It's a tactic, so they can buy low and sell high.
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Apple Reports Q3 2015 Earnings of $10.7B on $49.6B Revenue: 47.5M iPhones, 10.9M iPads, 4.8M Macs
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It's a tactic, so they can buy low and sell high.
The mobile phone market in 2007 was much larger than either the watch or smart watch markets in 2015. The Watch also wasn't available in stores until June 26th. As I said before, we need to see a full year, since the holiday quarter should be the best quarter for the watch.
Oh I couldn't agree more, and hopefully my post doesn't come across as any indication of negative opinions on the iPhone. This stock performance should be evaluated completely independent of anyone's personal thoughts about Apple or their products or they are foolish. Wall Street looks at things differently.
I sold every last dime of my Apple stock when it reached $126 for the first time BECAUSE I LOVE MY 6 PLUS. I'm not even joking, I sold the company stock because I came to the realization that I like my phone enough that I will likely not upgrade it at 2 years....and I believe others will feel similar, coupled with overall market saturation.
You have and I haven't. I'm just speaking from my point of view. I have an AW and no one I encounter cares about it. People have always been curious about every Apple product I own. I never said its a failure, I just don't think it's performing as well as they expect it to, that's all.
Anecdotal evidences or not, it's not possible to compare Apple's users core base numbers between 2008 and 2015.
So any comparison between iPhone sales in 2008 and Apple Watch sales in 2015 is useless.
Whichever point of view you use.
So any comparison between iPhone sales in 2008 and Apple Watch sales in 2015 is useless.
Whichever point of view you use.
I'm not worried about Watch sales, but that's not really a valid comparison. The iPhone came on the market without a firmly established ecosystem. The Watch came on the market with a pretty fully baked ecosystem and lots of app developers looking for new opportunities. I expect the Watch to do AT LEAST as well.
They are not great, despite what Apple says
Well the trolls have to latch onto something negative don’t they? Samsung doesn’t release ANY sales numbers but that’s perfectly fine. Only with Apple is it a harbinger of doom.
Since the Apple Watch is an accessory, it can't be compared very easily to a standalone product. Anyone can buy an iPad or iPhone without owning another Apple product. To use the Apple Watch, you need to have an iPhone 5 or higher. That's around 350 million total possible customers, not all of whom are in countries where the Watch was available.[/QUOTE]
They said competitive reasons, they meant they don't want the lower sales shown. Everyone knows what the watch costs, and how will a competitor react if the sales are lower or higher than expected? They can't The watch is like other Apple products, it doesnt really compete, as Apple users will buy one, and non Apple users will buy other brands.
Looks like iPods have been moved into 'other' this quarter, so you can't look at how much 'other' has risen to work out watch sales.
Get a grip. Apple has already announced long time ago that they wouldn't disclose watch sales numbers for competitive reasons.
It's more of the same. Apple meets estimates but doesn't "beat" estimates. As a result, Apple stock drops after earnings.
I think the Apple Watch is a major reason for the drop. Tim Cook said that the company would not release Apple Watch sales figures. And he was smart to do so. By controlling the flow of information, he manages expectations. There are murmurs about "tepid" Watch sales that have come out in the last few weeks. It was tacitly expected that Apple would make some kind of announcement that would provide clarity about the Watch. But that did not happen. Apple has let the public continue to speculate.
It is easy to conclude that a company saying little about a new product is an indication that the product is not selling well. This is not always true but in Apple's case, it serves to feed the narrative that the Watch is not doing well.
I think the Apple Watch is a major reason for the drop. Tim Cook said that the company would not release Apple Watch sales figures. And he was smart to do so. By controlling the flow of information, he manages expectations. There are murmurs about "tepid" Watch sales that have come out in the last few weeks. It was tacitly expected that Apple would make some kind of announcement that would provide clarity about the Watch. But that did not happen. Apple has let the public continue to speculate.
It is easy to conclude that a company saying little about a new product is an indication that the product is not selling well. This is not always true but in Apple's case, it serves to feed the narrative that the Watch is not doing well.
Luca Maestri said as much. He said the actual number is much higher. He hinted that unit sales were at least 2.5 million by noting that it was outselling the iPad at this point.
Quit extrapolating the performance of a product based on your anecdotal experience