Only a few more daysuntil Tim Cook will stride onto the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and show off his Apple Watch . You know , again . We got thebroad strokes in September , butthe sentry shown to the pressweren’t running terminal software , so Apple still has more painting to do to give us the whole depiction .
These arethe biggest questionsleft for Apple to resolve , although as the case usually is with these events , the delight will be in the particular .
What will it cost?
This is the prominent question , and I hope that the price — whatever it is — doesn’t end up overshadowing the big video once Apple finally set up it in good order out there on a Keynote sloping trough in front of everyone . This is the matter everyone really , really require to know .
$ 349 and up , that is .
When the iPad launch , monetary value was a heavy item of supposition , and rumor floated that it would make it in under a grand , which people took to mean $ 999 . When Apple foretell the iPad ’s start price at $ 499 it seemed like a bargain . This meter around , we already experience the starting price—$349 — but from there , the sky is the limit . It ’s not every twenty-four hour period a tech product ships in solid freakin ’ amber , and I think the top - end Mary Leontyne Price is going to make a lot of headlines , even though what the vigil in reality does is far more interesting .
Besides just the spikelet price , Apple will reveal the launching date along with pertinent details about preorders , perhaps the shopping experience , and cost and compatibility for the extra watch bands . Will I be able to class up my incoming - level Sport mannequin with a gorgeous Milanese Loop ? We ’ll recognise soon enough .
How often does it need charging?
The Apple Watch need to last all day . Since it ’s bear on the carpus , Apple Watch wo n’t be quite as convenient to top off in little spirt as an iPhone is ( my iPhone gets plugged in to power whenever I ’m in my auto , for deterrent example ) . Even though the vigil has a office - save mode , it ’ll be a puff if you have to use it very often .
natural process tracking will seem pointless if the watch does n’t stay charged all day .
in person , having to plug in the Apple Watch every night would n’t get at me at all . I already have to punch my phone in every nighttime , and that chop-chop becomes part of the routine . Who would require to wear a gargantuan lookout to bed , anyway ?
My Fitbit Flex , on the other hand , needs charging every four or five days , and so I do n’t have a reliable pattern for when to plug that thing in . Some nighttime I can hold out it to track my sleep , some nights I ca n’t . If you asked me how long it ’s been since I ’ve excite the Fitbit , I would n’t be capable to tell you without await estimating found on the vague signal - strength indicator in the Fitbit app .
If I really make love using a gadget , keeping it charged does n’t experience like a chore . But when I block off using a whatchamacallum , the hurting point of go along it charged is a often a big reason why . If Apple Watch can lift me on the experience , I ’ll feed it all the juice it wants .
What’s the killer app?
TheWatchKitSDK has been out since November , and there ’s even a whole site give tokeeping track of announced Apple Watch apps . I definitely expect to see some developers demoing their merchandise on degree on Monday . But the thing I most want to see is how apps will help Apple Watch bridge your digital existence with the strong-arm one .
Plenty of HomeKit machine were announce at CES , and the makers have been more often than not vague about launch appointment for most of them — spring , they ’d say , maybe March , maybe April . ( Hmm , sounds conversant . Wait … what month is this again ? ) So I ’m hoping we see home HomeKit demo with the Apple Watch .
The app ecosystem is a big part of why people love the iPhone , and I think the Apple Watch will be no different . Monday ’s outcome will be our first glimpse at third - political party watch apps .
I ’m using to doing fairly much any digital undertaking with my iPhone , but physical tasks like sour on a light are still more easily accomplished by just flipping a switch on the bulwark , versus digging out my phone ( which , after all , could be charging in another room ) and asking Siri or exploit some buttons . Apple Watch place Siri right on my wrist , and can connect directly to Bluetooth devices and my wireless internet . sound like a remote control for both my phoneandmy smart house .
And that ’s just one theme . Apple maintain say the spotter is its most personal intersection , so look for the company to proposeas many use cases as it can , beyond the build - in features outline at the September event , namely bodily function tracking , communicating , and phone notice .
