]

1. I think I will just keep my old worn Timex.

[hlthe2b]

4. 18+ year old tag heuer does just fine...

With an iphone 5, a chest heart rate monitor, fitbit ONE, and a variety of 3rd party apps, I'm not sure what an iwatch would do for me that I can't do already.

Of course if someone gave me one, I'd test it out. preferably the $17K gold version. LOL

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I've Got A Citizen, A Seiko, and A Movado

All i want a watch to do is tell time.

(BTW: the watch was a gift from my employer for 35 years. The Seiko was around $300. That's as much as i'd pay for a watch. If i didn't get it as a gift, no way would i have spent $1,500 on a watch.)

[still_one]

11. Of course

[still_one]

13. For me the biggest problem is the battery barely lasts a day, and maybe worse depending on usage

[hobbit709]

2. I look at the sky. If I see the sun, it's daytime, if I see stars it's night.

That's about all the time keeping I really need.

[edhopper]

3. And they will line up

to buy the new one.

[still_one]

14. Actually they won't. That is not how Apple is selling the watches. You have to pre-order, you

cannot just walk into a store and walk out with a watch without pre-cording one.

You also have to make an appointment to do an in store try on

[edhopper]

21. this time

next time, it's the iphone all over.

[still_one]

22. It doesn't have the same utility of a phone

[edhopper]

25. people who want this

will always want the latest. Apple loves building the perception of demand.

[still_one]

28. No question about it, but sales won't be anything close to the phone

unless the price is lower. This is an U subsidized device

[edhopper]

29. I agree

It seems to me the screen is too small for anything practical and most iphone owners use that for the time.

[IDemo]

5. I saw one remark from a tech writer yesterday -

that Apple is primarily a marketing behemoth and could likely sell aluminum cubes with a couple of LEDs on front.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Well, To Be Fair. . .

. . .the LED's would at least have to light up.

[jberryhill]

20. Light up?

That feature will be probably be available in the first update about three months after launch.

But in the next model, they'll blink!

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Oh. Then I'll Buy One!

Very good!

[KittyWampus]

12. they would sell, market them to arthritis sufferers...

[rug]

7. What time?

[still_one]

15. hmmm

[Blue_Adept]

9. I still prefer my horse and buggy

But I'm still not entirely sure about this new fangled "fire" thing that I keep hearing about. Stone wheels were one thing...

[KittyWampus]

10. Buy a cheap watch and it'll last for years. Buy an expensive one it'll get broken, lost, stolen.

I once found a Cartier watch while lifeguarding. No one ever claimed it.

[hlthe2b]

18. True of sunglasses too...

My current old Tag Heuer was a gift... Before that I had a self-purchased Seiko that survived for more than 15 years until I lost it in a stall with a 3/4 ton Holstein. Between the cow's hooves and the time entailed in mucking out the entire stall and going through every blade of hay, I chose to give that one a respectable send-off.

[frylock]

31. some people just don't know how to take care of their stuff..

I still have several pairs of Oakley and Arnette sunglasses that are 20 years old.

[GreatGazoo]

16. as long as we are going backward I will wait for the Apple iSundial

but for now...iPhone, disappear me!

[still_one]

17. pretty accurate description of the apple fan folks

[IDemo]

33. What you really want is an Apple II watch:

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2015/04/10/forget-the-apple-watch-what-you-really-want-is-the-apple-ii-watch-straight-from-the-1970s/

[MineralMan]

19. My $30 Timex does just fine on those few occasions

where I need to wear a watch. It's an attractive stainless steel model, very simple, and with a flex band. It lives in my dresser drawer, and only comes out if I'm going to a client meeting or on a trip. Otherwise, I have no need for a watch. My cell phone tells the time, and there's a nice digital clock in my car.

Who needs a watch that has a battery that won't even last an entire day. The Timex battery is guaranteed to last 10 years. I don't get it, although I do like the Mickey Mouse animated face you can use on the Apple watch.

[AgingAmerican]

24. Made by slave labor

And sold for 5 times it's actual worth

[upaloopa]

26. It must do more than tell time. Nobody needs a

watch anymore.

[dhill926]

27. back when dinosaurs roamed the earth….

I would just ask people the time. Now…it's everywhere. IPhone does everything and more, I need it to….

[nykym]

30. Apple started taking orders at 12:00AM

2 hours later most color were sold out and had back orders out to 4-6 weeks.

CaChing!

[TBF]

32. Watches are a dying breed - most younger people

just look at their phones now. I haven't worn one in quite awhile, but if I were to go back to that I'd have to stay w/my old Timex. Those things lasted forever!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

34. Pre-order your Apple Watch today.

I don't know why they sent me spam?