I don't understand this. If AppleWatch is considered such a huge failure then what about all the other companies' wearable products. Is it something like, "All wearables are failures, so why does anyone bother making them?" It seems more to me like, "Only AppleWatch is a huge failure because Apple should be able to instantly turn any product into a successful product." I honestly don't know anyone who wears an AppleWatch and many of those people certainly do own iPhones. I'm still wearing a Garmin Vivofit 1 because that's what suits me. I can afford a more expensive wearable but the Vivofit does for me what I need it to do and I only have to change the battery once a year.
The media or Wall Street are really killers when it comes to low-selling products. Can't a company sell a product that isn't a huge hit simply because that's what the company is interested in? I can't really afford a Tesla and most people can't. It's not the most convenient product for current users. However, I'd hate to see Tesla closing down or going out of business because I think it's great that some company is trying hard to change daily transportation. I'm not saying anything like, "Musk is stupid for trying to sell electric cars" or "What a waste of time." Someone has a dream so why try to crush it because I don't entirely agree with a pure electric car. To me, hybrids make more sense, but that's just my dream. Still, an all-electric vehicle has some appeal to me.
Apple should keep trying to sell AppleWatch and keep improving it so maybe it will become a product that more people want in the future. If Apple ever solves the blood sugar measurement problem it will really make a huge difference to those who need some device like that. It really sucks some people are so negative about things because they don't fully understand other people's dreams or goals.
Garmin makes some nice products. But, increasingly with Watch OS3, the Apple Watch has the capability of matching them in every way -- and then adding dozens of additional functions the Garmins can only dream of... Currently the major limitation is that 3rd party fitness & exercise apps have not fully exploited the capabilities of the watch.
Comparing AW2 and a Fitbit One is of the apples and oranges variety. I have both and love both. My exercise groups are large and active competitively on Fitbit, while my love and appreciation of my AW2 grows daily--one on my arm and one in my pocket. The AW2 still does not offer real competitive large group interaction. Someday?
I suspect many more AW holdouts, like me, will pounce once decoupled from phone.
Run, bike, whatever, more freely with no bulky phone or wallet, yet stop and buy lunch, stay in touch. Can't wait!
You can do most of that with AW today. GPS for outdoor run & bike to track route, play music from AW to AirPods, purchase using Apple pay, and even get connectivity at spots with known WiFi (e.g. if your phone could automatically connect) - all without having your iPhone with you.
Of course, adding in LTE allows for connectivity wherever there is your carrier cellular, so always connected. But you don't have to wait!
This must leave the naysayers grinding their teeth. Over on MacRumors one hater reached so far as to say selling 3.5 Apple Watches in a world of billions of people was a failure by any definition. Yep, they are literally losing their minds over Apple’s successes.
Someone saying something like that is quite ignorant of consumers' desires. First of all, a person needs to have an iPhone and secondly, AppleWatch needs to be charged every night. I personally consider that quite an inconvenience.
But it's the same inconvenience of having to charge the iphone every night, the device it is an accessory to.
This must leave the naysayers grinding their teeth. Over on MacRumors one hater reached so far as to say selling 3.5 Apple Watches in a world of billions of people was a failure by any definition. Yep, they are literally losing their minds over Apple’s successes.
Someone saying something like that is quite ignorant of consumers' desires. First of all, a person needs to have an iPhone and secondly, AppleWatch needs to be charged every night. I personally consider that quite an inconvenience.
But it's the same inconvenience of having to charge the iphone every night, the device it is an accessory to.
1) He's already so exhausted from plugging in a Lightning cable, that having a watch magnetically adhere to a charging disk is too much.
2) I wonder what people are doing that they have to charge their Watch every night. I can go two days without charging and I can get my charging in during showers, but I guess not everyone showers in the nude. Tobias Funkë was a Never Nude, after all.
Comparing AW2 and a Fitbit One is of the apples and oranges variety. I have both and love both. My exercise groups are large and active competitively on Fitbit, while my love and appreciation of my AW2 grows daily--one on my arm and one in my pocket. The AW2 still does not offer real competitive large group interaction. Someday?
If you are talking about sharing your results with others or publicizing them: Yes, the Apple Watch does do that: its embedded exercise app allows you to share. Or, various 3rd party apps (including the Nike Run app) enable social media style communication....
I suspect many more AW holdouts, like me, will pounce once decoupled from phone.
Run, bike, whatever, more freely with no bulky phone or wallet, yet stop and buy lunch, stay in touch. Can't wait!
You aren't talking about de-coupling the AW from the IPhone (which will probably never happen because it offers too many advantages). Instead you are talking about adding voice and data cellular service to the watch. That will probably come someday. Meanwhile, most runners and bikers I know carry their phone and the serious runners wear a watch as well (usually a Garmin though...)
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Run, bike, whatever, more freely with no bulky phone or wallet, yet stop and buy lunch, stay in touch. Can't wait!
Of course, adding in LTE allows for connectivity wherever there is your carrier cellular, so always connected. But you don't have to wait!
2) I wonder what people are doing that they have to charge their Watch every night. I can go two days without charging and I can get my charging in during showers, but I guess not everyone showers in the nude. Tobias Funkë was a Never Nude, after all.