[petra]

Sure Apple once had unique design skills and attention to detail. The iPhone is a great example of that.

But mobile app design, and Apple's success gave many people/companies great expertise in design, And some do put the effort and attention to detail that is required.

So in today's world, is that enough ?

And if not, that might explain why Apple's watch wasn't meaningfully better than Android's - although it did made more money, probably, mostly because of brand and market position.

[valuearb]

The details are worth a lot to the right customers. For example, I might spend up to a thousand dollars more for my Mac than a similar PC. But that works out to a cost of way less than 50 cents an hour to me in work hours. The extra details only need increase my productivity less than 1% to pay for that. Details such as being able to run three operating systems, retina screens, high build quality, mag-safe, Mac OS features, etc, etc. For me, it's a no brainer.

I bought an Apple watch for development, but it's been a pretty good purchase all around. Two years of value and it works better than ever. I can't say the extra functionality makes it worth more than an android watch costing a few hundred less, but I suspect they do given it's something you wear every day.