Apple iwatch:First Look

While the Moto 360 has come close to the Apple design ethos, the rest of the manufacturers have been floundering in the design department. Jonathan Ive has brought the iconic Apple design and the shape that made the first iPhone so popular together into Apple Watch. Undoubtedly, it flaunts one hundred percent Apple style. The rounded edges look fantastic on this watch.

Straps is where most other manufacturers have skimped on. The sheer variety in straps that Apple has introduced with the Watch will make it blend into any mood and any setting. There are metal ones, colourful sporty ones; we spotted a few leather ones and even rich gold ones. Switzerland will surely be breaking a sweat right now.

 

Apple has always been the king of interface design. Apple Watch’s circular interface is a pure joy to see on the little display. All of this is controllable using an interesting physical button called the Digital Crown, which works a lot like the jog dial on the iPod. However, it’s still unclear as to how it will work. Not only that, there are tons of apps and features to explore.

 

The interface features make Android Wear seem like a half-baked affair. Apple Watch has apps covering everything from messaging to calls to sketching little animated drawings using its touch features. Apple is very serious about the Watch and it is already starting to build an app ecosystem around the Watch, looking at advancing the apps through the Watch product lines. It’s pretty clear from even the first iteration, the Apple Watch is very real and here to stay.

 

A plethora of sensors on the underside of the watch exist to record and show you data about your activity using a variety of colourful rings. In just a glance, you can get all the reminders, goals and achievements with easy stats and graphics. Apple Watch sure spells doom for all the health bands out there, although the apps could breathe new life into their software. So your favourite health tracker software could make it to the Apple Watch.

 

Finally, what’s a watch without the time, and with so many watch straps, you got to have watchfaces to go with it. With the Apple Watch, there’s a lot built in and considering the permanency of the platform, it may entice a lot more designers to build their own watchfaces.