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10% of Consumers 'Very Likely' to Buy a Smartwatch in 2015, Suggesting 24M Apple Watches
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The biggest neato thing is you can draw a picture and have it appear on the other watch - in realtime. In the pictographic regions of Asia (China, Korea, Japan) it'll be the biggest thing since sliced bread.
For the booty call, draw a picture. You don't have to wait for the R-rated emoji - draw it! It'll be totally hilarious. it'd be totally cool if you could draw notes and it'd play on the other watch (or iPhone, not sure how that works) - like a jingle booty call.
My wife and I are in for 1 each.
This is a very good point. Personally the design of the device itself is still unappealing to me, but it's relatively innocuous. So a better designed device from Apple (gen 3?) removal of the trashy and gimmicky software and a well designed 3rd party band, the thing could do quite well...
A survey that doesn't include pricing is useless. Sure everyone's a buyer until its 600 dollars.
Interesting. A quick perusal of the article highlights Apple Watch and iPhone extensively. While you're right that the original study is about smart watches in general the focus of this article really seems to be on what it means for the Apple Watch. That's what threw me a curve.
You can use it without the iphone (this is not an all or nothing pairing). Its gui is beautiful. its price is reasonable.
I bought a LG G watch for $79 with a $50 Google store credit yesterday and so far the watch has been great. There are better Android Wear watches on the market but none would have been such a bargain. So my question is how can Apple look good releasing a watch at $350 minimum to the average Joe? I believe price is going to play a huge roll in the success/failure of this watch.
So the assumption is that everyone who owns a compatible iPhone in that "very likely" category will buy an iWatch and only an iWatch?
They should have asked the survey participants whether they currently wear a watch on a daily basis currently... or if they ever have worn a watch regularly.
I'm sure this unhindered optimism will generate lots of commissions for UBS in the coming months, but it seems more like they're feeding the hype machine than providing objective investment advice.
They should have asked the survey participants whether they currently wear a watch on a daily basis currently... or if they ever have worn a watch regularly.
I'm sure this unhindered optimism will generate lots of commissions for UBS in the coming months, but it seems more like they're feeding the hype machine than providing objective investment advice.
I feel the same way. I just can't see why a smart watch would replace my daily watch. Maybe I would buy the "sport" version, if the price was around the same as competitors.
A friend of mine got the Motorola watch, which is probably better than what the Apple watch will be, and it's really goofy.
So, basically you don't know what your talking about. Look at the price of similar built watches with lot less of everything and their ALL much more expensive. BTW, you CAN use it without a phone. So, there again pure ignorance on your part.
The small Apple watch is 40% smaller than the Moto 360 and has a much much much better processor and more functionality. Oh, and the build quality is massively better too (says people who have handled both).
So, basically your ALL WRONG... Except about the Moto watch being goofy.
Depressingly .. We are talking of individuals with no income...spending disposable income money on something that will be disposed of in less than a year for a fraction of their new price on eBay.
Or ...will Daddy wise up in time to put the mockers on one spending binge too many ... "Whaaaaat? £400 for a wrist-brick? Gerrrourahere you cheeky so and so! Get a job doing a paper round ...then tell me if you're still keen to blow your pocket money on what will be known within six months- as Apples Final Folly!"
So, you want a watch with extremely poor build quality to save a few bucks on something you wear in the open all day long? OK, then.
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You obviously haven't seen the 42% of high schoolers (I'm assuming they have the same % as the general population, it actually could be higher) who own Iphones in the US... Where do they get the money for that? Also, High schooler spend loads of money on supposedly useless thing (many of them work); $350 dollars won't phase them if they want it enough.
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Because the LG watch looks like crap. Sorry buddy...
I was pretty upset that we can't create independent app for it. I don't think it'll take off until this happen.
You couldn't do that on the iPhone 1, and yet it was still a great device. Apple has said that it's coming, but not quite yet.
Considering Fitbit and Jawbone sell personal trackers that do much less than the Apple Watch for $100 on a pretty regular basis, I think the Apple Watch will deliver value.
But I'd also be surprised if they sell 20 million of these in 2015. I think the need to recharge it daily is going to be a pretty significant negative.
Does it have more functionality? The Motorola watch has all the features we know that the Apple watch has, probably more. It's a neat gadget but still isn't very useful. And if the Apple watch is smaller, that's worse, not better. The main problem with the Motorola watch (or any smart watch) is that you have to deal with an annoying little screen.
I'm sure Apple execs have already planned for the post-iPhone era at Apple.
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
- Alan Kay
Technically, "spring" starts on the vernal equinox.
That will be on Friday, March 20 2015.
I can hardly wait
Yep. The survey said that 'X' number of people were interested in A smart watch. The article seemed to imply this meant APPLE watch.
Not at $350, $500, or more they won't. Keep in mind that the majority of iPhone owners didn't pay full price for their phone, so anything over $199 is going to induce sticker shock.
This is especially true when there are alternatives for much cheaper -- Fitbit, Pebble, and Microsoft to name three, which are all cross-platform, and are much, much less expensive.
This is especially true when there are alternatives for much cheaper -- Fitbit, Pebble, and Microsoft to name three, which are all cross-platform, and are much, much less expensive.