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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You are trying to kill my pills.
Do us all a favor and call 911 ... :-) ...
You even smiled at the concept of calling 911. You truly do hate me.
Especially if someone catches him teaching their kid how to be "happy".
U cannot leave teh Iterwebz they is forever. Even this post. OMG I get so much with this, this caste will I wish them do some thing about it. I mean, should you at some point arrrrrrrrrrrcquire some tincture of articulation and decide, hey, I need a career producing slick romantic fiction for the Atlantic, somebody there will do a web search and this little stinker will turn up in the inbox of every member of the editorial board by the time you’ve got the champagne chilled and the brie toasted or whatever the hell it is that they do with brie out there. I mean, you can’t use the stuff in a fondue and putting it on a Ritz cracker is pretty déclassé, so what are you really gonna do with it? I dunno. Which brings me to my next topic: why is it better to use a strawberry in a chocolate fondue than, say, an asparagus? At least you can dip the asparagus without getting your fingers burned. Sure, it makes your pee stink but it’s better than hearing Tina Brown squeal when you’re farting in the Atlantic boardroom, especially if you’ve been cheating with the pickled eggs like somebody I know but I’ll never do it again. I mean, who wants to pretend that the thin veneer of civilization is really all about THAT, Fondue, that is. You can’t fondue a pickled egg. Are you crazy?
(Im not buying a CEO or a sexual orientation ... Im buying product that doesnt have a sexual orientation and none of those products have even attempted to persuade me on a sexual orientation.)
Not even a good straw man. I don’t remember arguing that Apple products persuade you on a sexual orientation. That’s ridiculous! I frankly don’t give a hoot about anybody’s sexual orientation. That’s their business.
If Christians en mass boycotted businesses that showed bigotry or hatred toward them, those businesses would be hurt financially, and investors would rightly turn on the CEO for failing his fiduciary responsibility of maximizing their return instead of abusing his position and hurting the company on his personal vendetta. CEO’s would then think twice about showing such bigotry as the spokesman of their company.
Conversely, if CEO’s like Cook don’t pay any price for their bigotry and instead get only pats on the back from fellow progressives, more and more companies would see only positives from attacking Christians, instead of being shamed for their actions.
By all means keep being an enabler, but at least don’t insult people’s intelligence by acting like you don’t know what you’re really doing.
Is that what one calls a “brain dump” ... :-) ...
It’s no straw man because I have nothing to do with it. I’m buying “product” and I’m buying it for what it does for me. If you don’t like it, take care of it the way you want.
As for me, straw man or not ... I’m buying the best product for meeting the needs that I have, which happens to be Apple products. Buy your products the way you want, because I don’t actually care what you buy ... LOL ...
My products have nothing to do with sexual orientation and thus ... I don’t care about sexual orientation when I’m buying them.
AND ... I would say that there are about 700 other FReepers who are also just buying product, too ... for what it does for them ... :-) ...
Well, that could apply to you, too ... but I’ll wait until they catch you ... which shouldn’t be too long ... LOL ...
LOL, I understand completely!
What’s worse (to use that word) I’m wearing a G-shock right now. I enjoy whatever “watch” is on my wrist. “Smartwatch”? nah. Like you I have my phone, multiple computers, a radio-controlled desk clock, etc.
Still, love my mechanicals!
If I hated you, I would tell you to NOT call 911 ... LOL ...
[ ... now that’s a knee-slapper ... ]
I'll note that accusation for future reference.
I’ve got one of those G-Shock watches, too ... and it’s working fine, but it’s in a drawer ... :-) ...
I think WE will be noting it in the newspapers ... LOL ...
Just exactly what is it you think this mythical "WE" will be noting?
Maybe it’s one of your alternate personalities ... :-) ... and not the pills after all.
Free Republic readers when WE read the news headline, posted here ... :-) ...
C'mon, spit it out. You know you want to.
I’ll wait for your headline to show up ... should be interesting ... :-) ...
Your inferences are obvious, disgusting and not appropriate for Free Republic.
Stop it.
For future reference Star Traveler, “gay” used to describe homosexuals does not translate to “happy.”
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