I actually stopped wearing my apple watch about three weeks after purchase and only use the MSFT band now. Far superior experience for health tracking.
The MS band doesn't play music and the Apple Watch doesn't have GPS. They both suffer the same battery life and lack of water resistance. I guess it's all just a matter of which to adorn the inside of your junk drawer with.
I actually stopped wearing my apple watch about three weeks after purchase and only use the MSFT band now. Far superior experience for health tracking.
Yeah yeah yeah, whatever... Please.... Give me a break! Post 1... And that.. Says it all.
What does MS do with the Apple Watches they buy (if they really get one)?
Do they sell them and make a profit?
Do they keep them and add up to their loss?
Do they give them as a free gift to their family and friends (employees not allowed)?
What's the point of this nonsense?
What does MS do with the Apple Watches they buy (if they really get one)?
Do they sell them and make a profit?
Do they keep them and add up to their loss?
Do they give them as a free gift to their family and friends (employees not allowed)?
What's the point of this nonsense?
the context, obviously, being an answer the question you yourself asked.
can lead a horse to water...
Sigh. Go with the flow, man....
what flow? you asked a question, got an answer, then said you refuse to click links without context despite the quoted context being the answer to your question. talk about refusing to go with the flow...
I actually stopped wearing my apple watch about three weeks after purchase and only use the MSFT band now. Far superior experience for health tracking.
I actually stopped wearing my apple watch about three weeks after purchase and only use the MSFT band now. Far superior experience for health tracking.
really? how so?
What I always find funny here is that there is not even a hint they returned it, or even sold it, in in those pseudo stories; they simply stopped wearing them within a few days! Often, no reasons, or reasons that obviously should have been known prior to buying it. At least they should make the scenarios plausible.
what flow? you asked a question, got an answer, then said you refuse to click links without context despite the quoted context being the answer to your question. talk about refusing to go with the flow...
Microsoft is bleeding cash in both lost sales in mainly the consumer market and squandered resources trying to recapture it with failed attempt after failed attempt. But they still have a huge business in enterprise that is also slowly eroding. This is just another obvious desperate grasp for sales to consumers that aren’t there. This insulting offer will only please people really unhappy with an Apple Watch which according to satisfaction surveys is a very low number of them.
Once again this is just a symptom that Microsoft doesn’t get it. The superficial “advances” in its OS that are uninformed & the overcomplexity of its dev tool copies are other signs that they never have, and they probably never will.
These "promotions" have one objective and that is to devalue competitor's products in the mind of a target audience that is likely to purchase a Microsoft product. If Microsoft can say to a potential customer "Oh, and if you have one of those Apple Watches, we will give you what it's worth... about $250". In the mind of the naive consumer, they think "huh, that expensive thing is only really worth $250..." at which point the sales person has prepped the consumer to hear about all the wonderful things that the Microsoft Band can do for $250. Really it's only trying to level the playing field in the consumer's mind so they have a chance to compete at half the price. It artificially places the Microsoft Band on the same price range of an Apple Watch (in the same league so to speak), but still sell it at half the price. It also tells consumers that other products from FitBit are worthless and the Microsoft Band is better. Really MS is just finding itself stuck between the two success products and trying to compete against the mindshare of both.
Really it's pretty brilliant, but it really just is proving that many customers are mindless idiots that will believe a sales pitch.
I know you weren't replying directly to me, but this is the only explanation I have seen that makes sense.
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Are they coming out of the woodwork, or are they?
If you can't sell something, look at the product again and figure out how to make it better.
Often, no reasons, or reasons that obviously should have been known prior to buying it.
At least they should make the scenarios plausible.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Watch-Sport-42mm-Case-7000-Ser-Ion-X-Glass-Blue-Band-Brand-New-Sealed-/262235695966?hash=item3d0e772b5e:g:psEAAOSwhkRWdGxr&autorefresh=true
Those holding off because of price may find good bargains now, substantially under Apple suggested retail. Good time to buy.
Once again this is just a symptom that Microsoft doesn’t get it. The superficial “advances” in its OS that are uninformed & the overcomplexity of its dev tool copies are other signs that they never have, and they probably never will.