Samsung May Be Building a Cheaper Smartwatch Right When It Needs One Most
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A cheaper, non–Wear OS Samsung watch would be a signal that vendors are willing to trade ecosystem lock-in for margin and volume in wearables. If you're building on watch platforms, plan for more fragmentation in OS and capabilities rather than assuming a clean Apple/Google duopoly.
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