That photos look like an ad that should read, "iWatch. The better to grab your crotch with."
The Kim K ad ... well, we know where she'll be stashing the watch.
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Tim Cook Visits Palo Alto Apple Store, Says Apple Watch Orders Have Been 'Great'
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That photos look like an ad that should read, "iWatch. The better to grab your crotch with."
The Kim K ad ... well, we know where she'll be stashing the watch.
I ordered the 42mm Steel with the White Sports Band and I'll be trying out the Milanese Loop, Leather Loop, and Link Bracelet tomorrow to see which I like best for non-sweating activities (It's 97 degrees outside so just being outside is a sweating activity.) My Raymond Weil has a link bracelet.
I do like the red digital crown though... maybe its an unrealized project red watch prototype? I'm surprised there isn't a project red sports band either to match the Silicon Case colors.
I do like the red digital crown though... maybe its an unrealized project red watch prototype? I'm surprised there isn't a project red sports band either to match the Silicon Case colors.
orders are 'great' is not the same as his usual 'amazing' outlook on other releases pre-orders….
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Seiko Digital Watch 1970
Saw Apple Watch in display cabinet at Glasgow, Braehead store. Very bulky and look more like Seiko digital watches which first appeared in the 1970's and have long since disappeared to be replaced by guess what...analogue watches. Isn't that strange.
Really who would want to buy a bulky poorly designed watch which needs recharging every 18 hours, and needs to be used with an iPhone to get any functionality.
Left handers who won't be able to use it because the crown isn't in the centre, I though Jonny Ive was supposed to be a great designer, not!
....and the sports version is only water resistant so don't go out in the rain, or spill your water bottle.
After the initial surge this is going to turn out to be Apple's Vista :-|
Saw Apple Watch in display cabinet at Glasgow, Braehead store. Very bulky and look more like Seiko digital watches which first appeared in the 1970's and have long since disappeared to be replaced by guess what...analogue watches. Isn't that strange.
Really who would want to buy a bulky poorly designed watch which needs recharging every 18 hours, and needs to be used with an iPhone to get any functionality.
Left handers who won't be able to use it because the crown isn't in the centre, I though Jonny Ive was supposed to be a great designer, not!
....and the sports version is only water resistant so don't go out in the rain, or spill your water bottle.
After the initial surge this is going to turn out to be Apple's Vista :-|
Good point and I agree. This is why I said 'Insufficient stock to meet demand', as you can choose to blame Apple if you wish, or not. It is therefore more neutral. While the alternative does imply a degree of success.
Not sure why you think that. You can swap the bits of the band around, and set the watch to left handed mode. That was demonstrated months ago.
In left handed mode, the digital crown will be below the people button, instead of above, but that's of no concern
Sure, someone had posted some dumb comment about 'Steve would not have done this' and I've seen comments along the lines of 'Steve Jobs is spinning in his grave.' And so on.
Steve Jobs was a very unique individual with many talents and many flaws. But it is not fair or reasonable to compare Tim Cook to Steve Jobs, nor to second guess what Jobs would be doing today had he still been alive and running Apple.
In fact given that none of the people who wrote such things have probably even met the guy, it is particularly arrogant and silly to be second guessing how Jobs would have handled each and every product release.
Tim Cook seems to be doing a very good job doing a very difficult job. I think he should be judged on that, not on some false comparison with a person's guess as to how Steve Jobs would have done things differently.
Fashion and design is not linear. During the 80s there was a push towards ultra thin watches. In this decade watch designers have gone for a larger diameter face.
Even if you are aesthetically challenged and believe the Apple Watch to be too bulky, this isn't the 1980s any more. Thin isn't especially in in watch design.
In 2010, Rolex; one of the most famous Swiss watch producers, famous for being ultra conservative when it comes to change, made their flagship Submariner watch bigger because of market demand.
I'm not sure what year they did this but Tag Heuer went back and re-released a watch Steve McQueen was famous for wearing in the 1970s. A watch that was both bulky and square.
In any case, you don't really get to say that because the Apple Watch reminds you of something from the past, the design is therefore wrong.
I disagree with your assessment that it is poorly designed, or that there's something wrong with bulky. And most hands on reviews have been very positive about the solid well designed feel.
You are also ignoring the same reviews that describe quite a lot of functionality that can be had without the iPhone present. Although since most people take their phones most places these days, I'm not sure why this would be such a sticking point.
Certainly you are completely wrong to state that you cannot get 'any functionality' without the iPhone.
Battery life concerns were nixed in just about every review also. Keeping in mind that these were people actually reviewing the watch. Journalists who were being paid to review a product, are far more likely to be using it a lot more than a typical wearer, were still getting a full day of performance.
Since I stick my phone and tablet on charge every night, what's an extra item?
As he flies around in Steve Job's old private jet, enjoying the interior he designed, spending the millions he has earned from his designs, I'm thinking he probably knows more about design than you.
I'm not sure why you believe that if the digital crown is towards the bottom of the case as it would be on a left handed wearer, it would prevent them from using the watch. Where is your evidence for that? Do you just type the first thing that comes into your head?
The water resistance of the Apple Watch does exist, so you can in fact go out in the rain.
My watch is water resistant to 2000 feet. But how often do you think I've needed that?
We'll see. But you might want to become better informed before making that call.
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Come on. I hope you're getting paid by the character. People like you need to get one thing straight. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME OPINION. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING OVERTLY RUDE AND DEMEANING COMMENTS. IF YOU ARE GETTING PAID TO TRASH PEOPLES OPINIONS ON MR NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE.
