Re:Apple Watch Adoption
by jbigelow76 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:59AM
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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.
The Apple Watch is only a watch incidentally, all indications seem to be that it's mostly a fitness tracker with a bit of notification monitoring thrown in. Yes, it does happen to tell time as well. I expect there to significant enhancements to the fitness/health tracking capabilities in the next 2-3 years (and then the 2-3 after that as well), some of us are fine with upgrading a fitness tracker every few years.
The Apple Watch is only a watch incidentally, all indications seem to be that it's mostly a fitness tracker with a bit of notification monitoring thrown in. Yes, it does happen to tell time as well. I expect there to significant enhancements to the fitness/health tracking capabilities in the next 2-3 years (and then the 2-3 after that as well), some of us are fine with upgrading a fitness tracker every few years.