Hopefully they will lower the prices slightly with gen 2.
Also, has it not occurred to anyone that the fact they don't believe in the product is that they didn't have Steve Jobs sell it to them?
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Hopefully they will lower the prices slightly with gen 2.
Also, has it not occurred to anyone that the fact they don't believe in the product is that they didn't have Steve Jobs sell it to them?
MacRumors is the troll in the first place.
Why quote some random source we know nothing about, and citing them as like being Apple...
They can't turn a profit with 1M units? It's due to their GROSS incompetence, either they accepted a price too low from Apple, or they just suck.
And ofc a company like Apple has multiple sources for everything or almost everything. For example, the A8 can be TSMC or Samsung, the screens can be LG, Samsung, and others..., etc...
I'm in the "wait to see what happens with gen 2" camp. But even then if the changes aren't good enough I'll pick up my stuff and move to the "wait to see what happens with gen 3" part of the site.
Had one on preorder and was hyped for it. But I dunno, it acted like a nice cool down period and after a month of waiting I just gave up on it. So in a way that botched launch was quite good for me!
Had one on preorder and was hyped for it. But I dunno, it acted like a nice cool down period and after a month of waiting I just gave up on it. So in a way that botched launch was quite good for me!
..and making assumptions based on what Tim Cook says can be just as stupid.
He and his colleagues will manipulate the stock just as much as the analysts. When a CEO makes a speech they are very careful that you hear what THEY want you to hear. When they say product A outsold product B they do not normalise those results unless it suits them.
What does he mean by outsold? More numbers, more revenue, more profit or a combination of all three. Tim Cook will be devious when it suits him to be so I can promise you that. Please make sure you add water to your Kool Aid in future.
Great news for you. The Apple Watch is NOT entirely dependent on the iPhone. Watch functions will work without an iPhone in close proximity.
Ball is in your court now.
You've nailed it.
The iPad was designed to do a few things very well; to be the optimum device for those few things.
The Apple Watch does many things quite well, but is not focused like the iPad. Apple should have made it more limited in functions but made those functions more powerful.
I think we just don't have the battery tech or the power to fulfil this criteria, and don't think we will for years. That's why this feels like the Newton again—a product before its time.
You're so determined to debunk any hint of bad A-Watch news or comments at every turn. I'm starting to wonder if this is an extreme case of confirmation bias or maybe you're actually Tim Cook using an alias.
You and Rogifan have been hounding this thread (and any other where people have some criticism of the Apple Watch) ... between the two of you on this thread alone you have a combined 20 posts, and it's similar on other threads.
I think it's clear who the real trolls are.
Yeah, the references to social activism and Cook's "own preferences" pretty much sum off this completely off-target post for what it really expresses. I disagree with each and every reference. Plus, the watch is a fun addition to my Apple stuff.
The Ipod or Iphone wasn't a smash hit within 3 month of release (or even 1 year), and this sells as well as the Ipad which was a more general product (it didn't need another apple device). It is a success by all non delusional gauge.
Considering they dominate the segment, a brand new segment (high smart watches) some even questioned the entire validity of, selling 4 times more than their main competition and people buying it love it, it's a success by that token too.
I'm tired of people invoking Job's memory again like some weird cultists.
Jobs had plenty of of fkups even after he came back and many early IOS releases were massively problematic for previous devices, like IOS 3 and 4.
Apple sells more Iphone in a quarter than they sold in the first 2.5 years of sales and dominates its competition more ever since Cook took control. You don't get that by just trading on Jobs name.
Apple has 10 times the revenue it had when it released the Iphone, so no its not the same, it can't be.
Operating a very large company which such a large scope has its own set of challenges; something Jobs would not want to handle, and could not. That's why Cook was such a precious ally and his successor.
Some people act like Cook was somehow not part of Apple's success before 2010 when he was an integral part of it.
Just to clarify, he didn't have to have his phone with him to use Apple Pay on his Watch:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20767?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
Although you need an iPhone to do most things with Apple Watch, you can still do several things with Apple Watch without having an iPhone in range.
- Play music from a synced playlist on Apple Watch
- Use the watch, alarms, timers, and the stopwatch
- Keep track of your activity (stand, move, exercise) with the Activity
app
- Track workouts
- Display photos from synced photo albums
- Use Apple Pay to make purchases.
Considering that it lasts a whole day for EVERYONE I've ever heard review, and everyone I know. And the ridiculous over the top put down "100 times more". I'm going to call you a liar; you don't really own a Apple watch at all.
Yes, you are amused they'll make 8-9B in revenues this year and probably 15B next year from a complementary product you deemed useless and frivolous... Man, its a good thing you or any of the naysayers don't run Apple.
It can already last 24h, most people have 25-50% when they go to bed (as per most comments on this site and most reviews), GPS has a resolution of +- 30 feet, in what way would that improve a calibrated Apple watch when you exercise (it will not, and that's the only time where it would make a difference, rest of the time you got your phone with you). As for lowering the price, they may lower the cheapest one to $300, but that's it; don't expect $200...
and not to mention the OS2 in sept with NATIVE APPSJust to clarify, he didn't have to have his phone with him to use Apple Pay on his Watch:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20767?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
Although you need an iPhone to do most things with Apple Watch, you can still do several things with Apple Watch without having an iPhone in range.
- Play music from a synced playlist on Apple Watch
- Use the watch, alarms, timers, and the stopwatch
- Keep track of your activity (stand, move, exercise) with the Activity
app
- Track workouts
- Display photos from synced photo albums
- Use Apple Pay to make purchases.
I do. I did. This is really why it would be a hit. A hit because of the huge apple marketing machine push that was \ is behind it.
Everybody is quite sensibly waiting for Apple Watch ][.
The only reason to get an Apple Watch is to put it in the corner of your attic, unopened with tags, with the hope that in 50 years time you can sell it as a collectable. Even then you'll still have trouble beating what you paid for it originally.
The only reason to get an Apple Watch is to put it in the corner of your attic, unopened with tags, with the hope that in 50 years time you can sell it as a collectable. Even then you'll still have trouble beating what you paid for it originally.
It doesn't matter - they've made a profit and smart watches are the future. Apple will continue and improve the apple watch.
Apple will continue to pursue the wearable health aspects - is so popular - a market that cannot be ignored.
They aren't going sling their arms up in the air and give up.
Apple will continue to pursue the wearable health aspects - is so popular - a market that cannot be ignored.
They aren't going sling their arms up in the air and give up.
It does not take a great deal of analysis to see that the launch is very disappointing. There is simply not enough utility for a watch that must be charged once a day. Fanboys are loyal, but not completely stupid.
The revenue is miniscule in Apple terms. The important thing thing is that we are not far from a media consensus that the platform is a bust. Tim Cook staked much on this and it will be far from the winner that he and the shareholders had hoped for
Tim Cook knows what is going on and is navigating it the way anyone would.
Apple is a phone company with a product that is 75% its revenue. You do what you can to protect and nurture that. Keep messaging and video calling proprietary and tout features that extend those capabilities to laptops and the desktop.
Had they not gotten the head start to lock "the opposite of power users" (don't know what you call them. You know the ones, they don't even know how to use their calendar or input contacts correctly on their phone) on apple phones we'd all be using WhatsApp and Skype without question.
Oh, and apple might have been done because of it, no matter how superior anyone perceives the apple phone.
Or you could have used your phone.
It might even take until the 4th or 5th generation. The Apple Watch will be huge down the road. That's what so many people don't see - potential. Apple is playing a long game with a health device. That's where it's going, as you pointed out. It's not just Apple. Google and Microsoft and Samsung and others are working on the technology too.