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  • Google's Android Wear 2.0 plays catch-up with Apple's watchOS 3, offers some unique touche...

    Let me just put in my (possibly worthless) two cents, I think where Apple nailed it is with the bands.  I know with all the other technologies these things offer, putting emphasis on the band is pretty silly right?  Well, not in my opinion.  The thing that makes Apple Watches so appealing outside of their technology is they just look darn awesome with their bands.  There are so many to choose from and Apple does a great thing by showing you a Watch face and colors and complement that band perfectly.  These Android Wear 2.0 watch while cool...I think don't have very appealing bands.  I suppose it is all subjective, but like I said just my two cents.  I'm glad Apple put as much thought into their bands as the watch itself.

    By the way, I was an early adopter and got my Apple Watch only a few weeks after it was initially released.  Back then, hardly anyone had one on.  This year, I see them on so many people.  Each one with a different type of band...so happy to Apple for gaining market share.

    One thing that does concern me is that Apple has made such a great product that people won't want to upgrade often.  I mean I have no reason to buy another.  My 1st generation works just fine for me.  I am only concerned because again people will say YoY decline in Apple Watch sales because no one will want to upgrade like me.  This is what happened with their iPad.  It is not that the iPad is bad product it is just it is such a good product that hardly anyone needs to buy the latest and greatest.
    cornchipradarthekatcaligilly017watto_cobra
  • Following Apple's decline, Foxconn reports first sales dip in 25 years

    zone said:
    This is so stupid... stop making it sound like the company is going out of business. A sales decline of an amazing number is still amazing! Apple make a larger profit in 1 quarter than most companies out there. Stop trying to manipulate the stock...
    Stop taking a company so seriously like it's life or death. It's just a freaking company. No need to have that much emotional attachment to it. I like what they make and use a lot of the products but don't get bent out of shape if anyone says anything good or bad about them. There are much other things in the world to care about more than a company.
    This is what I think about when I hear my co-workers and friends talk about their sports teams.  But people have their passions and there is nothing wrong with it.  We care equally about the world as well as Apple and the companies it partners with.
    StrangeDayswatto_cobra
  • Apple Pay adds support for 17 new US banks and credit unions

    Okay, outside the Apple Pay experience, I'm more curious to know if this initiative is really paying off for Apple and its bottom line?  I suppose they are getting their small cut of each transaction but I can't imagine that is adding up to much.  More importantly it was supposed to lead people to buying the iPhone or Apple Watch.  Has that happened?  Maybe the numbers tell a positive story but none of my friends ever talk about it saying how Apple Pay is the best thing since sliced bread.  Don't get me wrong, I have it on my Apple Watch series 1...I use it on occasion and "it just works".  That is awesome.  

    And in my experience the store staff are starting to know about it.  Perhaps they are not being told by their management on how it works but they see other customers using it and can learn/help that way.  So eventually these young kids who work at the stores will end up championing and guiding more people to use Apple Pay.

    So I might sound a bit wishy-washy here...but all I am saying and hoping for is that is making a difference for Apple.  I mean they put a lot into this...I would hope some ROI is being realized.

    Lastly, if I could offer one criticism to Apple it would be that I simply don't think they advertise this Apple Pay enough.  I bet so many people don't even know they have it on their iPhones or Apple Watches.
    watto_cobralostkiwi
  • Latest 4K drone footage of Apple's 'spaceship' Campus 2 shows interior auditorium work, significant.

    This campus is amazing.  I hope when it is finished there will be a full video (maybe documentary) on its construction from day one.  The amount of thinking and planning that must be gone into this is mind-blowing.

    I would love to hear about the people intimately involved in making this campus a reality.  And I can't wait to see the inside and seeing people work in their office spaces.

    I know Apple is getting pounded on for this and that (especially this latest Macbook Pro/Consumer Reports thing), but honestly hardly anyone takes into account that the whole damn company is moving into a new campus.  That is no excuse, I agree, but still at the end of the day these things just don't happen automatically and without some disruption. 

    Anyway, the campus is amazing and these videos are pretty awesome too! :smile: 

    mwhitemacxpresspatchythepiratestantheman
  • Kuo: Apple Watch shipments to decline in 2016 despite new models, lower prices

    Also, what part about the Apple Watch do you think Steve Jobs would not like?  Why do people always like to speak about what he would or would not have liked?  How would you even know something like that???  And thinking about it from another angle, maybe there are a ton of things he would have liked no?  
    watto_cobra