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Best Buy retail in Santana Row got just three Moto 360 units

by on17 September 2014



That is some number

Last week we went to a Best Buy in Santana Row, one of the fancy shopping neighbourhoods in San Jose, in the hope of seeing or potentially buying a Moto 360 for review. We went there just a few days after the official release and ended up talking to one of the guys in the store.

It turns out that the watch was instantly sold out practically instantly, but when we asked if the shop got tens or hundreds of units, the friendly retailer giggled and said that they received a mere three pieces. People actually waited in line for the watch and three lucky guys ended up walking home with one. We were shocked to hear that shop didn’t get a Moto 360 display where people would be able to play with the watch. This is a new product class and people simply want to see and try out before they buy it, hence we expected it on display. This didn’t happen. 

Motorola doesn’t appear to think this is important, as consumers were able to get it on the Best Buy online store, but it the meantime it sold out there, too. With battery life measured in hours rather than days, the sleek Moto 360 does not sound too practical, but then again it is pretty and geeks like shiny things. 

On top of that, Google’s Android Wear is simply not ready for prime time. Once you spend time with any Android Wear device from Samsung, LG or Motorola you can easily tell that the platform is unfinished. It is not just rough around the edges, it feels like a beta, but these things are actually shipping. Android Wear 1.0 feels like Android OS 1.x and this is a disappointment. Watches like the Moto 360, LG G Watch R and Asus Zenwatch sport decent hardware, but the OS is letting them down.

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