Comments for : Profound revelation: What if Apple Watch’s user experience is a peek at the future of iOS for the iPhone?

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 05:16 7

1. tedkord (Posts: 15826; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

While it would work better on the bigger screen, it’s still a hot mess. It looks cluttered, navigation isn’t intuitive. No thanks.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 05:21 4

2. Maxwell.R (Posts: 218; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)

One touch would alleviate any concerns over intuitiveness, but yeah, it’s probably too jumbled for Apple’s taste…on a phone anyway.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 05:56 5

4. nodes (Posts: 876; Member since: 06 Mar 2014)

no thanks, i still prefer the “static, non-adjustable grid of icons, 8-year-old user interface”.

7. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)

Google Now + quick toggles have pretty much killed off any functional need for widgets. Now it’s just there for decoration. And now that Google Now will open to developers, widgets are going to be even more useless.

9. buccob (Posts: 2843; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

Well that’s your opinion, I use Google now but not for everything… I still like widgets for music control, calendar, notes (Google Keep), camera shortcuts, and then some that Google Now is not able to do and will not necessarily come with the opening to developers.

14. tacarat (Posts: 810; Member since: 22 Apr 2013)

it’s still cluttered and the lack of easy reorganization options… I’d be less critical if a simple option to alphabetize or order by usage were available.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 05:52 0

3. nctx77 (Posts: 2540; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)

I have always thought the watch interface would make it to iPhone. I think it was their plan all along. This is why ios7 and 8 wasn’t a complete redo. They wanted to wait for the watch. The watch has been in development for 3 years. I would say that even the physical design of the watch was givin to the iPhone’s, not the other way around. As far as the icons, I’m not exactly sure how they would pull that off, but I can see it working better with the bigger screen. Remember that on the phone, the icons will have names below then and there will be folders. Basically, it won’t be an exact port, but it will definitely be inspired by the watch.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 10:10 0

10. sgodsell (Posts: 5825; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

Stop with that crap it was in development for 3 years. If so then why did production of the S1 processor on take place at the end of 2014? Also the new Apple watch is using POLED which LG uses in their existing LG G Watch R and the new Urbane. The LG R watch only came out at the end of 2014. Yet you Apple zealots will go on how AMOLED sucks, yet Apple is using OLED instead of IPS display. Why because it sucks? No because its easier on batteries. Please stop the lies. You are one of the biggest liars around nctx77

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 10:19 0

12. sgodsell (Posts: 5825; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

I should have added that the Watch apps run on the phone and not on the watch itself. The UI is sent to the watch. So input and output is gathered and sent to the phone app. Basically it doesn’t matter if UI changes on iOS or not. Because the ui is a separate thing on the watch. Also its not like there is mult-window support or anything. For that matter there isn’t even real multitasking for developers on iOS.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 14:12 2

16. nctx77 (Posts: 2540; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)

It’s easy. The iPod nano was an experiment back in 2010 and it worked. Third party developers were making watch bands and there were even watch faces created for the device. The experiment worked. The square iPod was discontinued a year later. Shortly their after in 2011, watch rumors began to heat up. This was around the time Steve died. In 2012 and 2013, the rumors were in full swing. To beat Apple to market because of fear of another iPhone situation, everybody and their mama started creating smart watches from late 2013 into 2014. Keep in mind that yes, some smartwatches already existed way prior to this like the Moto watch and the Sony smartwatches. Those watches did not sell at all and no one cared about them at that time. It wasn’t until the Apple rumors started that everyone cared. Lastly, both Tim Cook and Jonny I’ve said they started the watch three years ago right after Steve died, so you can take your rant elsewhere. Did you not see the special on ABC yesterday about the gym Apple had set up gathering health info for the last two years? You are absolutely stupid if you think the Apple watch was created in 2014.

22. sgodsell (Posts: 5825; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

You can say what ever you want. However they went with POLED display which only came to the market in September 2014. Apples S1 processor only started manufacturing in December 2014. So two of the major components for the Apple Watch only came on the market at the end of 2014. That is the real truth right there. You can dance around pointing at this and that. Talk about the iPod nano 6th gen and pretend it was a success. The thing failed and was dropped because it didn’t have the software. Any content you had to plug it into your computer and use iTunes. It was a joke that needed too much maintenance. Apple tried to pitch it as a watch which came later.

23. Salazzi (Posts: 537; Member since: 17 Feb 2014)

it doesn’t matter what you try to say, sgodsell. Just because it utilizes latest tech doesn’t mean it’s only been in development for a few months. That’s like saying the PS5 will have been in development for a few months, or any other product out there.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 05:56 0

5. JohnK (Posts: 117; Member since: 03 Mar 2015)

What they will probably do at first, and maybe android competitors too more or less, will be that intelligent sorting by usage on current UI. Apple will do it unconditionnaly, android competitors as an option you could disable.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 06:44 1

6. JMartin22 (Posts: 2060; Member since: 30 Apr 2013)

The saying is, if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it… Feasibly speaking, the iOS UI could use a redesign in the future, but trying to optimize a UI designed for smart watches on a bigger display isn’t the way to proceed.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 08:26 0

8. darkkjedii (Posts: 27091; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

I wouldn’t mind seeing round icons in iOS, wouldn’t be a bad look. 4-24-15 hurry up, took PTO day for it.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 10:10 2

11. Cyberthing (Posts: 127; Member since: 18 Nov 2014)

What happened to Michael Heller? I haven’t seen any new articles from him for quite some time. This is a similar lengthy opinionated article that he would have written.

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 11:26 1

13. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)

It looks like he’s now a Senior Reporter at TechTarget (unless they recently hired ANOTHER Michael Heller who’s spent the past several years writing on mobile tech.)

posted on 21 Mar 2015, 16:12 1

19. theguy2345 (Posts: 1216; Member since: 24 Jun 2014)

I really liked the one opinion piece you did on windows phone. It was really quite good, without any bias. That is really hard to find in this industry nowadays

20. Maxwell.R (Posts: 218; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)

This one?http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-Microsoft-squandering-its-opportunity-to-roll-out-a-new-flagship_id63577

21. theguy2345 (Posts: 1216; Member since: 24 Jun 2014)

It was really good. And for the flagship, I don’t really care anymore even though it is vital for the platform. At the moment, I have a M8 for windows and I am not upgrading for another two years. Honestly, I think they won’t release a flagship because they want more OEMs to make high end windows phones. They will eventually, but other OEMs are vital.

24. Maxwell.R (Posts: 218; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)

Indeed, except the problem for Microsoft is that it is the de facto manufacturer for the platform, Nokia was 90% of all Windows Phone devices.