My prediction: The smartwatch is DOA until they can put a 4G connection into it and make it a standalone device. Imagine being able to call an Uber, check your email and make a phone call on your watch while leaving your phone at home — that’s compelling!
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Indeed! But this is likely impossible for the foreseeable future. Therefore the whole notion of a smart watch as such is a bit of … time waste. Pub intended. The things around self tracking are all cool, but that’s a very niche use case. Apple’s misjudged move was also around positioning the watch as a ‘fashion item’. The whole fashion industry is flaky and ever changing. You can’t easily position yourself as a ‘classic’ in fashion industry without truly understanding the whole realm properly. They thought they will just ‘walk into it’, which isn’t how it works.