Basically none of the technology Apple showed off in the original iPhone release was 100% brand new that no one else had, they just put it all together in a way that had never been done before.
Garmin has that, but does it integrate the same way?
Apple rarely introduces breaking tech. They release optimized tech that makes good products. Rarely first to market - they experiment, learn, adapt, and go in when confident.
I think in this case Garmin does watch features quite well, but the target audience is quite different. For the varieties of fitness tracking, granularity of data, resilient packaging, and battery life, garmin takes the cake. But on the flip side, picture quality and apps are much better on Apple's devices.
"Some other company that wanted to differentiate from our market-leading product developed a useful feature before we prioritized it so better never add it to our product because they did it first. No user wants a feature that they could find in another product!"
Because it's a useless comment to make. I'd say the same of Android or Fitbit if they added a feature the other already had.
It's just unnecessary. The people who want or have one or the other won't care that another watch already had it if their chosen watch is adding the feature.
I bought a Garmin for running a couple years ago. It’s not bad, but for 250/300$, the UI and overall user experience is so far behind any Apple product, I will never buy another one.
So yes features are good, but making them easily usable is also important. Being first isn’t the only thing that matters.
At least when you buy an Apple Watch you know your watch isn’t going to stop working because the company you bought it from let themselves get infected by ransomware
Garmin has that, but does it integrate the same way?