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The Apple Watch Outsold Every Other Wearable Last Quarter (engadget.com)
According to Strategy Analytics, Apple has shipped 3.5 million wearables in the first quarter of 2017, which is 59 percent higher than the 2.2 million devices it did in the same period last year. Engadget reports: Cupertino captured 16 percent of the global marketshare and stole the wearables crown from Fitbit, which had a much less stellar quarter. Fitbit only shipped 2.9 million devices in Q1, 36 percent less than the 4.5 million units it moved in the first quarter of 2016. Even Xiaomi sold more devices, putting the beleaguered wearables-maker in third place. Those results are consistent with Apple's latest earnings report. The company said its Watch and TV sales jumped up 31 percent year-over-year, and head honcho Tim Cook said Watch sales have nearly doubled since last year. Neil Mawston, Strategy Analytics executive director, said Apple's Watch Series 2 has been selling well "due to enhanced styling, intensive marketing and a good retail presence." Were you one of the 3.5 million customers who purchased an Apple Watch in the first quarter of 2017? If so, how do you like Apple's approach to wearables?
Were you one of the 3.5 million customers who purchased an Apple Watch in the first quarter of 2017? If so, how do you like Apple's approach to wearables?
Do we get a $25 iTunes gift card if we answer your marketing survey?
lucm, indeed.
Popcorn for all!
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
No.
And with billions of people in the world, almost nobody did.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Apparently they managed to turn themselves toxic by swallowing, then discontinuing, pebble.
Something something nokia, who invented and even owned the smartphone market, then managing to kill themselves over it, by inviting themselves to be taken over by that other toxic maker of smartphones.
Get a Garmin, better features. Yeah, you lose out on the TV screen on your wrist but I'll take that sacrifice.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
I notice they don't break the sales down at all, so I have to wonder how many Series 2 watches actually have sold versus how many buyers were like me and weren't willing to spend until they were available for under $300.
I do like my watch, but I want to see how long its useful lifetime is. If the thing isn't good for three years at a minimum, I probably won't be a repeat customer. The argument for why it's useful is fairly narrow.
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It seems like Apple products have been moving from useful products more toward just being status symbols. Seriously, the Apple Watches provide you with near zero useful functionality and have really shitty battery-life.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
A "brave" customer born every minute...
You do know that Steve Jobs is long gone.. and won't be resurrected? You can't worship him anymore and you can't support him with your ca$h as he found out you can't take it with you. You're supporting Tim Cook and his board members who collectively don't give two shits about the consumer like Steve did (or Woz.. but I digress).
Apple is falling behind and nobody knows what their focus is (self-driving cars anyone?). They are busy copying Samsung for the iPhone. They are letting the Mac desktop line languish for years.. and the Mac Laptop feels so 2012. The iPad is also lagging enough to have other Android makers overrun their walled garden.
This is severe enough that Microsoft has developed yet another version of Windows 10. Windows 10S which comes on their latest surface laptop. It is new version of the OS that focuses on the Windows Store (sound familiar) where you by default can only load applications from the store... so another walled garden just down the street from Cupertino.
https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2017/05/02/introducing-surface-laptop-powered-by-windows-10-s/#5QdtQ7BjrQGtk2ud.97
Innovate Tim... innovate or die in mediocrity.
Peace out.
Seriously....a watch that goes toes up if you don't charge it daily? I know you've got the contingent of folks that buy stuff because "it's cool," but a watch that can't go a couple of days without charging it?
Pass.
>"Were you one of the 3.5 million customers who purchased an Apple Watch in the first quarter of 2017?"
Uh, nope. Moto 360, and now Moto 360.2. Round like a nice watch should be, and always-on display like a watch should be! Oh, and works with ALL phones. Plus it cost less, has a better band, and has been out longer.
And for years I get stopped all the time with questions about how something some nice isn't Apple .
this ones does a snazzy job for me https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0072... and my phone in my pocket handles the calls.
