Smartphones are considered necessities in practically any culture. In a down market, people will keep buying and upgrading smartphones; more jobs to be done. Perhaps the traditional watch market is suffering from those consumer choices that now have to be made wrt spending?
I wonder at what point will the used market get too saturated? The reason these iPhone deals are possible is because used iPhones have such a strong resale value after 12 months.
I don't think this type of model will work to well for Android since the used Android market is weak.
There are overseas markets that would absorb previous generation iPhones for quite sometime, India for example, and seed future sales of new iPhones.
The advantage for the Android OEM's is that it potentially sidelines the carriers' sales force, giving the manufacturers direct control. In theory, the better Android's from a device perspective will rise above the BOGO's and such. Still, that is way more iffy than Apple's circumstance.
The cross section of people willing to pay $1800 for a watch who also use Android is likely about six people. Good luck with that.
I don't believe it is public knowledge that it will not work with iPhone. Google is closely involved in the project and we all know how interested they are in iOS apps. There might be a pretty good chance Google will write a Tag Heuer app for iPhone.
They don't need to write a Tag Heuer app for iPhone. They need to write an Android Wear app for iPhone, which they have already done, and it is available in the App Store today. This watch will almost certainly work with iOS... and by work I mean it will be able to connect and do notifications and few other rudimentary tasks. Android Wear's integration with the iPhone is nowhere close to what can be achieved with the Apple Watch. I think a person would have to be crazy to buy an Android Wear watch to pair with an iPhone, especially one that costs $1800!
Thanks for posting this. I think Tag and/or its U.S. service center is crooked. I've had two incidents where the same watch was "lost" in its New York service facility. The first time, I sent two Tags in for battery service (since they were to be used for diving and I wanted the gaskets warranted). They were "lost" for a couple of weeks until I inquired repeatedly and then they were found. Many years later, my Tag watch was badly scratched by an authorized dealer and had to be sent in for refinishing. This involved sandblasting, because the watch had a powder finish. Surprise, surprise... my watch was "lost" in the service center again, this time permanently. They cobbled a watch together from spare parts (since it was an early '90s model, and this was in the 2000s) and sent that to me. Why? Because doing the repair would have been way too expensive.
Thus I wouldn't be surprised if they destroyed your watch, had a good laugh over it, and sent it back. Because fixing it was going to be too much work or expense.
Tag no longer even makes watches of the quality they exhibited in the early '90s. Tag Hauer watches are flimsy, gaudy junk now. And your story merely adds to my long-held suspicions about their shoddy sole service center.
The thought occured to me after reading a number of bad experience stories in this thread, why is it again that some of you folks think that manufacturing jobs should come back to America? I assume that the job of watch repair is rather well paid.
While an isolated (?) case of a rogue service center with managers intent to allow the employees to actively sabotage the brand they work for because of possible wage/working condition differences.... these are individual and fellow Americans, and not simply just a brand name. It's possibly one of your neighbors. :no:
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We're both in agreement AFAICT
Check this out;
http://fortune.com/2015/10/01/apple-iphone-upgrade-hit/
I wouldn't be surprised if every major smartphone company adopts this model; even good news for Android premium builders.
I wonder at what point will the used market get too saturated? The reason these iPhone deals are possible is because used iPhones have such a strong resale value after 12 months.
I don't think this type of model will work to well for Android since the used Android market is weak.
There are overseas markets that would absorb previous generation iPhones for quite sometime, India for example, and seed future sales of new iPhones.
The advantage for the Android OEM's is that it potentially sidelines the carriers' sales force, giving the manufacturers direct control. In theory, the better Android's from a device perspective will rise above the BOGO's and such. Still, that is way more iffy than Apple's circumstance.
The cross section of people willing to pay $1800 for a watch who also use Android is likely about six people. Good luck with that.
I don't believe it is public knowledge that it will not work with iPhone. Google is closely involved in the project and we all know how interested they are in iOS apps. There might be a pretty good chance Google will write a Tag Heuer app for iPhone.
They don't need to write a Tag Heuer app for iPhone. They need to write an Android Wear app for iPhone, which they have already done, and it is available in the App Store today. This watch will almost certainly work with iOS... and by work I mean it will be able to connect and do notifications and few other rudimentary tasks. Android Wear's integration with the iPhone is nowhere close to what can be achieved with the Apple Watch. I think a person would have to be crazy to buy an Android Wear watch to pair with an iPhone, especially one that costs $1800!
but,but,but,but, Apple watch won't steal any share from Swiss watches....
Correct, no one is saying that except this site. This site is quoting itself.
Actually, nearly every news outlet is saying that. You should read more...
The thought occured to me after reading a number of bad experience stories in this thread, why is it again that some of you folks think that manufacturing jobs should come back to America? I assume that the job of watch repair is rather well paid.
While an isolated (?) case of a rogue service center with managers intent to allow the employees to actively sabotage the brand they work for because of possible wage/working condition differences.... these are individual and fellow Americans, and not simply just a brand name. It's possibly one of your neighbors. :no: