The iPhone was a massive success from the get-go considering where the overall market size was back in 2007. Plus it has seen nothing but growth and never saw anything even close to the drop in sales he watch is seeing right now.
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Apple Watch Demand Slides Significantly in June as Launch Momentum Wanes
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The iPhone was a massive success from the get-go considering where the overall market size was back in 2007. Plus it has seen nothing but growth and never saw anything even close to the drop in sales he watch is seeing right now.
Let me start by saying that for me the Apple Watch is not necessary. It has many issues and doesn't really offer a killer reason to own one. Its UI is also very complicated..
Having said that, I believe that the Apple Watch is selling much better than all Smartwatches out there together. Is it enough though? I don't know, but I don't think anybody expected wonders from this 1st gen product..
Having said that, I believe that the Apple Watch is selling much better than all Smartwatches out there together. Is it enough though? I don't know, but I don't think anybody expected wonders from this 1st gen product..
I dunno, i use it moderately every day (Maps on long drives, etc) and I routinely finish the day above or around 50%, and I've definitely gone two days without charging. Or at least wake up on day 1 to bedtime on day 2.
Except for everyone on the east coast who half the year or more have sleeves or jackets on which would make that product unuseable and people with tattoos.Exactly...
I really question whether this will go the way of the Apple TV where it sits along the wall at the Apple Store and every once in a while someone goes over and buys one.
It is not a revolutionary product. It's an expansion device to the iPhone, much like a BT earpiece.
Mark my words, the Apple Watch will evolve into some other type of wearable, like a touch sensitive projector on the back of your hand or forearm, like this:
The Apple Watch is a good piece of technology, very well built. But Price ( $CA currency makes it more expensive ) and more importantly, Battery Life are show stoppers for me.
I'm sure the price will come down... and the battery life improve in future versions.
Water proofing on the sports watch is a must ( not just 'resistance')
I'm sure the price will come down... and the battery life improve in future versions.
Water proofing on the sports watch is a must ( not just 'resistance')
Ooo! Shiney! Followed by meh . . .
Predicted this a month ago. People just aren't into watches these days and the interface is small. People want to love this device, but watch the fans of these devices 6 months to a year after release day and see if they are still wearing them.
Predicted this a month ago. People just aren't into watches these days and the interface is small. People want to love this device, but watch the fans of these devices 6 months to a year after release day and see if they are still wearing them.
Agreed, because $1000 is too much for a Phone. But $200 for an accessory that most people just don't find useful is also too much money.
Who knows what the future will bring, but I think wearables sell better once they can start to function as replacement for phones.
The thing is, the apple iphone grew in demand as more and more people realized how great the device was.
the apple watch launched to great fanfare but receded in demand as more and more people realize how overrated it was, for the price of entry.
I'm an apple watch owner - I like it. I like filling the rings, and I do enjoy the notifications on my wrist.
Would I pay $500 for the above two features? probably not. and yet that's how much mine cost, for the model WITHOUT the bling (so all Im getting are the features)...I got a sport watch.
If apple did an iphone style price drop, to $300 for the model without the bling, it would be a different story.
All the super rich people who can afford one have already purchased one.
And it only checks email of those who choose to opt-in. How many consumers opt-in? My guess is not many.
I agree. I bought this iphone 6 of mine outright for $1000 and I bitch more about it than all my previous phones combined.
I think Apple did a great job on the Apple Watch, and it does exactly what they said it would do. I did not want another device that does "a lot" for me. I wanted an elegant, simple, tasteful and beautiful watch, not another overwhelming piece of electronics that I wind up staring at for several hours a day. I think you have to have a certain mentality, maturity and taste to appreciate the Apple Watch. It is certainly not for everybody. The same goes for traditional watches as well. Sure, the Watch could and probably will do a bit more in the future, but honestly I am fantastically satisfied with mine. Its a great piece of design, and I just love looking at it from time to time, to see how the stainless steel case shines in different lighting conditions, looking at the shape/curve of the sapphire crystal from different angles, or being lightly tapped from an incoming notification. I think there is a subtlety to the Watch no other company can or will match. Let's see how it turns out the next couple of years... People are too quick to judge these days.
Wrong. I've been watching this company for 30+ years. I've made a ton of money investing in then over that time. I make my living using and supporting Apple products. And I still think the watch is lame.
There have been a wealth of articles about fashionistas returning the watch, blog posts expressing disappointment. Look at much of the sentiment here from people who bought it. You don't see a lot of love for the Apple Watch out there, in stark contrast to the endless iPhone love fest.
