iWatch Component Production Said to Start Gearing Up This Month, September Launch Speculated

[SHNXX]

I'm not in SF and really your opinion (as well as my opinion for that matter) is entirely irrelevant. Market opinion is all that matters. And obviously companion devices are selling.

Your anecdote is equally irrelevant.
What matters is actual sales figure.

 

[Yebubbleman]

Your anecdote is equally irrelevant.
What matters is actual sales figure.

Even that doesn't matter. Enough people are buying them that Samsung has deemed there to be a point to making a second generation model (which is out now). If it was a total flop, it'd be discontinued. Samsung is a business, most businesses discontinue products that no longer sell.

 

[SHNXX]

Even that doesn't matter. Enough people are buying them that Samsung has deemed there to be a point to making a second generation model (which is out now). If it was a total flop, it'd be discontinued. Samsung is a business, most businesses discontinue products that no longer sell.

In the past two years, Samsung has already launched the galaxy gear, gear2, gear2 neo and the fit.
If this is a sign that they are selling a lot of them and that it's been a huge success, let's just say I disagree.
If anything multiple product launches in a short period indicate that these were not commercial success.

 

[Mattsasa]

Sept event:
iPhones
iOS 8 release date/gm
iWatch

Oct event:
iPads
New Mac hardware
OS X Yosemite release
Apple TV

to break this down further:

iPhones
$299 5.5inch iPhone 6 32GB??
$199 4.7inch iPhone 6 32GB??
$99 iPhone 5S??? 16GB??
$0 iPhone 5C??? 16GB??

iWatch
$199 Start Price??
$???? Highest Price??


iPads
$499 iPad Air 2 32GB??
$399 iPad Retina Mini 2 16GB??
$299 iPad ??????


MacBook Air
Redesign
Broadwell Core M
Fanless
12" 2304 x 1440 display??
$???? Starting Price???

Mac Mini
Redesign
Broadwell Core M
Fanless??
Very Thin... How thin??
$499 Starting Price??

iMac
Hardware Refresh (unless done earlier)
Updated Haswell CPU
GTX 8XXM in higher models
Same Resolution (No Retina)
SSD or Fusion by default??
$999-$1199 Starting Price??

Apple TV
Redesign
A8 like CPU
Software Revamp (iOS 8 like???)
App Store
Game Support
Siri
Controller Support??
$199 ???


I left question marks wherever I was uncertain, anyone feel free to help me fill in the blanks.

 

[Yebubbleman]

In the past two years, Samsung has already launched the galaxy gear, gear2, gear2 neo and the fit.
If this is a sign that they are selling a lot of them and that it's been a huge success, let's just say I disagree.
If anything multiple product launches in a short period indicate that these were not commercial success.

Typically one doesn't expand a failing product line. That's just poor business tactics right there.

 

[kdarling]

In the past two years, Samsung has already launched the galaxy gear, gear2, gear2 neo and the fit. If this is a sign that they are selling a lot of them and that it's been a huge success, let's just say I disagree. If anything multiple product launches in a short period indicate that these were not commercial success.

Perhaps for some companies, but Samsung always launches lots of models.

As their head designer said the other day, it's in their DNA to cover the market with as many differentiated versions, as they think the public might want.

 

[SHNXX]

iWatch Component Production Said to Start Gearing Up This Month, September La...

Typically one doesn't expand a failing product line. That's just poor business tactics right there.

This is a new product space.
Samsung is a huge company and they want market share in a new product space.
To give you an idea of how big Samsung is in Korea, it accounts for 20% of SKorean GDP.
They are also the biggest insurance company in Korea.
So I really don't think Samsung is concerned about success of individual product.
They usually iterate fast with many products and eventually arrive at a good product (eg galaxy s3 and beyond).

I think their strategy with wearables is aimed at growth and market share, not necessarily profit on each launch.

They are not like apple.
They often churn out uninspiring products which overlap with other products in their lineup.