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Early 'iWatch' Production Seeing Poor Yields Due to Issues with Body Finish Treatments?
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I seriously doubt the iwatch is going to look as good as those other watches you mentioned. There is a reason no one has put a smart watch out yet that has taken over, no one wants them and they all look like sci-fi crap. I've been saying it since these rumors started, this is going to flop. Not everything needs to be "smart" sometimes old school is just the best and doesn't need to be "improved". I still haven't seen any valid use cases for a smart watch yet. This thing will go the way of the Pippen.
The fact that it has taken them so long to do this should be a good indicator to the Apple execs that maybe they shouldn't be wasting more money on this because its going to flop. Sure it'll get MASSIVE press and they will initially sell a ton, but then the sales will drop as people realize how stupid it is and then they'll either say they were ahead of their time and people aren't ready for it or they will actually admit it was a mistake.
Do you really think Apple is the only company with supply chain issues?
Seriously?
They're just the only ones who can generate clicks by putting them into a headline.
Even if true, who can you name who you'd rather have at the helm to deal with such issues other than Tim Cook?
Production issues are obviously not unique to Apple. It's just that those issues get reported whereas people couldn't care less about any other manufacturers' products and don't get reported.
"Phone without a physical keyboard... the concept is flawed out of the gate. DOA."
I don't think you have much to worry about. That age group doesn't have a lot of disposable income.
Apple's primary target audience is the lucrative 25-49 age bracket although they welcome customers from all age groups.
As long as Apple continues to improve shareholder value by maintaining fat margins on premium products, they won't focus on the starving student market segment.
Apple's primary target audience is the lucrative 25-49 age bracket although they welcome customers from all age groups.
As long as Apple continues to improve shareholder value by maintaining fat margins on premium products, they won't focus on the starving student market segment.
An iWatch needs a better reason to exist than simply replicating existing smart phone functionality. It also needs to be far less obtrusive and dorky looking.
I will freely admit I bought the Pebble to just be one of the first ones to have it. I too thought it was a gimmick but had an extra $150 so I went for it.
Since buying it, it has become something I truly miss the days I leave it at home. Meetings, trainings, sitting in court etc, I use it to see calls and notifications that may require immediate attention. I do agree it's not for everyone but it has definitely become a must have for me.
I can only imagine the upgrades an Apple watch would have for working with the iPhone.
Since buying it, it has become something I truly miss the days I leave it at home. Meetings, trainings, sitting in court etc, I use it to see calls and notifications that may require immediate attention. I do agree it's not for everyone but it has definitely become a must have for me.
I can only imagine the upgrades an Apple watch would have for working with the iPhone.
....unless Apple makes of it course, then it's awesome!! /s
But seriously, it's an interesting concept and hopefully Apple makes it something worth having instead of a gimmick.
Looking forward to seeing everyone doubting yet another flagship Apple product to be embarrassingly wrong.
I say this every time-- the people who develop these products at Apple are far more skeptical than you about what makes a good product. They've been questioning non-stop for years about what makes a watch genuinely useful to people again, while a smartphone is already right in their pockets. They know.
Trust me, it'll make previous smartwatch efforts look quite sad, and despite your harshest skepticism, if you've ever wanted an Apple product, you will eventually want one.
I say this every time-- the people who develop these products at Apple are far more skeptical than you about what makes a good product. They've been questioning non-stop for years about what makes a watch genuinely useful to people again, while a smartphone is already right in their pockets. They know.
Trust me, it'll make previous smartwatch efforts look quite sad, and despite your harshest skepticism, if you've ever wanted an Apple product, you will eventually want one.
This is a rumor site after all....
rumor (noun) - a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth
rumor (noun) - a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth
Yes dont forget that people from a certain age like the classic luxury watch design(like me). So it should be fashion and yet classic design
Yep, that is apples MO. as the most profitable tech firm in the history of the planet, they don't need advice from MR users.
I bought into the Tim Cook thing until the iPhone 5 production debacle.
From all reports, it wasn't found out until too late, that the design was extra difficult to manufacture without causing blemishes, and slow to produce.
In other words, nobody had run a speed and quality check ahead of time. Worse, once production started, nobody seemed to give a damn about quality control, as lots of units shipped with visible defects.
Rumors were that five to eight million of the first units had to be returned to Foxconn to be reworked.
Normal people can get fired for a lack of oversight like that.
Because Apple still build their products out of the same technology and grey plastic as in the 90's you mean?
Agreed...we all know the normal signs when production for any Apple product is started.
