Apple Watch Demand Has Fallen A Lot

[bcredeur97]

i saw the first apple watch that I have ever seen before in public, yesterday.

 

Think that should do some explaining...

[othertomperson]

I've said it before but by god months later it's still fucking true! Apple remains the only company who bothered to justify what their product was, why people should want one and its features! Jesus fucking Christ on a unicycle plummeting off of Blackpool North Pier how on Earth do any of these companies expect to shift numbers among the general populous when only a relative few people on this forum give a damn about ANY kind of wearable!?

 

The fact that a watch is automatically a fashion accessory as a piece of jewellery and clothing gives Apple an advantage, sure, but they are STILL the only smartwatch I have seen advertised on TV or any kind of medium that is targeting people who aren't already interested in buying one through enthusiasm alone, and that is pathetic.

[Gale]

Ummm.....

I collect watches....

 

But do you wear them?

[samcool55]

Bye hype, you won't be missed! :3

[STRMfrmXMN]

But do you wear them?

All at once of course

[Ertman]

I think the price is affecting larger adoption.

I know it would hold me back. It's so expensive for an iPhone and an Apple watch, I am not debating whether the price is waranted or not, it's just too much for a 2-3 year upgrade cycle. And this doesn't take into account whether I think a smart watch would be all that useful to me.

I would probably wait for the second gen watch anyways.

[ItsAFeature]

I spend a stupid amount on watches. I wear one every day and I match my watch to my outfit. I'm also a CS major, work in a tech job, and spend my free time on tech forums. And I vastly prefer using an iPhone. I should be everything that Apple is targeting with something like this. Not for wearing every day, but surely I could find times to wear it. Nope.

 

They made something I can't find a use for, looks awful, and doesn't fit in in a professional environment. At least some of the Android watches and the Pebble can pass for a regular watch. The Apple Watch just looks out of place practically everywhere. You also look pretty goofy using it.

 

I considered buying one for the gym to track my workouts (look! an actual use case for the bloody thing!). But it's too expensive for one use case. And I found using apps on it to be kind of garbage. Didn't even get to try a workout app before I decided to move on with my life.

 

If someone can explain it to me, please do. But right now I see smart watches as a product geared towards people who can't be bothered to take their phone out of their pockets and are willing to spend hundreds on the honor of taking their calls on their wrist after spending hundreds on a perfectly capable cellular telephone that they also have to keep on their person.

[Swndlr]

 i wear these

its the shiznet

Me and my m8s at summer camp a few years ago tortured one another with these fuckin bracelets straight from Satan...

[That Norwegian Guy]

And I'm just sitting here waiting for Huawei's watch. Wonder if I'll see it before my hair turns white.

[shermantanker]

what they need to do is that the price at $269, and $299. The things are way to damn expensive for what you get.

[Bensemus]

by his logic, admittedly somewhat flawed, logic, that the fans will want to get the new product as quickly as they can. That's normal, right? Here, look at it this way; 980ti launch. All the die-hard enthusiasts ("fans" in the watch situation) got it day one. Sales were massive. After they got it the sales fell onto the "normal" people, the guys who needed to save up or didn't need it yet. Because of this naturally sale/day rate went down. Some fucking "crackpot logic" eh?

Notice how much your tone changed when not talking about Apple fans?

[bomerr]

what they need to do is that the price at $269, and $299. The things are way to damn expensive for what you get.

more like $99

[Briggsy]

Smart watches are still relatively new in general, so the enthusiast crowd that wanted an Apple watch already bought theirs. I'm literally the only person I know irl that wears a smart watch, yet everyone that sees my Gwatch can't stop looking at it and asking a million questions. The typical comment i hear is "I wish I could have a smart watch, but they are too expensive." When I tell them I paid $160 CND on Amazon and say its Google android wear so its a lot cheaper, I then get the "oh.. oh ok" response where they have no clue what I'm talking about.

 

I don't think a lot of consumers understand that the Apple watch (or any smart watch) is a part of an ecosystem, like a bluetooth earpiece, and not just some standalone product like an ipod. Until cellphone carriers start bundling smart watches with smart phones, most consumers probably won't know just how useful a smart watch actually is.

[Misanthrope]

Almost like wereables are nothing but a fucking gimmick. Next stop: VR falls flat on it's face and gains little traction outside of Star Citizen fanboys. Mark my words.

[johnt]

Almost like wereables are nothing but a fucking gimmick. Next stop: VR falls flat on it's face and gains little traction outside of Star Citizen fanboys. Mark my words.

 

Consider them marked.

 

This isn't the first time the market sees a fancy watch.

 

This isn't the first time the market sees VR.