Apple Watch users are discovering interesting features about the wearable since its release. Its newly unveiled feature compensates with its input limitations - force touch. The question is if its features evens out its price.
So far, there are 14 force touch mechanisms in the Apple Watch that allows users to navigate through the device's functions, change apps and facilitate input. Out of 14 force touch functions, 7 of them has to do with changing basic apps mode such as changing calendar view, changing timer mode, stopwatch mode, changing watch face and changing emoji colors. A more functional use of the force touch is changing audio source between the paired iPhone and the watch itself. The Apple Watch has 8GB internal storage - another impressive feature of the watch.
Although the watch is significantly smaller than the iPhone, the makers made some smart manipulation to utilize existing iPhone features converged into the Apple Watch. For example, Siri can launch apps instead of navigating through the display panel of the tiny accessory. The watch is also able to handoff app activities and notification to its phone. This new wearable innovation from Apple does have a lot of impressive features but if you're not a fan of waiting, you might not like a hitch from it.
Apparently, even an Apple enthusiast couldn't help but notice and be less impressed with the Apple watch performance with outside apps. In recent documented tests, the Apple Watch takes 3-4 seconds to load Instagram. The watch is obviously a new development but most people might not be willing to spend merely $599 for a tech accessory that has inevitable lag time. It may be working nicely with its own apps but most tech users use outside apps through their device. With this in thought, the Apple Watch could simply be a small wearable extension to the iPhone.
This new product from Apple is definitely impressive in the context of wearing an expensive accessory. Other than that, it could use a little more development, perhaps a hologram function or something.
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