[zactato]

Thats got to be a super tiny population of the world

[Etheryte]

I wouldn't be so sure of that. There are many studies showing that age is strongly correlated with reduced smartphone use, additionally, youth only makes up a small portion of the whole population.

[seanmcdirmid]

Youth are fewer, youth have an outsized affect on consumption however. Meanwhile, older people tend to slow down consumption a lot, and therefore you can't really make as much money catering to them.

[voisin]

I suspect OP is also including Android users in the group too.

[nextos]

FWIW, I don't use Apple anymore. But I think this would be a nice product and it'd also stimulate the market.

Right now, most expensive fitness trackers rely on smartphones.

I think only Garmin and Polar can be set up without a smartphone, but Polar still relies on smartphones for GPS updates.

[steve_adams_86]

I figure if I'm in that group, it can't be that small of a group. I'm a turbo normie and no thought I have is remotely unique or original. There are at least dozens of us out there using our watches as phones.

But seriously, probably millions of people would prefer to not carry a phone everywhere yet still have the essentials (texting and calling) handy if need be.