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Are you being serious? Can your flip phone from 20 years ago fit on your wrist? Can it track your heart rate?

• alexashka 9y ago
  Let me simplify my points: - iPod Shuffle weighed LESS than Apple Watch, and cost 1/5th the price. I think it had comparable battery life or better? - Flip phone cost almost nothing 15 years ago, there has been no progress in the way we make phonecalls or send text messages over the past 15 years. Now, iPhone does MORE than a flip phone, apple watch does MORE than an ipod shuffle. How much more? 5 times more? Because the pricetag is 5 times more. Now, progress, is when you pay LESS for the same thing you had 15 years ago, because it is now CHEAPER to produce, test, and deliver that same product. So to re-iterate: - Same functionality should cost the same or LESS. It should be BETTER for the same price. - More convenient form factor and extra !!!OPTIONAL!!! features are great and welcome, I'd be willing to pay 10-15% more for them. - Apple products have gone UP in price, while providing absolutely no extra UTILITY. You're paying incredible prices for nice-to-haves that most people do not need (heart rate monitor, better camera, more pixels, better pixels)
  • brisance 9y ago
    I didn't realize there were Amish on the internet with a HN account but here we are. How's the horse and buggy doing? If we held true to your beliefs, we would still be running around with fig leaves or loin cloths. The market is the final arbiter of what makes a successful product. Not your perception of what constitutes value or utility.
  • scarface74 9y ago
    I couldn't use my shuffle to track my pace in real time, stream millions of songs over the internet, track my heart rate or take phone calls.
  • somebadguy 9y ago
    You’re a moron. A dumb socially inept moron