At $48 for this vs $799 min for the real thing, they are ripping off nobody. If anyone is that gullible to believe it is the real thing then they deserve what they get.
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This Apple Watch Ultra Ripoff Will Cost Less Than $50
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At $48 for this vs $799 min for the real thing, they are ripping off nobody. If anyone is that gullible to believe it is the real thing then they deserve what they get.
My thoughts exactly, amazing they can do that. I guess that’s what sells and there’s no enforceable copyright laws outside US, at least for whoever used these pics.
This watch ripoff is more blatant, perhaps, but it reminds me of how for 10+ years now, many laptops have come to resemble the aluminum Macbook Air or similar from 2008 or around then.
I can see what you say and frankly nah not my thing either, also gods knows where the data from the app would end up 😵💫
I have a wrist watch from the early 50s. It tells the time. I bought it from a watch maker about 15 years ago for $80. Still does what it was intended to do. No battery. No fear that its OS made it obsolete 5 years after it was made, making it less than what it was built for. Something I might be able to gift to somebody someday, and it would still do what it was built for.
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Scenes at Apple after Tim presses the big red "lawyers" button.
This is like me buying a MacBook Pro to produce music and somebody saying “I have an upright piano from 1923 that I got for $40 on Craigslist. Still does what it was intended to do. No battery. No fear that its OS made it obsolete 5 years after it was made, making it less than what it was built for. Something I might be able to gift to somebody someday, and it would still do what it was built for.”
Dip them in yellow paint, give them blue overalls and goggles - and there they are...Scenes at Apple after Tim presses the big red "lawyers" button.
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I bought one of these watches, it's defiantly a "CLONE' its not perfect but for the $91 I paid, it's not to bad. It goes have issues, mine woulden't charge past the first time, so they had to send me a new one. It also looks like the app alls home with all your data too :O
I was with you until you trotted out “IBM PARC”. Do yourself a favor and spend a little time learning the history of that era and the details of the..ehem ..Xerox GUI before your next comment.
First paragraph, fine. Though maybe they could find one creative bone in their bodies regarding making their own product design. It's absolutely fine and needed that there are other smart watch options.
I looked up the Palm TX and found a phone with a big PDA-style resistive touch screen in color. I wonder what real similarities you see between this and the original iPhone other than "big screen"?
Watch suggestions: the original iphone reveal and rundown by Steve Jobs, and also any video on youtube that does the rundown of the Palm.
Just so long as your MacBook Pro wasn't built before 2017 and the software you want to use is still available for that vintage of OS...
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Meanwhile, let's face it - unless your doctor recommends one to monitor your health, or you are doing some serious sports (remembering to not wear it while skiing lest it calls in 911 or a emergency tracking request via satellite), there are very few who actually need (versus 'want') a smartwatch.
I have one only because it was a gift when it was new (and at an Apple Watch Series 3, its like, sooooo obsolete).
I've tried to take advantage of / justify its 'features', and really, its just a spectacular piece of PT Barnum-worthy gimmickry that generates beer money for Apple. And when this device eventually packs it in (the OS already no longer update'able) in a little puff of smouldering battery smoke, that'll be it. No great loss.
Would be even more hilarious if they ripped off the pebble name. This is some level of inception.
They're not trying to rip off Americans. They're taking advantage of people in India and other countries where most can't afford the Apple Original.
It's like any knockoff. The original buyer doesn't ever believe that the Rolex they paid $50 for is real, they know it's fake. But the next person they sell it to for $5000 doesn't know that. Then when it isn't of high-quality or breaks, they believe Rolex is crappy and tell others such.
Brands spend billions to build they reputation and these knockoffs are a threat to it.
I hope the actual products are better than the marketing although it „should“ be the other way around.
Is this a feature? Display shift?
Is this a feature? Display shift?
Wait, it's that Pebble? I had the og Pebble watch from Kicstarter, my first smart watch.
Nah, it's a knockoff pebble. OG pebble got acquired by Fitbit