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Is anyone surprised at this? You have to charge it every day like a phone, except it can't function in it's intended purpose while charging. It's a huge block o

Is anyone surprised at this? You have to charge it every day like a phone, except it can't function in it's intended purpose while charging. It's a huge block of watch strapped to your wrist. Honestly they aren't even that pretty, nor fashionable. I was saying this was a dumb fad when they came out, and now with the release of Watch 2 + the upgraded Watch 1, they've given a gigantic middle finger to the early adopters who now have the only option of unloading them on eBay for half what they paid. Also, as any Apple regular customer knows: Never buy Gen 1 of ANYTHING made by Apple. The only watch I've seen that is somewhat compelling is the Pebble series, but even then it's not native integration so the colleague I know who has one constantly has issues with it, and yes it has week long battery life but that's because the screen is a monochrome one that looks like it was pulled from an old flip phone. None of these options are as attractive to me as just pulling my phone out of my pocket.

soneil 10y ago
Not surprised at all, but from completely the opposite angle. I have the 1st gen Watch. Love it. Only real complaint was the price - especially as I had to pay the british price because it wasn't on sale here (yet?) But I wasn't expecting sales of the new models to go well either. There hasn't been enough iteration to provide a compelling upgrade for current owners - or a clear enough 'sell' to make a mote of difference to anyone who wasn't convinced by the first models. I don't think it's failing, or that it's going to fail. But I simply don't see it fitting this release cadence. Outside of a very compelling reason to upgrade, I can't see myself upgrading my watch more often than, e.g., a laptop. If I get less than 5 years out of it, I'll be disappointed. I'll be interested to see where it goes from here. It's far, far too early to rely on churn - they really need something that'll convince people who aren't already convinced. And they simply don't have that yet.

soneil 10y ago

Not surprised at all, but from completely the opposite angle. I have the 1st gen Watch. Love it. Only real complaint was the price - especially as I had to pay the british price because it wasn't on sale here (yet?) But I wasn't expecting sales of the new models to go well either. There hasn't been enough iteration to provide a compelling upgrade for current owners - or a clear enough 'sell' to make a mote of difference to anyone who wasn't convinced by the first models. I don't think it's failing, or that it's going to fail. But I simply don't see it fitting this release cadence. Outside of a very compelling reason to upgrade, I can't see myself upgrading my watch more often than, e.g., a laptop. If I get less than 5 years out of it, I'll be disappointed. I'll be interested to see where it goes from here. It's far, far too early to rely on churn - they really need something that'll convince people who aren't already convinced. And they simply don't have that yet.