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
I have a series 2 watch, and I love it. I bought it for one reason only, I'm a serious swimmer. It's waterproof at shallow depths, and I can load complex workouts on it. I live in rural area without a masters' swim program, so it works great for me. The only real alternative is a Garmin device that costs twice as much.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
I got an Apple Watch at launch. It shows no signs of issues, is still in great condition, and still runs well - the software updates have been really a boon as using third party apps (or even native ones) is much more useful with the side button as app switcher/launcher...
I do find it very useful at this point, for lots of little things.
I also plan to keep mine for three years and possibly get a series three when those come out. But I may wait even one more cycle...
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
...With an Apple Watch 2 -- I liked the pebble, but it's been abandoned (and mine is getting flakey).
Can the Garmin summon an Uber with a press?
The Garmin can track fitness data but only easily for Garmin stuff, whereas the Apple Watch has quite a lot of fitness apps that are well integrated with it...
My garmin Vivoactive can call an Uber, if installed the Uber app on it.
My fitness data syncs with Garmin, Strava, Fitbit (for work points), Apple Health and dropbox.
SJWs are the new boogeyman. -Me
a) Garmin is an arbitrary computational device. Read up on ConnectIQ sometime.
b) Yes, the Garmin can unlock your computer. See (a).
c) Yes, the Garmin can attach to your light meter blah blah blah. See (a).
d) Yes, the Garmin can summon an Uber with a press. See (a).
e) The Garmin watch tracks *actual* fitness, not this fake fitness bullshit that Apple sells you. Oh, and it doesn't need to be paired with your phone to do so, since it has the GPS built in.
f) Garmin watch will last 10+ days on a charge if you don't do any workouts. If you do workouts it lasts 6-7.
g) Charging the device nightly means you're not getting sleep and resting heart rate analysis on a consistent basis. Resting heart rate is especially important for those of us doing actual fitness.
Quite frankly you'd have to be some epic level of moron to purchase an Apple Watch of either generation considering just how far behind Garmin they are in just about every category that matters, including price.
OMFG!
Never underestimate the herding power of the iSheep.
Garmin is an arbitrary computational device. Read up on ConnectIQ sometime.
Have to admit I did not know that existed, and I did read up on it.
But how does that matter any more than the PebbleAPI? Which was also quite good and expansive.
Charging the device nightly means you're not getting sleep and resting heart rate analysis on a consistent basis.
If you read everything you'd see I also said you can charge while it's in the shower.
Garmin watch will last 10+ days on a charge if you don't do any workouts. If you do workouts it lasts 6-7.
So it's still off of your person sometime. That is not that huge a leap from the Series 2, and what happens next year when Apple is within a day of Garmin's figure?
Quite frankly you'd have to be some epic level of moron to purchase an Apple Watch of either generation considering just how far behind Garmin they are in just about every category that matters, including price.
See posts below about people purchasing the Apple Watch for Swimming, because it was 1/2 the price of the Garmin that could do the same thing...
Furthermore while I'll admit the app support is more impressive than I thought, in what world do you really think Garmin is ahead of Apple on this? If *you* read the AppleWatch API you'd find it's quite a lot more capable than the Garmin API, and there are a ton more Apple Watch apps now than there are Garmin apps.
So how are you not some kind of Epic Moron to claim Garmin is ahead in any way that matters - including price?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
"The Apple Watch Outsold Every Other Wearable Last Quarter"
This is because of two factors, the first being that "wearables" are stupid, with the second being that Apple fanatics will but literally anything that Apple markets to them.
This is a hacked account, for which the owner can not be held responsible.
Sheeple throwing away money hoping for a useful product.
How many people buy a 2nd watch when it dies after a year?
When a watch replaces my smartphone, and I believe that will happen, then I'll get one. It will need 24 hrs of real battery time - 3 days would be better, but I travel with a portable battery pack already, so this isn't an issue for those weekend trips.
