Leak: Almost a Third of Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatches Are Being Returned 365
llebeel writes "Almost a third of Samsung's Galaxy Gear Smartwatches sold are being returned, a leaked document has revealed, which shows that over 30 percent are being returned after sale at Best Buy locations in the US. The higher than expected return rate could be due to that realisation, with customers impulse buying and then realising that the smartwatch isn't everything it's cracked up to be." I'd like to hear from more people with smart watches who are happy with them, to better understand the appeal.
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Re:One day battery life. (Score:5, Funny)
Ha! My first regular watch had to be"recharged" every day. You didn't need to plug it in though, you just rotated the little knob on the side of it until the spring was tight.
Re:One day battery life. (Score:5, Funny)
True. But I bet you never left your charger at home!
Re:A "smart watch"... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? (Score:5, Funny)
No. 20 years ago we had the Casio databank watch... A calculator, world time clock, and personal contact manager. It wasn't cool back then either, it made you a nerd.
I had a Casio calculator watch (just a boring calculator watch, without the databank stuff) when I was a kid, and I can assure you it didn't make me a nerd. In fact, the causality is exactly opposite; being a nerd made me get a calculator watch.
Re:Maybe (Score:5, Funny)
One out of three people decided they looked like a dork with that awful thing on their wrist.
That didn't stop people from buying calculator watches back in the day.
Re:Maybe (Score:2, Funny)
No, his fucking hand is the one that is preoccupied.
Re:Maybe (Score:4, Funny)
The question is will it be valuable like an Apple I, or just a curiosity like a PalmPilot or a CueCat? Selling an original Apple I will pay for a lot of retirement. Selling a CueCat won't.
Nice try. I have half a dozen CueCats in storage and you are not going to trick me out of them with your clever schemes!
Re:Really? Did we ever really want smart watches? (Score:4, Funny)
What are you, a jock?
Re:Maybe (Score:2, Funny)
That's weird, your girlfriend holds a wine glass in each hand when I'm fucking her.
Re:Maybe (Score:1, Funny)
I really hope those glasses are empty, otherwise you may be doing it wrong.