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It's Time To Admit Apple Watch Is a Success (imore.com)

Posted by msmash on from the interesting-questions dept.

At company's quarterly earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the holiday period was the company's "best quarter ever" for Apple Watch -- both units and revenues -- "with holiday demand so strong that we couldn't make enough." He added: Apple Watch is the best-selling smartwatch in the world, and also the most-loved, with the highest customer satisfaction in its category by a wide margin. Apple Watch is the ultimate device for a healthy life, and it's the gold standard for smartwatches. We couldn't be more excited about Apple Watch. Long time Apple commentator Rene Ritchie writes: There's a strange narrative in the tech community concerning Apple Watch being a flop, a failure, or in some way, shape, or form, a disappointment. It's particularly bizarre given Apple Watch, as part of the wearable market, is doing record numbers. It could be that there is no real "Smartwatch market", just an Apple Watch market. Much like there's no real "tablet market", just an iPad market. Since it's such a new product category and most of the existing products are still bound to phones, it could also simply be too soon to tell.John Gruber adds: I think we should stop talking about "smartwatches" and just consider Apple Watch a "watch", period. In September, Apple claimed watch revenues second only to Rolex. How can it not be considered a hit at this point?

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  1. Re:Apple has ONE PRODUCT by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Informative

    And worse, it's been proven that smartwatches and fitness trackers in general don't result in better health for users. Calling it the "ultimate device for a healthy lifestyle" is about as stupid as buying a rowing machine and sticking it in the corner to gather dust. It's just marketing. Yet another reason why actual numbers aren't released.

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  2. The spike was after a sharp decline. by Wdomburg · · Score: 1, Informative

    But hey, a 51.6% year over year drop can't be meaningful. https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS41875116

  3. I'll add some... by Brannon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Turn-by-turn directions while driving are really pleasant--just a tap on your wrist before each turn and the prompt on your watch.

    Quick checking of text messages or emails while in a meeting or walking (and thus not wanting to pull the phone out of my pocket). Also includes quick (one word or emoticon) responses to text messages from the wife.

    Music: viewing current song, previous/next song, controlling volume

    Apple Pay: quick & convenient from the watch

    Quick glance at my work calendar, prompts before meetings.

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    Agreed, there's no one thing, just lots of little things you get used to.