If you want people to use your platform instead of a competing platform, please make your initial ecosystem cost less than $1000 for me to buy into.
The Apple watch, complete with it's requirement to have an iPhone initially, makes the same kind of derp Apple made with the original iPod only supporting Macs, as a firewire-only product...
I suppose at this point, they just don't even care anymore, what with the fact that anything they make will sell millions of units regardless of anything, but I would have paid $150 for that watch, that's if it would work without an iPhone.
What if I just want a watch? Couldn't that potentially be a much larger market?
Apple, I swear, as an iOS developer you put food on me and my partners' table, but you make it really, really, difficult to actually support you.
The cheapest Apple watch for me in Canada right now (correct me if I'm wrong) is a harrowing $449...
Combine that with the minimum $469 I have to spend on an iPhone 5C, which is the cheapest model, and without AppleCare or taxes, I'm already close to $1k.
For $1k, I can get a Surface Pro 3 ($499), a Nokia Lumia 520 unlocked ($179) a pebble smartwatch ($119), still have $200 to spare, and be able to use my watch without my goddamn smartphone.
The Apple watch, complete with it's requirement to have an iPhone initially, makes the same kind of derp Apple made with the original iPod only supporting Macs, as a firewire-only product...
I suppose at this point, they just don't even care anymore, what with the fact that anything they make will sell millions of units regardless of anything, but I would have paid $150 for that watch, that's if it would work without an iPhone.
What if I just want a watch? Couldn't that potentially be a much larger market?
Apple, I swear, as an iOS developer you put food on me and my partners' table, but you make it really, really, difficult to actually support you.