[TomSawyer]

I've witnessed this phenomenon multiple times.

1. Person buys or is gifted a Fitbit because it's inexpensive 2. Person retrains themselves to wear something on their wrist 3. Person is convinced that fitness tracking is beneficial 4. Person is fed up with the low quality of their Fitbit or it has out right fallen apart 5. Person buys an Apple Watch

[eldavido]

I have no reason to believe this is going to happen, but I wish Timex would buy Fitbit. FIT's market cap is right around a billion these days, which is affordable for a large, public company.

Fitbit = good software, good product DNA, garbage manufacturing, in need of better distribution.

Timex = great manufacturing, can't make software to save their lives, used to competing in a high-volume, low-margin retail environment

[brlewis]

I work for but don't speak for Fitbit.

I bet all the times you witnessed that phenomenon it was a Fitbit Charge HR. The 2016 and 2017 Fitbit trackers (Blaze, Alta, Charge 2, Flex 2, Alta HR) have way fewer issues with manufacturing quality.