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Apple Watch Sales Remain Steady After 15 Months Despite Lack of Next-Generation Model
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Still posting this tripe? Yet you're so quick to believe "estimates" when it's someone else.
Nobody publishes sales figures for any products, with the exception of Apple for the iPhone and iPad. Does that mean the entire consumer electronics industry is tanking?
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At $299 brand new with a full warranty who'd buy one used to save a few bucks? Pretty much anything in the consumer space that has a low retail price sells for nothing used.
Personally, I wouldn't find GPS or cellular in the watch something I would use. I would imagine that cellular would require an additional monthly bill from the phone company. Already what we spend on cellular service is ridiculous.
I have had my Apple Watch now for over a year, wear it everyday, and look at it way more than I do my phone now.
Exactly, yet so many do not get this.
I have one. Bought it on launch day.
To me, it's just clunky.
As a fitness watch, it's not waterproof and it feels fragile enough that doing 'active sport stuff' is really limited (for me) to just gym workouts (boring), biking (meh..heart rate sensor stops working after a while), tennis and running. Again the heart rate sensor is 50/50. It's not continuous and often gives a bad reading when you're actually active. Yes I've tried tightening and moving it up my arm.
As a watch, it looks cool but not in the same pleasing way as my other watches look. It just looks like a computer on my wrist.. I still think it's a niche look. It still feels out of place in my opinion.
As a smartwatch, I've yet to find a compelling app for it. Everything on it for now just seems tacked on. Like it does not do anything better than my iPhone, and it never feels actually more convenient to use those apps vs. pulling out my phone and using the real app.
I do like the notifications and the hey siri features. But that's a small feature list for a $500 expense.
I won't buy version 2, though I'll keep version 1 in rotation. Maybe watchOS3 will make me like it more.
To me, it's just clunky.
As a fitness watch, it's not waterproof and it feels fragile enough that doing 'active sport stuff' is really limited (for me) to just gym workouts (boring), biking (meh..heart rate sensor stops working after a while), tennis and running. Again the heart rate sensor is 50/50. It's not continuous and often gives a bad reading when you're actually active. Yes I've tried tightening and moving it up my arm.
As a watch, it looks cool but not in the same pleasing way as my other watches look. It just looks like a computer on my wrist.. I still think it's a niche look. It still feels out of place in my opinion.
As a smartwatch, I've yet to find a compelling app for it. Everything on it for now just seems tacked on. Like it does not do anything better than my iPhone, and it never feels actually more convenient to use those apps vs. pulling out my phone and using the real app.
I do like the notifications and the hey siri features. But that's a small feature list for a $500 expense.
I won't buy version 2, though I'll keep version 1 in rotation. Maybe watchOS3 will make me like it more.
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You keep posting the same thing. Get over it. This decision was made before the device came to market.
Meanwhile the 20 people at my university who have the watch are celebrities. People pay to get within 5 feet of their wrists.
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Apple Watch is an interesting device. I liked the idea of Apple moving their business towards fashion. I don't have one, but suspect I will wear one sometime in the future, however it will need to do a few important things that tracks health and preempts some types of health issues especially cardiovascular related, nervous system etc. That single day battery is a turn off as well, a week long battery makes it more attractive to me.
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This is proof AW is a flop. Kill it already Apple. Just let it die already!!!
Had mine 7 months, love it. Friends of mine who pooh-poohed it on arrival have also bought into it. It seems to be a slow starter but it's winning people over.
I think it's a fantastic device. I first got one in July 2015, returned it after a few days as I just thought it was useless, slow, overpriced for what it offered. But then I got another one in December as a Christmas gift and this time it won me over. So much so that I think I'd be more likely to upgrade my Apple Watch (to a 2nd gen) than I would be to upgrade my iPhone 6 to an iPhone 7.
I think it's a fantastic device. I first got one in July 2015, returned it after a few days as I just thought it was useless, slow, overpriced for what it offered. But then I got another one in December as a Christmas gift and this time it won me over. So much so that I think I'd be more likely to upgrade my Apple Watch (to a 2nd gen) than I would be to upgrade my iPhone 6 to an iPhone 7.
Wasn't iOS 10 + watchOS 3 able to track your run without taking the iPhone with you?
GPS needs to be a must for the next watch. I don't want to be tethered to my phone when running.
GPS is used for measuring speed and distance and probably other things. its already in a number of popular sport watches. Something the apple sport watch "should" have come with.
Wonderful, you have proved that there is a 38mm sports model being sold for $299......so? What's that got to do with the the rest of the range that goes up to over $1k.....
Great logic there, $299 is low retail, so a used one is worth nothing.... Sorry but $300 for the sports watch is not low retail....
I ordered mine on launch day but did not receive it for what seemed forever (I think it was delayed 2 months) - and yes I still haven't forgiven you Angela. I wear mine every day. I find that text, reminders, and even a phone call when I cant find the phone are all really nice features that I use. Turned off email after a week because that was too much. I also use the timer alot for cooking/laundry/all kinds of stuff that need timing. I use the health app and that actually motivates me to do a little extra each day. I have tried several pill reminders for all my supplements but have not found one that works for me yet (tried 5 so far). I bought high end -- the SS with the Link band, because I did not expect to flip this watch every year. Watches are meant to be worn and used for years. I would have a hard time justifying upgrading my watch more than once every 5 years at best. Bottom line is that I think its great and if it last the 5 years will not be too expensive. I get plenty of use out of it, but would like a good pill reminder app.
You must be having a sad 2016
Sounds like a solution in search of a problem. Do you need a smart cup to know if you drink enough water too?
Sales are steady because prices are down. We all knew it was too expensive when released. Now that you can find them pretty easily for $50-$100 below MSRP, people are buying them.
Personally, it would benefit in my fitness tracking when I go for runs or bike rides without having to take my iPhone . The 6S plus is bulky on a run
A solution in search of a problem? There's already standalone watch devices for these purposes. It would only serve to unify and replace, making it more utilitarian than it already is. I think everyone's goal is to be able to accomplish more whilest carrying fewer items.
Still loving mine. Watch OS 3 will be a game changer. I'm not entirely sure we will see a Watch 2 in September, being this software update will be like a 'Whole new Watch' accordingly.
The GPS would not be for navigation. Like Garmin, it would be route recording for mapping and more accurate record of distance and speed. If you don't workout and you don't track your workouts then it will not be a handy feature for you.