Comments on: Smart Watch – Which watch to watch

By: windsorr

windsorr — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:57:30 +0000

Agree…but you need all three to make it fly…I suspect that someone will come up with the answer….I think though that 1 is more difficult than it sounds…I havent seen anything fulfils 1 in my view

By: windsorr

windsorr — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:12:53 +0000

Dont disagree….I am looking forward to seeing the products…none have appeared yet!,

By: Najeeb Khan

Najeeb Khan — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:31:54 +0000

I think the 3 criteria can be fulfilled:

(1) Smartphone screens are getting very large – they will increasingly be less convenient to remove from your pocket, bag, pouch and used one-handed. Glance-able, wrist-based updates that convey *real* info could be very useful.
Wearable devices might have their own sensors (heart-rate) conveying info to the smartphone.

(2) The main concern here is about readability and battery life. Technologies such Bluetooth 4 (Bluetooth Low Energy) and Colour e-ink displays such as Mirasol, Liquavista may possibly address these types of concerns.

(3) Luxury watches tend to cost £1500 or much much more, they are status symbols in a certain price bracket and sell in limited volumes – especially watches like Hublot, Franck Muller, Patek Phillippe etc. Fashion watches bearing the name of an established fashion/sports brand tend to be at £200-£900 and sell in relatively high volumes. Smart watches priced at between £200 and £500 should be able to compete in this segment because they provide functionality and will become fashion items in themselves just like phones.

By: @samanjj

@samanjj — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:01:09 +0000

Agree to an extent. Apple is a fashionable tech brand with great exterior design. The nano came with watch faces but not a wrist band; it was not designed as a watch. Apple designs its gadgets to work well together but to function independently. 1 and 3 are relatively easy. But at the expense of 2.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:25:11 +0000

Many thanks….Think the pebble will fail against criteria one and three. dont know about two.

By: Timo Ahopelto

Timo Ahopelto — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:42:14 +0000

Really good insights, especially to three-bullet-list at the end. As an investor in this space I have been wondering what the consumer value proposition would really be. It is interesting to see how the Pebble users really will see the watch in real-life – that is a great test for smart watches.