This is wrong. There's a difference between what analists expects and actual numbers you now... This article wasn't about some analist predictions, it's about actual numbers showing the Apple Watch is not selling.
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This is wrong. There's a difference between what analists expects and actual numbers you now... This article wasn't about some analist predictions, it's about actual numbers showing the Apple Watch is not selling.
I told you, who's gonna buy a watch that doesn't do much but notifications and you need to have an iPhone to use it? Seriously, this is a complete failure and it was expected by everyone but the Apple fanatics.
Stop please. If you want us to take you seriously then at least you should make a good point. If you could buy a $75,000 car for $20,000 eveyone would do it. The Apple Watch Edition doesn't offer you anything else besides that is made of gold.
Except none of this is actual sales data. It's an estimate based on e-mail traffic of a self-selected group of people who don't mind someone snooping their e-mails, and it's limited to the US. While I'm sure the general direction is correct, I view these estimates with a lot of suspicion. I don't think the US is intended to be the largest market for the Watch. That may be China. If anything, Apple's probably more worried about the stock market crash in China than they are statistics coming from Slice.
How is it a complete failure? It had its initial pop and we're now entering the historical "lull" period when iPhone sales decline. I think the intended release cycle for Apple Watch is with the new iPhone each year, particularly since it's an accessory. The fact that Apple is reporting results in Other, and said that they were doing so 6 months before it went on sale tells me that they had muted expectations in the first place.
It hasn't been through a full cycle yet. Watches are gift items. There will be another sales push this fall, along with a lot more functionality in Watch OS 2. Don't be that dumb.
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I did make a good point. Gold jewelry doesn't offer anything over lesser materials other than that it's made of gold. Burberry sells a quartz watch with a gold case for $14,000. Mechanically, it's exactly the same as the steel version they sell for $450 and the gold-plated one they sell for $3,500. Functionally, it's no different from a $12 quartz watch you can get at a Wal-Mart. The markups get higher as the material quality improves.
A couple months ago they posted a huge start from information gathered from Slice and all the negative posters were saying the Slice info is worthless and not at all accurate or even true. Now that they post that sales have dropped off, the same people who were negative on the info two months ago are now loving this from the same company. 
I actually believe that the sales have died off and the watch in the current form will not get more than 10% (at best) of the iPhone base... probably much less. If you are not a watch wearer, it is an even a harder sell - especially at the price unless there is a killer app or feature.
I do not believe the watch needs to be thinner or smaller as it really isn't that big at all. It needs more features and less dependency on the iPhone and to activate those other sensors (if they are allowed).
The biggest problem is the price and I do believe they will drop the price on the first gen eventually. Even though I own a 42mm SS and love it, not too many people want to spend the money for a product that isn't a "need" or "I want it". Maybe if the SS was $399 and the Sport was $250 (just examples) it would have sold more. The Apple Watch and every other company that makes a smart watch is not going away.
I actually believe that the sales have died off and the watch in the current form will not get more than 10% (at best) of the iPhone base... probably much less. If you are not a watch wearer, it is an even a harder sell - especially at the price unless there is a killer app or feature.
I do not believe the watch needs to be thinner or smaller as it really isn't that big at all. It needs more features and less dependency on the iPhone and to activate those other sensors (if they are allowed).
The biggest problem is the price and I do believe they will drop the price on the first gen eventually. Even though I own a 42mm SS and love it, not too many people want to spend the money for a product that isn't a "need" or "I want it". Maybe if the SS was $399 and the Sport was $250 (just examples) it would have sold more. The Apple Watch and every other company that makes a smart watch is not going away.
It goes without being said, but this is completely false.
So true... completely false and an idiotic comment from someone just trying to make people mad.
Is that in America?
5 years is just barely 1 car generation. A 30k car would be a low-end luxury car like a 3 series BMW. A 1 generation old BMW 3 series isn't going to be 5k, prob closer to 15-20k.
Agreed. Obviously from somebody who doesn't even understand how freeing it is to go outside and exercise (in addition to listening to a synced playlist through Bluetooth headphones) while fitness tracking and not have to drag your big screen iPhone with you (or strap it to your arm with an uncomfortable and intrusive armband).
