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Apple Watch Continues to Dominate With Estimated 1 in 3 Share of Smartwatch Sales Last Quarter
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No smart watch comes close and never will to be honest...
Who cares what was shipped...that metric of information is completely worthless.
My guess is Apple Watch is 8/9 of every 10 smart watches sold. I never see anything other then fit bits on much older individuals & maybe a rare Samsung every now and then.
My Series 1 still works a treat fir me. My son, who wasn’t a watch wearer and never liked having something on his wrist, now wears a Series 4 daily. He finally answers texts and calls!
Same here. I'm an on/off iPhone user and the Apple watch (mainly the ECG feature) makes me want to go to iPhone full time, unfortunately the iPhone is too restricted for me to go all out Apple so I keep an eye on it and switch back and forth when I see something I like.
Omron has a heart monitor watch releasing soon that works with both iOS and Android, it doesn't look good as the Apple watch but it won't lock me into just one ecosystem
Actually, that's not possible. The Apple Watch is too bulky. It needs to be round. It's like they just shrunk the original iPhone design down. It's just another solution in search of a problem. What can it do that your smartphone can't? etc.
I can see how you could feel that way if you haven't actually used one in daily life. The truth is that the Watch brings many of the conveniences of the iPhone, plus several others, to a whole new level. I love that I can get notifications at a glance, that it motivates me to stand, move and exercise, and that I can answer calls more conveniently than holding something up to my ear. The Series 4 has truly been amazing and flawless. I'm glad I waited for this version before getting one.
Actually, that's not possible. The Apple Watch is too bulky. It needs to be round. It's like they just shrunk the original iPhone design down. It's just another solution in search of a problem. What can it do that your smartphone can't? etc.
It's not a solution in search of a problem. It's mostly convenience. One of the benefits of a First World society. The Watch can do many of the functions of a phone (including making and taking calls) while sitting on my wrist. The fewer times I have to take out my phone (or wallet) to do something, the better. It's that simple. And the Series 4, with ECG capability, does have a shot at becoming a ubiquitous medical device.
List 3 things you "need" to do with a smartphone that the iPhone can't do.
Glad to hear you're happy with the Watch experience. Apple has done in again. How are the Android watches in terms of elegance and simplicity?
Much more interesting and well rounded gadget than the iPhone right now. Happy with my 44mm series 4.
Samsung watches are nowhere near as good as the Apple Watch. Paltry 4GB of storage (only 1.5GB usable) compared to 16GB in the AW4 (or 8GB/16GB in the older AW3), outdated ARM A53 cores vs Apple custom 64bit cores, no BT 5.0, no ECG, lower res/not as bright screen, runs Tizen (still missing popular third party Apps).
S4 in SS costs $700+, yes. But you can get into the game with a $280 S3 (often on sale for less) or $400 for an S4.
Even before the recent rise in smartphone prices, that wasn’t the price of a smartphone (at least not a decent one).
Not saying AW is cheap, but you can get a brand new and very capable model for a pretty reasonable price.
I would get an Apple watch if it was not so tied to the iPhone. I use Android phones and that greatly reduces the utility of the Watch. So I will stick to Fitbit.
I was never really a fanboy of anything. I owned the first iphone and the 4,4s and 5, but I mainly used android my entire life. I was an early adopter on android wear and owned MANY android wear watched starting with the original LG Watch, Huawei, Fossil etc. Then I looked into Tizen with the gear s3. I thought "oh my god this is so much better". Then I got the Galaxy watch, but the fitness features where so frustrating and the HR monitor failed many times during workouts, spotify was broken etc.
I always eyed with the apple watch but I didnt really wanted to change to an iphone. Then I switched to iOS (iphone 7 plus) and got the series 4 44mm... OH MY GOD, its not even funny how the apple watch is so much better compared to any other watches.
I always eyed with the apple watch but I didnt really wanted to change to an iphone. Then I switched to iOS (iphone 7 plus) and got the series 4 44mm... OH MY GOD, its not even funny how the apple watch is so much better compared to any other watches.
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I just bought one for the same reasons. Now to get the beta on it, what's the best way? Anyone?
Regardless of the health features I think Apple have succeeded in appealing to a wider range of people with the Apple watch. I think the only people really buying a Samsung watch are tech enthusiasts. I don't think their watches appeal to the every day soccer moms.
The biggest is being unable to set default apps and services of my choice like setting Google Assistant as the default instead of Siri and allowing Google Assistant to plug into apps and pull the info I need.
Fine tuned security controls, anti tracking, ads blocked system wide, being able to turn off services inside an app that I'm not comfortable with running (something I'm surprised Apple doesn't have since their main selling point is security [see screenshot below])
Not letting apps run in the background (You have to keep the Google photos app open for faster upload).
The smallest being Chrome on iPhone is just a wrapper for webkit, I want Chromium based Chrome not Webkit based Chrome.
That's all really.
I have never bought or used an Android Wear watch so I couldn't tell you how the experience is. Design wise I'd be compromising as I look at the Apple watch as the standard in style for smartwatches, I almost got the Tag Heuer and Montblanc ones but it runs Android Wear OS so I'd be just buying a good looking smart watch with a crappy OS.
Oh and the Bouncer app which I can set to only allow certain permissions while the app is in use, but when I close the app it removes the permission and I'll have to grant it again once I open the app again. That way access to my contacts are not being used when I'm not using an app.
Depending on features and capabilities, if the AW5 gets a physical redesign I may consider adoption.
Actually, I’ve found the Apple Watch really useful for communicating with my autistic son.
We used to have problems, me calling upstairs for him because he’d be listening to the same 8 seconds of a song, over & over, or lost in his head and hearing nothing. Got him the Series 0 shortly after it came out and now I can tap him with messages, which he responds to without problem. We both have Series 1s.
Even helped me find him when I lost him at Disneyland for a bit.
We used to have problems, me calling upstairs for him because he’d be listening to the same 8 seconds of a song, over & over, or lost in his head and hearing nothing. Got him the Series 0 shortly after it came out and now I can tap him with messages, which he responds to without problem. We both have Series 1s.
Even helped me find him when I lost him at Disneyland for a bit.