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Survey: most Americans don’t want wearable tech like iWatch, Google Glass


Apple’s anticipated iWatch and Google Glass have provoked plenty of headlines, but a recent poll shows that a majority of well-heeled Americans with college degrees wouldn’t consider buying or wearing such devices, Macworld reports. The April telephone poll of 1011 Americans 18 and older found that only 34 percent of those polled who make $100,000 or more a year would consider buying or wearing a consumer-grade smartwatch or smart glasses. For those with a significantly smaller income, US$35,000 annually, the percentage of those interested in the technology increases to 47 percent. College graduates are also least likely to buy wearable technology, according to the survey.

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