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by melling 1850 days ago
Apple needs a little competition. I expected the Watch to advance much quicker.

6 years ago I wrote this blog saying everyone would be wearing a smart watch within a decade. My reasons were “health and safety“

https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/in-the-future-everyo...

“ There has been much discussion on the need for smart watches like the Apple Watch. People have a hard time believing that a large market exists. I can’t say with certainty that you’ll be wearing an Apple Watch a decade from now but you’ll definitely be wearing a smart watch from Apple, Google, or some new kid on the block.”

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Looks like you were wrong.
Yes, smart watches haven’t advanced as much as I thought they would.

Apple needs competition. They wouldn’t make large screen iPhones until Android started winning, for example.

Hopefully we get there. There’s a lot of promise in wearables:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/12/smartwatch-ca...