How will today's smart watches be seen?

[Henryj]

I think this first (and maybe second) iteration is in Beanie Baby land right now. Give it a few years to mature, then ask the question again.

Edit to add: We're the wrong people to ask because we tend to default to "is it a good watch?". Ask the same question on an Apple or techie forum.

[JBZ]

No one will wear today's smart watches years from now because the technology won't be compatible with whatever systems/devices are being used in the future. Just like no one uses an Apple Macintosh SE anymore, and hasn't for years.

Can't say the same for traditional mechanical or quartz watches.

I agree (and have again reached my quota).

I won't be moving from mechanical/traditional watches, but I am considering adding the Apple Sport Watch. I read that it works great with the Golfshot iPhone app, which is the only way I'd use it. Well, maybe to see if I receive an important text while waiting at the tee.

Battery technology is a limiting factor too.

My understanding is that battery technology really is at a limit right now. A lot of research is going into developing a truly long lasting battery as it would be a game changer, but this is still seen as pretty far off.

I guess if AT was asking whether people will still be wearing smart watches in the future that have been designed to keep up with prevailing technology, it's possible. However, I interpreted his question to mean whether people would be wearing the watches being released today in the future.

[AtomicTom]

Boy guys, you really made this topic even more interesting than I imagined !!!

Was thinking a lot of people had some feelings, or opinions, but wow, awesome !

..P.S. @ Jeff, yup you're right sir. Was wondering if today's smart watches would
still be worn decades from now. Kind of like a vintage watch. Guess we'll have to
wait, and see. ..Thanks so much for chiming in everybody !

[foodle]

Was wondering if today's smart watches would
still be worn decades from now.

I think that's highly unlikely. We don't use old cell phones, computers, PDAs, etc. For these types of items, "classic" is another word for "obsolete".

[KLR_Redux]

Considering the difficulties in getting something like a late 60s vintage Accutron ready to wear, I doubt anyone will be wearing one of those detestable devices any longer than people use their cell phone. As much as it pains me, I need to replace my 4S simply because it cannot keep up anymore- applications are slowly losing effectiveness as new versions have trouble with the old phone.

[foodle]

My understanding is that battery technology really is at a limit right now. A lot of research is going into developing a truly long lasting battery as it would be a game changer, but this is still seen as pretty far off.

Another issue with batteries is whether you actually want to be carrying around so much energy on your wrist or in your pocket. The energy density of a good lithium ion or lithium polymer battery is only about 10x less than TNT. This is one reason the TSA limited the number of spare laptop batteries you can carry on a plane. Every once in a while you hear about someone's laptop or phone battery burning up when they go bad a release the energy all at once. Not fun.

[YellowBullet]

About as cool as this (no offense to anyone owning one):