Nearly 1 Million Apple Watch Orders Already Beats Android Wear

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The Apple Watch flew off digital shelves this weekend, amassing close to 1 million pre-orders on the first day it went up for sale. The Apple Watch has already outsold every single Android Wear watch combined, trumping the collective 720,000 units sold throughout 2014 (reported by market research firm Canalys).

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1 million is a lot of Smartwatches.
 
alakazam said:
I don't really see the usefulness of a smartwatch. The screen would be too small for me to do any practical tasks on it. I don't understand why people are so hyped about smartwatches...
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I think people who buy a smartwatch for quickly reading, and replying to short text messages where a short reply like "fine" will be ok, and to answer their voice calls without the need to take out their phone.
 
Some smartwatches also have stuff like a heartrate monitor, activity tracker, and other health features.
 
I know some people at school getting it for bragging rights.

But really, how useful is this watch?
 
Demon_Skeith said:
I know some people at school getting it for bragging rights.

But really, how useful is this watch?
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It can probably be program to tell the time of different countries on one screen, so it is useful for travelers.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
not really something I would take on a travel. HUGE theft risk.
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If you buy a watch which have a tight leather wrist strap where the strap is tightly wrap around your hand like a belt for pants, it would be harder to steal unless the robber starts a fight with you, and unbuckle your watch belt, or points a gun or knife at you asking you for your watch, so you don't get hurt.

I think smartphones, tablets, and laptops are more likely to get stolen because they are not tightly strapped to your arm like a watch or bracelet.

You can also cover up the watch with your sweater, or jacket.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
not really something I would take on a travel. HUGE theft risk.
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I don't see how it's any more of a theft risk than a phone... especially considering it's strapped on to you all the time. 

I don't see how smartwatches are useful... the screen would be too small to type on. 
 
alakazam said:
How else would a robbery unfold...? :rolleyes:
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If you are an attractive woman or man, you can ask a Apple Watch Owner if you can wear his watch, and after you wear his watch, quickly run away, or push down the owner to the floor, and quickly run away wearing his watch.

Although, using a person good looks would not always work out unless the Apple Watch owner is dumb enough to let others hold his watch, so I think using violence with a gun, or a knife will still be the main way a robbery is unfold like most robberies where a weapon is involved.  
 
^I agree, realistically we don't need to worry about theft of the Apple Watch. Plus, most likely, the Apple Watch would have some anititheft software features like remote/iCloud locking, Find my Watch App, and lockscreen Apps which  password protect the Watch, so the Watch won't be useful if its locked, or being tracked by Apple or the Police by using tracking software.

For people who are still fearful of their watch being stolen, they can probably buy a third-party Apple Watch Straps with a lock which requires a tiny key or number combination to unlock the tiny lock on the watch's strap to unlock themselves from their watch.
 
hissae2 said:
I don't see how it's any more of a theft risk than a phone... especially considering it's strapped on to you all the time. 

I don't see how smartwatches are useful... the screen would be too small to type on. 
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with the phone you can at least hide it, a watch you're waving it everywhere along with your hand.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
with the phone you can at least hide it, a watch you're waving it everywhere along with your hand.
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You can also hide a watch in a small box, your pocket, larger wallet, or purse like a smartphone.
 
alakazam said:
Watches are usually worn on your wrist. Also, I found a a (slightly disturbing) comic about why smartwatches that can be used to have phone calls could be dangerous:

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I think you will most likely need to tap on the watch's screen to answer it unless your watch have voice commands.
 
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