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Hands-on with the Apple Watch Series 5

TechCrunch’s Brian Heater goes hands-on with the new Apple Watch Series 5 at Apple Park. For more on Apple’s September 2019 event:

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  1. Hybrid InfoDesk

    September 11, 2019 at 1:32 am

    Ugly like the note 10. Neither is worth buying nor would I want them for free.

    The nastiest colors in the world. iPhone with that horrible band closing in the display plus the awful notch yet again. A total failure. At the ridiculous looking back with camera bumps. Looks more like a mistake than a phone.

    How much radiation is coming off this one because Apple’s previous lies about radiation exposure is now a class action lawsuit?

    • Andy Duhh

      September 11, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      Hybrid InfoDesk the notch isn’t even a big deal bro calm down

    • Feisty Finn

      September 12, 2019 at 12:19 pm

      Sounds like you need to engineer your own phone. If the best from both side isn’t good enough for you, then what is? Like you said, just don’t get it if you don’t want it. Simple.

    • Hybrid InfoDesk

      September 12, 2019 at 3:14 pm

      @Feisty Finn You got that part right. Wont be buying any of it.

      Israel accused of placing spy devices near White House: Report

      I would not be buying iPhones from Israeli company Apple who also has an mossad inside Intel chip. Research it all US tech is now in the racist, murderous apartheid state of Israeli.

      The US government has concluded within the past two years that Israel has been placing surveillance devices near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, DC, according to a US media outlet.

    • Andy Duhh

      September 12, 2019 at 3:20 pm

      Hybrid InfoDesk lmao u been watching too much Alex Jones bro

    • Hybrid InfoDesk

      September 12, 2019 at 3:26 pm

      @Andy Duhh is he still alive? That info came from politico.

  2. Urhoboman5

    September 11, 2019 at 2:51 am

    Overpiced trash. Give me a regular Cakcity, Casio or Sport watch for under 50$ and they’re gonna last for years working just fine. No need for this. Get a wristwatch to be a wristwatch and your phone to be your phone. Problem solved.

    • Frank U

      September 11, 2019 at 3:03 am

      I think it’s fairly priced for what it does. Something that tracks and monitors your heart and sleep 24 / 7 .. you’ll have to go to a clinic and pay thousands of dollars. 10 years ago this wasn’t even possible.

    • Kevin Davis

      September 11, 2019 at 11:04 pm

      And yet, you’re here, Lmao.
      You don’t want one, but other people do, and find them useful, imagine that.

  3. MacTX

    September 11, 2019 at 11:05 am

    There’s no reason why they couldn’t give previous series the option for always on.

    • MacTX

      September 11, 2019 at 11:54 pm

      @Kevin Davis I watched it live yesterday. It’s just variable refresh on top of the LTPO OLED that they already use on Series 4. The variable refresh also probably isn’t doing all the work and why the screen brightness is also reduced pretty significantly. The beauty of using OLED is that they could have had an always on simple digital or analogue watch face at 5-10% brightness, give users an on/off toggle, they wouldn’t even do that.

      I would have if they had the price point to $299. Since the only thing they highlighted was the always on display, I’m guessing they didn’t change much else. Not exactly compelling at $399.

    • MacTX

      September 11, 2019 at 11:57 pm

      @Kevin Davis Remember how they dragged features out when the iPhone came out, this smells exactly like that. Variable fresh could have been on the Series 4 but if they had done that, Series 5 wouldn’t have had much of anything.

    • Kevin Davis

      September 12, 2019 at 12:03 am

      @MacTX Agreed, I’m not buying it. this is also the last year that I will carry a lightning cable and a USB C cable when I travel. One way or another. Aaand, it won’t be the USB C cable going away, if you know what I mean.

      I don’t even travel with my Apple watch now because I refuse to bring along yet another charger for it, so much for reverse wireless charging this year.

    • MacTX

      September 12, 2019 at 2:24 am

      @Kevin Davis that’s also annoying. they’re probably saving it to use as a feature check mark later. we all know they’ll have to eventually shift to USB-C as pretty much all the major phone makers already made the shift, unless they don’t intend to sell iPhones in the EU.

    • Daryl Tatum

      September 12, 2019 at 12:50 pm

      That’s real

  4. Daryl Tatum

    September 12, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    Android already had this feature and sleep tracking!

  5. Abdul Hadi Siraj

    September 12, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    Aaaaaa.. i mean aaaa.. what??aaaaa

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    September 13, 2019 at 1:35 pm

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      September 13, 2019 at 1:44 pm

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    • Kyleigh Ritter

      September 13, 2019 at 1:44 pm

      My friends were telling me about his trading signals last night and seeing this again clears my doubt

    • billabongbuck

      September 13, 2019 at 1:44 pm

      lost most of my trades of late i will reach out to him, for assistance

    • Henry Godbolt IV

      September 15, 2019 at 6:32 am

      What the fuck does any of this have to do with an Apple Watch

    • rubusnz

      September 15, 2019 at 6:57 am

      the market goes up and down, what is that all about?

  7. Pi Za

    September 15, 2019 at 5:45 am

    Why is EVERYONE making a bid deal about this compass????????? Who really cares about a compass??? seriously!!!!! Add something that will really “wow” us…..

    • Caynn

      September 17, 2019 at 5:21 am

      It’s a watch lol

    • alstonmiller212

      September 19, 2019 at 12:24 pm

      For hiker and gps on the watch is now improve because the compass will let you know where your are more precisely

  8. Macky Mode

    September 15, 2019 at 10:14 am

    My $50 mechanical watch doesn’t even need batteries to run, take that Apple tech junkies

    • Caynn

      September 17, 2019 at 5:22 am

      lmao

    • alstonmiller212

      September 19, 2019 at 12:26 pm

      But a mechanical watch can’t do anything but ……tell time that pretty boring and waste of money any higher than 200 dollars and if you say it make you different……your just as bad as apple users

    • John Doe

      September 21, 2019 at 8:48 pm

      Oh snap. True dat. But, both mechanical and apple watches are the best. One is not better then the other. Apple watch = Mechanical watch. Case closed if you believe one is better then the other overall, your retarded. #PoliticallyCorrect ✌️

  9. Sikandar Zahid

    September 18, 2019 at 11:16 am

    Do you know if the Space Black Titanium looks identical to the Space Black Stainless Steel? I bought the Stainless Steel Space Black bracelet which cost a pretty penny and wondering if I upgrade to the titanium space black version, it won’t clash being different materials? Any advice you can give is much appreciated.

  10. John Doe

    September 21, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    Where you wearing the stainless steel or titanium?

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Why robotics won’t have a ChatGPT moment

Why reliability is so important when robots enter production

How Mbodi achieved a 99.6% success rate in an eight-hour test

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03:55 — What companies are actually using robots for
06:33 — How Mbodi landed its partnership with ABB Robotics
08:30 — Are startup competitions worth a founder’s time?
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31:30 — When will robots enter our homes?
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