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Watch and AirPods are early in the S curve of adoption and have clear product market fit and no viable competitors. It's clearly inflecting higher.
by Despegar 7y ago
Watch and AirPods are early in the S curve of adoption and have clear product market fit and no viable competitors. It's clearly inflecting higher.
- Godel_unicode 7y agoAirPods have plenty of viable competitors. They also sound bad, and aren't water-resistant to speak of. Their main competitive advantage is they come in Apple white and are conspicuous enough that people see them. Add in that they were near the end of the release cycle and it's definitely weird how much they went up.
- __blockcipher__ 7y agoI think this is a totally naive viewpoint. Despite the memes, Airpods aren't just a mere status symbol (and as status symbols they are very poor ones, which I think is the whole joke about airpods => rich). What makes them incredible is their seamlessness. They do have occasional bluetooth fuckery but they felt like the first wireless earbuds that just worked^TM.
- Godel_unicode 7y agoThis is a very common take from people who have never used Bluetooth headphones before. I've had several sets of Bluetooth headphones and earbuds in the past, and they've been the same type of "just works" experience for me. Except better sound quality, and frequently water resistant. If you like the AirPods then that's great for you, but stop pretending they're some fantastic innovation over what came before, or that they've kept up with what's come out since.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoIt's not about fantastic technical advancements, so much as packaging new tech such that it could fit seamlessly in 100 million lives. That second part might not seem like a technical challenge, but it often is, in ways you might not immediately appreciate.