disneylandman

So parents are buying their spoiled teenagers an Apple Watch.  How nice.  They lose their phones and break them constantly, so I wonder if this is even true.  I have never seen a teenager wear an Apple Watch, and I have only seen a handful of people wearing one around Los Angeles...and it has been a year since the thing got released.  Best part is the small amount of people wearing an Apple Watch are using their iPhone instead!  Their biggest complaint is how slow it is.  Take a look around, no one wears a smart watch because people are smart enough to realize they do not need a device duplicated by a phone.

Take a look around and face reality.  Not many people care to buy or wear an Apple Watch, compared to the millions that use an iPhone.  The smart watch category is a niche market and the masses choose not to buy one.  That is just the way it is, and Kuo is pretty much on target with the Apple market.  The Apple Watch is lumped in with iPods and AppleTVs because it is nothing more than an accessory product.  So Apple never has to release the numbers because it is combined with other accessory sales.  Smart move on Apple's part for the financial statement.

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I'm probably going to be picking up an iPhone 5SE on day one.

The lack of 3D touch on this model does not bother me at all. I've tried it a few times on my friend's iPhone 6S+, and it's a cool feature, but certainly not a must have or anything that's absolutely essential, in my opinion.

I am much, much more glad that it has 2 GB ram and the A9 chip. The iPhone 5SE is going to be future proof for quite a while. Apple is obviously going to sell tons of these. The iPhone 5SE turned out to be much better than anybody predicted specs-wise, and the price also turned out to be lower than anybody predicted.

I think it's great that Apple offers 3 different sized iPads and 3 different sized iPhones, and it's a good sign that Apple hasn't forgotten about the smaller phone crowd. Everybody has their own personal size preferences, and what works for one person, often doesn't work for the next person.

I think that Apple has hit a home run, no scratch that, I think that Apple has hit it out of the ballpark with the iPhone 5SE.

You might want to learn the name of the product before you order it.  iPhone SE, not iPhone 5SE.  Either way, SE is a stupid name.  The 3D Touch is actually a very cool feature.  What is not to like about quick shortcuts into an app, or using an app?  The lack of 128GB is a sore spot for many users that like to keep a variety of music, apps, photos, and video on their device.  This model was primarily targeted at corporations that buy the 4" phone for employee use.  They do not need anything bigger than 16GB for their proprietary use with custom apps, and Apple just threw in a 64GB model as an extra model.  If this was really meant to be a model to go along with the rest of the line up, they would have included a 128GB model.  Instead, Apple forces you to get a 6S if you want higher capacity.  The SE allows companies to buy a low cost $399 iPhone for employee use, and have their apps run on faster hardware.  There is really no reason to keep the 6 and 6 Plus with limited capacities in the line up, and no reason to have so many iPad models either.  They do not need the Mini 2 or Air 2.  They only really need the Mini 4, Pro 9, and Pro 12.  The product line is getting bloated with too many models. Just look how many stupid watch bands are out there....over 20 ranging from $500 to $1,100!