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iPhone and iPad Remain Popular With Teens, Interest in Apple Watch Tepid Ahead of Unveiling
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Hey! Who the **** told you you could speak for everyone? I want one and I think it looks awesome! And no that's not the Apple fanboy inside me speaking. Although... I'm never really sure. Maybe my Apple fanboy is the only voice I have
Wow , someone is precious.
Listen to the voices !!!!! They are right!!!
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They must have surveyed some rich kids.
And here's a free album from some old band that mum and dad probably liked back in the 80s
Still can't believe that when they wanted to show how innovative and empowering their 2014 stuff is, they reach back into history and pick a band who peaked in 1987!
Thats what I'm saying, go for it, saves us wasting our money, $350 to be a Beta tester seems a bit much to me. If you feel comfortable go ahead.
I'm not usually one to hold back, but this time I'll wait.
It's pretty crazy how ubiquitous iPhones are for the under 18 crowd in the U.S. Even kids who don't have an iPhone probably have an iPod touch - my buddy's 16 year old sister was rocking a flip phone/iTouch combo. Touch was for Snapchat/Twitter/Vine/Tumblr and whatever other apps are cool with kids these days.
I know, right? Seems like the headlines to many articles lately seem to "stir the pot" and mislead in a negative direction. The title to this one makes it seems like interest for Apple Watch is tepid with everyone, not just teenagers. I would imagine teenagers would think watches in general are out-of-style.
Strangely, when I was a teenager it was considered uncool to carry an umbrella. We were just supposed to get wet, I guess. No one in college had umbrellas.
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16 Year olds wanting an iPad I can understand, but buying a iPhone 6 outright for a 16 Year old?
Maybe they might want to have that money go to their first car instead. I know my daughter's definitely are not walking around with new iPhones.
I wonder what these parents are buying their kids when they reach 18, a new house?
Maybe they might want to have that money go to their first car instead. I know my daughter's definitely are not walking around with new iPhones.
I wonder what these parents are buying their kids when they reach 18, a new house?
60 comments already says people do I guess.
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The iPhone is fine, I'm fatigued with my iPad. Granted i have the 3, but unless Apple can demonstrated something that differentiates from a big iPod touch I won't buy another. It is pleasant to use, but I want more than a touch screen Safari for $800.
I'd like better multitasking, digitizer support, proper keyboard support...
Come on Apple, give me something!
I'm a technician who works at an Apple Reseller and we all watched the keynote and there is zero interest here and everyone carries an iPhone. The office basically sees it as a non product. Cool for what it is but really of no use to anyone.
Anyone in the marketing realm of the Active Lifestyle Market could have saved Mr. Munster a lot of wasted time and energy .
Did Apple hire execs from Yves Saint Laurent, Burberry, Nike, and others to market its watch to teens whom everyone and their mother already knew is not at all keen on watches ?
Instead Apple brilliantly is going "wear" the market actually is today and building it out from there. Seriously their strategy is the right move. Tech heads won't make watches cool. Cool factor on a wearable will come from the fashion market...
Does this Munster character not realize Apples game plan making this research study useless and something clearly Apple and fashion industry experts already knew..
Samesong and Google also didn't get the memo.
Btw I'm not at all surprised by all the doubts about the Apple Watch and its potential bc so many of you sort of expected Apple to go down the same "market it to the tech head world" failed strategy of its competitors. Think.
.Did Apple hire execs from Yves Saint Laurent, Burberry, Nike, and others to market its watch to teens whom everyone and their mother already knew is not at all keen on watches ?
Instead Apple brilliantly is going "wear" the market actually is today and building it out from there. Seriously their strategy is the right move. Tech heads won't make watches cool. Cool factor on a wearable will come from the fashion market...
Does this Munster character not realize Apples game plan making this research study useless and something clearly Apple and fashion industry experts already knew..
Samesong and Google also didn't get the memo.
Btw I'm not at all surprised by all the doubts about the Apple Watch and its potential bc so many of you sort of expected Apple to go down the same "market it to the tech head world" failed strategy of its competitors. Think.
They all started on hand me down iPhones or iPod Touches. Which begs the question, WHY DOES APPLE SH***** ON THE IPOD TOUCH LINE???
Kids love it and want more and Apple just feeds them crap.
Meanwhile this website states that the current iPod Touch is recently refreshed. The very same one that was released in 2012.
Kids love it and want more and Apple just feeds them crap.
Meanwhile this website states that the current iPod Touch is recently refreshed. The very same one that was released in 2012.
Because the iPod Touch is a declining market. Why get an iPod touch when you can get a iPhone that does the exact same thing but also calls people.
Maybe that's how you see it but Apple looks at the number. They see a lot less iPod sales a a ton more iPhone sales. What they are doing makes sense. I seen tons of "little kids" with iPhones
Apple is marketing the Apple watch as tech jewelry for the tech savy fashion set. These highly visible customers will set a trend for being cool with tech. Eventually the Apple Watch, IF it succeeds, will become much more useful, hopefully cheaper and maybe some day even a nessesary item for many average consumers.
The iPhone 3G has nearly identical internals with the first iPhone except the 3G cellular radio and minor changes. It's the third iPhone, iPhone 3GS which is radically different from its predecessors. For the case of the iPad, correct. I think the case about the first iPad is that it was developed all the way back in 2009, but was only available to the market a year later due to production issues. So it was already outdated at the time it was released.
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It's been a long time since last time I saw the word 'iTouch'
I have a Surface Pro 3 from work. I hate it with a passion. It's pure misery, and riddled with problems, bad UI, instability etc.
"Waste our money", "beta tester"... There sure is a lot of hate for a product you've never used before.
Thankfully, $350 is not a big deal for me. I'll be glad to be a part of what looks to be history in the making. Even if it turns out to be "beta" as you say, the novelty alone is worth it for me... and even if everything about it sucks, I'll still have a gorgeous timepiece to boot.
Wish I could say the same for Google Glass.... Now *that* is what you call an expensive beta with little upside.
It isn't a "Gene Munster survey." These "Taking Stock of Teens" surveys are a staple at Piper Jaffray. They've been doing them for something like 25 years. But in answer to your question: their clients, presumably.