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Smartwatches are today where iPhone was in 2008-9 timeframe. If and when technology in smartwatches get to a price-point where value/price ratio becomes hard to
by chetanahuja 10y ago
Smartwatches are today where iPhone was in 2008-9 timeframe.
If and when technology in smartwatches get to a price-point where value/price ratio becomes hard to ignore for the global middle classes (like smartphones hit in about 2009-2010 timeframe), Android watches will flood the market and take it over. If that time ever comes.
What seems much more likely to me is that middle-class wrist space will be claimed more by fitness devices which encroach more and more on the smartwatch territory without all the frills. E.g. Something like Xiomi Miband 2 at ~$40 is hard to resist with a tiny LED display and 20 day (yes.. actual 20 days) battery life. What I want on my wrist is something tiny, cheap, waterproof and hardy I can wear and forget (for weeks on end) as opposed to something bulky, delicate, not quite waterproof (say, in the swimming pool) and requires nightly charging. Who needs that?