"iWatch" - The Apple Watch Thread

Stewart H · May 7, 2015

..... and here's a tip for those who don't want to pay $10,000
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...s-steel-model-look-like-Edition-just-399.html

Alpha · May 7, 2015

noelekal
http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/29/technology/apple-watch-tattoos/index.html

The Apple Watch apparently doesn't like tattoos.

What's wrong with a good tattoo 😉

Hijak · May 7, 2015

😵‍💫I don't get why anyone would want one of these in gold...it just seems silly...but to each his own.

Stewart H · May 7, 2015

Hijak
😵‍💫I don't get why anyone would want one of these in gold...it just seems silly...but to each his own.

That's better than me. I don't get why anyone would want one of these in any material.

Trev · May 7, 2015

Stewart H
That's better than me. I don't get why anyone would want one of these in any material.

Many people were making very similar comments about the first generation iPhone too. 😉

gatorcpa · May 7, 2015

Trev
Many people were making very similar comments about the first generation iPhone too. 😉

.A friend got up at 3am to purchase it on the first day available. He received one from the first shipment. He liked it, but sold it for almost double what he paid.

He said he can wait the six months to get another one for cheap.
gatorcpa

Trev · May 7, 2015

gatorcpa
.A friend got up at 3am to purchase it on the first day available. He received one from the first shipment. He liked it, but sold it for almost double what he paid.

He said he can wait the six months to get another one for cheap.
gatorcpa

Yeah, that seems like a good call. I'll probably wait for the 2nd gen.

Darlinboy · Jul 8, 2015

A few comments on the iphone from around the web:

- The Apple Watch finally allows users to ruin two devices when they reach into the toilet to retrieve their iPhone.

- So excited for the Apple Watch. For decades, we’ve checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.

-To get to your apps, just press the Digital Crown." Or 'button' as we call it in the trade.

-

i20rider · Jul 8, 2015

A good place for it

pitpro · Jul 8, 2015

http://www.techeye.net/mobile/apple-watch-sales-fall-by-90-percent

Sales of the new Apple Watch have plunged by 90 percent since the opening week, according to a market research report.
Apple is selling fewer than 20,000 watches a day in the US since the initial surge in April, and on some days fewer than 10,000.

Data collected by Slice Intelligence slow that either the iWatch is a dead end or that anyone who wanted one now has one.

Two-thirds of the watches sold so far have been the lower-profit “Sport” version, whose price starts at $349, according to Slice, rather than the costlier and more advanced models that start at $549.

The figures are based on the electronic receipts sent to millions of email addresses following purchases. The company conducts market research on behalf of consumer goods companies, among others, many of them in the Fortune 500.

Apple has refused to comment about the sales. It does not comment on good sales or bad ones so that is not surprising.

However the iWatch was super-hyped and the first that the company has created and launched since the death of Steve Jobs, in 2011.

Some claim that how well the watch fares may be one measure of how well Apple may be able to maintain the standards of excellence in innovation, marketing and production it achieved under Jobs.

Of course if you don’t think that Apple ever showed any innovation then you would say that the watch indicates whether Apple can continue to sell a turd provided it has an Apple logo on it.

STANDY · Jul 8, 2015

alam · Jul 8, 2015

@pitpro In other news...

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...lly-shows-apple-is-crushing-smartwatch-sector

dsio · Jul 8, 2015

Yea it's a bit misleading saying its tanking because they've gone down to a respectable level, that's kind of like saying Rolex is tanking because Apple sold more watches in their first 24 hours as a watchmaker than Rolex did in the previous ENTIRE YEAR as a watchmaker.

To put it in further context, the "abysmal" 20,000 units per day in the U.S. alone (not including international sales) at present is still more than 7 times as many watches as Rolex is selling daily globally. Their global sales are probably more like 15 times Rolex' per day.

I can assure you, Rolex is making far less money out of selling watches right now than Apple is, so frankly if Apple needs to write it off as a failure and shut up shop in the watch business, Rolex most certainly needs to do so as well.

Modest_Proposal · Jul 8, 2015

I feel like a driving reason why people want the iwatch is the fact that it fulfills that fantasy in a lot of people of wearing the high-tech gadgetry that they saw in sci-fi television shows and movies with their youth. It's not any particular function.... it's the space-age futuristic coolness.

pitpro · Jul 8, 2015

alam
@pitpro In other news...

