robertk328
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I mostly agree with this but I would expand it to affluent people in general. I work in private wealth management and many of my clients (who are generally older than millennials) own an Apple Watch. It's more of a status symbol than other smart watches.
Now that would be funny. To be out hiking or backpacking and run into someone else who has one.
I too have noticed an increasing amount of them! And when I ask about them, the response is always glowing!
So its been just over 2 years since the watch went on sale. Other than friends and coworkers who have an Apple Watch, are you seeing more of them out in the general public? I have. Especially since the series 2 came out last September. Some of my non-scientific observations:
Space Grey seems to be the one of choice for men. I have yet to see a guy with a gold or rose gold watch.
Other than one friend, guys get the 42mm watch. Most women have 38mm but I have see several sporting a 42mm. Including a female coworker who had a rose gold series 0 but just got a Space Grey Nike.
Most have a sport band. I have seen a few leather and Milanese loops. Which surprises me considering the Best Buy by me never seems to have any decent bands in stock. So somebody is buying them. I think I have only seen a couple with a nylon band.
I have seen somebody using their watch as a phone twice. Both times it was while I was walking out of the Target right down the street.
Overall I don't see them as often as I see people wearing a fitbit, but they are definitely becoming more popular.
As a boarding pass once or twice, but usually the orientation of the scanner makes it difficult to contort your wrist to use the watch for such.
Alex Lindsay of Pixel Corp and MacBreak Weekly says when flying, he turns his Watch around so it's on the inside of his wrist just to make scanning easier.
I have yet to see anyone with a stainless steel one. I see a lot of people with the aluminum Watches, though. They're everywhere it seems.