Do you actually believe everything you read? I don't buy the 2 day battery life and I bet it would die within an hour of streaming youtube videos.
Is Wall Street hammering on Google left right and center to produce the next big thing? Apple is under a helluva lot more pressure than Google to crank out the next hit. Don't forget in 2013 and even early 2014 some were calling for the board to replace Tim Cook. In fact one reporter from Fox Business claimed that the board was pressuring Cook to innovate more. I'm sure it was BS but it was out there. Apple has hired a lot of people with medical backgrounds and from the medical devices space. They didn't all get fired after Watch launched. I'm sure Apple is still working on a lot of that stuff. And just because it's a medical device doesn't mean it had to be fugly cheap plastic. As far as waiting until there was a truly revolutionary product what was iPad other than Steve wanting to be able to read email while he was sitting on the toilet. And since you brought up Google I give you Google Glass.
Sometimes time is more important than money.
Also the talent required for a self-driving car program is very niche and difficult even on the level of Apple or Google.
explain it.
what's logical about a bracelet with a technology? you'd need a battery to power it and recharging cycles. But what would the functionality be? In other words what functionality would it have over a smartphone.
oh and yes Google likes to waste a lot of time on bad projects, that is part of their corporate culture.
me too. thx
This past weekend, I worked on my yard for three hours with my blue tooth headphones and the apple watch listening to a book and my iPhone was in the house. I responded to about 10 messages and work emails, scheduled two meetings for this week, made a list for items I needed from the store and never stopped working or needed my phone. I used the workout app and had almost 2000 calories and 190 minute workout that was logged. The watch was at 95% when I started and was at 69% when completed and at 40% at 10pm. I am very impressed.
I do believe the watch is overpriced but I can afford it so it is very worth it to me and my 6 other watches have not been worn once and they all cost about the same as my Apple Watch and they only tell the time. I really like the Watch and if Apple lowers the price OR adds some more features, it will sell even more.
This isn't going away... Apple, Samsung and others will keep making smartwatches.
A $30,000 car is more like a fully equipped Honda Accord. A BMW 1 series starts around $35,000. The 3 series is into the $40,000s if you want luxury features like a folding rear seat.
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LOL you are so right... actual numbers? It's a guess based only from Slice users. I believe it is probably true with a plus/minus accuracy in the range of 10-25%. I am sure the sales have dried up to some degree. I love it how people now say Slice is actual numbers when just a month or so ago when Slice said sales were about 2mm the same people were saying Slice is worthless information and completely guessing.
Thankfully we have sanity with Rene Ritchie. Perhaps this is the article MacRumors should have wrote instead.
http://www.imore.com/opinion-apple-watch-sales-coverage-plunges-90-accuracy
http://www.imore.com/opinion-apple-watch-sales-coverage-plunges-90-accuracy
As smartphones have gotten bigger, they have also become less convenient. I think if the Sport gets GPS runners will buy it. People don't like to do their morning runs with their phones anymore. The technology isn't quite there but will be soon. The LG Urbane and Samsung Gear S are about 75% there, but the watches are too big for many people.
Accessories by definition don't replace anything, but they do complement other things. These devices don't need to do much, if anything that the phone can't, except for the health and fitness functions. Women are going to be wearing bracelets for a long time. If those bracelets can be functional and aesthetically pleasing, they can serve a purpose. It doesn't make commercial sense yet for Apple or anyone else to make a whole line of "smart" bracelets, watches, necklaces, etc. but that day could come.
Remember, it's only over the last 15 years or so that watches in general fell out of favor, and they still are big sellers in absolute terms. Go to any shopping mall and there are lots of stores selling watches. $350-$1100 is at the high end of the mall watch category, but certainly not unreasonable.
Well I said it then and I'm still saying it now. And I say the same with IDC and any other analytics firm that doesn't have access to actual sales data. Like Rene Ritchie said:
The one indicative thing about the medical aspects of the watch will be FDA filings. If Apple wants to have some sort of anonymity in the filings, they need to have shell companies, or other companies that do the work for them.