Poor Jeb Bush. He can’t even discuss the Apple Watch and its shortcomings without coming off as overly exasperated.
“It’s not as intuitive as the other Apple products,” he said in a recent video interview with Business Insider. “The battery gives out too quick,” he continued, exhibiting the kind of head-bobbing body language he usually reserves for queries about his flailing presidential bid or Donald Trump’s oversimplified answers to complex questions.
Like many of his political stances, Bush’s views on the Apple Watch seem pretty middle of the road. He likes his Apple smartwatch well enough to keep wearing it on the campaign trail — and trusts that Cupertino will improve the product with subsequent versions. That’s pretty much how I feel about it, too (although I won’t be calling it an “iWatch”).
Maybe he was just annoyed wasting precious time talking about a tech product rather than his run for the White House. Luckily, Bush loosened up a bit as he got further into his take on the Apple Watch.
“I don’t have time to learn all the applications,” he said, chuckling a bit, “but it’s cool.”
You can watch Bush’s Apple Watch “review” below. (Stay to the end for a roundup of his favorite iOS apps.)
Source: Business Insider
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8 responses to “Jeb Bush thinks Apple Watch is flawed, but still cool”
The feeling is mutual Jeb. Somehow, W may yet prove to be the smart one.
More proof he’s an idiot.
My Apple Watch has yet to die during a day of use. Sometimes I can get two days out of it. The battery life isn’t an issue.
And it’s gotten better with updates. I generally have 50-60% of my battery left at the end of the day.
Why is cult of mac covering anything that a republican says?! They just lost me as a reader. Removing them from my daily newsfeed..
And that makes you an idealogical extremist. They only covered what he said in relation to the watch… so just relax man, just because we can’t see eye to eye with Republicans doesnt mean we should stop talking.
Meh, not exactly. I’m not an extremist in any form but thanks for caring about me enough to label me. Btw, one of the villains in the Force Awakens is a girl. Oops, spoiler alert.
Jeb cannot figure out his own campaign for the Presidency, so tell me why I would care about what he thinks about Technology. I think it’s Jeb that is flawed NOT the Apple Watch! Still loving my Apple Watch!!!!!!
Perhaps John Ellis Bush Bush (J.E.B. Bush) should update his watch.