While the <1% figure for the Edition is no shocker... I'm surprised the remaining division is 85/15 favoring the Sport. I figured it'd be more like 66/33.
I never said 100% of iPhone owners need to buy a watch for it to be a success; but like the article says, one-tenth of iPhone users buying the watch means only the hardcore Apple fans have preordered. That doesn't make it a success.
2.3 million people going to be very annoyed with that thing buzzing on their wrist
And yet people will still call it a failure.
We get it. You don't like it. Grow up.
It's in the original article. I didn't come up with that on my own.
They really need to get all the members of U2 to wear this thing.
If you read the story you would've seen that less than one-tenth of iPhone owners preordered the watch. I wouldn't call it a success yet.
These numbers also don't account for the people who preordered multiple and will return some.
And yet people will still call it a failure.
We get it. You don't like it. Grow up.
http://www.cultofmac.com/296353/apple-hopes-sell-50-million-watches-2015/
They will fall well short of their "50 million watches sold" goal if sales continue at this rate. That doesn't make it a huge success.
Don't get me wrong, I have a 42mm SS and 42mm Sport preordered, I just don't think these sales numbers are that impressive considering what their initial goals were.
Failure is your mentality and ignorance. Those are units to be in stuck, no actual units sold to people.
If you ever understand the news, Apple and Microsoft always used to have a battle of units sold, one thing are units sold to distributors and another to costumers.
I saw the Apple Watch today and ended up with the same feeling... I do not need one nor saw something of value. If someone give it to me it will be collecting dust on in a drawer. And people were more interested in the iPhones at the store any way.
You will see that during Christmas sales will be very low. People would rather prefer and iPhone.
2.3 million people going to be very annoyed with that thing buzzing on their wrist
Failure is your mentality and ignorance. Those are units to be in stuck, no actual units sold to people.
If you ever understand the news, Apple and Microsoft always used to have a battle of units sold, one thing are units sold to distributors and another to costumers.
I saw the Apple Watch today and ended up with the same feeling... I do not need one nor saw something of value. If someone give it to me it will be collecting dust on in a drawer. And people were more interested in the iPhones at the store any way.
You will see that during Christmas sales will be very low. People would rather prefer and iPhone.
Not by a long shot.
Go look up initial sales of iPods and iPhones on release weekend.
Whoa, no wonder so many people get excited.Do they REALLY have to call it a vibrator shortage? Apple spent so much time coming up with the great name of haptic engine.
You should get a job with the Apple marketing department, maybe they didn't have to spend $38 million on advertising.This is about what I expect the numbers will be.
By years end, it will sell about 15-20M. In 2016, with a second version out, it will sell 35-40M (with an ASP of close to $550). You can bank on that.
So, in the first 8 months,
- Selling 20 times more than what Android wear sold, is not a success?
- Selling twice as much watches as any watch/band of any type has sold since those things have come on the market a decade ago, is not success?
- Selling more than the Iphone did in its first 18 months in 9 months is not success?
- Making probably 100% of the profits in the segment not success?
- Meeting the expectations of 99% of analysts (which had 15-20M sales in 2015) is not success?
- Having a ASP for this product much higher than the one for the Ipad (making them a better sale).
By all "non insane" measures of success. This will be a success.
That this further entrenches the rest of the Apple ecosystem, increases the value of their top seller, the Iphone, its just an added bonus to Apple.
They really need to get all the members of U2 to wear this thing.