So why bait them? seems some die hard apple fans are happy to actually initiate the pointless flame wars .
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Apple Watch Received Estimated 1 Million Pre-Orders in U.S. on April 10
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So why bait them? seems some die hard apple fans are happy to actually initiate the pointless flame wars .
I'm pretty sure it's more like, they're in some kind of email shopping service (that somehow makes it easier to do it all, or some kind of loyalty scheme or whatever), and they say ok to the Slice people scanning the receipts for what they buy through that service. Not the whole inbox. That makes a bit more sense.
I have to agree that the store demonstrations aren't great. I wanted a working model on my wrist.
They also had no coloured bands except white and black, and when I went they only had 38mm in most of them.
Problem is, some people need to look in the mirror at times. Let me take your reply and change 2 words so you understand how the other side feels?
"I'm not in the least bit mad... I'm just laughing at the absurdity of Android Haters and the extremes they go to to trash success outside the Apple World"
And as for this thread, you are actually baiting them, but taking the high ground. Haters are haters, both camps have them, both just as bad as each other. Wait till you get your unit, enjoy it, but don't feed the haters.
We shall see...
I just believe it's way too early to determine if Apple Watch is a big hit or miss.
It's a cool new toy in a world where smart phones are getting boring.
I still think the big sale is to win converts to a new hardware platform.
I still don't think I want to basically strap a beeper to my wrist. As more useful apps proliferate I might be sold on the convenience factor.
Since it's much less essential that an iPhone I think a lot of people will pass on it due to price.
I just believe it's way too early to determine if Apple Watch is a big hit or miss.
It's a cool new toy in a world where smart phones are getting boring.
I still think the big sale is to win converts to a new hardware platform.
I still don't think I want to basically strap a beeper to my wrist. As more useful apps proliferate I might be sold on the convenience factor.
Since it's much less essential that an iPhone I think a lot of people will pass on it due to price.
big numbers
That's only the US. Add a few million more for the other countries. At more than $500 average per, and a gross margin of perhaps 50%, that's a lot of dough.
After the initial rush, even if Apple sold only 100k per day that's 9M per quarter, times $500 is $4.5B in sales and $2.25B in profit. That's a big boost to the bottom line. Last quarter's profit was a monster $18B, so that would be *well* over 10% added to the bottom line of even that crazy quarter. That's ridiculously huge.
And if they sell 200K per day...
That's only the US. Add a few million more for the other countries. At more than $500 average per, and a gross margin of perhaps 50%, that's a lot of dough.
After the initial rush, even if Apple sold only 100k per day that's 9M per quarter, times $500 is $4.5B in sales and $2.25B in profit. That's a big boost to the bottom line. Last quarter's profit was a monster $18B, so that would be *well* over 10% added to the bottom line of even that crazy quarter. That's ridiculously huge.
And if they sell 200K per day...
I'm just saying you cannot compare launch day numbers in 2015 against the original iPhone and iPad. I said its relative.
Also depending on the year, yeah I would believe apples customer grew by 2.4, especially when talking about the launch of the iPhone or iPad.
i went into the store because my wife wanted to buy the watch. i figured i would go in and at least try to steer her towards a cheaper one. we walked out with two watches. the link and the pink bands. the playing with the software was available but not so much during the tryon period. that was mostly about seeing which size and band you wanted. at least they helped us with the ordering. I had thought we would go home and order there (by which time I may have talked myself out of ordering one). So ultimately I think the experience was better than I had expected. Certainly it was for Apple that got two sales out of us.
But it still means that this is a fairly error-susceptible statistic.
Can they really extrapolate this population of users who have allowed their shopping to be scanned, to the entire population of the US?
Because by saying that there were 1 million pre-orders, that is what they are doing.
I would be more impressed if they quoted appropriate error bars with that estimation.
therefore, in the meantime, we have absolutely no idea what the number of pre-orders was. And any articles like this are as much speculation as plucking a figure out of the air.
It's not a case of hating anything. The fact remains the target audience for this product no longer wear watches.
One wonders how many will be lying in a drawer gathering dust in twelve months time.
I still wear a watch but then I'm not the target audience. If it had three year battery life between each charge then I might be interested, otherwise NO.
That is roughly the time frame where the iPhone install base tripled. (Beginning of 2010 to mid 2011)
Of course you cannot compare 7 years ago to today, but Apple's customer base did not grow 2.4 fold in one year. People just waited to buy the iPad. I bought the 3rd gen for the first time myself.
Thing about watches is that they get given as gifts, whereas giving a phone is often impossible because of the contract and carrier constraints.
It's an expensive gift for sure - if ever they bring the price down to $99 (old version?) I think we'll see huge numbers for these things. Conferences will start putting them in gift bags.
It's an expensive gift for sure - if ever they bring the price down to $99 (old version?) I think we'll see huge numbers for these things. Conferences will start putting them in gift bags.
Apple will be selling them as fast as they can make them for some time to come, that much seems to be clear.
You mean iOS install base. That's not the same thing even if it's true. Not every iOS user is an iPad user obviously.
Wait until Xmas and buy these off eBay, as gifts for relatives you don't like....
I guess you are in luck !!!
a million in a day is incredible. Especially when you consider this is not a stand alone device.
I tried one on at the weekend and thought it was great, I have pre-ordered. Didn't see it as an essential purchase as the iPhone/iPad was, so happy to wait until June.
I much preferred the look of the aluminium and space grey to the stainless steel. The stainless steel looked old fashioned and didn't compliment the product, that said I do like the milanese loop band.
I tried one on at the weekend and thought it was great, I have pre-ordered. Didn't see it as an essential purchase as the iPhone/iPad was, so happy to wait until June.
I much preferred the look of the aluminium and space grey to the stainless steel. The stainless steel looked old fashioned and didn't compliment the product, that said I do like the milanese loop band.
No, iPhone install base. It was estimated to go from about 30M to about 100M during that time.
what about resellers
I bought 1 for myself too. But learning from my past experience, i can easily say atleast 30% of pre orders are from resellers. Remember the day iPad 3 came out? so much sales on day 1 and so much returns in next couple of days. Not sure if this will be the same story but we will see.
I bought 1 for myself too. But learning from my past experience, i can easily say atleast 30% of pre orders are from resellers. Remember the day iPad 3 came out? so much sales on day 1 and so much returns in next couple of days. Not sure if this will be the same story but we will see.
If it's sold 1,000,000 on opening weekend it's done better than the original Mac, the iMac G3, the original iPod, and the original iPhone.
If it exceeds 1,000,000 it has outsold the iPhone 3G's opening weekend, too.
Also, it's left every other smart watch in the dust.
Of course, people will argue that because of Steve's legacy, the Apple faithful has grown so large these numbers are expected. #
If it exceeds 1,000,000 it has outsold the iPhone 3G's opening weekend, too.
Also, it's left every other smart watch in the dust.
Of course, people will argue that because of Steve's legacy, the Apple faithful has grown so large these numbers are expected. #