Originally Posted by Stuart_h:
“Its also a market where there are a number of heavily publicised options already - Apple would be coming in with a product already being compared to quite well known alternatives .....”
Not even the Pebble comes close to being 'heavily publicised' compared to Apple's brand recognition.
If Apple launched a smartwatch today, it would immediately out-sell the rest of the market many times over and the majority of people purchasing it would never have heard of any of the competing devices.
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Whether apple can make it any better remains to be seen. I doubt it seriously to be honest...”
I very much doubt Apple would fail to vastly improve upon the current crop of smartwatches.
None of them are remotely ready for mainstream adoption and an Apple smartwatch would undoubtedly bring a much-needed amount of polish and engineering panache to the product category - not least with regards to battery life, which is the bane of all current smartwatches.
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“...but one thing i do know is apple will make this only work with the iphone or ipad.”
Which is the only reason why I wouldn't buy one.
Originally Posted by whoever,hey:
“I'm not sure many people wear watches any more.”
Leaving the house without my watch is as bad as leaving the house without my wallet.
It throws my entire day out of balance.