Apple Watch is Tim and Jony trying to prove they can do it without Steve. Not run a wildly successful company. Because clearly they can do that! But innovate. Launch a new product category and satisfy all the frothing fanboys who need something NEW. And guess what? It didn't work.
The issue I see with the Apple Watch is that there are multiple things it needs to really take off: thinner form factor, different shapes, better UI, less reliant on the phone, cheaper.
I don't see just one of these things being enough to go mass market, it really needs all of them, and I don't know if Apple is ready to push ahead quickly enough to get all that in before it loses it's momentum and publicity.
Particularly as rumours seem to be that Gen 2 is going to have exactly the same physical design and introduce only more expensive options rather than cheaper ones.
Tick enough of these boxes and I'm in, but even as a traditional early adopter I can't go for the Watch just yet, it just isn't up to Apple standards yet, especially in the UI. I have no doubt they'll tick them all eventually but is that a year from now, or 5 years? Because in 5 years time the wearables market could have easily overtaken them.
I don't see just one of these things being enough to go mass market, it really needs all of them, and I don't know if Apple is ready to push ahead quickly enough to get all that in before it loses it's momentum and publicity.
Particularly as rumours seem to be that Gen 2 is going to have exactly the same physical design and introduce only more expensive options rather than cheaper ones.
Tick enough of these boxes and I'm in, but even as a traditional early adopter I can't go for the Watch just yet, it just isn't up to Apple standards yet, especially in the UI. I have no doubt they'll tick them all eventually but is that a year from now, or 5 years? Because in 5 years time the wearables market could have easily overtaken them.
I found it fascinating that Apple pulled the covers off the Watch with such confidence. Rather than "Here's a new product which we think you'll like" (akin to the iPad launch) it was "Here we are about to change the world again" (akin to iPhone launch).
5,000 watches a day (the shockingly low amount) is still >3 a minute. Plus: 2,000 Apple Watch Edition models is $20 Million worth of revenue. Not bad for such a "disappointing" product. I wonder how many people held back because they were uncertain about how long the watch would last?
5,000 watches a day (the shockingly low amount) is still >3 a minute. Plus: 2,000 Apple Watch Edition models is $20 Million worth of revenue. Not bad for such a "disappointing" product. I wonder how many people held back because they were uncertain about how long the watch would last?
Sampling doesn't require everyone to opt in in order to be representative. Otherwise it wouldn't be sampling, it would be a census.
What amazes me is that, if that's true (and that is another matter, because i'm not sure I agree with you 100%), that Tim or Jony didn't say "Hold on. This is a dead end here" ... why they weren't really honest with themselves. They know the pressure riding on the first post-Jobs product. I can only imagine they were confident with it. Or know the roadmap and needed to launch this Watch to find out what people would use it for so they could fine-tune the next gen... I'm not sure.
I'll love mine even more than I already do if it's not a blockbuster hit with everyone around me wearing (and fiddling with) an apple watch.
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The Apple Watch and even its competitors won't be using a watch to completely replace a phones purpose anytime soon. Will it replace the need for a phone in certain settings --undoubtedly yes. Will the Apple Watch soon be able to be untethered from an iPhone in certain settings - yes - it has to. They know that.
For me I'm tired of carrying around my giant iPhone 6+ at the gym - moving it around so that I don't smash it with a weight while lifting. Did that once before. Right now the watch works great at message dictation, alerts etc.
Good point: This blows other smartwatches out of the water, clearly. But how does it stack up against other Apple products? Does that even matter? Are wrist-worn computers really the future/Will the Apple Watch become part of popular culture like the iPhone and iPod did?
I feel like the phrase "well, duh" should appear somewhere in the title of this article.
I'm one of the June sales. Just a Sport with a second band. I bought it specifically for activity tracking as part of a new exercise regiment (no real diet changes, just tracking intake/burn). It's done it's job thus far, as I've dropped 10.2lbs.
Worth the ~$480 with tax? For me, yes. However the number of use cases I have outside of activity tracking is limited. Things like delivery tracking have such high latency in their notifications. I think it'll be a bit more useful with native apps in WatchOS 2, but right now my number of use cases are limited. Granted, it handles all of those duties well. Also after turning off most notifications (useless ones, not important ones) I tend to still have 45-50% charge at the end of the day, even if that day includes 15 miles of walking.
Worth the ~$480 with tax? For me, yes. However the number of use cases I have outside of activity tracking is limited. Things like delivery tracking have such high latency in their notifications. I think it'll be a bit more useful with native apps in WatchOS 2, but right now my number of use cases are limited. Granted, it handles all of those duties well. Also after turning off most notifications (useless ones, not important ones) I tend to still have 45-50% charge at the end of the day, even if that day includes 15 miles of walking.