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To: ctdonath2

I asked earlier, what is the projected percent of iPhone users to buy the watch and what is the time period?

What was its development cost?


76 posted on 04/20/2015 10:43:56 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan

SWAGging with Apple’s typical markup vs manufacturing & R&D costs, I’d guesstimate each Watch costs Apple about $200. Per my async reply in #77, that gives Apple a break-even revenue of $18B in one year flat, probably netting twice that with over-and-above sheer profit included. So we’re looking at something like $32B first-year revenue on a product that couldn’t have cost more than a billion dollars (!) to develop.


78 posted on 04/20/2015 11:03:39 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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