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Quick Takes: Fitbit Executive Says He Hasn't Met Anyone Passionate About Owning an Apple Watch

ErikGrim said:
Fitbit deleted. Never integrating with Health and actively removing steps from Apple Watch and now this hostility. That company can get in the bin.
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This was one of many gripes I had when I had a Fitbit Alta then Charge HR 2. Why the damn thing wouldn't save to Apple's Health software pissed me off - having to use an app to export from Strava to Apple Health got old. That and many other gripes - wife and I went through 6+ bands in less than a year. Thing couldn't get my heart rate if I tried, etc... Coworker bought an Ionic and praised it. Few weeks later he stopped wearing it. :p
 
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"I have yet to meet anyone who owns an Apple Watch who's passionate about the product," said Fitbit's chief financial officer Bill Zerella.​

"We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in." —Palm CEO Ed Colligan, Nov. 2006.
 
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OllyW said:
I haven't worn mine at all for the last three weeks and I can't say I've missed it. I don't think I'll be getting another Apple Watch or any other smartwatch as I much prefer wearing traditional watches.
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Oh well I have a series 1 38mm black aluminium iWatch with various leather bands. And a gold Omega and a gold OWC....in a past life these were pretty flash. Never wear them....for the last 18months only the iWatch. Use it for the weather, play music, get notifications, answer the iPhone, paying for my purchases oh and checking my heart rate:) Never mind the time!!!
 
The Fitbit executive was busy laying off employees and “restructuring” the company last year, so perhaps his team was just too scared to tell him they love Apple Watch!
 
I was passionate about Pebble before Fitbit bought them. Now I am reasonably happy with my Apple Watch.
 
Not sure if I’m really passionate about any object that I own. I am passionate, however, about what technology enables me to do.

For instance, I can design websites and edit photos and make drawings and design plans for landscaping and home renovations using my MacBook Pro and iPad Pro. Or connect to others through apps, take pretty good photos, keep myself organized and entertain myself on my iPhone.

For the Apple Watch specifically, it has helped me lose weight, get up and go outside more during the day to clear my mind, helped me to remember to drink more water so I don’t have headaches any more, lets me control music and podcasts while I’m running and connects to my BT blood pressure monitor which has all helped me get healthier. But at the end of the day it’s a tool—a cool tool that I enjoy using and looks nice—but still just a tool like anything else. No reason to worship objects.
[doublepost=1521167271][/doublepost]I remember being disappointed that HomePod couldn’t control Apple TV. Seems like such a missed opportunity. I miss using my Kinect on my Xbox One to control Netflix with my voice. Felt like the future. Overall I like the Apple TV experience more though and as my kids went from babies to toddlers I didn’t want to play any violent games around them so moved the Xbox downstairs.
 
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If Siri knew all things about your Apple devices and services, and could interact with them all, then HomePod would be the perfect vehicle to tap into that power. You could ask Siri on the HomePod to:

- Check your iPhone's battery charge.
- Play an audiobook.
- Add a show to your Up Next queue.
- Download a specific app to your iPhone.
- Pause or resume Apple TV playback.
- List upcoming birthdays for your contacts.
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Or it could just follow in the footsteps of iOS and have its own App Store so that millions of developers could come up with new functionality. Let's remember the first iPhone was cool and all, but the App Store is what turned it into such a paradigm shift. Right now HomePod is where the iPhone 1 was: what you get in the box is what you get, period.
 
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Bill's lying. That Fitbit is creating it's own version of such a watch means the company (and Bill there) has to believe that there is a passionate market for smartwatches. One which which Apple currently dominates...ipso facto, passion for the Apple Watch. Otherwise, why venture into that territory? Why not just be happy with the passionate market for their cheaper fitness trackers?
 
cliffster82 said:
Is that right? If so that's nuts. Sitting here I can think of like, 3 people(?) I know who use Android. Like total. Everyone else has an iPhone. This is crazy.
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I wouldn’t call people buying what they can actually afford crazy. Looks like there’s not much diversity in the group of people you know.
 
Macrumors! Why not put a plastic strap picture beside fitbit's plastic strap

Or put up Fitbit's nice picture! I swear macrumors is in Apple's pocket.

