Overview: The global smartwatch market is witnessing a decline for the first time ever, which is majorly driven by the Apple’s downfall and the decline in the consumer demand for the basic smartwatches. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of Apple’s downfall in the year 2024. The report involves the major reasons including increasing global competition, legal dispute, and decline in the consumer demand. Along with the reasons, the report also includes the potential solutions for Apple which the brand may consider and is currently working on to retain their leadership in the global smartwatch market in the upcoming time.Table of Contents:Why did Apple Shipments decline?What can be the potential remedies to get back on the growth path?OutlookNumber of Pages: 5Published Date: May 2025
It’s also likely driven down by non stop paywalling of features. Consumers like myself are just exhausted. I am only looking for non paywalls devices going forward and if those go away, then I’m going to be done with smart devices. I can’t keep paying hundreds to a thousand dollars for a device only to not be able to get the features of that device unless I keep throwing money at a company. I know they have costs to maintain software and add features but I can’t have perpetual costs on everything I buy.
I’m trying to think of what Apple Watch features are paywalled and other than buying apps that aren’t necessary or a part of the core device, I’m not thinking of anything. Are there particular features you’re thinking of?
Comparing to Garmin where I get daily workout recommendations based on your sleep and recovery. From what I’ve seen the workouts are behind the paywall.
Ah, so there is a subscription for guided workout sessions through Apple Fitness. I have that as a part of my subscription and it doesn’t have any kind of recommendation feature though; it’s just a subscription to watch guided workout sessions if you want to go seek them out.
The watch still has all of the health and workout tracking features available without it. Garmin is slated as more of a fitness-based watch so it doesn’t surprise me they might have different features than the Apple Watch does.
That is absolutely a core feature of Garmin not just a perk. The fact that Apple didn’t include it while doing explicit commercials for biking, running, and swimming was definitely to make it seem like it’s direct competition.
i mean as a core feature of a watch/smartwatch in general. garmin is going above and beyond compared to the competition in that area, and that’s great. But that doesn’t mean every other smartwatch manufacturer arbitrarily locking traditional watch features behind paywalls.
and yeah apple does fitness themed commercials for apple watch because it does help with fitness a ton out of the box. just not specifically guided workouts.
It’s also likely driven down by non stop paywalling of features. Consumers like myself are just exhausted. I am only looking for non paywalls devices going forward and if those go away, then I’m going to be done with smart devices. I can’t keep paying hundreds to a thousand dollars for a device only to not be able to get the features of that device unless I keep throwing money at a company. I know they have costs to maintain software and add features but I can’t have perpetual costs on everything I buy.
I’m trying to think of what Apple Watch features are paywalled and other than buying apps that aren’t necessary or a part of the core device, I’m not thinking of anything. Are there particular features you’re thinking of?
Comparing to Garmin where I get daily workout recommendations based on your sleep and recovery. From what I’ve seen the workouts are behind the paywall.
Ah, so there is a subscription for guided workout sessions through Apple Fitness. I have that as a part of my subscription and it doesn’t have any kind of recommendation feature though; it’s just a subscription to watch guided workout sessions if you want to go seek them out.
The watch still has all of the health and workout tracking features available without it. Garmin is slated as more of a fitness-based watch so it doesn’t surprise me they might have different features than the Apple Watch does.
that’s more like an added perk from garmin. I’d hardly consider workout plans a core feature of a watch.
That is absolutely a core feature of Garmin not just a perk. The fact that Apple didn’t include it while doing explicit commercials for biking, running, and swimming was definitely to make it seem like it’s direct competition.
i mean as a core feature of a watch/smartwatch in general. garmin is going above and beyond compared to the competition in that area, and that’s great. But that doesn’t mean every other smartwatch manufacturer arbitrarily locking traditional watch features behind paywalls.
and yeah apple does fitness themed commercials for apple watch because it does help with fitness a ton out of the box. just not specifically guided workouts.
…and shareholders to please…
Arguably the bigger cost sink.
Most definitely.