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What problem did Apple Watch solve?
by wateralien 3y ago
What problem did Apple Watch solve?
- steveBK123 3y agoThe ability to tell time while giving Apple more money?
- zitterbewegung 3y agoHigh fidelity fitness tracking for workouts and data collection of your own personal health.
- asylteltine 3y ago[dead]
- robterrell 3y agoThe first watch wasn't that -- I think Apple Watch 3 first really delivered on this.
- mafuyu 3y agoThe first couple AW gens didn’t really have much of a fitness angle, though. The hardware and software for health tracking was very lacking. It was only later on that they pivoted hard on fitness and did a big marketing push with the “three rings”.
- rahoulb 3y agoWhile it did some fitness tracking (especially the heart rate stuff which couldn't be done with a phone), it certainly wasn't promoted as a fitness device. There was all that stuff about "connecting" (where you could send doodles and heartbeats to your Apple Watch wearing friends) and they made a big deal about watch apps and notification management. And of course the "luxury watch" aspect (gold watches that go out of date in a couple of years - sheesh). It's only after a couple of iterations that Apple doubled down on the fitness side of things.
- zitterbewegung 3y agoI am only commenting of what the Apple Watch actually solved. The marketing was bad and I agree. The Apple Watch series zero was useful for me and others but it was something concrete that the watch does solve while the Vision Pro is different.
- gwill 3y agopulling your phone out of your pocket
- alberth 3y agoEspecially for women who typically don't have pockets in their clothes and their phone is in their purse - which causes them to miss calls/texts.
- apercu 3y agoOnly partially in jest, but checking your email during in-person meetings?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoI beg to differ. People dicking around on their e-watch during in person meetings or social settings where they should be paying attention to who is speaking, is just as socially rude as those on their phone.
- apercu 3y agoNo argument. I don't own a smartwatch.
- goldenchrome 3y agoOther people can't tell I own Apple products when my phone is in my pocket and I'm not listening to music.
- adolph 3y agoDo you not where you're Apple Sneakers everywhere? https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_Omega-Sports-Apple-Computer-Sneakers-or-Size-10.5 https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_Omega-Sports-Apple-Computer... (It'd have been funny if Sotheby's had titled the size "Leopard.")
- the_sleaze9 3y agoWoz said it best, the thing the apple watch did was put tap-to-pay on your wrist. It is awesome, but I still don't wear one.