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In a recent interview with Business Insider, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush shared his thoughts on Apple Watch, which he is often seen wearing on the campaign trail, and rattled off a few of his favorite apps.
Conducted at a town hall address in Milford, N.H., the short session dealt only with Bush's take on recent Apple technology, specifically Apple Watch. Bush has been seen wearing the device at campaign stops, debates and other public venues.
"It requires a lot more work than it needs to," Bush said. "It's not as intuitive as the other Apple products. The battery gets out too quick, I don't have time to learn all the applications, but it's cool."
He went on to speculate that Apple will iron out the kinks with next-generation Watch models, making them more fully featured and easier to use. Despite its flaws, Bush plans to stick with Apple Watch — or "iWatch" as he called it, referring to the name media outlets gave the device prior to its release — for the foreseeable future.
"Until someone comes out with something better, I'll probably keep mine," Bush said.
On apps, presumably iOS titles considering Bush owns and uses an Apple Watch, the presidential hopeful named CBS Sports Fantasy first, a must-have for keeping tabs on his fantasy football team. He also named The Associated Press' AP Mobile app, Kayak for campaign trail traveling, Amazon's Kindle and The Wall Street Journal. In all, Bush has about 40 apps in regular rotation.
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I'm no fan of Bush, for obvious reasons, but is he wrong? I don't think so.
All he is stating is that the battery life is not yet good enough, and that future versions will improve, and in the meantime, he will keep using his current Apple Watch.
Does anyone care what this clown has to say? Perhaps he should be more concerned about his failing presidential campaign than critiquing the Apple Watch. I use my watch every day with zero issues and battery life is great. I don't get what's unintuitive to him. The only issue I have with my watch is it's too damn slow.
Jeb! might need some kind of energy app for it as well, something to shock him.
Not sure why Business Insider felt that the Watch was the sort of thing they should be talking about with a presidential candidate, but I don't think Jeb is wrong about this.
I am no Jeb Bush fan, and my experience with the Watch is different, but c'mon guys, cut him some slack.
I'll bet he's like a lot of Watch users. And he's being honest. Leave it at that.