Come on. I hope you're getting paid by the character. People like you need to get one thing straight. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME OPINION. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING OVERTLY RUDE AND DEMEANING COMMENTS. IF YOU ARE GETTING PAID TO TRASH PEOPLES OPINIONS ON MR NOBODY WANTS YOU HERE.
How is it negative to want to be able to walk into my local Apple Store and check out their new products on launch day? If the new MB was on show and available I would probably have bought one there and then. Same goes for the Apple Watch.
I'm not criticising the products, I'm criticisng the inept management team led by that useless sack of **** Tim Cook. It's no secret that I can't abide the guy and don't think he's a worthy successor to Steve.
You have no clue what is selling right now, or even in the last 15 years. The 42 mm x 10.5 mm is the average for watch that sell currently. You'd know that if you actually had done one micro second of Google search. The 38mm is actually notably smaller than the average current male watch. Even women's watches have had a tendency to be bigger recently : thus the 38 mm.
Considering the alternatives are properly monstrous (bigger/thicker or both). You're whole comment is laughable.
I actually went to try on the watch today. First impressions...the 38mm is SMALL. and I mean REALLY SMALL. I thought that was going to be the watch for me, since I have a small wrist. But no, 42 is the way to go. Trust me. If you got a 38 and you're a guy change it for a 42mm. Kind of like a previous user mentioned.... 42mm for men. And 38mm for women.
Introducing the new line of iProducts.
iSocks
iHat
iShirt
iPants
iSweatshirt (limited edition)
iShorts
iToothbrush
Because why only have 1 line of a device that does what you need when we can make quantitatively more money by expanding the same technology into every interaction of your life.
iSocks
iHat
iShirt
iPants
iSweatshirt (limited edition)
iShorts
iToothbrush
Because why only have 1 line of a device that does what you need when we can make quantitatively more money by expanding the same technology into every interaction of your life.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt just posted an article on the First Apple Watch Sales Results. The title is misleading since it only discusses the preorder breakdown gleaned from polls on MR and other Apple sites. There are still a couple of noteworthy observations.
He has two sets of polls: one prior to preorders, where people submitted what they were thinking about buying, and another after preorders started—effectively exit polls.
In the lead-up poll, 60% were considering aluminum, only 12% considered steel, and 24% were undecided. As of today, after preorders started Friday, polls indicate that 39% to 56% of customers preordered steel (the range is based on polls from various sites). This aligns with reports I've heard (and overhearing discussions in the Apple Store) that many customers on the fence between the aluminum and steel versions are much more willing to drop the extra cash for the latter.
Another surprise was the relatively high percentage of gold versions preordered. 4% where considering it before the preorder, and 2% to 6% ultimately preordered it. There isn't more granular data on the breakdown of Edition tiers, but based on a conservative ASP of $12,000 a couple of commenters calculated that Edition sales bumped the ASP across collections to somewhere between $800 and $872.
He has two sets of polls: one prior to preorders, where people submitted what they were thinking about buying, and another after preorders started—effectively exit polls.
In the lead-up poll, 60% were considering aluminum, only 12% considered steel, and 24% were undecided. As of today, after preorders started Friday, polls indicate that 39% to 56% of customers preordered steel (the range is based on polls from various sites). This aligns with reports I've heard (and overhearing discussions in the Apple Store) that many customers on the fence between the aluminum and steel versions are much more willing to drop the extra cash for the latter.
Another surprise was the relatively high percentage of gold versions preordered. 4% where considering it before the preorder, and 2% to 6% ultimately preordered it. There isn't more granular data on the breakdown of Edition tiers, but based on a conservative ASP of $12,000 a couple of commenters calculated that Edition sales bumped the ASP across collections to somewhere between $800 and $872.
If that's true, that would be watch related revenue would around 15B (if say 18'M sold) by the end of the year, with at least 7B in profits... That would be good for Apple's stock price that's for sure ;-). I think that this is maybe a bit enthusiastic on the ASP
which I myself think would likely be around $500-600.. once it goes out of early adopter mode into mom, pop and kids mode ;-)
I expect 30M sold based on roughly 10% of 315M owners of iPhone versions 5 and up (the user base as of Q4 2014, which will obviously ratchet up further throughout 2015). The Edition is supposed to be limited but I expect its sales to increase with continued scarcity, pushing up the ASP to more than compensate for any ASP drop that a increase in aluminum-to-steel ratio (mom/pop/kids' mode) would create. I also suspect that 15% to 20% of Watch buyers will eventually purchase one or more additional bands, driving up the ASP even further.If that's true, that would be watch related revenue would around 15B (if say 18'M sold) by the end of the year, with at least 7B in profits... That would be good for Apple's stock price that's for sure ;-). I think that this is maybe a bit enthusiastic on the ASP
As a lifelong watch wearer who viscerally gets the added value of glanceable information, I've been uncommonly bullish on the Apple Watch from day one, and don't share the popular assumption that there will be a sugar crash in sales later in the year.
Of course, feel free to bookmark this for claim chowder.
Yeah, it's terrible:
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/12/apple-watch-1-million-preorders-us/
As for Mr. Cook, take a look at the stock when he took over as CEO, and what it is now.
Not sure what your definition of success is, but it seems pretty skewed from where I'm standing.
Personal insults? So cheap...
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The stock is being artificially inflated. It's called naked short sales on a massive level.
Regarding 'insult', it's just a friendly advise... You may take it however you wish though. I guess it's ok for you to insult Tim Cook, though...
"Artificially inflated stocks" - conspiracy theories galore....
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