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  • BrokenCrayons - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    It looks pretty chunky and large in the photos. If there's anyplace that making things thinner would be helpful, it'd be here with wrist-based computing devices.
  • aliasfox - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Yes, but if there's any place that needs longer battery life right now, it'd be here with wrist-based computing devices.
  • BrokenCrayons - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Agreed completely. Watches, phones, tablets, pretty much all those devices would benefit from longer battery life. Cost effective energy storage hasn't seen much improvement which, as you're implying, is probably responsible for much of the Watch's thickness.

    It'd almost make sense to link an under-wrist battery to an over-wrist interface/processor via wiring in the straps. That'd distribute the Watch's bulk across a larger area though it wouldn't exactly fit our perceptions of wrist watches.
  • FunBunny2 - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    -- It'd almost make sense to link an under-wrist battery to an over-wrist interface/processor via wiring in the straps.

    there are already (unapproved) battery straps. http://reservestrap.com/
    well, there used to be. :) the soul of Steve lives on.
  • hughlle - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    It looks utterly absurd in those last 2 photo's.
  • BrokenCrayons - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    I think that's more a result of the subject's (presumably Josh) arm and the slight offset of the Watch in the last photo. A lighter bone structure would make the Watch seem relatively larger. It's something I'm actually glad was photographed and shared because while most men will end up okay, slimmer women are more likely to notice a bulky device like the Watch. Basically, people with lighter bone structures or less body fat around their forearms many have to reconsider the Watch because of how it will look when worn. Like it or not, watches are still a fashion statement and the last thing you'd want to do is put on a large, awkward looking object in an attempt to make that statement.
  • dsraa - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    I dunno....Alot of women/metrosexual men buy these apple watches....and they ALL have small arms because they just do....so honestly....it looks f-ing huge compared to a LG or Moto watch.
  • Flunk - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    The original Apple Watch came in two sizes, is that not the case with the new one?
  • WinterCharm - Sunday, September 18, 2016 - link

    It is. 38mm and 42mm.

    The problem is people shop for it like it's a tech product, and not a watch. I see a bunch of people getting the 42mm watch when its way too big for their wrists.

    I'm a guy and I have the 38mm watch, and it looks PERFECT on my wrist. Small, classy, and not chunky or obtrusive.
  • WinterCharm - Sunday, September 18, 2016 - link

    The problem is people shop for it like it's a tech product, and not a watch. I see a bunch of people getting the 42mm watch because "it has a bigger screen" when its way too big for their wrists.

    I'm a guy and I have the 38mm watch, and it looks PERFECT on my wrist. Small, classy, and not chunky or obtrusive. I've had so many people comment that that they wish they'd gone with a smaller one when they see mine.
  • lefenzy - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Josh is the official hand and arm model of Anandtech
  • JoshHo - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    The last two photos were of the watch on a helpful assistant. :^)
  • BrokenCrayons - Friday, September 9, 2016 - link

    Ah! Well, if its possible, please thank your assistant for volunteering to wear the Watch for those photos. Size comparisons are really useful for wearable tech. It's hard to get a good idea of how something looks from vendor/company-supplied images. Between this and the famous Coke can placed alongside cases, AT has a good thing going.
  • mdriftmeyer - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Due to the teenager arms using the oversized face and not the ladies 38mm.
  • Deelron - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Pretty much this, I'm a 6' guy, 200 pound guy and the 38mm still "looks" correct on my wrist, the 42mm looks too big unless you're into really big watches.
  • Samus - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Ditto, I have the 38mm, it's just right.
  • mdriftmeyer - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    I'm 6'2" 190. It's all about bone structure. I'd buy the 38mm too, unless the width of my wrist warrants the 42mm. Classifying them as female/male was idiotic to start.
  • OreoCookie - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    38 mm is not ladies' size. My mechanical wrist watch has a diameter of 39 mm, and they also sell 36.5 mm and 41 mm variants. Size is about what fits you and to a degree fashion. My other good watch is rectangular, and it is significantly chunkier than an Apple Watch (it's an Omega Constellation Megaquartz, one of the first quartz wrist watches).
  • nonoverclock - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    10 years from now, these are going to look super dated.
  • ZoomMod - Saturday, September 10, 2016 - link

    Guess for the ceramic versoin they did not get around the patents of Rado watches. To me their edition version looks like american standard has teamed up with apple. Is Tim Cook in that board, too?
  • theduckofdeath - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    That looks like something you'd find on the radiology department at your local hospital. Seriously.
  • hodakaracer96 - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    I would guess the ceramic model is some sort of ceramic matrix composite to improve fracture toughness
  • Meteor2 - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Something which struck me when watching the Rio Olympics was just how many people were wearing Apple watches, usually athletes or coaches being interviewed. They're very popular amongst sporty types.
  • tipoo - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    They pitched fitness progressively harder each event with the Watch. Seems that's primarily where it's doing well.
  • BedfordTim - Sunday, September 11, 2016 - link

    It's probably the result of sponsorship.
  • erikiksaz - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Well, it looks like they won't be swaying the "apple watch is ugly" crowd with this iteration.
  • shabby - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    When will apple invent a round watch?
  • RBFL - Friday, September 9, 2016 - link

    When you can patent the corners?
  • FunBunny2 - Sunday, September 11, 2016 - link

    didn't Apple already get away with that?
  • jabber - Friday, September 9, 2016 - link

    Make an expensive product look even cheaper.
  • paulsydaus - Saturday, December 31, 2016 - link

    Does the watch really have a barometer? This is the first site I've seen that mentioned this. If so, why can't the watch display altitude?

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