Well, as I understand, apart from GB, iPhone is not that popular in Europe and people without iPhones have no reasons to buy Apple watches.
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Apple Sold 70% Fewer Apple Watches This Summer Compared to Last
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My 2 cents, besides product cycles and all that stuff:
(Feel free to add your opinion)
Why people hate Apple Watch?
1. It took Apple focus from the Mac to this gadget and its bands.
2. Is the new Apple baby and they will fight for it and it will have all their attention. And you don´t like the new baby.
3. Apple wants to force it so badly, they even create "a feature in Sierra" that requires you having one.
4. They don´t like the Tim Cook´s Apple.
Why people don´t care about Apple Watch?
1. If you consider a watch as a timeless piece of work that you appreciate even more with the decades.
2. If you wan´t to wear a more unique design.
3. If you like and care about the materials and the complexity of an mechanical, automatic or quartz watch. You know it may not me as accurate as an Apple Watch, but has more personality in it.
4. You like to appreciate the beauty of watch in the wrist of a lady or gentlemen, and not a black screen.
5. Because you cared about your health even before this gadget.
6. Is is square.
Why you people love Apple Watch:
1. As a device, is good for medical health care and monitoring.
2. You like stats!
3. The iPhone you got was too big.
4. You really need to get notifications while your hands are busy and your phone is close.
5. It is just the device for you and you are happy to wear it every day.
6. You bought just because, and now you are not using it, but you won´t admitted.
7. You don´t mind the look of the black screen while you wear it or you think is just fine.
(Feel free to add your opinion)
Why people hate Apple Watch?
1. It took Apple focus from the Mac to this gadget and its bands.
2. Is the new Apple baby and they will fight for it and it will have all their attention. And you don´t like the new baby.
3. Apple wants to force it so badly, they even create "a feature in Sierra" that requires you having one.
4. They don´t like the Tim Cook´s Apple.
Why people don´t care about Apple Watch?
1. If you consider a watch as a timeless piece of work that you appreciate even more with the decades.
2. If you wan´t to wear a more unique design.
3. If you like and care about the materials and the complexity of an mechanical, automatic or quartz watch. You know it may not me as accurate as an Apple Watch, but has more personality in it.
4. You like to appreciate the beauty of watch in the wrist of a lady or gentlemen, and not a black screen.
5. Because you cared about your health even before this gadget.
6. Is is square.
Why you people love Apple Watch:
1. As a device, is good for medical health care and monitoring.
2. You like stats!
3. The iPhone you got was too big.
4. You really need to get notifications while your hands are busy and your phone is close.
5. It is just the device for you and you are happy to wear it every day.
6. You bought just because, and now you are not using it, but you won´t admitted.
7. You don´t mind the look of the black screen while you wear it or you think is just fine.
You do realise that even if Apple settles into a yearly update for the Apple Watch, it doesn't mean you have to upgrade every year?
Wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of manufacturers to quit production of their smart watches, since the whole wearable market seems to be limited to fitbits and somewhat the Apple Watch. Can't imagine that LG or Huawei make too much with their offerings.
That was a day one feature, imagine the weight you would have lost by now if you HAD bought a series 0 model.
More reasons why people love their Apple Watch:
8. No more missed phonecalls or notifications, because the phone ringtone is too quiet to hear either outside or in a noisy environment (This was the MAJOR reason I got an Apple Watch, because I missed a very important phone-call that cost me money, and decided I wasn't going to let the same thing happen again).
9. The convenience of your schedule being on your wrist and checkable at a glance.
10. The ability to review your goals and/or vision board at a glance and be reminded of what you are focused on through the day (using pictures of your goals with the photo watch face).
11. Subtlety. You don't look like a total douche when you navigate somewhere or similar, and are busy staring at your phone or getting verbal directions; all you have are silent buzzes on your wrist guiding you that no one else even realises are taking place. Same thing for things like appointments etc., if you are using silent mode. This is great for maintaining a more professional image with clients.
