[Swordmaker]

FWIW, I am Apple through and through — on my 4th iPhone, Mac laptops and desktops — but I can’t justify the watch.

Legitimate comment. A lot won't. However, if even ~20% of iPhone users buy the watch, that's 150 million watches sold at an average selling price of ~$500, that works out to ~$75 Billion in revenues and figuring the ~42% margin Apple is claiming on the Watch, ~$31.5 Billion in profits. That's nothing to sneeze at. There's good indications it may reach that in a couple of years.

[zeugma]

Legitimate comment. A lot won't. However, if even ~20% of iPhone users buy the watch, that's 150 million watches sold at an average selling price of ~$500, that works out to ~$75 Billion in revenues and figuring the ~42% margin Apple is claiming on the Watch, ~$31.5 Billion in profits. That's nothing to sneeze at. There's good indications it may reach that in a couple of years.

Absolutely true. A revenue stream is a revenue stream. I don't know what the margins are on these things, but I suspect it is not a pittance. Many companies would be happy for total revenues to equal the profits Apple will make off these watches. Will it be a profitable enough revenue stream for them to stick with for the long haul? I suspect so.