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Apple Watch Predicted to Capture 50% Market Share in 2016 on 14 Million Sales
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With the iPhone becoming more commonplace, Apple needed something that not everybody could afford.
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Kind of like smart phones were when the iPhone was new. I mean, look at those underwhelming numbers from the iPhone's first year!
Sure looks like flop territory to me!
Congrats. You solved the mystery to extend all battery life!
I don't think so. I went to starbucks today, and the barista was wearing one. Then I went to footlocker and the salesperson was wearing one. And people all around me were wearing one. Maybe there's just a lot of geeks where I live.
Fitbit or others are not too bad if u just want to health tracker. I just purchased fitbit HR and im loving it! plus, i can wear it while sleeping and that means it can monitor my sleep nicely... unlike the apple watch which u got to charge every day (usually night when u sleep)
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And I bet if u had a marker pen, your watch would give time accurately at least twice everyday
I've been interested in the Apple Watch since it's launch and now that I started going to the gym again, I'm more interested but still it's not in my shopping list yet.
First of all, Apple Pay is a big feature it's not available where I live, so it really reduces the value even though I'll pay somewhat the same price where it's available.
Another thing that sort of concerns me is after playing with the demos at stores, I couldn't understand why you can't use the buttons for the stopwatch.
I know the digital crown and the other button has specific purposes, but with a form factor of a watch, I'd expect it to work as stopwatch buttons. There are probably some other things that won't be totally intuitive if I buy one.
But then again, just seeing notifications on my wrist so I know when to pull out my phone only when I need to when I'm busy may be worth the buy.
Anyways, I'm yet to buy one but if I am to buy a smart watch it'll probably be this one.
First of all, Apple Pay is a big feature it's not available where I live, so it really reduces the value even though I'll pay somewhat the same price where it's available.
Another thing that sort of concerns me is after playing with the demos at stores, I couldn't understand why you can't use the buttons for the stopwatch.
I know the digital crown and the other button has specific purposes, but with a form factor of a watch, I'd expect it to work as stopwatch buttons. There are probably some other things that won't be totally intuitive if I buy one.
But then again, just seeing notifications on my wrist so I know when to pull out my phone only when I need to when I'm busy may be worth the buy.
Anyways, I'm yet to buy one but if I am to buy a smart watch it'll probably be this one.
And what does this say about 2020? Nothing at all, other than speculation.Kind of like smart phones were when the iPhone was new. I mean, look at those underwhelming numbers from the iPhone's first year!
Sure looks like flop territory to me!
Weren't these the same clowns (IDC) that predicted Windows would be taking a 25% share of the mobile market right now?
I agree. The few people I know that have one all say just that. The battery needs to be improved, other than that it's a nice product.
I still have to find a definite, $350-$550 purpose for the thing before I get one, but I'm liking where it's going so far.
Kind of like smart phones were when the iPhone was new. I mean, look at those underwhelming numbers from the iPhone's first year!
Sure looks like flop territory to me!
Totally different and not comparable point of depature when it comes to customer base, brand awaresness and advance trust in the new "big thing" product by Apple back then and now.
If Apple is not working VERY hard on the 2nd generation and/or cut the price, the future of the watch will go nowhere. (And yes, I know this sounds cuckoo when talking about 14 million sold units.)
They sold more AWs in the first few months compared to the original iPhone and iPad at launch. The real problem is pundits are comparing the numbers to the latest generation iPhones and iPads sold, which is unrealistic.
The watch is the most obvious casualty of Microsoft's insistence on a single UI for Windows under all possible conditions. This was supposed to be their big idea for the next fifteen years, and all it has done is piss off their business users, and make it largely impossible to move the UI to new form factors (watch as the obvious example).
I fully expect it to also eventually kill their HoloLens plans (in the same way that WinPhone is effectively dead today) --- rather than thinking through and providing a HoloLens UI that's optimal for the new device and its new use cases, they'll insist on forcing Metro regardless of how uncomfortable the fit.
i wear mine every day but i always forget about it. it basically just helped me cope with my iPhone addiction cuz now i dont have to check my iPhone every 5 seconds to see if i missed something. never use glances or interact with any app. its just so damn slow
This industry is still so undeveloped, with disruptive factors could appear in any minute, from any possible players. This kind of prediction is totally meaningless at this point, just like how they predicted the smartphone market before iPhone's introduction.
Personally I don't find the battery issue a problem. I do not wear my watches while I sleep and so I just put it on the charger at night. I'm already charging my phone every night so it's not something I find easy to forget.
After a full days use I usually have 40% battery left on it at the moment it hits the charger. There was only one occasion where I was having too much fun and fell asleep while wearing it. I was still able to use it until about 1-2pm the next day by which time I put it on the charger while I took a shower and it was fine the rest of the day.
To me the battery is so much of a non-issue that I don't care if they make it longer or not, it hasn't impacted me at all.
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I'm more interested in things like market share of the entire watch market and not just smart watches, how many people started wearing smart watches who didn't wear traditional watches before, how many people switched from traditional watches to smart watches, how many people use their smart watches to do anything other than tell time, etc.
And by iPhone levels - they mean latter day levels. The original iPhone had impressive numbers for back then - but by no means was it an overnight sensation.
I agree with you... so many people I know who don't even wear watches went from "I wouldn't want one" to "I think I am going to get one".
It's funny when people call it a flop based on sales when it took over 2 years for the iPhone to sell as much as estimated for the Apple Watch. CEO's from Microsoft/Motorola/Blackberry and many more called the iPhone a "Novelty" "Niche" "Gimmick" "Too Expensive" "No one will but fanboys will want it" "You have a computer to do want they want you to do on a 3.5inch screen"
I doubt the Apple Watch will ever sell 75mm a quarter or even a year, but with the profit Apple makes on each unit, they are making billions already and will be a success as a product in 20mm range.
Smartwatches are not going away - they will keep improving and adding health and fitness and gps and more...
At least you know it sounds cuckoo.
I hear some people talking down the Apple Watch sales from both ends. On the one wrist, they say it's a niche market, and Apple can't match iPhone sales because not enough people actually want a smart watch. On the other wrist, Apple didn't sell as many watches last year as they did iPhones, so it's a failure.
They found a niche market, and they captured 75% of it, to the tune of 14 million units. Of course they're working on a second generation, and it will have features that make it appealing to people who passed on the first one. They'll sell more of them than they did the first gen (including sales to people who already bought the first gen).
The Apple Watch certainly will capture 60 percent of the Apple Watch market. At least we know know that much.
Ok. I admit. It was a white elephant. Let's get Tuesday out of the way ... it'd all we can do now.
Ok. I admit. It was a white elephant. Let's get Tuesday out of the way ... it'd all we can do now.