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Journalists for several years said Apple is too late with their smartwatch and others capture the marke.t Then Apple delivered strong. It's not a guarantee but
by mtmail 3y ago
Journalists for several years said Apple is too late with their smartwatch and others capture the marke.t Then Apple delivered strong. It's not a guarantee but the AI market ("race") is still early.
2015: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/03/09/the-apple-watch-is-late-to-the-party/?sh=d86b9686df90 https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/03/09/the-apple-w...
"Consumers have plenty of choice these days, and I have a very hard time seeing how Apple could make itself stand out in such a crowded field to anyone other than Apple devotees. The Moto 360 is a terrific, attractive Android smartwatch. The Samsung Gear 2 is an equally appealing option. "
2023: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/22/apple-watch-dominated-smartwatch-market-sales-and-profits-in-2022 https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/22/apple-watch-domin...
"Apple Watch accounted for 34.1% of all smartwatch shipments in 2022, and 60% of the revenue for the entire market, globally. "
- endisneigh 3y agoTo be fair the actual benefit of AI is more software than hardware driven. I imagine apple is waiting for the hardware to be such that it’s cheap to do on device, and then see what types of software use cases are best.
- Jcowell 3y agoI disagree. AI’s true ability shines when supported by hardware. Or rather baked into Hardware as a first class citizen. A chat GPT level Siri would always win against Chat GPT since it’s the default option.