Bzzzzt. Wrong. Source: This very article covering the financials.
No matter how you slice it you're saying they should throw away $6bn+ of business, a business that own it's on is well into the Fortune 500 and growing, because it's not as much as iPhone. It is an absurd statement.
"Specifically, Apple Watch shipments have now reached an estimated
31.5 million units over the product's lifetime."
Did I ever say Apple should "throw away the ... Apple Watch" business? No! Show me where I made that statement!
You mentioned Adobe, I mentioned Samsung - both irrelevant and thus the point,
absurd comparisons!
I said its sales are not like the rest of Apple's lineup, and that AW is not for me, having tried it. Most of the Apple consumers have rejected it.
The AW is at a disadvantage in the USA because the lack of NF terminals make their primary ease of use feature null.
The AW is also at a disadvantage among the 45+ year old people who don't fancy peering into a 1.5" display to read messages or touch the small features/icons.
Even where these disadvantages are absent, as in the European countries or with the 20+ year old consumers, it is not as widely used as the iPhone's last two generations. Possibly, too expensive.
Its use as a fitness and health monitor is great - wish Apple designed the straps themselves to be like Fitbit bands to better the use AW features.
The recent uptick in sales is good, and I hope the next version is better received, esp. as it might have the cellular modem also. But, the battery life will be a millstone!
