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>It never once failed me. Who is saying its delicate? The complaints are of its milquetoast design, lack of other designs (wheres the round face), and poor val

>It never once failed me. Who is saying its delicate? The complaints are of its milquetoast design, lack of other designs (wheres the round face), and poor value proposition. Smartwatches are pretty tough in general. My Moto 360 has been to hell and back. This is not a problem to solve. Its been solved. >This is Tim Cook's Apple now and that's the problem. I think Steve's upper class fashionista tastes would have dictated more styles or a more stylish device. Cook's group is designing for the Walmart crowd. The best looking smartwatches are on Android. That's an Apple failure right there.

drdeadringer 11y ago
> Cook's group is designing for the Walmart crowd. I'd like to know what is inherently wrong with this.
- unprepare 11y ago
  Well, historically Apple has pursued the high-end market. Typically brands that go from high-end to low-end lose their high-end customers along the way, who don't want to be associated with low-end products. Saying they are going for the walmart crowd represents a cheapening of the product, cost cutting, mass production approach that leaves behind what many people like to believe about apple (that it is much more artistic, concerned more about making the best product than selling a product to the most people) There is nothing wrong with being in either market, but shifting between the two markets can be bad for business in that it's likely to lose previously loyal customers.
lsiunsuex 11y ago
Yesterday's event saw a Hermes Apple Watch - what's to say next year when I upgrade, I'm not buying a Gucci Apple Watch or Diesel Apple Watch or Lucky Brand Jeans Apple Watch. An all black watch with the Gucci "links" embossed on the band would look damn good with my Gucci wallet. How many years do Android watches have on the Apple Watch? 2? 3? Re: it's not who does it first. It's who does it better. This year was Hermes - next year - ? And after market bands so far are crap - my wife bought a black milanese band from Amazon - $20 - clasp opened while walking down the strip in LV and almost lost the watch / shattered on the concrete sidewalk - the quality is still there - it didn't die with Steve Jobs - it's still a 1st generation product - time is needed to iterate / improve.

drdeadringer 11y ago

> Cook's group is designing for the Walmart crowd. I'd like to know what is inherently wrong with this.

unprepare 11y ago
Well, historically Apple has pursued the high-end market. Typically brands that go from high-end to low-end lose their high-end customers along the way, who don't want to be associated with low-end products. Saying they are going for the walmart crowd represents a cheapening of the product, cost cutting, mass production approach that leaves behind what many people like to believe about apple (that it is much more artistic, concerned more about making the best product than selling a product to the most people) There is nothing wrong with being in either market, but shifting between the two markets can be bad for business in that it's likely to lose previously loyal customers.

lsiunsuex 11y ago

Yesterday's event saw a Hermes Apple Watch - what's to say next year when I upgrade, I'm not buying a Gucci Apple Watch or Diesel Apple Watch or Lucky Brand Jeans Apple Watch. An all black watch with the Gucci "links" embossed on the band would look damn good with my Gucci wallet. How many years do Android watches have on the Apple Watch? 2? 3? Re: it's not who does it first. It's who does it better. This year was Hermes - next year - ? And after market bands so far are crap - my wife bought a black milanese band from Amazon - $20 - clasp opened while walking down the strip in LV and almost lost the watch / shattered on the concrete sidewalk - the quality is still there - it didn't die with Steve Jobs - it's still a 1st generation product - time is needed to iterate / improve.