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Shawn Wang, of Taiwan, tries on an Apple Watch Hermes with a double tour wrap band at the Apple Store in Stanford, California October 5, 2015.
"The Apple Watch is a confused product, designed like a tiny iPhone," Arment writes. "To be great, the Apple Watch needs to be rethought to do less, better."
Arment has now ditched his Apple Watch for a mechanical one.
John Gruber, a top Apple blogger who $4, linked to Arment's blog post $4.
"[The lack of software] is a huge part of the appeal of mechanical watches for me," he wrote. "No electricity. Just mechanics. They're tangible in a way that software never can be."
A number of high-profile Apple blogger, developers, and watchers linked to the piece on Twitter, offering agreement.
.$4 on the ?Watch and mechanical watches. I tried to warn him. It's a great piece and worth your time.$4
- Guy English (@gte) $4
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Apple CEO Tim Cook and model Christy Turlington at the Apple Watch launch event.