Ornatus-Mundi[Zenith]
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Yes, those who would never consider buying a wrist watch...
Mar 11, 2015,10:52 AM
- are used to smart devices and their daily need to be charged, so I think this is not much of an issue for those customers
- could (subjunctive!) be even attracted to the 'real watch' market, thus bear the potential to adding to the watch industry.
Now, since the launch of the iPhone 5 in September 2012 Apple has sold more than 400 million Apple watch-compatible devices. If only a little more than 5% of the owners buy an Apple Watch we almost have the annual output of the entire Swiss watch industry. These are huge numbers!
And this means, for any other potential players in the market, being from the smart device/computer or watch industry, there is a huge hurdle to achieve critical mass. And thus is the reason why I agree with almost all you wrote - save for your last sentence. The watch industry should streamline efforts now!
Oh, and one thing: the smart watches, particularly the Apple watch, offers something radically different to the centuries old players... ;-)
cheers,
Magnus