Slashdot Mirror


Leak: Almost a Third of Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatches Are Being Returned

llebeel writes "Almost a third of Samsung's Galaxy Gear Smartwatches sold are being returned, a leaked document has revealed, which shows that over 30 percent are being returned after sale at Best Buy locations in the US. The higher than expected return rate could be due to that realisation, with customers impulse buying and then realising that the smartwatch isn't everything it's cracked up to be." I'd like to hear from more people with smart watches who are happy with them, to better understand the appeal.

11 of 365 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Maybe by CrzyP · · Score: 5, Funny

    The other 2/3 haven't yet realized it.

  2. Re:One day battery life. by jeremyp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha! My first regular watch had to be"recharged" every day. You didn't need to plug it in though, you just rotated the little knob on the side of it until the spring was tight.

    --
    All I want is a secure system where it's easy to do anything I want. Is that too much to ask ~~ Randall Munroe
  3. Re:One day battery life. by thevirtualcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    True. But I bet you never left your charger at home!

  4. Re:A "smart watch"... by MacDork · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've seen enough smartphones explode. I do not want to strap that to my wrist.

  5. Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? by foobar+bazbot · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. 20 years ago we had the Casio databank watch... A calculator, world time clock, and personal contact manager. It wasn't cool back then either, it made you a nerd.

    I had a Casio calculator watch (just a boring calculator watch, without the databank stuff) when I was a kid, and I can assure you it didn't make me a nerd. In fact, the causality is exactly opposite; being a nerd made me get a calculator watch.

  6. Re:Maybe by moschner · · Score: 5, Funny

    One out of three people decided they looked like a dork with that awful thing on their wrist.

    That didn't stop people from buying calculator watches back in the day.

  7. Re:Maybe by SJHillman · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, his fucking hand is the one that is preoccupied.

  8. Re:Maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The question is will it be valuable like an Apple I, or just a curiosity like a PalmPilot or a CueCat? Selling an original Apple I will pay for a lot of retirement. Selling a CueCat won't.

    Nice try. I have half a dozen CueCats in storage and you are not going to trick me out of them with your clever schemes!

  9. Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? by Gilmoure · · Score: 3, Funny

    What are you, a jock?

    --
    I drank what? -- Socrates
  10. Re:Maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's weird, your girlfriend holds a wine glass in each hand when I'm fucking her.

  11. Re:Maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I really hope those glasses are empty, otherwise you may be doing it wrong.