Let me start by saying that I'm not an Apple hater. I own my share of Macs, not buying another PC for personal use ever again, iPhones, used a 5 up to this year and gave it to my wife, and iPods.

What is bothering me is the fanboy reaction to the watch. I understand some people's enthusiasm towards the brand, but some are reacting as if Apple wasn't late to the party. Some posts have been downright ignorant about the fact that so many other companies have similar devices on the market for at least 1 year, if not more. You can make the argument that they might be making it better, but it's impossible for you to argue that they're innovators in this space like they were with the iPod, iPhone and iPad don't count since it's also known that others tried before Apple, but were not successful.

Eating and vomiting was popular during Roman times.  People like to herd.  Convince enough people that scatophagia is cool and people will line up.

If the iPhone were water-resistant, I would own one. I personally think that Apple makes very good devices, but damn, some of these fanboys are delusional

Samsung Galaxy S4 sport is waterproof. 

Quote from: ducatiz on September 10, 2014, 08:53:34 AM
Samsung Galaxy S4 sport is waterproof. 

Just saw one that my buddy had.  Might have been a galaxy 5, not sure.  Regardless, the screen/camera was amazing---better than any phones I've seen by a wide margin.  The waterproof feature was a long-time coming and definitely makes it stand out.  If only it wasn't so dang large (I like phones that don't take two hands to hold).

I switched from apple to an android-based phone last year and it's been great.  Not a better or worse system, just different.  Apple ain't bad, it's just one of many good smart phones out there, rather than the smartphone, as it was for many years.

But as for OP comment, yes the fanboy craziness is a little cultish.  I mean, it's a watch and, as you pointed out, not even the first digi-watch.  The real revelation in the apple release is the payment feature.  Mobile pay I think is the next big step.

The S5 is almost a tablet.

Next year all the new clothes will need pockets sized for the friggin things.

I own an iPod classic with 80GB, will the larger one to add and also own an S4 Active, the waterproof one . ..

Would I own an Apple PC/laptop? could if I had the spare change just to use as the A/V controller . . .

Quote from: 1.21GW on September 10, 2014, 09:21:04 AM
Just saw one that my buddy had.  Might have been a galaxy 5, not sure.  Regardless, the screen/camera was amazing---better than any phones I've seen by a wide margin.  The waterproof feature was a long-time coming and definitely makes it stand out.  If only it wasn't so dang large (I like phones that don't take two hands to hold).

I switched from apple to an android-based phone last year and it's been great.  Not a better or worse system, just different.  Apple ain't bad, it's just one of many good smart phones out there, rather than the smartphone, as it was for many years.

But as for OP comment, yes the fanboy craziness is a little cultish.  I mean, it's a watch and, as you pointed out, not even the first digi-watch.  The real revelation in the apple release is the payment feature.  Mobile pay I think is the next big step.

ARe you sure it wasn't the Galaxy Note?  That's got the 5.7" screen.

The S5 has a 5.1in display, the S4 has 5.0in.  (diagonal).  The S5 isn't much bigger. 

Quote from: ducatiz on September 10, 2014, 10:19:00 AM
ARe you sure it wasn't the Galaxy Note?  That's got the 5.7" screen.

The S5 has a 5.1in display, the S4 has 5.0in.  (diagonal).  The S5 isn't much bigger.  

No, it wasn't the note.  I've seen the note and it is a small aircraft carrier.  Basically, I consider pretty much everything bigger than the iphone 4 "so dang large".

Quote from: 1.21GW on September 10, 2014, 10:28:04 AM
Now, it wasn't the note.  I've seen the note and it is a small aircraft carrier.  Basically, I consider pretty much everything bigger than the iphone 4 "so dang large".

I used to have (and love) the LG made Google G2X, which was about the same size as the iphone.  It was enough, but now that I've had the S4 for a year -- with a 12 mp camera and the ability to drive an HDMI tv with it, I'm glad I made the switch.  The Note is too big for my use, the S4 is really on the upper end of usable size.

 

I have the S5, which is water-resistant. Within a few month of owning it, my kids spilled water on the thing. I gave my wife the iPhone5 and a few days after I found it to be super small. You get used to whatever you handle every day.

And again, I am not an iPhone hater. I find that it does certain things much better than Android. With the S5 I don't feel like I need to buy a $80 case to protect the damn thing.

Quote from: Triple J on September 10, 2014, 11:00:42 AM

Heh.

I hate all phones and fanboys.    I can still remember the day we could be productive without interruptions and never be located by some "friend" app.

All kidding aside, this latest love affair has done one thing for me.....I'm just about to buy the RAZR MAXX with a real battery.