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Tim Cook: Apple Watch Launch in April Won't Be Exclusive to United States
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Ha! I really hope I am proven wrong, I just can't get excited about it, sorry.
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Sure, I agree with that.
Even if it isn't very popular unless Apple horribly overestimates demand they will be sure to keep production small enough that they get the free publicity from shortages for a week or two.
From a logistics standpoint it would make sense to keep it US exclusive at the beginning.
There are going to be a lot of SKUs, a lot of small boxes all over the place. And if bands are separate from the watch body, God forbid. People will be getting bands with no watch, or watches with no bands.
There are going to be a lot of SKUs, a lot of small boxes all over the place. And if bands are separate from the watch body, God forbid. People will be getting bands with no watch, or watches with no bands
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Agreed...the build quality of the Apple Watch its a billion times more advanced than the pebble - no clue how well they will sell but there is not doubt this is a very advance watch.
I don't think it's one of their major export markets.
Ah didn't see that was an export chart.
I did once, now I'm happy to be either on time, late or a little early depending what I wear!
From a logistics standpoint it would make sense to keep it US exclusive at the beginning.
There are going to be a lot of SKUs, a lot of small boxes all over the place. And if bands are separate from the watch body, God forbid. People will be getting bands with no watch, or watches with no bands
If they can release regional variations of Macs & iPhone's with different keyboards, power adapters, cellular bands and other localisation differences, then the Apple Watch should be a cinch.
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Alright, that made me chuckle.
No, there are a lot of people who aren't interested in it. What Apple is going to need in order for the
watch to be successful is to find out how to get a lot of those people interested. In the past with new apple products there were a lot more people interested in them before release than there is with the watch.These are prepackaged though, and based on knowing about how many to stock. This is a new product category with many options made on the fly, and then shipped out.
Ah didn't see that was an export chart.
I'm not 100% sure it is but I know the home market is relatively small compared to their exports.
They seem to be as secretive as Apple when it comes to handing out information.
http://www.wthejournal.com/en/pages/swiss-watch-industry-figures
So what date is everyone thinking? Early April? With an event a week from today April 3 sounds good to me....or April 3 pre-order date with April 10 delivery?
You are doing a marketing analysis based on what? Your sensation about the forum?
I don't know how you can tell the Apple watch will be a Niche product.....
Everyone said the lines for the ipad on day one would be small and I remember the fifth ave apple sore here in NYC had a line 4 blocks long. I can assure you that this watch is going to be much of the same. And the only differnece is going to be that with the ipad it was pretty much a quick thing where you knew what you wanted and grabbed it. with the watch people are going to want to try them on and it will be a big mess day one. I myself will stroll into a apple store after a couple days to try it and then decide to buy it or order online depending on the lines.
You are trying to pass along personal opinions as facts. They are not.
I don't know if I'm going to buy one, actually I don't think so. But surely I don't see anything cheap looking about any version. The sport version is very cool.
I'm expressing my opinion and I think it looks cheap. You don't have to agree with what I have to say.
If it gets released in China for the first wave (highly unlikely), then maybe those of us the the US will actually get a spot in a line at a store and get a Watch
One can hope that all the Chinese scalpers will not be taking up the whole line in NYC for the launch. I'm not holding my breath though.
Having been in many launch day lines the 6 & 6+ line went extremely slow as many people want to compare the two sizes before buying. The watch line will be way worse with so many choices.
Oh please have preorders!
Yes! Same was true of the iPhone 6 and the other iDevices Apple launched nearly simulatenously in the U.S. and other top markets. Waaaay overestimated the iPhone 6 for sure. /sarc.