health of wearable.

found this interesting http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/02/technology/fitbit-stock-tanks/index.html?iid=SF_LN

The yikes moment from the article

Yet, the overall market for wearable devices is experiencing turbulence. Worldwide sales for smartwatches plunged 52% in the third quarter compared to the same period a year earlier, according to a recent report by IDC.

Surely this is not a saturation moment – too early for that. Are fitness bands losing their appeal?

Don

 

Conversation 2 comments

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    Premium Member
    14 November, 2016 - 5:24 pm

    <p>As a "normal", I look at them a little differently.&nbsp; I’m not so sure they are fitness bands, so much as notification bands with fitness attachments – at least that is what they have all grown into. And after the novelty, I’m wondering if people are just tired of the constant drain on attention- it’s now further removed than having to lug your phone out of your pocket.</p>
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    <p>Perhaps I’m wrong.&nbsp; But the factional attention these wearables encourage is perhaps the bigger issue, and now that the early adopters have adopted, things are petering out.</p>
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    <p>I may be completely off base, but it’s why I have resisted upgrading my Fitbit and my Suunto.&nbsp; I know I would enable the features, and they’re features I’m not looking forward to.&nbsp; Resistance is futile, though…</p>

  • Simard57

    15 March, 2017 - 9:49 am

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