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Apple Watch Received Estimated 1 Million Pre-Orders in U.S. on April 10

pjh said:
If true, this is good news and certainty the first step towards products success. The real battle though is in how we all view the :apple:watch after use.
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Agree. If there a million unhappy customers it is a sales success and a brand failure. The reviews have been been pretty negative. Expect a lot of restocking
 
Theophil1971 said:
Indeed. And, why are we comparing Watch sales to any other Apple product? Can't we just be content to say that it has FAR outsold any other company's smart watch, including their total sales, and done it in a single day?
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Not really because we don't know that to be true.
 
People need to monitor the long term sales instead. Initial preorders are heavily skewed towards high numbers by Apple fans, people ordering multiple watches to try on, people with no real intention of keeping them, resellers, scalpers, etc.
 
rowspaxe said:
Agree. If there a million unhappy customers it is a sales success and a brand failure. The reviews have been been pretty negative. Expect a lot of restocking
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Except I can't point to a single time when reviewers haven't been skeptical when Apple introduces a new Apple product.

iPhone
iPad
MacBook Air
Retina Display MacBook Pro

They later claim it was revolutionary years later and act as if they were never critical of the initial idea.
 
AdonisSMU said:
Except I can't point to a single time when reviewers haven't been skeptical when Apple introduces a new Apple product.

iPhone
iPad
MacBook Air
Retina Display MacBook Pro
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The iPad would be the sole exception there. I remember just about everyone going head over heels for it. Moreso even than the iPhone, which was generally well liked among reviewers.

And the first gen MBA? It was deserving of skepticism, since it got so hot, it could fuse your legs together.
 
shyam09 said:
Apple has decided that if it can fool 1 million people, it can fool all the rich people into coughing up $7k for no other reason than a watch band.
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BTW, it's $17,000.
Why not use fake gold?

Those prices are Rolex territory.
I really don't see that WATCH re-selling for more than $170 in 3 years.
 
cr2 said:
I am feeling really stupid now. I should have orders both the sizes. Unfortunate that no one from macrumours gave the idea of ordering two sizes earlier. I wanted to try them out before ordering. I believed what many were saying that there won't be so much demand. Now, I don't expect to get it until June.
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You think YOU feel stupid?
Did you set your alarm, wake and still net a June ship date?
There. Feel better? ;)
 
Gameboy70 said:
If it makes you feel any better, I won't get my 42mm SS Black until June, and I ordered it eight minutes after the starting bell. Another poster who says he ordered the same model at 12:01 still got a mid-late May delivery window.

Having seen both watches IRL, the 42mm looks much smaller than in pictures, and will be the right choice for the average male.
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Yeah it's REALLY weird... the watch looks HUGE on my wrist in photos but in person it's tiny... I'd say the 42mm looks roughly the same physical size as the original Pebble watch on my wrist.
 
Renzatic said:
The iPad would be the sole exception there. I remember just about everyone going head over heels for it. Moreso even than the iPhone, which was generally well liked among reviewers.

And the first gen MBA? It was deserving of skepticism, since it got so hot, it could fuse your legs together.
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I regret having paid $499 for the iPad 1st generation.
At least 2nd gen has a camera and can run iOS 6, 7, 8. Well worth the wait for the same dough.
 
MacVista said:
BTW, it's $17,000.
Why not use fake gold?

Those prices are Rolex territory.
I really don't see that WATCH re-selling for more than $170 in 3 years.
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$170.00??? This is wrong.

The intrinsic value of the gold is worth a lot more than that at current gold prices.
 
Renzatic said:
The iPad would be the sole exception there. I remember just about everyone going head over heels for it. Moreso even than the iPhone, which was generally well liked among reviewers.

And the first gen MBA? It was deserving of skepticism, since it got so hot, it could fuse your legs together.
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Everyone called the iPad a BIG iPhone. People said it couldn't do anything that their iPhone couldn't already do. Now you'd think Samsung had invented the big iPhone.
 
AdonisSMU said:
Everyone called the iPad a BIG iPhone. People said it couldn't do anything that their iPhone couldn't already do. Now you'd think Samsung had invented the big iPhone.
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People on messageboards did, yeah. But they'll gripe about anything.

Since I had already discovered just how powerful an ARM chip could be via the iPhone, I ended up being pretty excited over what the iPad could offer me.
 
BuddyTronic said:
$170.00??? This is wrong.

The intrinsic value of the gold is worth a lot more than that at current gold prices.
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I don't know
1oz gold coin sells for $1200. Does the $17,000 gold WATCH have 14oz of gold?

Will Apple let you use the same gold bands on WATCH Gen2, 3, 4, etc?

Look what happened to all the 30-pin cables and peripherals.

And, be prepared to say good-bye to your new Lightning collection when iPhone 6S comes out.
 
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MacVista said:
I don't know
1oz gold coin sells for $1200. Does the $17,000 gold WATCH have 14oz of gold?

Will Apple let you use the same gold bands on WATCH Gen2, 3, 4, etc?

Look what happened to all the 30-pin cables and peripherals.

And, be prepared to say good-bye to your new Lightning collection when iPhone 6S comes out.
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You know why Apple sped up the development of the USB-C port. It's so they wouldn't be in the crosshairs of European regulations.
 
cr2 said:
I am feeling really stupid now. I should have orders both the sizes. Unfortunate that no one from macrumours gave the idea of ordering two sizes earlier. I wanted to try them out before ordering. I believed what many were saying that there won't be so much demand. Now, I don't expect to get it until June.
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Seriously? You have never ordered multiples of something when you weren't sure of size or color? You're definitely not a woman;-).
 
DakotaGuy said:
It's an Apple product so a great opening weekend is expected. What remains to be seen is long term sales. Is this an iPhone which continues to gain in sales each revision or is this an iPad which already peaked and is in decline at this point?

I'm not trying to be negative, but it's hard to say if a product is a long term success by the opening weekend.
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You know, iPad sales haven't peaked. iPad sale growth has peaked. Year to year, they're sold more iPads last quarter than any other quarter.
 
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