Is checking your Apple Watch any less rude than checking your phone?

jean15paul · Apr 18, 2015

Premium1 said:
Be rude together! Lol

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Ha!

Not Quite Right · Apr 18, 2015

I think it's rude to be a post w**** ... just saying...

Illustrator Joe · Apr 18, 2015

Not Quite Right said:
I think it's rude to be a post w**** ... just saying...

Well it won him an apple watch so...... He ain't even mad tho

Not Quite Right · Apr 19, 2015

Illustrator Joe said:
Well it won him an apple watch so...... He ain't even mad tho

hydrogen3 · Apr 22, 2015

jean15paul said:
Oops, forgot. http://forums.imore.com/apple-watch...not-buy-apple-watch-time-why.html#post2497115

Yes, I purchased an Apple watch...

hydrogen3 · Apr 22, 2015

Spending $700 plus on the Apple watch.. I'll check it when I damn well please. Rude or not..

tyler_barnhardt · Apr 22, 2015

Ask Bush Senior :cant-watch:

Just_Me_D · Apr 22, 2015

tyler_barnhardt said:
Ask Bush Senior :cant-watch:

Nah! He's long been out of office. Let's ask the current C-in-C....

hydrogen3 · Apr 22, 2015

Just_Me_D said:
Nah! He's long been out of office. Let's ask the current C-in-C....

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NoBama watch?

tyler_barnhardt · Apr 22, 2015

haha touche.

Bifurcated · Apr 22, 2015

jean15paul said:
What do you think? Is checking your Apple Watch any less rude than checking your phone? Do you plan to use your Apple Watch during meals, conversations, meetings, etc? Or are the rules the same, and it's rude to check your Watch at certain times?

In the old days when we all wore watches, people were pretty good at the sneak-glance to check the time and make sure you weren't late for your next meeting. It was considered rude if over-done, but acceptable if done quickly.

Smart watches are a bit different. Anyone who interrupts conversation to check out every alert is just as much an ******* as someone doing the same with their phone. And as Joshua Topolsky said, the Apple Watch doesn't do "sneak glance" well, because you have to make a very visible wrist move to turn it on.

Over all, glancing at your watch is ok, staring at it is not.

boovish · Apr 22, 2015

Illustrator Joe said:
Well it won him an apple watch so...... He ain't even mad tho

What?!? I want a free Apple Watch! Why did nobody alert me to the presence of such a lucrative contest!? Call madame von Luftballon immediately

Scatabrain · Apr 22, 2015

I wonder if the haptic love taps will lessen in some way the need to look at the watch to know what's up.

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Chrisy · Apr 22, 2015

jean15paul said:
What do you think? Is checking your Apple Watch any less rude than checking your phone? Do you plan to use your Apple Watch during meals, conversations, meetings, etc? Or are the rules the same, and it's rude to check your Watch at certain times?

No, but it's more discreet.

It still takes your attention away from the present company and shifts it to a gadget. It's just quicker and the person may not notice. Either way, the watch wearer is still being distracted.

It's kind of like when you lust after someone in your heart but your partner doesn't notice. You're still doing the action, and will reap the consequences but they may be different consequences if say you stated out loud that you wanted to have sex with that attractive girl. Either way, the intention was there and the seeds were sown.

Nowadays though usually both or all parties are looking at their phones Constantly anyway.

Chrisy · Apr 22, 2015

PS I hope the Apple Watch gets an LED Notification light!

iEd · Apr 22, 2015

Chrisy said:
PS I hope the Apple Watch gets an LED Notification light!

LOL

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jean15paul · Apr 23, 2015

Chrisy said:
No, but it's more discreet.

I thought that too, but once I had a Pebble I found out first hand that it's actually not more discreet. It's definitely quicker, but it's still really obvious.

qbnkelt · Apr 24, 2015

Chrisy said:
PS I hope the Apple Watch gets an LED Notification light!

HERESY!!!!!!!!!!

Sent from my gorgeous sexy white BEAST of a Note 4 ❤

Scatabrain · Apr 24, 2015

The tap is awesome! No One else is aware. Instead of raising wrist (which is a big movement) you can tap the face to look for the red notification dot on the face. But you already know there is a notification because you got the love tap. When it's a polite time you can swipe down to view the notification.
No checking for a notification
No big wrist raise
No interrupting your conversation

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