If you don't like me commenting on quotes then I suggest you don't post them. I don't care who wrote it, it is an idiotic statement and you would have to be an idiot to agree with it.

Of course, despite your distastefull 'Taliban' comment, I'm sure you would much prefer people not to question your posts as you continually seem to have problems justifying them.

Stop been lazy .At least read before you attack the messenger rather than discuss.
However, I suppose your 'going out of your way to deceive' could be the idiot reason.

That comment I read somewhere else always comes to mind, 'Apple it is great, but have a problem and your life ain't worth living'.

It would be nice to get a reply that actually posts something positive about Apple.
That is how normal to/fro discussions are meant to work !

I did read it, and you are not willing to discuss anything. You've continually been unable to justify almost anything you've posted on here.

I also don't need to post anything positive about one of the worlds most successful companies that produces the worlds most popular smartphone and maintains some of the highest customer satisfaction levels in the world. it appears they know what they are doing.

To follow up your edit. I've had problems with both one of my iPads and my samsung phone. The response wasn't comparable. I think that's the different between you and me. You don't actual appear to have any ownership knowledge, but then you also appear to prefer the cheaper things in life.

I give up. (Yet again !)

You simply have nothing whatsoever to offer to the discussion. Its like being in a vacuum.

What discussion what are you on about

You have posted endless links with no explaination on what you mean by them. When asked to justify or clarify you quickly try and move on.

i hope you have given up, you are found out so easily, it must be embarrassing for you.

Eh? If anyone hasn't offered any discussion here, it's you. So that's a bit rich.

Putting your lack of discussion aside, am I right in thinking that if the subject is why Apple are only selling the watch by appointment initially, there are two possibilities:

1. It's for entirely practical reasons to do with the fact that it's a new product, with literally dozens of options, and they don't know what options will be popular.

2. Apple are a dictatorship comparable to the Taliban.

All Apple are doing is restricting who can sell their products so that high levels of customer service can be maintained. It is the exactly same approach taken by numerous other companies. It is neither a difficult or unusual concept to understand.

http://www.expansys.com/lg-g-watch-u...old-uk-274500/

"“Always-on” ambient mode – save battery life whilst never missing a moment
A luxury timepiece – the same great 1.3-inch P-OLED display as the LG G Watch R, but in a sleeker form"

If that price is correct, LG have priced up their Gold LTE watch accordingly.

320 x 320 on a tiny 1.3" screen sort of sounds bizarre but I guess its just a tiny chunk out of a 5" screen.

I'm trying out a LG Watch R right now.

It's good for what it is, but pretty cheap feeling and a plastic screen and back. It also has a very cheap feeling leather strap( albeit it can be swapped for something of higher quality). I'm not knocking it for what it is but it's a million miles from being a premium feeling product. I't something akin to an old cheap Casio in terms of build.

It's laughable for example compared to a decent Swiss watch in quality.

I've no comment yet on the Apple watch but I would expect it to have a much better build quality than the LG.

That was the LG Watch Urbane.

And I assume it has no LTE, unlike the rather too chunky sounding 'Urbane LTE'.
There is a Urbane LTE with the same smaller 400mah battery though.

It actually looks a bit tacky, especially the 'gold' finish one. The large metallic bezel clashes with the still plastic watch face.

Aesthetically the LG Watch R looks much better and even though it has the bezel it doesn't clash with the watch face.

The heart rate monitor hardware is the biggest let down, it seems very unreliable so it will be interesting if Apple are any better in this regard.

It's interesting to note that 3rd party straps for the Apple Watch are already available on Amazon and eBay. For people like me who don't mind spending £300 on the Watch but do mind spending £100s on a strap, this is good news.

The recent Carphone Warehouse story implies that Apple is deciding that certain retailers won't be stocking the Apple Watch, not the other way around:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...-stockist.html

Based on experiences in high end watch stores like TAG Heuer, it makes sense to me that Apple would use an appointment system for the watches rather than have dozens of people just lined up for ages. Selling a high-end watch is a premium experience - it takes time to select the model and bracelet, fit the bracelet correctly if adjustments are required, etc. I would think they'll be setting up the watch with the person's phone, giving a brief demonstration on use, so each sale process will probably take at least 30 mins a piece.

By having time slots, you avoid having people standing around waiting for watch sales people to become available (and I bet Apple are training specific separate sales staff for the watch too).

I simply could nor envisage Apple lettings its square watch sit alongside the new breed of round smartwatches. However, there is no reason why people will not be persuaded that a going back to a square watch is not cool.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/03...e-watch-sport/
No way in a million years would Apple let the likes of this initially sit side by side. Like said, maybe later in a same store.

So its all a big conspiracy hey Alan ?? Apple won't allow their watch to be placed next to any rivals?

Personally I don't think Apple have anything to worry about but there you go

Tag Monaco, one of the coolest watches (IMO) is square. There's a £50,000 ahem, edition, too. Honestly, Apple could make a banana shaped watch and it would sell.

It's no accident that Apple sell their hardware via their own outlets, or concessions within department stores where Macbooks/iPads are in a separate area from the riff raff No reason why they can't extend that to Watches. The only place I've seen Apple gear 'mix it up' with other manufacturers is Costco and maybe smaller branches of Currys.

I really hate dealing with sales people in stores, no matter how well trained.

I will be ordering online and sending it back if I don't like it. Easy.

AFAIK even in Curry's / PC World Apple stuff is in it's own little section. Apple control even the furniture etc. by the looks of it - as they are presented on tables similar to the ones they have in Apple stores.

If you look in any jewellery shop that sells watches, you will see they all have there own area, even in a window. They are now even 'high end' which in any decent store will have its own concession just like apple are doing. I don't imagine you go anywhere near these types of stores.

Your silly 'square' comment shows how little you know about watches.

It has been the exact same for a new iPhone or iPad release.
That quarantining is slowly waning.

I simply said that initially, would not want the iWatch to be in any store, like John Lewis for example, that already sold top end smartwatches. I guess they could have it in the jewellery department, leaving the others in the tech department, but that would sit weird.

Tally(ban)-Ho.

You cannot even get the name right, such simple detail

Why do you think it would be weird to put a watch in the jewellery department

I think because smartwatches are such a new tech category, department stores such as JL will keep them up in the tech department for now.

The Glasgow store had a Moto 360 before Christmas, laughably locked in demo mode under a perspex cylinder - no touch! More recently the case was gone and it was tethered via the usual alarm cord - the strap was kind of riveted onto a bracelet which was tethered, so no way to try the device on your wrist.

Now when you think about it, watches in stores are almost always under glass and tried on with the help of an assistant. The only exception to this I can think of is the Swatch shop where the watches are out on display and able to be handled by punters although not worn in any sense.

John Lewis isn't really the sort of place you go to for high end watches. Normally you would go to the likes of Goldsmiths or some other high end Jeweller that is an authorised Dealer of the iconic brands like Breitling, Rolex, Omega etc.

As another poster said one of the most iconic watch designs is the Tag Heuer Monaco which is a square face.