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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...
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).
Thank you for your obvious knowledge of the massive piles of ca$h that Apple has. How much of that pile did you contribute to? You missed the point. They are constantly banking on the Apple Fanbois/Fangirls to purchase their products outright without shopping for a competitor. I'm not saying Apple is going anywhere as they are the current, virus invested maggot inducing 800 pound Gorilla in the room. What I'm indicating is they are falling way behind in innovation and sooner or later the white-robed disciples of Steve might be prone to wake up and figure out Apple is Carousel. After 30 years your gem turns white.
You could make your same piles of cash argument about "can't die" for:
Digital Equipment Corporation
Compaq
Xerox
IBM
Northrup
Martin Marietta
Enron (62Billion in assets when they folded)
Nortel (Canada)
Peace out.
Apple is falling behind
Apple is the most valuable private company in the world. You're delusional.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
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
Money can't buy me love.
Apple is falling behind
Apple is the most valuable private company in the world. You're delusional.
-jcr
And that makes them magically protected from screwing up or falling behind... How?
At one point, IBM was the worlds most valuable company. Hell, we even said things like "You'll never be fired for buying IBM" and "What does IBM stand for, 'Immense Buckets of Money'". Ahh the 90's, good times. The warning goes without saying: Pride goeth before a fall.
I think we've already passed peak Apple and they're going to start to descend into being just another device. Apple have managed to evade this being noticeable by expanding into other markets like China and India, but now they've got nowhere left to expand into and their decline in popularity is going to be noticeable. Apples problem here is that their competitors are just as good, if not better than they are. Sure Apple will be around for a while but their power is waning, just like IBM in the 2000's.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
There was talk they might buy Disney
We already saw that movie. AOL and TimeWarner. Didn't work out well. The sequel (MSNBC) isn't doing so hot either.
Don't think we need to extend this into a trilogy.
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.
Apple is the most valuable private company in the world.
I think someone should call the SEC because lots of people have bought shares of that private company in the public market.
lucm, indeed.
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.
"Comment scale"? His *user ID* (52032) indicates that he's been a registered user of the site since 1998 or so.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
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.
So you only but products that are unpopular? How's that working out for you?
I completely agree. Apple is completely falling behind.
They are over-obsessed with making thin/light devices.
My macbook pro is light enough, and thin enough already.
I need more CPU/GPU power and longer battery life.
I have no plans to upgrade unless they fix the mess that is the new macbook.
That has nothing to do with the apple watch.
I've had one for nearly two years, and I even got an expensive special-edition black anodized one.
It was still worth every penny.
Most people don't get it... but if you have one for a while, you will love it.
It's so much quicker to glance at your watch. It's so much nicer to get tapped on the wrist, and siri is faster and can actually hear you when you talk into the mic on your wrist.
Its not a huge deal, and it's an expensive luxury... but it's really nice to have.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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).
I think we've already passed peak Apple and they're going to start to descend into being just another device. Apple have managed to evade this being noticeable by expanding into other markets like China and India, but now they've got nowhere left to expand into and their decline in popularity is going to be noticeable. Apples problem here is that their competitors are just as good, if not better than they are. Sure Apple will be around for a while but their power is waning, just like IBM in the 2000's.
Apple can go a number of ways. If they truly invest in modernizing their desktop lines and keep on top of improving products, They will continue to do well. IBMs problem was that they didn't cannibalize their own business, so others did it for them. Apple has shown no such tendencies, and that is why they are where they are.
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
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.
It's much quicker not to glance at your wrist or your phone. It's much healthier to not be a twitch response organism in a wireless electronic rapid response network.
Ah yes...the Big Blue...having (briefly) worked there in the 90s I give you:
Icompatible Bits (of) Machinery
Idiots Become Managers and
I've Been Misled
We used to say that companies with huge cash reserves were major targets for takeover operators. When a company has a large cash reserve, you can spend oodles of money in your effort to take it over. You only need to succeed for all the money you spent to be paid back in spades.
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.
Apple has 1/4 of a trillion dollars tied up in offshore assets they cannot bring into the US to invest and/or use in their defense.
That sounds like a ripe opportunity for somebody with deep pockets to take them over.
Considering your blind hatred of Apple and your nerdy appeal to formal logic, I think my question has been answered.
Microsoft is also more valuable than ever, yet fallen behind.