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Kohl's Will Begin Selling Apple Watch at 400 Locations Across U.S. Later This Month
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I think they cater more to bargain-hunters than poor folk. Most of the people I know who go there more often than other stores have plenty of money... they're just cheap.
Functionally, there isn't much of a difference.
It's a demographic that are less likely to spend hundreds of dollars on a smart watch.
It doesn't apply to Apple products, but if it was Samsung, Microsoft, Google etc, then Kohls, Walmart, Target, etc the people who shop there would be losers and the stores would be garbage.
I can't quite decipher your post, but I'll say I love having my Apple Watch. Black Stainless Steel, have had it since shortly after launch (original series). Oh, and there's tons of integration between the Watch and my other devices.
The people that work on the Watch, are not the same people that work on the Macs, Phones, iOS, MacOS, etc. Development on one does not hinder development on the other.
Wow. Way to remove the luxury perception.
Your drive to bash Apple blinds you to the inanity of your statement. Since last year, Apple Watches have been sold at Walmart,Best Buy, Target, etc., all far lower end stores than Kohl's department stores.
I've been a Mac user and Apple fan since my Macintosh 128k in early 1984. I've never purchased a Windows machine, although I use them at the office sometimes. But despite my love of Apple products, I've never understood the appeal of the Apple Watch. I have zero need for one insofar as its current functionality is so limited.
Amazing how much time, effort and money Apple is putting into this thing while leaving the poor MacBook Pro to languish in death with its heart torn out. Had they shifted some of that Apple Watch love and care to the MBP, the "Hello Again" event would have truly been a ground-breaking event. It's so sad.
Amazing how much time, effort and money Apple is putting into this thing while leaving the poor MacBook Pro to languish in death with its heart torn out. Had they shifted some of that Apple Watch love and care to the MBP, the "Hello Again" event would have truly been a ground-breaking event. It's so sad.
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Please sell your shares and use the funds to have surgery to remove the blinders from your eyes. First off, Kohl's is not a discounter as you derisively call them. They are the second largest department store in the US. More damaging to the credibility of your anti-Apple rant is that Apple Watch has long been sold at actual discount lower end retailers such as Walmart, Target and Best Buy.
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Since By all accounts Apple has created the world's best selling smart watch by far, eclipsing all other smart watch sales combined, we thank the Good Lord that you are not a business consultant.
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Go back and re-read your post. This makes no sense. If you're attempting to bash the Apple Watch, this was a failed attempt.
You're just compared one phone to an entire OS. The iPhone is the top selling phone by a wide margin in both the US and worldwide. This is a no brainer
"smart watch" is your key point. I, like so many people around the globe, aren't in the market for a "smart" watch at all. I have a normal-yet-good watch. That watch is 100% solar powered, has a perpetual calendar, is waterproof, is radio controlled in Japan so I never need to set the time, is gold plated, and has a burgundy croc band. I've had it for over 10 years and it still looks and works as great the day I paid $400 for it. It's truly zero maintenance. I just put it on, use it to look at the time and date, and then take it off. Nothing is simpler.
Perhaps some day when "smart" watches truly are smart (i.e., do a heck of a lot more than they do now), and have a much longer battery life, I will take a fresh look at them. And I hope it will be a new version of the Apple watch because I really like Apple. But for now, I am very much a MacOS and iOS product user. And despite all the sales numbers you may try to throw at me, I know I am not alone. And because I like MacOS so much, it troubles me that so much time and effort is spent on the Apple Watch when the MacBook Pro needs a heck of a lot more love. Despite iOS and Apple Watches, Apple's core still is very much the personal computer. It really is. Hopefully the new MBP is not a sign they've lost their way. But without Steve Jobs kicking fannies and micro-managing the engineering and design teams at Cupertino anymore, who knows what the future will bring.
Except the only one phone uses iOS (hold your breath this is a surprise, that phone is called the iphone!), so it's fair to compare the whole Android market to Iphone, as it's interchange with iOS (for phones not tables).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_mobile_phones#2015.5B44.5D
and you can see, Samsung sells more devices than Apple, even with there top phone off the market due to the small exploding issue
"There" (sic) top phone scraped a million sales in a month (and just as well too, given that it spontaneously combusted). iPhone does 10+ million plus in the opening weekend. The vast majority of Samsung sales are 3rd world s**tboxes that fall out of cornflakes boxes in the 1st world.
Functionally, there isn't much of a difference.
Maybe... but, they have kids who want them and they have Kohl's cash from all the junk they bought that they felt was a fair price, soooo...
"smart watch" being key, as they certainly not the best selling wearable. That goes to Fitbit BUT A HUGE margin. this reminds me of Apple's last statement regarding Macbook pro. Best selling online mac of all time, because you can ONLY buy them online right now...they forgot to mention that there other laptops had retail sales at the same time.
Don't believe the corporate spin.. ask questions..
Where do I even start with a post like this? Warehouses? "Unselled?" What does this even mean? I think Kohls would disagree with you.
You mean an Apple Product, not product(s). Kohls also sells other high end fitness/smart watches. Not to mention they sell other High end Citizen and Tag Heuer Watches valued way more than an Apple Watch.
Right. The Apple Watch serves many facets and avenues. I read this comment quite often, "The Apple tries to do to many things." What does that even mean? The Apple Watch has a different purpose for every user, being every user will use the Apple Watch differently.
Some users wear the Apple Watch only for notifications and others use it for fitness, or; all the above. Some Apple Watch users wear it for fashion appeal and there are even those use the Watch for Apple Pay, with simplicity of not using a debit card or the iPhone.
If the Apple Watch was lacking features or limited, then the question would arise "The Apple Watch does too little."
The Watch is an evolving product and it meets everyone's expectations differently. The key word being 'Different', because no two Watch users will Have the same needs and or uses for the Apple Watch. The Watch offers something for everyone, but not everyone has to use the all those features if they so wish.
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Can you provide a credible source for the above bolded statement above? I would be highly interested in reading your claim.
Why does a $500.00 purchase have to be an impulse buy? It's another option for the customer to purchase in store if the customer So chooses, which also serves as a purpose to for the customer to physically see the Apple Watch in person. Kohls is just another avenue. It's not a Big deal.
If the Apple Watch is ugly and you don't care about it, then why invest in your time posting about a product that doesn't interest you? I'm somewhat perplexed by your whole post.
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