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To: Enlightened1
well duh... how many people do they expect to buy them- a million every day?
2 posted on
07/07/2015 8:27:28 AM PDT by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz - to defeat HilLIARy/Warren)
To: Enlightened1
There are plenty of other smartwatches on the market for far less money. A couple of my students, professors of electronic engineering, wear, I believe, Samsung smartwatches, and they love ‘em.
3 posted on
07/07/2015 8:28:36 AM PDT by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Enlightened1
Apple also unveiled a gold Edition model priced at $10,000 or more. So far fewer than 2,000 of them have sold in the U.S., Slice contends.Two thousand people bought a gold toy? Wow.
4 posted on
07/07/2015 8:30:18 AM PDT by
Obadiah
(This is Bravo-6, we have Zips in the wire! I repeat, Zips in the wire.)
To: Enlightened1
A $10,000 iWatch will be just as obsolete in 3-4 years as a $300 model.
Whereas a three year old Rolex or a Breitling will be every bit as functional as a new one, and hold a high percentage of its value.
Yes, there are some stupid rich people, but not that many.
To: Enlightened1
I believe Apple was committing fraud by selling their $10k gold watches as 22 carat. Its not 22 carat in the traditional sense but Apple’s own 22 carat alloy, which could mean that there’s not much gold in it at all
6 posted on
07/07/2015 8:33:30 AM PDT by
4rcane
To: Enlightened1
Why Apple thought a wrist-borne I/O device for an iPhone would be a big seller is beyond me. A wrist-borne stand-along computer with a touch-screen interface might be a fun product that lots of technophiles would have wanted and could have generated significant sales, but the iWatch isn’t it.
7 posted on
07/07/2015 8:33:35 AM PDT by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
To: Enlightened1
Instead of being useful to the buyers they are finding it only useful to Apple.
To: Enlightened1
Does not surprise me. I recently talked with an Apple employee (a former intern of mine) who is quite tech savvy as many of her generation are. She has one but has no real clue what to do with it. To her it’s an accessory and a really expensive calendaring system that beeps at her when a meeting is coming up.
13 posted on
07/07/2015 8:39:51 AM PDT by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: Enlightened1
I got rid of my watch a couple of decades ago. I use my hand-me down smart phones for internet radio and very occasional surfing. A tablet screen is the minimum useful size for me. In 1992 I had a 1024x768 24 bit color 15" monitor and now use a 1920x1080 ~25" on the desktop.
There's no way I'd get a computer wrist watch. Useless.
14 posted on
07/07/2015 8:45:01 AM PDT by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: Enlightened1
At this rate, they’ll hit zero in August. That’s about the value of the company without Steve Jobs.
16 posted on
07/07/2015 8:56:33 AM PDT by
norwaypinesavage
(The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
To: Enlightened1
Well, Apple has never said the Apple Watch would be a big moneymaker. Apple’s truly big moneymaker is the iPhone—and iPhone sales continue to be strong.
20 posted on
07/07/2015 9:05:22 AM PDT by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Enlightened1
From watching the commercials, it seems the watch is more of an annoyance than convenience.
21 posted on
07/07/2015 9:08:51 AM PDT by
TomGuy
To: Enlightened1
The pent-up demand was satisfied the first week or so, with customers placing all their orders within the first hours/days/weeks. Once everyone who wanted one ordered one, few are left to place orders. There’s a limited market (by definition, starting with the world population being ~7B) for a single product (2 sizes + a few minor albeit pricy differences in construction). Interesting that a market in the millions can choose to order and satisfy their demand practically overnight.
22 posted on
07/07/2015 9:37:06 AM PDT by
ctdonath2
(The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
To: Enlightened1
Perhaps the economy is soft.
24 posted on
07/07/2015 9:47:59 AM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(Couples? Same-sex COUPLES?! Don't be such a narrow-minded hate-filled clusterphobe.)
To: Enlightened1; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
An organization that makes guesses at sales based on emailed receipts, but cannot have had anything to do with receipts from Apple which was the sole source of the Apple Watch during the initial sales period, is claiming that ten days after Apple finally starts Apple Watch sales in the retail stores, sales are slowing down. . . and that sales are down from 200,000 a day. . . but based on WHAT? Their guesses? The chart they provided is bogus on its face, because no Apple Watch receipts could have been sent in early April because no Apple Watches were available for shipping until May! That was the pre-order period, and Apple only sent acknowledgments of customer pre-orders, not purchase receipts until the units shipped. PING!
Apple Watch Sales slowing by 90% or FUD? Ping!
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28 posted on
07/07/2015 11:35:57 AM PDT by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Enlightened1
32 posted on
07/07/2015 12:03:30 PM PDT by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: Enlightened1
So, the hype turned out to be...iPerbole?
38 posted on
07/07/2015 12:11:56 PM PDT by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: Enlightened1
weird that no one wants to wear an overpriced, crappy looking, bracelet that screams “i’m a sodomite!”
lol
57 posted on
07/07/2015 2:46:40 PM PDT by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
To: Enlightened1
59 posted on
07/07/2015 4:03:11 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Enlightened1
Gadget crazed Asians were always the biggest buyers (suckers) for these Apple watches. With the Chinese stock market collapsing this buying will be cut way back. Those $10,000 gold Apple watches will be stashed away somewhere in Cupertino and given away to winners of the gay wet T-shirt night contests
62 posted on
07/07/2015 4:53:08 PM PDT by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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