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...lly-shows-apple-is-crushing-smartwatch-sector

From what I read, Slice is a company that sells their statistical
sales and market share info to multinational corporations. It's not
a website or a blog. They were continually quoted in Forbes and
Martketwatch, etc. at iWatch launch on pre-sales info, etc.
Although they don't tap all sales channels, I'm sure their statistical
modeling is valid. I also don't think they have any motive for putting
out invalid information about iWatch.
appleinsider.com is of course appleinsider, whose whole website
is focused exclusively on Apple.
Investor's Business Daily thinks it's quite unusual that Apple has
stated it won't discuss iWatch sales figures.
http://news.investors.com/technolog...e-watch-wild-card-in-june-quarter-results.htm
Scribner believes investors will be disappointed if Apple does not disclose numbers for the new product.
"This quarter marks the first quarter of Watch sales," she said. "After tight supply early on, continued international expansion and recent comments from Apple lead us to believe that supply and demand (have) stabilized. We find it a bit unusual that Apple has not provided an update on sales as typically, Apple provides detail on units shipped for large and successful product launches."

I have no doubt Apple sold the most Smartwatches in the last 3 mos. But neither am I
impressed with that statistic. The "new" , anticipated entry into any market(cars for example)
always gets a pretty good bump on release.

Darlinboy · Jul 9, 2015

At least they've got most of the software bugs worked out.

alam · Jul 9, 2015

pitpro
From what I read, Slice is a company that sells their statistical
sales and market share info to multinational corporations. It's not
a website or a blog. They were continually quoted in Forbes and
Martketwatch, etc. at iWatch launch on pre-sales info, etc.
Although they don't tap all sales channels, I'm sure their statistical
modeling is valid. I also don't think they have any motive for putting
out invalid information about iWatch.
appleinsider.com is of course appleinsider, whose whole website
is focused exclusively on Apple.
Investor's Business Daily thinks it's quite unusual that Apple has
stated it won't discuss iWatch sales figures.
http://news.investors.com/technolog...e-watch-wild-card-in-june-quarter-results.htm
Scribner believes investors will be disappointed if Apple does not disclose numbers for the new product.
"This quarter marks the first quarter of Watch sales," she said. "After tight supply early on, continued international expansion and recent comments from Apple lead us to believe that supply and demand (have) stabilized. We find it a bit unusual that Apple has not provided an update on sales as typically, Apple provides detail on units shipped for large and successful product launches."

I have no doubt Apple sold the most Smartwatches in the last 3 mos. But neither am I
impressed with that statistic. The "new" , anticipated entry into any market(cars for example)
always gets a pretty good bump on release.

It may or may not be another Apple flop. I'm sure we'll get better numbers in the months ahead. I'm a bit skeptical about the methodology used by Slice to collect data - I dont know any of the details of the process briefly described here http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/209516-the-apple-watch-might-be-flopping-says-report but it reads to me like another case of analysis using the "best available data" (BAD) approach.

alam · Jul 9, 2015

in the meantime, I got to play with some cheap Chinese made electronics while on travel this week. I paid for my espresso macchiato, tracked a quick workout, cleared TSA check points, received flight updates and boarding passes while my phone stayed in my bag... and my wife likes this gadget too as her contact information shows at the top of the list.. 😀

Yes, I did miss winding my Speedy....

Trev · Dec 6, 2016

I've actually noticed Apple watches becoming far more common. Doctors, people working in retail, Uber drivers, etc. Only anecdotal evidence, but it feels like there's way more of them around these days.

I'd be keen to try out one of the Series 2 watches now that they're properly water resistant.

gatorcpa · Dec 6, 2016

It's a pretty nice gadget. So long as Apple continues to support it, it will stay relevant.

My feeling is that one day it will be replaced by something else from Apple to interface with the iPhone.

They know what they are doing from a marketing perspective.
gatorcpa

"iWatch" - The Apple Watch Thread

Stewart H

Alpha

Hijak

Stewart H

Trev

gatorcpa

Trev

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pitpro

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dsio

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alam

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