“Like most of Apple’s product launches, the imminent arrival of the Apple Watch has brought an avalanche of hype, and a ton of fawning reviews,” Evelyn Cheng reports for Reuters.
“An unintended consequence, though, is the attention it gives to competitors’ wearables launching around the same time–some of which are much cheaper,” Cheng reports. “‘Apple (has) left room for the competition with their fairly high price,”‘ Nick Spencer, senior practice director at ABI Research, said. ‘I think this enables the consumer scenario of, Apple has launched a smartwatch, therefore I need one, but don’t want to pay $349, so I’ll buy a (cheaper) Android watch instead.'”
MacDailyNews Take: “…because I’m a foolish ignoramus who’ll settle for any random POS in order to delude myself that I’ve saved a buck.”
Cheng reports, “So far, slightly higher-priced smartwatches by Samsung, LG and Motorola have failed to gain much traction with consumers.”
MacDailyNews Take: This is because, to use official industry parlance, they suck donkey schlong.
Cheng reports, “So far, the market has not yet been fully satisfied by the available smartwatches.”
MacDailyNews Take: See previous Take.
Cheng reports, “‘In terms of functionality, none of the competition has quite got it right yet, partly because the developer community has been standoffish. Again, Apple has the ability to generate activity here too, helping the competition,’ ABI’s Spencer said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Wearers of pretend Apple Watches are destined to be at least as pitiful as those who settle for pretend Macs, pretend iPhones, and/or pretend iPads.
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