Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by CydeWeys » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 3:55 PM UTC

bigiain wrote: post #95

wepple wrote: post #74

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Be properly waterproof, never need a charge, and take abuse for 30 years like a $150 automatic?

I've got a 70 year old mechanical watch on my wrist right now. I bought it second hand from eBay, but paid significantly under $150 for it...

Quartz watches tend to have better longevity than mechanical watches, owing to having fewer moving parts (zero in the case of a digital watch).

I don't know how much servicing that watch has had over the past 70 years, but it's probably significant.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by freehunter » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 5:39 PM UTC

stcredzero wrote: post #255

freehunter wrote: post #234

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I often leave comments exactly like the one you replied to, so while I'm not the person you replied to, I might as well be. HN loves to hate Apple and everything they do, and the Internet as a whole loves to hate Apple. Going back to the infamous "less space than a Nomad, no wifi, lame" comment. Now to be sure, there are tons of us who like Apple products, but there are a lot of loudmouths who need to shout from the…

HN loves to hate Apple and everything they do, ...not all... and the Internet as a whole loves to hate Apple. ...not all... (Yes, I mean this whole comment as a reference! However, it's also a correction intentionally reflecting the structure of the parent and gp comments.)

Did you miss the part where I said "So when you hear someone like me or the person you responded to saying "nerds love to hate Apple", it's hyperbole."? I said that for a reason.

I restated the hyperbolic argument, then said "of course it's not all of the Internet, but that's how it seems sometimes" but the point still stands. Actually the reason the point stands is because not everyone agrees, but the people who hate Apple are always loud enough to drown out the people who don't. Go find any Apple product announcement and see for yourself what the top comments are.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by rkuykendall-com » Thu, Aug 03, 2017, 9:40 PM UTC

vlozko wrote: post #81

From my own experience and reading that of others, it's the device that no one can justify until they get one. Then it becomes the device that the vast majority love and some can't live without.

From my own experience, it's the opposite. I've known several people who thought they would love an Apple watch, and all ended up selling it used after a few months.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by evanspa » Wed, Aug 09, 2017, 1:15 PM UTC

nradov wrote: post #252

evanspa wrote: post #139

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I built an app for it to track my weight lifting (not aware of a Fitbit or Garmin that does that). https://www.rikerapp.com

Nice. I've been using Jefit for Android but your UI looks better. For Garmin devices the Gym Genius app appears to have similar functionality but I haven't actually tried it yet. https://www.geniuswrist.com/GymGenius/About

Thanks. Honestly, I didn't even know that Garmin offered an SDK to build apps. Will have to build a Riker app for the Garmin's too :)

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by theGimp » Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 1:07 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #225

theGimp wrote: post #123

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If you don't mind wearing a big fitness tracker, the Fitbit Blaze has been great in my experience. It's a bit old now, and the new bigger fitbits are the Surge and the Charge 2, but I still love my Blaze.

> the new bigger fitbits are the Surge and the Charge 2, but I still love my Blaze. The Blaze is newer than the Surge; it's basically a Surge with a color screen and the face detachable from the band (which is much better for charging, as well as making replacing the band practical) but without independent GPS (which means if you want to do run tracking without carrying a phone, the Surge still has an advantage.) The…

I stand corrected!