I really don't understand why this is a thing.. Lockitron seems like yet another product that builds on the current fad of "do everything with your phone" without regard to actually being innovative and useful. Aside from narrow use-cases, this seems like it'd be more of a hassle than using a regular key.

Want to remotely unlock your property for somebody staying the weekend? That's what a property manager is for. Why would you want to deal with that? Want the convenience of "keyless entry" coming home from the grocery store, or whatever? "Just.. let me.. okay, I unlocked my phone. Now let me load the app. Oops, my WiFi isn't turned on, so let me just do that. Ah, alright.. and now it's finally unlocked." Or what if your wifi/internet goes down?

Unless I'm missing something, this is genuinely a lame product. Can anyone explain why this is actually something more than a clumsy me-too gizmo?