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Initial iWatch Shipments May Be Limited Due to Sapphire Issues, Half of Devices May Use Glass Displays
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Not for Apple. Consider the all new "its just a big iPhone" iPad sold 3 million in its first weekend -- Easter weekend no less. iWatch should be priced less and come out at peak holiday gift buying season. 3M is a drop in the bucket, esp. if we are talking worldwide.
The smart thing for Apple to do would be to wait to release the iWatch/iTime until they have enough sapphire. That would be the obvious choice, unless they think most customers won't notice the difference and they don't want to wait until next year.
Man, this has been one LONG year. Waiting until fall for new iPhones & iPads and such seems longer every time around.
Yeah. He's typically been reliable, but this year it seems that he is grasping at straws.
So people will be killing each other literally for an iwatch
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A watch is the only jewellery that a man should wear and Apple knows that i think..so a jewellery with health related IS LIFE CHANGER
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A watch is the only jewellery that a man should wear and Apple knows that i think..so a jewellery with health related IS LIFE CHANGER
If its user experience is less screen-centric than current phones it shouldn't be an issue. Consider cars or coffee makers for instance. Their great at what they do without screens for distraction.
Well not a big deal to me since I am not sold on this iWatch yet.
More interested in the new iPhone with the different form factors
More interested in the new iPhone with the different form factors
So...what would my iWatch do that I don't need to a screen for?
Tell time? take dictation?
My phone can do that just fine right now.
As has been pointed out before, products can't be delayed before a release date is announced. Ming-Chi Kuo seems to have taken over from Shaw Wu as the Apple prediction fool du jour. As with all people who make their living from speculation he only ever needs to highlight the times that he's right and let people forget whenever he's been wrong.
Maybe Apple found the vendor(s) that have been leaking information in his direction, and planted some misinformation to keep rumor sites confused. "Hey supplier, here's a look at the signed P.O. ... but I'll keep it in my golf bag for a few weeks so you can't legally report it in your next quarterly financials."
Well, it's not like you have to buy one if you're happy without. :roll eyes:
Anyway, some things one could do without screen: Navigation (especially pedestrian) with tactile feedback, anything that Siri can do, notifications by vibration, taking biometric signals, purchasing stuff without need to get phone out. I hope Apple's thought of something really awesome and unexpected though.
The Industrial Revolution and all its consumer products did quite well for about 2 centuries before "screens" were even invented. Nowadays, the vast majority of computers in your house and car do not have any screen.
It doesnt make sense.
Somehow every Apple product is supposed to be delayed or limited because of "production Issues" or license issues.
1. Apple has spent YEARS working on these products. I really,really doubt that there would be some production issues on the last mile that would push their product significantly further back.
2. "Production Issues" are not a rarity in fact they happen every single time on a new product. You will ALWAYS run into a few bumps. Again nothing that would really break apples neck , they are the master of supply chain.
Somehow every Apple product is supposed to be delayed or limited because of "production Issues" or license issues.
1. Apple has spent YEARS working on these products. I really,really doubt that there would be some production issues on the last mile that would push their product significantly further back.
2. "Production Issues" are not a rarity in fact they happen every single time on a new product. You will ALWAYS run into a few bumps. Again nothing that would really break apples neck , they are the master of supply chain.
dumb product for dumb people
I'll be fine with my current iPhone until it's battery craps out in a few years
if you can't see the plateau, nothing will encourage growth here
I'll be fine with my current iPhone until it's battery craps out in a few years
if you can't see the plateau, nothing will encourage growth here
Don't know if I will be happy with one or not, just don't see the need for one right now, but I reserve the right to change my mind.
I was on the why do I need a bigger iPhone bandwagon for awhile until I saw the usage of the iPad. So...never know.
I wish the iwatch would look like the concept pictured on this article.. interchangeable band & outer ring, round face, real looking, easy to change style. I'm not too sure about the long rectangular face.. too startreki for me by the sound of it.
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The past few years they've been moving everything closer and closer to just before the holidays for product launches, probably to maximize sales I'm sure, but it does make for an "everything released all at once" kind of month, just like what they were trying to get away from at the MacWorld announcements once a year.