First Click: now it's your turn to review the Apple Watch
April 10th, 2015
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NASA could send a whole crew of humans into space right now and it would still register as only the second biggest launch of the day. With the celebrity hype boosters fully engaged, Apple’s Watch is today making its in-store debut, and interest in the new smartwatch couldn’t be higher. Wall Street analysts are heading to their local Apple Stores not to drop five figures on the Watch Edition, but to gauge consumer reaction to Apple’s new product. As much as has been written and said about the Watch already, the truth is that no one really knows how it will be received. Though we do know that we’re deeply fascinated to find out.
Professional reviews can tell us about how the Apple Watch works and what it does, but they can only guess at how people will end up using the thing. Will the transmission of heartbeats grow into a new form of raw, emotional communication? Will Apple’s emoji appeal or freak people out? And if the Apple Watch isn’t for everyone, who exactly is it for? Those questions will begin to be answered today after the first wave of regular Joes and Janes get to experience the Watch first hand.
But spare a thought for poor old Samsung and HTC as well. Both companies are making their biggest launches of the year today, and will be forced to fight for scraps of attention in the long shadow of Apple’s new hype beast.
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