March is a great time. Feb would be too early, not enough padding from the Holiday season. March is typically dead and is an ideal time for Apple Watch updates. This product is going to be huge, and the cynical, myopic stupidity of some won't change that. The possibilities are endless, and nothing released thus far seems like a threat. The software is what will define it.
If they had to resort to a dead time of year, that tells you all you need to know about the prospects for the Apple Watch.
1) My guess is the last weekend before the end of the quarter. I don't reall understand why they want the biggest weekend on the previous quarter, but it's their MO.
2) I would expect another event that goes over ?Watch plus additional features at least a few weeks before. Perhaps early March or late February.
Mr Benjamin frost is a troll IMHO, he exhibits most of the traits trying to upset the community here I hope he gets banned I leave it up to you to decide whether or not he is of course I suggest though we stop feeding him
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15 million for success, not 10 million, in my opinion. 20 million for a great success.
They should sell more units for an iPhone accessory product in its first [weekend, quarter, year] than any other Apple product category has sold in their first year? How does that make sense to you? We're those not sucessful products?
15 million for success, not 10 million, in my opinion. 20 million for a great success.
They should sell more units for an iPhone accessory product in its first [weekend, quarter, year] than any other Apple product category has sold in their first year? How does that make sense to you? We're those not sucessful products?
The iPad sold 15 million in its first year at what will probably be a higher ASP than the Apple Watch. As such, I expect the watch to sell more in order to be deemed as big a success.
So people will only buy this product on major holidays?
No, people buy gifts on major holidays and it would've been Apple Watch as a gift for Valentine or Lunar New Year instead of $500 necklace or bracelet.
I'm still waiting to see if the Sport model, at least, will be water resistant enough to justify being called a sports watch. I prefer a watch I can wear through all phases of triathlon training and competition. A friend of mine, an avid marathoner, is also interested in the Apple Watch; but with the same proviso of expecting sufficient water resistance to tolerate immersion.
So to the naysayer on here and we all know who he is. When Apple sells 3million on first weekend what will you say then. Oh and try to say something interesting and not back peddle with the usual boring trite comments. Please entertain us some more?
So people will only buy this product on major holidays?
No, but a watch is a piece of jewelry. Jewelry is far more frequently gifted for certain holidays and personal celebrations (birthdays, graduations, anniversaries).
I still just don't get it. If you have phone, why would you want a watch, much less a smartwatch? All of it's functions are the same as your phone, albeit in a much smaller screen, thus less friendly. When I receive a notification, I want to pull out my phone and check twitter and read my email in the mean time.
I'm really longing for this as I daily use a watch and really would like to see my iPhone's notifications more easily. But I'm very worried about how well this will sell. Like how many active iPhones are there? I remember 160 million something. So if they sell 10 million watches wich I personally think is a minimum to be regarded as a success that is one in 160 people. And frankly, I know about two other people who use a watch, and know of only one who would be interested in a smart watch. (Almost every one I know has an iPhone for the record) So how good will it sell, regardless of when they release it. Maybe they should open up the sdk for android. It could be a way for people to try apple and then switch to iPhone. I really hope this won't flop, because I think it's the future. Especially when it will be independent of an iPhone.
I still just don't get it. If you have phone, why would you want a watch, much less a smartwatch? All of it's functions are the same as your phone, albeit in a much smaller screen, thus less friendly. When I receive a notification, I want to pull out my phone and check twitter and read my email in the mean time.
Well yes you are correct but there are some things it will do like nudge your wrist when you get a particular call or when using maps it will nudge you to take a left or right. There are times when it's inappropriate to use iPhone like in a theatre. At a biz meeting and maps function allows us to not look like a tourist when navigating. The silent notification feature is the killer app imho
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March is a great time. Feb would be too early, not enough padding from the Holiday season. March is typically dead and is an ideal time for Apple Watch updates. This product is going to be huge, and the cynical, myopic stupidity of some won't change that. The possibilities are endless, and nothing released thus far seems like a threat. The software is what will define it.
If they had to resort to a dead time of year, that tells you all you need to know about the prospects for the Apple Watch.
2) I would expect another event that goes over ?Watch plus additional features at least a few weeks before. Perhaps early March or late February.
Trolling is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings, and upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group. Their success at the former depends on how well they – and the troll – understand identity cues; their success at the latter depends on whether the troll's enjoyment is sufficiently diminished or outweighed by the costs imposed by the group.
Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the newsgroup community. Furthermore, in a group that has become sensitized to trolling – where the rate of deception is high – many honestly naïve questions may be quickly rejected as trollings. This can be quite off-putting to the new user who upon venturing a first posting is immediately bombarded with angry accusations. Even if the accusation is unfounded, being branded a troll is quite damaging to one's online reputation.
iPhone in June and iPad in April. Are those poorly recieved despite not launching for the Holiday quarter?
They should sell more units for an iPhone accessory product in its first [weekend, quarter, year] than any other Apple product category has sold in their first year? How does that make sense to you? We're those not sucessful products?
15 million for success, not 10 million, in my opinion. 20 million for a great success.
They should sell more units for an iPhone accessory product in its first [weekend, quarter, year] than any other Apple product category has sold in their first year? How does that make sense to you? We're those not sucessful products?
The iPad sold 15 million in its first year at what will probably be a higher ASP than the Apple Watch. As such, I expect the watch to sell more in order to be deemed as big a success.
So people will only buy this product on major holidays?
No, people buy gifts on major holidays and it would've been Apple Watch as a gift for Valentine or Lunar New Year instead of $500 necklace or bracelet.
You mean kind of like shipping the first iPhone in June 2007? Cuz, like, that turned into a big flop.
I think Cook should sell the watch division to Microsoft or Google, in order to save getting egg on his face.
He no doubt appreciates your concern. As I am confident, do many.
Meanwhile perhaps he's just really fond of calculator watches? And likes eggs....
So people will only buy this product on major holidays?
No, but a watch is a piece of jewelry. Jewelry is far more frequently gifted for certain holidays and personal celebrations (birthdays, graduations, anniversaries).
Benedict Evans posted this on Twitter from CES. The Chinese really have no shame.
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The Edsel.
I still just don't get it. If you have phone, why would you want a watch, much less a smartwatch? All of it's functions are the same as your phone, albeit in a much smaller screen, thus less friendly. When I receive a notification, I want to pull out my phone and check twitter and read my email in the mean time.
I think that anyone with an iPhone 6 or 6+ will buy one. I know I will, Day 1, if possible.
Well yes you are correct but there are some things it will do like nudge your wrist when you get a particular call or when using maps it will nudge you to take a left or right. There are times when it's inappropriate to use iPhone like in a theatre. At a biz meeting and maps function allows us to not look like a tourist when navigating. The silent notification feature is the killer app imho
And that would be for the exact same hardware so what's the issue?