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Am I the only one who felt like he refused to acknowledge this might be a bad product? The Verge has been gushing over this watch for months now and when they finally get it they have the same faults with it as other Android Wear devices. Yet for some reason because it's round and stylish (I beg to differ) it's immediately a better product?

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It wasn't just because it was round and stylish. It was because for the first time the reviewer believed that it felt like an actual watch. That is: discreet and unobtrusive. Those come from a device "feeling" different than another. Not just because of specs on a page.

That's enough to warrant a 2 point bump over the other Android Wear devices? They gave the G Watch and Gear a 6.8, and a 8.1 to the Moto 360, yet they have very similar flaws. The focus, as evident by their wrap up, is all about design.

You do understand that watches are for a significant amount of people a fashion accessory ? Design is at least if not more important than functionality.

And as someone who cares about how they look design is the only reason I pick which watch to buy.

I completely get that, but we're talking about something that is $250 and supposed to bring a benefit to your life. If it's offering no additional benefit beyond the other devices other than looking nice, does it warrant such high praise? I personally don't think so. You're letting a poor product slide just because of it looking nice.

We're letting a poor product slide because it is groundbreaking. The Moto 360 has pushed the whole Smartwatch world forward by it simply existing, we now have circular watches which are barely bigger than a traditional clockwork watch, that's a big freaking deal (running Android with an LCD screen no less).

Will I buy the Moto 360? No. The battery issues are not something I am willing to put up with, and frankly I think eInk is a better watch technology than LCD displays for that reason. But I cannot ignore how big this product is. It is HUGE, it is the iPhone of the Smartwatch world.

> It is HUGE, it is the iPhone of the Smartwatch world.

Can you please elaborate further here because I'm just not getting this comparison. The difference between the iPhone and other smartphones at the time had everything to do with how well Apple pulled off the display and touch abilities. The literally only thing different with this over other devices right now is that it is round, and LG has one coming very soon that is also round.

It's odd that they talk about other smart watch competitors except for the open sourced one.

The Verge has always been a Google sounding board. Anything Google tends to get very high reviews.

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