The charcoal strap looks nice for fitbit. Fitbit should up the materials, but other than that I think this watch will really take off! Too bad it doesn't have an e-sim, then it would be some real hardcore competition.

It's just a matter of time till Apple Watch leads erodes. Just like it did with the Iphone and Siri
 
The fit bit looks like something I might buy for my 6 year old daughter for her to only never touch. Yet everyone in my family has an Apple Watch except for my 6 year old

Who again is Fitbit?
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Android:ios is rapidly becoming Windows:macOS. That's not putting down iOS, macOS or Apple, just pointing out that this is basically a repeat of decisions made from when Apple had THE mouse & windows-oriented OS and a challenger came along years later... who then proceeded to make decisions to catch up and then take over the dominant share of that market.
Deja Vu?
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Windows didn't come along "years later", but it took years for it to mature into a consumer-ready product — Windows 3.1, followed by '95.

The past several years were a worrying time for Apple. Not in profits or anything money-related, but in late and flawed product releases. That's probably it's biggest black eye. Let's hope that the new Apple Park headquarters will re-align their forces and help them churn out high-quality products at a faster pace. Hey Tim, we don't need these huge jumps, just continual, gradual improvements.
 
Fitbit should give me a call. I'm a bit of a fanatic. I went for a run with my Apple Watch and a pair of Soundpeats headphones. No iPhone. I listened to music. Tracked my run. Returned a text. Answered a phonecall. One hour later, I still had 88% battery. I love my Apple Watch and it's cellular functionality. I thought it was going to be overkill but I use it all the time.
 
Soccertess said:
Macrumors! Why not put a plastic strap picture beside fitbit's plastic strap

Or put up Fitbit's nice picture! I swear macrumors is in Apple's pocket.

The charcoal strap looks nice for fitbit. Fitbit should up the materials, but other than that I think this watch will really take off! Too bad it doesn't have an e-sim, then it would be some real hardcore competition.

It's just a matter of time till Apple Watch leads erodes. Just like it did with the Iphone and Siri
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Well, it’s not going to be to Fitbit, that much I can assure you.

Who’s willing to bet that Fitbit will be the next casualty in this wearables war with Apple?

thirteen1031 said:
Bill's lying. That Fitbit is creating it's own version of such a watch means the company (and Bill there) has to believe that there is a passionate market for smartwatches. One which which Apple currently dominates...ipso facto, passion for the Apple Watch. Otherwise, why venture into that territory? Why not just be happy with the passionate market for their cheaper fitness trackers?
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Because that market is imploding.

Fitbit - Unit Sales (data reposted from a paid article from Aboveavalon).

2Q15: 4.5M
3Q15: 4.8M
4Q15: 8.2M
1Q16: 4.8M
2Q16: 5.7M (up 27%)
3Q16: 5.3M (up 10%)
4Q16: 6.5M (down 21%)
1Q17: 3.0M (down 38%)
2Q17: 3.4M (down 40%)
3Q17: 3.6M (down 32%) new data point

Fitbit is running out of money and smart watches represents their last ditch effort to stay relevant.
 
noslenam said:
The fit bit looks like something I might buy for my 6 year old daughter for her to only never touch. Yet everyone in my family has an Apple Watch except for my 6 year old

Who again is Fitbit?
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They’re the guys bad mouthing the Apple Watch while simultaneously launching what might arguably be called a bad knockoff:

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Priced at $230 for the version with NFC but no GPS. Overpriced if you ask me, compared to Apple Watch Series 1 at $249.
 
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What investors let iHeartRadio get $20 BILLION in debt!? How is that a tenable position? No wonder they're filing for bankruptcy. Yikes.

Also, I LOVE my Apple Watch. I can stay connected while I work and it's helped me lose and maintain my weight and physical exercise.
 
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83% of the people who own android, just want a regular phone and will never be interested in wearables. Of the rest 17%, only a small % will get wearables, and will be one of those cheaper trackers. %ages are made up of course, but that's the principle. It's not as if ALL iPhone users get an Apple Watch. And not all Android users are going to get smart watches at all, let alone specific Fitbit models.
 
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