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I want to also elaborate
Mar 15, 2015,09:00 AM
It's not so much the digital pixels that killed the film industry, it's the fact that digital technology brought a change to consumer behaviour. When it first appeared, diehard film user argued film is here to stay, that it offer better quality, etc., etc. and digital pixels with its artificial looks will never replace film.
Well, what digital tech. actually did was it offered conveniences that was never possible with film. Instead of 36 pic/roll and you don't really know what the pics you took looks like, and won't know until you have film developer develop it, which usually takes days unless you have your own darkroom. With digital camera, you have instant review, and it was much easier to store and share.
And now with smartphones and their decent quality camera, you can share the pics you took all over the world seconds after you took it.
One can argue a scanned Kodak film probably still has better quality than the pics you took with your iPhone, but will that make most people use it? No.
Therefore if Apple, Google, app. developers and whatnot can built a great ecosystem for smartwatches to thrive in, such as zipping through lines or go about my days easier with various shortcuts, I can totally see people will try and put it on their wrist, even haute horology lovers.