They laughed at the Apple Watch too, declaring it a failure before it even shipped. “People” laugh at every product Apple releases and many of those “people” live right here in these forums.
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IDC: Apple's Wearables Shipments Surged Last Quarter on Popularity of Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beats
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They laughed at the Apple Watch too, declaring it a failure before it even shipped. “People” laugh at every product Apple releases and many of those “people” live right here in these forums.
The watch goes well beyond just the hardware, it’s the unification of a device that offers multi-health features that offers something to everyone, simplicity and WatchOs has improved a lot with watchOS 6. The watch matured very quickly and still have a lot of potential for the future.
The AirPods? Huge growth, the Pros are massive step forward. And now that Apple has an entry-level AirPods aside from Pros, it’s two different price points for two different products based on what someone wants.
The AirPods? Huge growth, the Pros are massive step forward. And now that Apple has an entry-level AirPods aside from Pros, it’s two different price points for two different products based on what someone wants.
For most wearables you need an iPhone, so that would be hard to do. Bringing down the price of the iPhone would help sales of wearables and others and that is just what they did with the 11.
Undervalued indeed
Says it all that the negative news stories get pages and pages of comments but stories like these barely get any.
The Apple Watch doesn’t need a reliance for sucesss of tech sites for consumers to know a good product when they see it. The iPhone sets the precedent for Apple, followed by their other hardware, [word-of-mouth and marketing] is what sells the Apple Watch, Not negative comments on Macrumors, which hardly any consumers probably venture on the sites like this versus enthusiasts like us. .
I liked my Apple Watch 3 so much I bought an Apple Watch 4 for my sister who is in her mid 60s and has had some falls on ice. She said having the watch is a great relief.
Fall detection is incredibly useful. It doesn’t even have to be for somebody that’s older, there are just situations where accidents happen and fall detection can come into play where it’s your first ‘life alert’ on your wrist. I think fall detection should be enabled automatically on the Apple Watch by default, unless the user chooses otherwise.
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These are the types of features that create a separation of being just a smart watch, that makes this so much more than just a notification device. I’m not aware of any other smart watch that offers the technology in these types of situations that the Apple Watch does.
People also laughed at the Apple Watch, completely doubting that Apple could overtake the Fitbit, etc. market leaders. Now look at things. Totally different reality, because Apple brings value that these other companies just can't match.
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Ears come in all shapes and sizes.
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I'm not convinced. Anybody that values a seamless end-to-end user experience would buy an iPhone and utilize the full ecosystem across devices.
I have a colleague that refuses to consider an iPhone, sticks with his Pixel and then tells me how his browser is crashing all the time doing basic work stuff. But I also can't convince him to look past Google Chrome or the Gmail app either. He's full-Google and blind to anything else.
It's easy - if Apple released the proportion of AirPod users who use Android we could get an estimate of how many takers there would be for Apple Watch android.
It's like back in the iPod days; there was a ton of resistance for iTunes for Windows, including Jobs. But it's what made the iPod a runaway success, and laid the foundation for the iPhone (because iTunes was there).
In any case Android isn't as locked down, so Apple could hook into Android's notification and all stuff pretty easily. There are things that Apple wouldn't be able to support, like Apple Pay. It could be that purists want 100% functionality, but AirPods on Android show that even 90% is better than 0% for many users.
For people looking for Pro-quality audio before AirPod Pros were released, they were indispensable.
Give them a few years until they get their streaming together. After that you can add a Netflix type valuation of $300 to the $300 price it is headed to next.
The only wearable that requires an iPhone is the Watch. AirPods and wireless Beats headphones don’t require an iPhone; on non-Apple devices they behave like any other wireless audio device (and on Android there’s apparently even an app that brings back some of the extra functionality/customization from iOS). And wired Beats headphones obviously don’t require any specific type of device at all.
Once more for posterity, ``Does anyone still think Beats was a dumb purchase?''
If so, please just leave. That purchase has been a boon for Apple.
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The Apple Watch gets that category.
If so, please just leave. That purchase has been a boon for Apple.
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The Apple Watch gets that category.
Apple had the lead with 35% market share and very high satisfaction.
Xiaomi wearables customers came in at second place with 14.6% market share…. and the majority of those Xiaomi customers genuinely believed they had purchased an Apple Watch.
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Xiaomi wearables customers came in at second place with 14.6% market share…. and the majority of those Xiaomi customers genuinely believed they had purchased an Apple Watch.
😆AirPods' becoming more and more popular doesn't change the PLAIN FACT that it's extremely UGLY!
Besides creating an ugly appearance, the only other possible usage of the dangling long stem would be to shout loudly "hey, you, every you, watch that I have something in my ears", which in turn adds more weight onto the ugliness of it (and Apple's fame), this time spiritually.
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A design suggestion is to attach the pair together with a flexible cable. Oh and then another cable to the iPhone so they cannot get lost. Then maybe some control buttons on the cable...
Xiaomi’s prices are substantially cheaper than all the competitors, that’s why they’re clearly ranked #2 (Also China being a major outlet). Popularity is a major contributor for Apple with the watch/AirPods, but price-wise, it’s not as affordable for most consumers, compared to Xiaomi’s cost are probably half of what Apple charges.
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From a hardware and branding perspective, I agree. And I'm sure their Radio efforts are bringing in some value, but I'm confused by "Beats 1" Radio. It doesn't have the staying power that I expected it to have, mainly because I'd tune in and they'd be playing music or talking about something that I can't relate to at all. I wish they offered other "live stations" for different genres. There were rumours that was going to happen, but so far I haven't seen it.