wearables
8 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Benedict Evans · across every show →
Everything said about wearables, oldest first
Jul 15, 2017 positive
Evans: Wearables, IoT, and drones are fundamentally just reassembled smartphones
“It powers wearables and Internet of Things and connected cars and drones and everything else, because fundamentally all of those things are basically smartphones just put together in a different way, but put together by the same people with the same components…”
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Mercando: Consumers will buy wearables on seasonal fashion cycles like clothing
“I think so, yeah. And I think that they'll be buying devices, again, in the same sort of life cycle that they buy clothing. So when the new device comes out that season, they'll want to run and buy it. They'll want to buy the winter version, they'll want to bu…”
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Dixon: Enterprise applications will lead consumer adoption in wearable tech
“I think there's a reasonable chance that you'll see the corporate use cases leading Like, unlike what we've seen over the last 15 years in technology, which is the consumer has led the enterprise. You know, the stuff you have at home on your iPhone and Gmail i…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Rachel Kalmar: Wearables fail by delivering raw data instead of solutions
“Most people say, okay, I have flour, but I don't bake. I want a cookie. Where's my cookie? And the challenge is that there aren't cookies yet, and that's not the fault of any one company. It's just a reflection of where the field is.”
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Rachel Kalmar: Future wearables will automatically control smart home environments
“And I think another path will be closing feedback loops automatically. So without the person in the loop, the mood ring that would monitor how much exposure I've had to light. And instead of going through the seasonal affective disorder, kind of a funk where y…”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral