Went to two doctor appointments on Friday and both of my doctors had one on. My family doctor had a Space Black stainless like me, but with a link bracelet, and my other doctor had a silver aluminum model with I believe a coral sport band.
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Why has the watch not sold well?
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HA, you know what's selling? Bands....so many of them and so easy to quickly swap out. Those F'n things......gotta stop buying them.
The watches themselves....before I bought mine earlier this year, it was a hard sell to me. Wasn't sure I could easily read the screen (wear readers) and the functionality would be that involved. But very shortly after having it, the benefits were found to be so good, I just can't seem to put my mechanical's back on. Went to NYC the other weekend and thought about it, but just couldn't find myself to do it.
I see AWs all over the place. Yes, in the states. I can see Canadians hesitating more as everything costs more in Canada, sorry.
The watches themselves....before I bought mine earlier this year, it was a hard sell to me. Wasn't sure I could easily read the screen (wear readers) and the functionality would be that involved. But very shortly after having it, the benefits were found to be so good, I just can't seem to put my mechanical's back on. Went to NYC the other weekend and thought about it, but just couldn't find myself to do it.
I see AWs all over the place. Yes, in the states. I can see Canadians hesitating more as everything costs more in Canada, sorry.
Very true. The band switching is well executed and there is a style preference for everyone. It completely changes the attitude of the whole Watch. I typically change my band daily, yesterday it was flueroestamer band abs today was my link bracelet. It's the ease and convenience of the band switching, which makes the Watch that much more appealing.
What metric are people using to say the AW hasn't sold well? If you are comparing it to watch manufacturers like Seiko, Citizen and Casio then it's obviously going to sell less. It's more niche at this moment in time and let's not forget most people around the world do not own an iPhone.
It's selling well I would imagine within its target market.
It's selling well I would imagine within its target market.
The OP never specified any source or "Metric" to originate the thread, which was already indicated earlier in the thread it would be helpful to base the discussion off of something other than "Critics say it's not doing well." Which essentially means nothing. Regardless, Apple has never released numbers, so it's speculation at best based off analysts numbers.
Niche product, yes. "Target audience" seems Rather a gray area, being how do you define what's a target audience based on what they use the Watch for with all its capabilities.
I would start by suggesting those who own iPhones to start with. That is the main criteria as this device doesn't reach out to other forms of tech. Then you have to filter that onto iPhone owners who like wrist wearables (I know quite a few who don't). On that basis I would say the target market is large enough to warrant the products existence but its limited if you compare it to other products that do not need paired devices to work.
Now...if Apple can somehow swing a reliable glucose sensor and a working oxygen sensor into the Apple Watch, then i think that "niche" will grow exponentially overnight! Imagine a world where you can get your sugar readings all day long (as you do your HR) with nice graphs and alarms to notify you of low/high sugar levels. Imagine a world where you can indirectly diagnose sleep apnea or help monitor how effective treatment of sleep apnea is.
Damn, that is a good world to live in...if only FDA would fast-track it through once Apple makes it a possibility.
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But Airpods has been selling like crazy!! I doubt any Android folks would buy Airpods.
I think that Apple just needs to pump up fitness aspect more and then add true health benefits (such as what i wrote above) to the Watch...and it will sell like crazy too!
Damn, that is a good world to live in...if only FDA would fast-track it through once Apple makes it a possibility.
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But Airpods has been selling like crazy!! I doubt any Android folks would buy Airpods.
I think that Apple just needs to pump up fitness aspect more and then add true health benefits (such as what i wrote above) to the Watch...and it will sell like crazy too!
The ability to have the blood sugar reading from my continuous glucose monitor display on my Apple Watch at all times was a big factor in my decision to purchase one. Sure, I could pull my phone out of my pocket to check the current reading, but that's a hassle, a distraction and kind of rude in some situations. A quick glance at my watch, and I know exactly where I stand. Not having to drag my phone out of my pocket for many things is a great convenience.
Exactly...but Apple is rumored to be working on an actual glucose sensor that does not require blood sample...maybe thru sweat analysis?? I read about this years ago, but i do not think that (at the time) the technology was accurate enough. If Apple can perfect sweat analysis (with all their R&D funding!), then Apple Watch may one day be even more valuable than iPhones in the healthcare industry!
I don't doubt that Apple can get the hardware right. I don't doubt that Apple could get the software right either. What I do doubt is Apple being able to do nice graphs.
That's Apple's Achilles heel.
Yeah.. just saw this article from Mashable on News today. What a coincidence.
