marklemcd wrote:
krez wrote:
marklemcd wrote:
While a few people would like it, maybe the demand isn't there for something with on board music storage, especially in an age where the fastest growing segment buys no music at all but streams it.
There are a lot of really good use cases for having stored music: Airplans, running, subways. Apparently subways are the reason why Spotify allowed you to download a playlist locally. But if the UI integration is good where you can just click the "Save playlist to my Garmin" button, then I think it would be huge.
The concept of on board music storage doesn't actually make sense to a lot of people, but if you obfuscate it behind something that people do understand, then it works well.
Edit: After some thought, I even more strongly disagree that there isn't a market for this. Every single runner that I know also carries their cell phone so that they can listen to music while they run (and take pictures and use maps, etc, but mainly for music. And my network is not exactly small.)
I think your edit demonstrates why the market is small. I run with a phone so I can call my wife if something goes wrong or vice versa and so I can take photos. It's a benefit that I can listen to music or podcasts. So why do I need it on my watch if I'm bringing my phone anyway to take photos or for emergencies?
And I'm not running or biking in a subway anytime soon so it's not like that's a use case to have it on the watch.
Plus how big will the watch be to have storage?
I just don't see it being a big market.
I'm still not sure I agree. I would guess that the majority of people who run never run far enough away to require a phone call. I do roughly 95% of my running within a few miles of my house or my work and never bring my phone. I would venture most people are in a similar boat (regarding not needing your phone for calling purposes.) Biking, yes I always bring my phone, but that's because if anything happens I won't be able to get home. Not for running though.
Regarding storage, there are sd cards the size of the nail on your pinky finger that can hold 256gb. That's enough to hold over 50,000 songs. If I were to guess, I'd say that the 935 has no more than 2gb of storage. Upgrading that to even 4 or 8gb would cost pennies per watch.
If you truly believe this is a small market, I urge you to consider the common case (ie people other than yourself.)