I have a use for a tablet much more than a 5 feature watch. My current watch is solar powered. Can last 6 months without seeing sunlight. Tells time in multiple timezones, has alarms, stopwatch, split, compass, barometer, and can go under water. It can't answer a phone or get a text or open a door, or control the volume on a TV.
I've been wearing an automatic Swiss watch for years now. It's needing a service though, when I take it off before bed it's dead in the morning.
I write Apps and I thought I'd buy a 2nd hand Apple Watch to try it out and see if I could do anything with my own Apps on it.
Wasn't convinced when it first came out but now that you can pick up a series 1 for 1/4 of it's price new it's not too risky to try, i could punt it on again.
So I got a stainless steel 42mm S1 for under $200
The battery on this used watch lasts a whole day easily, I take it off and put it on the charger when I go to bed. Better than the Swiss watch.
The health monitoring is neat, I like that it reminds you stand up, take a breath and move my ass if I've been sitting coding too long.
I feel like I can leave the phone and I don't carry it around as much. Phone calls aren't missed, I like that I can answer them on my wrist.
It's the little things about it that I've come to appreciate that my very nice Swiss automatic doesn't do.
Cooking dinner, I set a timer so I can leave the kitchen and that tap on the wrist when I need to return is really handy.
Logging into PayPal, which I do a lot for work, I have 2 step verification and the Symantec VIP app on the watch is so much quicker than using the phone.
The smart watch isn't a smart phone and never will be.
It's probably not for everyone but anyone who hasn't tried it probably shouldn't critique it until they've tried it.
It's one of those things that until you've tried it and had one for at least a month you probably won't get the point of it.
I just can't see myself going back to the Swiss automatic.
Can the Garmin attach to my light meter and let me know the color temperature of a scene?
The fact that you list this as a number two feature on your list just affirms my belief that you are wearing a useless toy on your wrist.
Useless compared to what? I'm sure I could find a few things in your house that are less useful than a smartwatch.
I teach at a middle school and I notice that many of the teachers wear Smart Watches. First off, we need to know when the bell will ring. not know close to when it will ring; to know when it will ring.
The school clock is synchronized to the radio time signal, as are most of the teachers watches. This includes the smart watches. Me, I wear a G-Shock with radio sync.
Many of those same teachers receive messages through the day. This includes district messages that we are expected to be aware of immediately after they are sent (me, I just don't pay attention to them). In addition, teachers are forbidden from using cell phones in the class, just like the students.
I am also aware that several of the teachers like the ease of setting alarms. Several things happen in the day that teachers like to be aware of: come teachers like to set an alarm for one minute before the end of each class and three minutes before the end of their prep period and lunch. Then there are the oddly timed meetings randomly scattered through the week. Me, I only use three alarms through the day; but some use quite a few.
All of this adds up to the smart watches becoming very popular for teachers (no, teachers don't get a meaningful discount). As far as a status in that environment; not really. We are all aware of each others pay grade, it is public information. In some jobs the smart watch is viewed as a tool (it just happens to be one I have little interest in).
So out of the 10 smart watches sold last quarter, Apple sold 4 of them, Samsung 3, and Cheap Chinese Wearables the other 3.
Useless compared to what? I'm sure I could find a few things in your house that are less useful than a smartwatch.
Of course. Which is why I don't carry those items around everywhere I go.
OK; so I'm a serious watch nerd, and have a decent collection of all kinds of stuff...can't see myself getting one of these but people I know like 'em a lot.
Female colleague has a bunch of nice timepieces, including a beautiful ladies classic Rolex Datejust in gold and steel. Also has a Cartier - fine piece.
Yet since she got a cheap-looking iWatch in pink she wears it every day. Why? Utility.
If you're an iPhone user, looks like they are genuinely useful.
My Apple Watch has sat on my nightstand for the last six month, I should sell it on eBay.