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Apple Watch sales are down 55%

4 pointsby amaksalmost 9 years ago

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cag_iialmost 9 years ago
I don&#x27;t think this should really come as a great surprise. One would have to expect the initial sales numbers were partly due to the &quot;something new&quot; effect, and Apple clearly has a devoted following in that regard.<p>That said, I think the smart-watch market (especially apple) is still missing it&#x27;s killer app. I thought for me it&#x27;d be the full-time fitness tracker, but in practice the experience has been inferior to dedicated fitness trackers I already own (but devices I wouldn&#x27;t want to wear or have limited utility outside of the activity, for example).<p>The OS update does look promising, and seems like a much better move that pushing out new hardware with the same old software like many were speculating.