12. Notification filtering. Set up properly, the Apple watch can have only the most important notifications sent to it, while the rest go to your phone only. This can mean, for example, that if you get an email from an important client, you get a watch notification, but if you are getting other less important or urgent emails, only your phone gets the notification.
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Is anyone surprised by this? Really? Don't get me wrong. I love Apple or loved Apple. But now, they're just asking to be made fun of.
It's running out of steam. No surprise. But i didn't expect this this early. Maybe a few more years. The Apple watch is companion still tethered to an iPhone.. the Apple watch 2 distances itself somewhat with GPS and taking maps on the watch, need to use a connected phone, it still relies on tethering for most other things.. Probably not a good reason since all smart watches are like that
Plus, the lack of Apple watch just being only a health & fitness. I reckon users expect the watch to be doing allot more than just that mostly.
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Guess that's because apple is missing the point with the iWatch. For some reason they keep trying on selling a wrist iPhone which just does not do for most of us. For comparison i am using Fitbit to track my activity and even on that one i am just checking very few things (steps, HR mainly) on the watch itself. When i want to get the big picture i am checking stuff on the Iphone app. I just can't figure out what all the functions on iWatch are and if anyone ever uses 50% of them. Maybe it's just me.
We know the rules :- start off big and bulky, and then over time (if the product lasts that long), make it more attractive in terms of design. Its not that ugly, but i would have like to see it like other watch faces round than a pure square.. +1 this to the mix as well then
The watch I was given for my 13th birthday still works today 40+ years later.
There is ZERO chance any Apple watch will achieve this.
I looked at the Apple watch, figured at best it would last 5 years and decided that it was not worth $100+ a year to me.
I also object to the "fashion economy" where by each year you are expected to update. This adds heavily to the waste stream, something the planet can live without.
This is the second time I have send this in a week..
TOLD YOU SO!
you apple fan boys who said. it's great sales numbers are awesome, timmy is amazing, Apple is a doing better than under steve...
Apple watch misses the mark on price, and on utility. The original concept as a health sensor was good and the only viable strategy. Health or include some sort of spectrometer like the failed kickstarter SCiO campaign. Apple watch needed to do something unique, but it doesn't. It's boring and average, just like Tim himself.
Anyways, I would get an Apple watch if it were 150-200. But right now it's too expensive for what it is. Sales numbers don't lie people...
Apple Watch doesn't need to replace the iphone, but do something it can't. Just being a smaller phone won't make it sell. I honestly think there is a place for a smart watch, but Tim doesn't have the leadership or vision. You are right, a lot of people like you really questioned Timmy and questioned wtf is he thinking.
Honestly, Tim should take a gold Apple watch and just leave.
TOLD YOU SO!
you apple fan boys who said. it's great sales numbers are awesome, timmy is amazing, Apple is a doing better than under steve...
Apple watch misses the mark on price, and on utility. The original concept as a health sensor was good and the only viable strategy. Health or include some sort of spectrometer like the failed kickstarter SCiO campaign. Apple watch needed to do something unique, but it doesn't. It's boring and average, just like Tim himself.
Anyways, I would get an Apple watch if it were 150-200. But right now it's too expensive for what it is. Sales numbers don't lie people...
Apple Watch doesn't need to replace the iphone, but do something it can't. Just being a smaller phone won't make it sell. I honestly think there is a place for a smart watch, but Tim doesn't have the leadership or vision. You are right, a lot of people like you really questioned Timmy and questioned wtf is he thinking.
Honestly, Tim should take a gold Apple watch and just leave.
People are not mugs and punters are sick to the back teeth of being fleeced by Apple. Non-buyers are demanding Apple fix the three fundamental flaws before they'll even consider this product.
1) At least a weeks worth of battery life for a single charge.
2) Always on display
3) Make it thinner
Over to you, Sir Jony Ive!
1) At least a weeks worth of battery life for a single charge.
2) Always on display
3) Make it thinner
Over to you, Sir Jony Ive!
