[asadotzler]

No. They didn't. They said it was missing some fitness features they wanted and hoped that software updates or next year's rev would fix that -- which they did.

It was always clear that the form factor was workable and the execution just needed to evolve a tiny bit. The AVP has an unworkable form factor: 2 pounds of headset and battery, and wearing it means mussing your hair and makeup and smashing a strap-on dorkbox to the front of your face.

That's entirely unworkable in ways that cannot be fixed with a software update or even next year's incremental hardware improvements. This form factor is a decade away from mainstream at best.

This is nothing like the Watch and only someone with a child's view of these products would make that claim.

[nozzlegear]

You and I have very different recollections of the Apple Watch’s launch then. Everyone was convinced that the battery life would doom the product into obsolescence before it was even shipped to consumers. Only someone with a child’s view of these products would be unable to see the similarities between the two launches.