"The Surprising Reasons I’m getting An Apple Watch"
by Andy Faust
March 23, 2015
The fact that the Apple Watch is always available and is unobtrusive will let me do the following things with it:
- If I am out to dinner with friends but am expecting another friend to call to join us, I can leave my phone in my bag and focus on my friends, knowing that the watch will tap my wrist when my other friend call. We’d otherwise have the distraction of my phone on the table buzzing every few minutes.
- If I’m flying down a mountain on my road bike on the way to rendevous with some other cyclists, when my phone rings I don’t have to pull over, take off my gloves, pull out my phone and switch it on to see if my friends called. I can just sneak a quick glance at my wrist.
- If I’m out for a run or walk, I can twiddle my music, podcasts, and Strava with a tap on my wrist. I can run with my phone in a backpack, not in my hand.
- If I’m interviewing job candidates in my office, I can leave my phone charging at my desk, knowing that when my next appointment arrives I’ll get that tap on my wrist.
- I’ll finally start using fitness tracking apps since I’ll be gathering data over the entire day, not just the 60–70% of the day when my phone is on me.
- When my wife needs to find me around the house, she can always tap on her wrist to ask me where I am, even if my phone is charging on my nightstand.
- When I’m out shopping, I can pay by swiping my watch without needing to put down my stuff and dig my phone out.
- I can leave my phone in the locker room at the gym and listen to my music and podcasts from the treadmill or weight bench.
- When I’m meeting my wife and kids somewhere while we are traveling, I can know that when I text her to coordinate, she’ll always get it immediately (since I’ll give her an Apple Watch). We’ll avoid that frustrating dance when I call her 7 times and never get her since her phone is in her bag.
- And, believe it or not, I can finally figure out what damn time it is without digging out my phone. (Of course I could just wear a watch — a decent-looking one would cost, say, $350).
That last one seems more and more compelling. Funny how the future works.