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Vermelho said:

They can’t even keep these spoofed Apple products off Amazon website.  Combined with dirt cheap shipping from China that costs the USPS more with the uneven international govt mail arrangements 

MplsP said:

sflocal said:

I was going to buy the iPhone 12, but decided that my iPhoneX still keeps me going and with what's going on out in the world, my money can wait until the next iPhone comes out.  I'd really like to have that 120hz display.

How big of a difference does a 120 hz display make in day to day use? It seems like something that a few people would actually notice but many more people would obsess over. 

Beats said:

Is that Covid-19 in the middle?

tmay said:

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danvm said:

MacPro said:

I am not surprised.  My Rolex has been in a drawer ever since I got my first Watch.

In a few years, it will the opposite, the AW will be in the drawer, stuck with an old version of WatchOS, while the Rolex will be working like new.  

What bullshit - I bought an Apple Watch because I was tired of having to reset the time on my 2 year old, $8k Tag heuer “chronometer”. Also the Crown’s thread wore away inside of a year and needed replacement. (Which they weren’t willing to do for free.)  

The idea that these brands are producing a high-value, quality item is purely marketing. It’s typical fashion “thin end of the wedge marketing”.

Why would Tag Heuer fix your out of warranty watch free of charge?  Do you think that Apple would repair free of charge a $10k out of warranty Apple Watch Edition?  I don't think so.  Second, I suppose your Tag Heuer it's working like new after the repair.  Compare that to the Apple Watch Edition, which customers pay +$10K for a watch that is stuck with WatchOS 4.  Does this means "high-value" for you?  I suppose "quality item is purely marketing" for Apple too.  

For the price of a “luxury” Swiss watch, I can buy a stainless steel Apple Watch every year for over a decade - then just give them away for free to friends after the year is up. 

Also the ASP for Swiss watches is not as high as some people might think. While apple doesn’t disclose figures, I think it’s a fair bet to say that they have comparable ASPs. 

Are you saying that Apple Watches are disposables compared to luxury Swiss watches?  And Apple may have similar ASP to many Swiss watches, but there are others that are miles ahead of Apple ASP, and high end customers have no problem purchasing them.  Compare that to a $10K Apple Watch Edition, that is stuck at Watch OS 4, and was discontinued after a year and a half.  Do you think this is a good sign for a "luxury" watch?

Given the the Edition was created primarily to juice the initial sales of the Watch, and few were manufactured, I'm not seeing your point. People that bought those would almost certainly have expected them to be obsolete within the short expected lifetime of the electronics, and more to the point, the people that actually received them considered them bling same as a Tag Heuer.

I can afford to buy and replace an Apple Watch over and over again for my lifetime cheaper than someone can afford to buy, clean, adjust, and repair a Tag Heuer over its lifetime, and I certainly can expect a hell of a lot more productivity from the Apple Watch than you can ever obtain from your Tag Heuer, whose purpose is almost certainly bling, with a side of time. That a Tag Heuer may have some value to collectors is not all that relevant.

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JWSC said:

tzm41 said:

The Hong Kong legislature is the prime example of putting profits over values. They are almost useless for passing laws and regulations to protect the mass from the oligarchs, who control land supply, housing price, and profit distribution... Like Li Ka-shing basically robbed the dream out of all Hong Kongers, and now he moved away with his money.

I don’t know about that.  For decades HK has been the gold standard in free market capitalism.  It disproved all those who said you needed lots of factories to have a strong economy.  It disproved all those who said you needed trade tariffs to protect the people from imports.  It disproved all those who said that you needed land and abundant raw material resources to be a global economic leader.  It disproved all those who said that you needed high taxes to keep the people heathy, well fed and educated.

While it has its faults, as all great cities do, HK has been a shining example of how to do many things right.

Until recently...

The real deal is to tell the US government putting more pressure on the CCP, not judge the morality of a corporation.  They can't do anything here.