Wearable smart devices are now all the rage around the world as people think it is the next frontier when it comes to our everyday mobile devices. And wearable smart devices got itself even more hype when Apple announced its newest product – the Apple Watch. But what exactly is it about the Apple Watch that makes it the new frontier of wearable smart devices?
The Apple Watch is dubbed as the company’s most personal device it has ever created because it’s not just with you, it’s on you, boasting that it is the most advanced time piece ever created as it will revolutionize your life. Apple made sure that the new watch they have lined up for its loyal followers fit their lifestyle, in fact, Tim Cook himself said that they designed it to appeal to a whole variety of people with different taste and different preferences.
During the keynote, Cook mentioned that their watch is incredibly accurate, so accurate that it is within 50 milliseconds of the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is the universal time standard. This means, those who will be wearing the watch will never have to worry about time at all as they will have on their arm the most accurate time piece.
But the Apple Watch won’t just tell time, it can tell time the way you want it to. You can choose which kind of face the watch will have. For example, you can choose the traditional face of the watch and have it in different colors; you can opt for the digital face which is full of rich detail; you can decide on getting the simple face which only features the watch’s hands; or you can have it any other way such as having a beautiful flower blossoming before you as it tells the time.
Aside from choosing how the watch’s face will appear, you can also fully customize what other details the watch’s face will tell you. You can add the date, the world clock, a stop clock, and even show when your next meeting will be. This feature not only gives you the information you want on your wrist, but it also allows you to have it your way, your own preference on the face of your watch.
To think having the most accurate and customizable time piece would be enough, think again as Apple also introduced the new watch’s feature, Glances. “Glances allows you to check things very quickly for those things you check most frequently,” said Cook in his keynote. All you need to do is to swipe up from the bottom of the face of the watch and you can instantly access things like the calendar, the weather, music, and even your heart rate.
And along with the new feature Glances, the Apple Watch also brings a whole new personal dimension to watches which has never been done before. The watch allows you to immediately communicate with others more intimately than ever before. As a wearable smart device on your wrist, you can receive messages, and the watch will alert you with a tap on your wrist. This allows wearers of the watch to read and respond to the text immediately. And with the watch’s built-in speaker and microphone, you can also receive calls on your watch. But it doesn’t end there, the watch will also enable you to read full emails and to do things with them such as mark them as unread, flag them, or delete them.
Among the many functions that the Apple Watch already has, it also has a whole new way of communication between you and your loved ones. Just by pressing the side button of the watch you can bring up your friends. With your friends in your screen, you can connect with them via watch to watch – a groundbreaking technology called Digital Touch.
Through Digital Touch, you can sketch on the face of your watch and this sketch will be animated on your friend’s watch exactly as you drew it. In addition, you can also tap on the watch to get your friend’s attention. And lastly, you can send your loved one a heartbeat, what Cook said as “an incredibly intimate way to tell someone you are thinking about them.”
The Apple Watch can also help you with your fitness as it tracks your daily movement: it can track how long you have been working out and how long you’ve been seated. And it shows you this information through a ring graphic so you can easily view it. The watch can also send you reminders about your fitness lifestyle. For instance, it can send you a weekly summary of your activity and it can suggest a new target goal for the coming week.
The new watch can easily connect with your iPhone, so you can get notifications straight to your wrist. Any notification you receive on your iPhone will be displayed on the watch, such as news, sports, and social media. Interacting with Siri is also made possible through this watch. And all of these functions can last you 18 hours – the battery life of the watch.
The Apple Watch comes in three different collections: Watch, Watch Sport, and Watch Edition. The collection Watch offers the widest array of Apple Watch bands and costs $549 to $1,049 for the 38 mm model and $599 to $1,099 for the 42 mm model, depending on the kind of Apple Watch bands you choose. Watch Sport caters for the active life and is priced at $349 for the 38 mm model and $399 for the 42 mm model. And the high-end Watch Edition, whose case is made from 18-karat solid gold, costs $10,000 and will come in a limited number on a few select branches only.
Indeed, the Apple Watch could be the next frontier when it comes to wearable smart devices as it truly has some revolutionary technology packed into a time piece that will tell you more than just the time. More than just a fashion accessory, the watch can become an integral part of who you are as it can help you with your life, fitness, friends and loved ones.
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