You "come on". That isn't the point. The fact that a customer doesn't have to pay out the full retail price of the phone when they buy it, opened the door to more customers adopting the iPhone instead of the cheaper lower quality Android phones which were also given away for "free".
And yes, that's exactly what subsidizing the ?Watch will do for Apple. I think I was consistent in my posts stating that I saw the price of the watch coming down over time, and once Apple got the price down like they did with the iPhones, it would be a direct competitor against single-function watches like this Swatch, where style is the only variable. Im sorry if you inferred something else, but in context I didn't imply otherwise.
And yes of course it serves Apple's goal to drop the price now .. why else are they selling it in Target, and online retailer B&H, and Best Buy, and Sprint and T-Mobile, and high end department stores, luxury jewelers, and fashion boutiques? Because they want to sell as many watches as they possibly can. That's Apple's goal. What else could it be? And selling as many as they possibly can is only going to happen is it's A) accessible to as many potential customers as possible, affordable to as many potential customers as possible, and C) desired by as many potential customers as possible. And that last one is the likely the most important as people don't know they want the watch unless they know what it can do, and the only way they're gonna know is if they use one. And for many it's not as attractive over other less expensive options with less functionality specific to what they know they want, and can use. And that's why Apple would benefit from a price drop as soon as possible. Just like cheaper iPhones let more customers use them and fall in love with them, and get sucked into Apple's ecosystem -- which let's face it is the ultimate goal. Apple doesn't want to just sell you products, they want to sell you products that allow you to use their services, which in turns locks you into products with which those services are only accessible.
The Watch is already inexpensive, and I'm sure Apples margins are lower on this than mature products. If you can't afford it, so be it,
Beyond that, you really didn't read what I wrote, so moving on from this silliness...
But I think if someone intellectually has an issue using their Watch at a few events like this a year, then they have to intellectually justify spending several thousand dollars for a half dozen uses Personally, it makes little sense to me, despite the ability to to do so, and wearing the Watch at any of those events does not affect me or anyone.. But this is all about personal taste, attitude, and symbolism at this point, and that's fine.
That's true. But "fancy" events is just one special use case where an AW may not be the preferred watch (Omega with VIP notifications). There may be others. I already mentioned the beach ad nauseam (waterporoof with payment chip), but how about watches for small children (micro sim and GPS); skiing (altimeter, gps, bluetooth). I really dont know.
I am not trying to convince anyone that they should buy the Smart Watch; or even that it is a fantastic product. I was just responding to posts here stating that this here Swatch is DOA, a toy, etc. I just feel there may be use cases for "special" watches to replace the AW in certain settings. Will people buy multiple watches? I believe people already do (even though current watches all do the same on thing: tell the time), and they will do when watches get more specialized. You have different clothes depending on what you are going to do, although arguably, a pair of waterproof trainers and a track suit is functionally all you need!
So don't dismiss this, embrace it and see if they work.
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The Watch is already inexpensive, and I'm sure Apples margins are lower on this than mature products. If you can't afford it, so be it,
Beyond that, you really didn't read what I wrote, so moving on from this silliness...
But I think if someone intellectually has an issue using their Watch at a few events like this a year, then they have to intellectually justify spending several thousand dollars for a half dozen uses Personally, it makes little sense to me, despite the ability to to do so, and wearing the Watch at any of those events does not affect me or anyone.. But this is all about personal taste, attitude, and symbolism at this point, and that's fine.
That's true. But "fancy" events is just one special use case where an AW may not be the preferred watch (Omega with VIP notifications). There may be others. I already mentioned the beach ad nauseam (waterporoof with payment chip), but how about watches for small children (micro sim and GPS); skiing (altimeter, gps, bluetooth). I really dont know.
I am not trying to convince anyone that they should buy the Smart Watch; or even that it is a fantastic product. I was just responding to posts here stating that this here Swatch is DOA, a toy, etc. I just feel there may be use cases for "special" watches to replace the AW in certain settings. Will people buy multiple watches? I believe people already do (even though current watches all do the same on thing: tell the time), and they will do when watches get more specialized. You have different clothes depending on what you are going to do, although arguably, a pair of waterproof trainers and a track suit is functionally all you need!
So don't dismiss this, embrace it and see if they work.
The Watch is already inexpensive, and I'm sure Apples margins are lower on this than mature products. If you can't afford it, so be it,
Beyond that, you really didn't read what I wrote, so moving on from this silliness...
And yet:
http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/189854/apple-promo-offers-50-savings-on-apple-watch-with-new-iphone-purchase
No, it's not "free", but I pretty much called this one ...