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Apple Watch Adoption
- hprotagonist 9y agoThis should probably link to the source at https://david-smith.org/blog/2018/03/14/apple-watch-series-3-adoption/ https://david-smith.org/blog/2018/03/14/apple-watch-series-3... , unless i'm missing something.
- dang 9y agoYes. Changed now from https://sixcolors.com/link/2018/03/apple-watch-adoption-numbers/ https://sixcolors.com/link/2018/03/apple-watch-adoption-numb....
- pmarreck 9y agoSo the Series 3 now has more apple watch marketshare than the previous offerings; that's good (disclaimer: Series 3 LTE was my first Apple Watch; I like it a lot)
- 220V_USKettle 9y agoIt is being subsidized by several health insurance companies in the US. It would be interesting to see adoption rates in countries with socialized medicine (not watches).
- oakesm9 9y agoThe UK has socialised health but Vitality Health are also offering an Apple Watch as part of the health insurance: https://www.vitality.co.uk/rewards/partners/active-rewards/apple-watch/ https://www.vitality.co.uk/rewards/partners/active-rewards/a...
- post_break 9y agoI only purchased a series 3 because it was $120 through insurance.
- pmarreck 9y agoI see Aetna, do you know where I can find a list of all of them (specifically BCBS?)
- taylodl 9y agoI don't care about your problems as a developer. As a consumer I expect a watch to last 5-10 years. As a developer working in the consumer space you need to get out of the mindset that everyone is replacing everything every 2-3 years. That's neither reasonable nor sustainable.
- gman83 9y agoI've had my Citizen watch for 20 years. Works fine.
- simonh 9y agoThere are sundials out there that have been working for hundreds of years. Honestly, if you can't leave a timepiece out in all weather for centuries without any maintenance or winding, what's the point?
- ubermonkey 9y agoI have my dad's Rolex. It's 40 years old. Works fine. But it also ONLY tells the time and the date, and the date will be wrong if you don't stay on top of it because it doesn't know which months have 31 days and which are shorter. It's super cool, though, that this object still works just as well as when it was new in 1978. But I stopped wearing it (and my other mechanicals) all the time precisely because of their limited featureset vs. a good and attractive smartwatch.
- guelo 9y agoSorry, there's not enough revenue or developers to support 5-10 year old hardware. As a consumer you should have realized by now that when you buy these appliance computers they will only be supported for a few years. But nothing stops you from continuing to use your hardware with the old software.
- acdha 9y agoThat’s only true if you need to make all of your money off of the original hardware sale, which is why Android phones tend to fall out of support much sooner than iOS since Apple still benefits from iCloud, iTunes, App Store, etc. sales but Samsung, et al. don’t have an equivalent revenue stream. Your last sentence isn’t often correct either: I have a 2012 Toshiba TV. The hardware is in great shape but of all of the apps it shipped with only the Netflix and Vudu apps still work because everything else broke when Google, Yahoo!, etc. stopped SHA-1 support. I agree that no new features is a reasonable policy but at a minimum you need basic security & compatibility support for 5-10 years.
- whoisjuan 9y agoI have a series 0 and I haven't felt the urge to change at all. Is the series 3 that much better? Like life-changing better?
- minimaxir 9y agoI upgraded from a Series 0 to a Series 3 last winter. It's a huge difference if you use your watch for anything other than a clock/notification machine.
- carlesfe 9y agoWhat else do you use it for? I also have a series 0, and maybe I'm self-constrained because of its limitations, but I use it mainly for notifications, workouts, Siri, and messages. Works fine though a bit slow, but I can manage.
- carlesfe 9y agoWhat else do you use it for? I also have a series 0, and maybe I'm self-constrained because of its limitations, but I use it mainly as a simple PDA in my wrist. Notifications, workouts, Siri, calendar, weather and messages. Works fine though a bit slow, but I don't mind Are there really any other uses for the watch?
- graeme 9y agoI use it for: * sleep tracking * displaying todos on my watch face * Creating reminders * timers * pomodoros * step counting * music playing * phone calls * Logging my weight with the workflow app * apple pay * music and volume controls You can probably do all those? The series 3 will just be a lot faster in all transitions. Also has connectivity even if you go phoneless. (Though not all apps work)
- carlesfe 9y agoMore or less. I do more PIM but occasionally play music and do calls. I'm in Spain, so no LTE for me. Otherwise I'd bought a Series 3 it in a heartbeat. Most important feature IMO.
- cyberferret 9y agoOdd question - but how does one tell which 'series' watch they have? I received mine as a gift a few years ago, and curious as to whether it is series 0 or 1 etc.
- kevin_b_er 9y agoMaybe just like with apple laptops and ipads, you're not supposed to know? You got an "Apple Watch" and they don't want to version them or give them distinguishing names as they improve them. You'll have to cross reference random serial or model numbers to find out if you got a nicer newer one or a older slightly less nice one.
- greglindahl 9y agoFor a laptop/desktop, click on the apple in the upper left, then About this Mac, and it says something like "Mac mini (Late 2012)". Which, if you google it, is actually a model name. You can find repair guides, guides on upgrading, teardowns, etc using that phrase.
- eggpy 9y agoUnder General > About, then check out this page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204507 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204507
- tunesmith 9y agoIt doesn't help that Apple has been inconsistent about their terminology. This page doesn't even mention "Series 0", which I guess is supposed to be the same thing as "Series 1 (first generation)": https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204507 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204507
- wlesieutre 9y ago"Series 2" added a GPS, brighter screen, and better water resistance compared to the original model. At the same time, they dropped the original "Apple Watch (1st generation)" and replaced it with "Series 1", which as far as most users were concerned is basically the same thing, but it has a slightly faster processor than the original. I wouldn't be surprised to see "Series 0" get dropped sooner rather than later. The iPad analogy is a good fit, the very first one is stuck at iOS 5, but anything newer than that gets iOS 9 at a minimum. Re: terminology, "Series 0" is definitely not an official name for it, just a convenient shorthand that feels easier to understand than its official name to me.
