Posted on 05/01/2015 8:34:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Yes, it has a 3-day reserve to continue basic clock functions.
We’re at the point cell phones were: shock that one might have to recharge the device daily, soon followed by complete acceptance of the fact because the tradeoff of daily recharging with huge functionality is worthwhile.
Oh, they’ll grow the market.
The key issue in this thread is: by what sane reasoning does anyone conclude there is “lackluster interest” in the Watch? when Apple got billions of $$$ in orders before even first delivery. Even without the haptic hardware production problem, orders obviously overwhelmed supply.
I didn't heap derision on anyone, I just said why it's not something I want or need. So far Apple users aren't a protected class (yet), so we're allowed to offer our opinions when the pro-Apple group offers theirs.
Sorry; not you, but there are plenty on the FR Apple threads that do.
But they have a little over half the profits. Samsung has a bit less. Everyone else loses money on smartphones.
In terms of the smartwatch market, Apple sold more devices in one day than Samsung sold in a year. That's a pretty emphatic entry.
As to whether or not it's a fad or for real, time will tell (no pun intended). But I notice a lot of the arguments made against the Apple Watch use similar themes as to the ones used agains the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad (and, to a much lesser degree, the MacBook Air) when they first came out.
For the record, Business Insider is not business, and not insider. They suck, and I won’t click through to them. I keep wondering why otherwise intelligent Freepers keep posting their bullcrap.
But to the point of the article, which I will read only as much as is excerpted: 31 million is tepid? With 310 million people in America, having one in ten people buying one of these, is tepid? I’m sorry, but for an item whose usefulness requires the user to also own a 400 iPhone, 31 million is f*****g phenomenal.
That is simply untrue.
Where do you get your facts
Samsung sold 62 million smartphones first quarter 2015
Total projected sales of this watch is now 31 million this whole year
I’m typing on an IPhone 6 plus now but I’ll never get this fanaticism here over an overpriced in my view product from a now profitable but ultra liberal company
Can u explain it to me?
I myself feel no such fanaticism in life period aside from punani
The original IPhone flawed as it was most certainly revolutionized phones no question
And I do like their pads better than their phones
But I just don’t the 1963 Beatles at Idlewild hysteria
I was comparing Apple Watch to Samsung smartwatches. I thought the context was quite clear.
I like my Timex, it’s got a nice blue light that comes on when I push the stem.
iPerbole
350 (cheapest option) * 31,000,000 = 10,850,000,000 in revenue assuming every sale is the cheapest option.
Given the latest build cost estimate by folks who have tore one down, cheapest options cost to assemble is under $100 that leaves you with about
250*31,000,000 = 7,750,000,000
Obviously marketing and other costs further come out of that number but it’s safe to say at 31 million sales that’s probably somewhere in the 6-7 Billion profit range for the company....
He’ll lets just round it down to 5 Billion just to play conservative. Not a bad payday.
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