????周一在舊金山的特別發(fā)布會(huì)上，千呼萬喚的蘋果手表終于攜各種細(xì)節(jié)（包括定價(jià)和出貨日）與廣大果粉見面了。在官方演講結(jié)束后，蘋果公司向參會(huì)者提供了第一時(shí)間上手體驗(yàn)的機(jī)會(huì)。

????在這種能夠率先體驗(yàn)高科技產(chǎn)品的場合，我向來都是“勇猛精進(jìn)”，此次也借機(jī)徹底地體驗(yàn)了一番蘋果手表的感觀。

????蘋果公司將提供三個(gè)版本的蘋果手表，首先是價(jià)格最親民的運(yùn)動(dòng)版Sport，其次是中端的Watch，再次是奢華版的Watch Edition。但實(shí)際上三個(gè)版本的區(qū)別僅僅是表殼的材料不同。

????把玩這三個(gè)版本時(shí)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)它們的重量略有不同，雖然差別很輕微，但還是能夠注意到，這主要是由于這三個(gè)版本采用了不同的材料。高端版的Edition使用了18K金材質(zhì)，也是三個(gè)版本中最重的。（或許是因?yàn)樗粕嗟膬r(jià)格愈發(fā)令我手軟的緣故。）快速地掃了一眼配置表，我的懷疑也得到了確認(rèn)。42毫米見方的Edition重約69克，比30克的Sport重了一倍還多。（不銹鋼表殼的Watch重約50克。）雖然二三十克的重量差異還不至于讓你舍此求彼，但手感上的差異的確是存在的。

????去年9月蘋果手表首次亮相時(shí)，我們對展示區(qū)里的手表還只能看，不能摸，每只手表上都循環(huán)播放著它的功能演示片。參加過那次發(fā)布會(huì)的人，對蘋果手表的問題恐怕要多過答案。

????這一次，蘋果手表上的操作系統(tǒng)對參會(huì)者全面放開，上手后我迅速地把幾乎所有功能都試了一遍。這款手表的響應(yīng)性非常好，而且屏幕效果極佳，動(dòng)畫效果沒有任何遲滯和卡頓——而這在去年九月的展示環(huán)節(jié)中還沒有完全避免。蘋果的語音助手Siri的響應(yīng)速度也很快，不過由于現(xiàn)場環(huán)境比較嘈雜，話筒不太容易領(lǐng)會(huì)我的語音指令。在圖片庫里一張張地看照片的感覺很有意思（而且也相當(dāng)催眠）。

????去年九月蘋果手表剛問世的時(shí)候，它的用戶界面一度讓我感到困惑。一大堆圓圓的APP圖標(biāo)擠在一塊兒，每個(gè)看起來都非常小——小到看起來不像是“設(shè)計(jì)為王”的蘋果作品。當(dāng)小屏幕和小圓圈遇上大手指，那是一種怎樣的糾結(jié)？看起來不像蘋果一慣的作風(fēng)。

????不過蘋果手表其實(shí)高度依賴它所謂的“數(shù)字表冠”旋鈕(digital crown)，以此減輕手指作為主要輸入方式的壓力。現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)會(huì)用它了，比如用來放大APP的圖標(biāo)，然后你就突然有了非常“蘋果范兒”的感覺。雖然初次上手有點(diǎn)不適應(yīng)，但熟悉起來其實(shí)也很簡單。

????At its Special Event in San Francisco on Monday, Apple offered more detail—including prices and shipping dates—for its highly anticipated Watch. After the keynote, it made the wearable devices available for attendees to evaluate.

????Never one to shy away from tinkering with shiny—and boy, were the display models shiny—new gadgets, I stayed well past my welcome to thoroughly get a feel for Apple’s Watch.

????The company will release three different models of the Watch—affordable Sport, mid-tier Watch, and ultra-luxe Edition—the difference among them strictly the material used for the casing.

????When I picked them up, there was a slight, yet noticeable difference in their weight, due to the different materials. The Edition, which is available in 18-karat gold, is the heaviest, or so it felt. (Though it may have been the price tag weighing down my arm.) A quick check of the specifications-sheet confirmed my suspicions—the 42mm Edition weighs in at 69 grams, more than double that of the 30-gram Sport model. (For those interested, the stainless-steel Watch weights in at 50 grams.) The weight differences are not significant enough to push you to another Watch model, but they do exist.

????When Apple first debuted its Watch in September, the demo area it provided was full of watches we couldn’t use. Each one ran a looping demo that showcased basic features. Those of us in attendance were left with more questions than answers.

????This time, the operating system on Apple Watch was fully functional, and I made sure to use all of it when I got my paws on them. It was highly responsive, and looked fantastic on the screen. Animations lacked any stuttering or lag, something I saw on the demo units in September. Siri, the voice-prompted virtual assistant, was quick to come up, though the mic had a hard time picking up commands in my noisy environment. Zooming in and out of the Photos library was fun (and rather hypnotic).

????In September, I felt confused by the user interface of the Watch. The collection of round app icons looked small—far too small for what I had come to expect from design-centric Apple. Small screen, small circles, big fingers? It didn’t feel like the usual thinking from Cupertino.

????But the Apple Watch relies heavily on its so-called digital crown as a way to take pressure off the finger as a primary method of input. Now that I’ve been able to actually use it—to zoom in on a section of app icons, for example, consequently enlarging them—the experience suddenly became very Apple-like. The crown was easy to turn, with a little resistance, but not too much.