- nkkollaw 9y agoA friend of mine buys everything Apple releases, and the Apple Watch is probably the most useless piece of electronics I've ever seen. He used it for a couple of weeks, but I don't think I wouldn't have lasted more than 2-3 days having yet another thing I have to charge every day. Do a lot of people actually use them and download and use apps? Why would I want to carry a smartwatch besides for exercising (where I'd personally want something much lighter and a lot cheaper) when I have my cell phone with me at all times? I'm not making fun, just curious.
- fossuser 9y agoAs someone else who buys pretty much everything Apple releases the homepod is definitely more useless than the Apple Watch. It's nice for calendar reminder and text alerts. It's also decent for outdoor runs (if you're not a super athlete, otherwise you probably have a Garmin).
- nkkollaw 9y agoYes, that one they kind of _had_ to do it I guess, uh..?
- hug 9y agoI use mine in all the ways that other people might use a fitbit. It tracks my level of activity (which is somewhere between "horrific" and "terrible"), it tracks my sleep ("excellent") and it gives my my heart rate. It snarkily reminds me when I'm being even lazier than usual, which I probably need. I also use it to control my music on my commute, or when I'm playing music while doing something around the house, and if I have to head into my bedroom, where the blinds are always down, I can tell it to turn on the corner lamp for me. It's massively handy to have Siri on my wrist while cooking: What's half a pound in grams? Also, start a timer for fifteen minutes. I don't have to carry anything else around with me everywhere. I can head over to the store to buy milk and bread, and I don't need to carry my phone or my wallet, even if I want to listen to music on the trip. Where did I leave my phone? I'll ping it from my watch. Where did I leave my keys? I'll ping my tile from my watch. And, y'know, you can do most of this from a phone, that's true. But I do it from my watch, and I quite like it that way.
- lokopodium 9y agoNot having to wear a watch is the best thing mobile phones did to me. Thanks, but no thanks.
- ricardobeat 9y agoHow about not having to wear a phone?
- spartanatreyu 9y agoI can see phones replacing/merging with wallets long before something replaces phones themselves
- throwaway413 9y agoI recently got one of the Silk super slim wallet cases, and I haven’t used my separate wallet since. I carry around my ID, a debit card, and a bit of cash, and it works wonderfully. Feels so great to only have to worry about 1 thing when I leave the house instead of 2. And, I’ve found myself using Apple Pay more since I’m reaching for my phone now anyways to pay. I really thought I’d dislike it, with the added width to the phone, but so far pros heavily outweigh the cons.
- lokopodium 9y agoMy experience is not mandatory for anyone else. I use the phone to actually talk 90% and quickly look something up/kill time when on the go 10%. I also like to keep interruptions to a minimum, so smart watches just don't have any purpose for me.
- fiatpandas 9y agoExactly. For me it’s come full circle. “Wow there’s no point of me wearing a watch everywhere now that I have a phone. [10 years later] Cool! This new smart watch will allow me to untether from my phone!”
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- smoyer 9y agoIf the life-cycle of these devices, and therefore your software, is that short, why bother fixing bugs? Now that I think about it, this DOES seem to be the mindset of many mobile developers!
- mark_l_watson 9y agoI surprised myself by buying a series three Watch recently: I had stopped wearing a watch 20 years ago when my didgeridoo class instructor started teasing me about always looking at my watch. He said that to master the didgeridoo you need a different view of time. Anyway, the series 3 with LTE wireless is incredibly useful. I often don’t carry my phone when I want to be more offline, but I can get email and messages as needed. Works OK as a phone also. I like that it takes about 1 second to switch between normal and airplane mode when I don’t want to be interrupted. I understand the article author’s viewpoint, but why not just write apps that only support later models? Doesn’t Apple allow that?
- danpalmer 9y agoApple has historically allowed developers only to restrict to certain features, rather than hardware speed or generation. i.e. one may be able to only create a watch app for the LTE watch, if it requires that, but one cannot restrict to the faster models, so apps on slower models still have to run fast enough to be useful. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple don’t allow you to restrict to LTE watches, as I suspect their view would be that LTE is an improvement to usability, not a fundamental difference, and therefore apps should be able to function fully with no LTE. Not to mention user restrictions on certain apps due to data usage. The classic example would be restricting iOS apps to only 64bit devices, only devices with Siri capabilities, only devices with the motion detection chip, etc.
- a9a 9y agoI bought the series 3+LTE hoping to get a device that would allow me to leave my phone home when I went out at night. After getting stranded one too many times when the Uber and Lyft apps both failed, I abandoned that dream. Hopefully broader watch adoption and watchOS 5 fixes this (I’m not sure which exactly is causing the problem). Judging from conversations with my friends, I’m not alone. It seems like “ability to reliably hail a ride” is key functionality for any technology that hopes to replace a phone in any meaningful part of someone’s daily/nightly routine in a place like San Francisco.
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- paul7986 9y agoNever wore a watch. Apple's new marketing push showing health and life savings benefits to having/using a wearable is pretty compelling, but yet and again I have lived a few decades without ever wearing a watch. It would annoy me! If Apple built health and life saving tech into clothing or shoes then it's a no brainer.
- OberstKrueger 9y agoBefore the Apple Watch, I hadn't worn a watch ever either. Adjusting to having something on my wrist took a week or two, but it seems like just any other article of clothing to me now. I don't even notice it there.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoWould love to see the numbers of how many purchased and now in the drawer never to be worn again.