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Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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

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Post by chaolam »

mikeash wrote: post #55
abc_lisper wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A parallel would be to have apple watches sync with 'droids..

Except not really, because the installed base of Macs at the time was a few million, while the iPhone installed base is around a billion. Being Mac-only in the early 2000s was orders of magnitude more limiting to potential sales than being iPhone-only today.

Except not really, because number of Apple Watches sold in first month was in the millions whereas number of iPods sold was less than 100,000! I think OP is talking about rate of growth being like iPod, not absolute numbers https://www.lifewire.com/number-of-ipods-sold-all-time-19995...

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Post by acomjean »

woofyman wrote: post #64
CydeWeys wrote: post #14

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Them being dumb watches is the appeal though. A good "dumb" watch will last decades. An Apple Watch is obsolete after, what, two years? I wear a battery-powered analog quartz dumb watch on my wrist and I love it. I change the battery every couple years and that's it. It tells perfectly accurate time (way more accurate than a mechanical watch costing orders of magnitude more) and will never be obsolete.

I'm a huge fan of Casio's gshock solar powered and atomic time setting watches, I own 4

I really love solar powered watches. I have 3 (Citizen eco-drives) and the g-shocks. The fact that the battery never needs replacing.

I solar have a g-shock too, but that atomic time setting (by radio) never worked for me. The g-shock is so thick though, I actually find it a little off putting sometimes.

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Post by dangoor »

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #65
dangoor wrote: post #52

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As a counter point, I'm still using my first gen (not even Series 1!) Apple Watch after 2 years and it runs well enough for my uses. I would likely use Siri more if it was more responsive, but I use the notifications, Now Playing view, activity tracking and more all the time and it is really nice.

I too have a first gen, and have corrected that! I was under the impression that S1 was a renamed G1, but perhaps not? Its good to see that others are finding it more useful than I did, but in retrospect I should have waited.

The processor in the first gen Apple Watch is so slow that the Series 1 actually included a faster processor :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Watch#Second_generation

The good news is that Apple Watch appears to hold its value like other Apple products. I just spotted a recent one on eBay that's exactly the same as mine which sold for $135.

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Post by wepple »

capkutay wrote: post #19
CydeWeys wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Them being dumb watches is the appeal though. A good "dumb" watch will last decades. An Apple Watch is obsolete after, what, two years? I wear a battery-powered analog quartz dumb watch on my wrist and I love it. I change the battery every couple years and that's it. It tells perfectly accurate time (way more accurate than a mechanical watch costing orders of magnitude more) and will never be obsolete.

I think an obsolete apple watch will still be able to at least mirror the functionality of any 'dumb' watch.

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

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Post by vlozko »

brlewis wrote: post #68
Mtinie wrote: post #45

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Why is the Apple Watch the catalyst for this versus any HR monitor or fitness tracker?

I don't see where saagarjha said that only Apple Watch could act as such a catalyst.

When you get a notification saying you've increased your daily move goal streak to 200+ days, you're tempted to not break it. There are already quite a few people I've seen hitting 800 days.

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Post by LeoPanthera »

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #29

Overall I still regret buying my Generation 1. The hardware was just not ready (Neither was the software, but the updates have improved it quite a bit over the 1.0 disaster). I knew I'd be an early adopter, so some rough edges are to be expected. Even so I experience(d) the following: - Severe lag when triggering Siri - Slow mail updates, to the point where I pull my phone out of my pocket anyway - "This message cont…

You can fix the sticky crown by rotating it and clicking it a few times under a stream of running water. This method is recommended by Apple themselves:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204639

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

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Post by LeoPanthera »

matwood wrote: post #46
ProfessorLayton wrote: post #29

Overall I still regret buying my Generation 1. The hardware was just not ready (Neither was the software, but the updates have improved it quite a bit over the 1.0 disaster). I knew I'd be an early adopter, so some rough edges are to be expected. Even so I experience(d) the following: - Severe lag when triggering Siri - Slow mail updates, to the point where I pull my phone out of my pocket anyway - "This message cont…

Don't buy v1 (or series 0 in this case) of Apple devices. The series 2 is a nice device. The battery goes for a couple days, it's fast enough, and the new beta OS also seems address many issues. People forget how rough the original iPhone was around the edges. Edit: fixed typo series 1/0

The Series 1 and Series 2 CPU/GPU are identical. The Series 1 lacks GPS, has a dimmer screen, and is less waterproof.

The original Apple Watch is sometimes referred to as the "Series 0".

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Post by bdcravens »

a2tech wrote: post #2

I've been seeing them all over. I think they're going to be a sleeper hit with people

I replaced my wife's Fitbit soon after the Watch came out (dog at the Fitbit), soon after bought myself one. We were ahead of the curve, and then last Christmas, four of the other six adults in her family all got one.

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

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Post by pivo »

icanhackit wrote: post #56

I've said it a few times when the topic comes up but one of the best features is the magnetic milanese loop. For a watch that typically needs to be taken off once a day for charging (arguably every two days) the ease of taking off and putting on a magnetic milanese loop makes the pain disappear. It's no more effort than yanking your phone out of your pocket to stick it on the charger. Other things that makes the watc…

I purchased a 3rd party milanese loop from amazon for $15. As far as I can tell it's indistinguishable from the Apple product. In any case, I agree, it's a great watch band.

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

icanhackit wrote: post #56

I've said it a few times when the topic comes up but one of the best features is the magnetic milanese loop. For a watch that typically needs to be taken off once a day for charging (arguably every two days) the ease of taking off and putting on a magnetic milanese loop makes the pain disappear. It's no more effort than yanking your phone out of your pocket to stick it on the charger. Other things that makes the watc…

> I've said it a few times when the topic comes up but one of the best features is the magnetic milanese loop.

I can't stand it, because I keep mistaking the tiny rubs as the band shifts against itself for notification vibrations. I reverted to the silicon band because of this.

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