Posted on 04/16/2015 5:29:23 PM PDT by Star Traveler
The Apple Watch is on fire: KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimates that Apple's debut smartwatch has sold more than 2.3 million units since preorders opened, MacRumors reports.
Apple hasn't released any sales data on Apple Watch sales, and it most likely won't until the company's quarterly earnings report. But this 2.3 million figure echoes what others have estimated the research company Slice believes there were about 1 million US preorders on launch day, for example.
Ming-Chi Kuo has a good track record on Apple: He was spot on with his predictions about the iPhone 5S, for example. If Kuo's figures are correct, Apple has in a stroke cornered the entire smartwatch market.
The Apple Watch's strong sales are bad news for Google and its Android Wear smartwatch operating system OS. According to Canalys, devices using Android Wear sold 720,000 units in 2014. Slice's figures suggested Apple was able to easily breeze past this figure in a single day. In doing so, Apple took away Google's one historical advantage, which Business Insider explained in a previous story:
The iPhone has always with some truth been considered the "rich man's phone." Apple customers tend to be better off than Android users and spend more on apps and in-app purchases. Accordingly, ad rates on iOS, Apple's operating system, are higher than on Google's OS.
This strong push is immediately going to make Apple's Watch OS an extremely attractive platform for developers looking to move into wearables, especially when coupled with the purchasing power of Apple consumers. And as this app ecosystem develops, it will make the Apple Watch even more attractive compared with other smartwatches, consolidating Apple's position further still.
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APPLE-HATER TROLLS don’t change ... they just die of old age ... :-0
I'm guessing the fanbois just "disappear".
Apple users last longer ... haven’t you heard? They are the happiest people on the planet with their Apple products, according to customer satisfaction ratings in the industry! Happy people live longer! ... :-) ...
Two things here ... one is from another comment of mine, earlier ...
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I like marvels of [mechanical] engineering too. There is something nostalgic about it and it is fascinating ... the fascination that invisible electrons flowing through circuits too small to be seen do not engender.
BUT, once I get over the nostalgia and get back to reality, I want those invisible electrons, in their too tiny circuits, in order to get a lot of things done productively ... and Apple is the best at that productivity for the mass market!
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And then, the other thing ... Apple Watch is not a watch ... as I said earlier:
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Its a wrist computer with over a thousand apps on it ... which happens to also show the time!
Ive also got a desktop computer that shows the time and I know thats not a watch! And my iPhone shows the time, and I also know thats not a watch.
AND ... my iPad actually has some fancy watch faces ... but ... I dont consider that a watch either. And, by the way, Im typing on my watch ... ummm, no, I mean iPad ... right now ... LOL ...
You rejoice in my pain.
You revel in it.
You enjoy my pain and want me to suffer more.
I’ve run into several people like that ... “If you aren’t as miserable as me, then you’re making fun of me!” ... LOL ...
I wouldn't be laying any bets on Tim Cook's longevity.
If you’ve seen him on his Keynotes, you would think he’s the happiest person on the planet ... but ... he may end up being a “dead happy person” ... LOL ...
Misery definitely wants to spread itself ... :-) ...
You hate me. Why do you hate me?
Yes, miserable people do think the world revolves around them ... :-) ...
Why are you trying to kill me?
Why are you coming to my house and shooting and painting my doorknobs with influenza and leaving my chicken dishes on the counter so I get salmanella?
LOL ... there was a girlfriend I had many years ago who was absolutely miserable in herself. I had to finally tell her that she was just TOO MISERABLE for me and she had to go ... :-) ...
True story!
You are trying to kill my cat. Why?
Ummm ... those are your pills speaking ... LOL ...
You told me that story so I would get depressed and kill myself.
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