I just don't understand these comments that the watch is a flop and should be killed. Why? Does it need to sell xx millions that you deem as proof it should stay? What other Apple products sell less than the Apple Watch? Should those all be phased out? Isn't Apple making 400% profit margins on the Apple Watch? It might be their biggest profit margin product. They make about $300mm for each million watches sold based on the breakdown price to make.
I just don't understand the 100's of posts and likes by the same person wanting Apple to kill the Apple Watch while at the same time posting how much the cheap Fitbit is the way to go... oh wait, yes I do.
Let's not define how many units Apple needs to sell to make it a success or failure unless you know their profit margins (or lack). It's obvious that a few people have some huge grudge against the Apple Watch and that is obvious on their "likes" over and over again that says anything negative.
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Good thing Apple doesn't listen to you as Apple stock creeps back up to record highs and Tim continues to receive high praise for his leadership and the 100 of millions of dollars he gives away to worthy causes. I wonder what would make you a voice anyone would listen to?? Because you said "I told you so" ??? lol Seriously, because Apple has only sold about 10-15mm Apple Watches in 18months is a sign? Were you saying the same thing about Steve when the iPhone struggled to sell 2-5mm in 18 months? I doubt it...
Didn't matter how much lipstick on this pig. Will always be just an expensive gadget watch made in Taiwan.
That is completely irrelevant. If anything it shows how poorly it has sold. With around 1B iPhones out in the world that's a billion possible customers. When the original iPhone came out other than the iPod there was nothing else that was pushing consumers towards Apple. The Mac had what? Around 4-5% of the market?
Today however those numbers are much different and should be pushing sales of any idevice or the Apple Watch. It looks though that they are not, which really is a problem for Apple. Since we know that there are close a billion iPhones out in the wild and the watch is a companion device I would think sales of the watch would be much higher than they've been. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that Apple expected to at least get 25% of those 1billion users to spring for the watch. I don't know the exact numbers but I know they're nowhere near 250Million.
The estimates are around 15 million. That's pretty lame considering the size of the audience.
Your comment serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever. Sounds like an Apple Toaster or And Apple Flower is the perfect gift for you. Let others enjoy the Apple Watch and actually contribute to the article.
Smartwatches are the epitome of "just because it's cool that you can make this does not make it useful enough to spend money on". I remember when I first saw them i was amazed but the more I thought about it, i realized that the hype was just driving me to buy a thing that really doesn't add anything to my life. I think a lot of tech is having this problem. I had the same issue with tablets (for some use cases very useful but for me not - but I wanted one for no real reason anyway). I almost pulled the trigger on an ipad many many times but every time I would stop to think why do i want this? I guess it'd be cool to play phone games on a bigger screen or make a custom midi controller that I don't need... mostly I just want it because it's cool. Not worth $600.
I think this is also a problem with the airpods, why do i need to charge my headphones? Now I have to either make sure both my headphones and phone are charged or I need to remember to bring two extra pieces of equipment. It already happened this weekend where someone wanted to throw music on and they had an iphone7 and could not. Sure wireless headphones are cool but realistically these are functional items, and if they make life harder then they cease to be useful.
I think this is also a problem with the airpods, why do i need to charge my headphones? Now I have to either make sure both my headphones and phone are charged or I need to remember to bring two extra pieces of equipment. It already happened this weekend where someone wanted to throw music on and they had an iphone7 and could not. Sure wireless headphones are cool but realistically these are functional items, and if they make life harder then they cease to be useful.
Circular shape was only needed because of the way an analog watch works.
In a digital world, a circular display is unnatural, out of place, only good for looks; a gimmick with no real practical purpose unless it's a digital peephole.
or maybe less people want smart watches?
Amazing how iPhones and mac avoid such a big drop
I feel sorry for those mugs who blew $10k on the GOLD edition to find they don't make it anymore..
Expensive doorstop*
*Can't even use it for that
Expensive doorstop*
*Can't even use it for that