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To: aMorePerfectUnion

....But not many people.

I’m talking about your average, every day user that really has no need for a watch anymore. In 50 years, the concept of a watch will be somewhat of a novelty item. To me, they already are.(haven’t worn one since I was a child)


71 posted on 09/09/2014 12:26:47 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn

“....But not many people.”

The global watch industry is a +$60 billion per year market.
If you combine the watch industry with the wearable technology industry, you are talking about a very large market.

“I’m talking about your average, every day user that really has no need for a watch anymore.”

Again, you are defining watch as “a device used to tell time.” That is not the primary purpose of watches at this point in history - nor Apple’s entry at all.

Further, adding functionality beyond time attracts people who like you who don’t want a watch to tell time, but may be attracted to tracking sports activities, calories, blood pressure, or whatever.

“In 50 years, the concept of a watch will be somewhat of a novelty item.”

Before I take that bet, what kind of track record at fortune-telling do you have? As long as people have wrists, something will sell.

“To me, they already are.(haven’t worn one since I was a child)”

me neither, but that only means you and I are not the customer this is designed to attract.


81 posted on 09/09/2014 12:50:18 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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