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comment by cgod
cgod  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Elephant in the Smartwatch Room

I deal with the public and most days I don't see anyone wearing a smart watch.

I see more fit bits than I see smart watches. The biggest fit bit fans seem to be senior citizen women. I don't know that apple can poach them or even wants realizes they should.

I see more people playing Pokemon Go a week than I see people with smart watches.

Almost everyone who has one on, who I've chatted up about it says they got it as a gift. They don't seem super excited about it.

Maybe Apple is winning the smart watch war but it doesn't seem like a very significant victory. I know more people who want a 160 Gb IPod than I know people who want a smart watch, but they don't make real IPod's anymore.