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Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by simonklitj »

nichochar wrote: post #158
dsacco wrote: post #145

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I have a few points for you in response: 1. I'm what you'd call a "watch guy." In the time I have had the Apple Watch Series 2, I have barely used my mechanicals (including a Lange & Sohne and a Nomos Glashutte). The Apple Watch comes with me on all but the most formal/elegant occasions, and I now hate changing straps on my mechanical watches in comparison. The Apple Watch may not be as beautiful, but it is far more…

A "watch guy" is someone who likes real watches. You're just a "gadget guy"

Well, a Lange & Söhne watch (which is a real watch) goes for 10-200k. I'd say having such a watch qualifies you as a "watch guy".

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by onion2k »

Mahn wrote: post #69
sideproject wrote: post #50

I'm not a watch wearer, so I don't plan to buy one. However, I thought if I DID (or if I got one as a gift), I would probably want an Apple Watch. So Apple has convinced me there. Do others feel similar?

I wear a fitness tracker. If I'm gonna wear something on my wrist, it ought to do something that my phone doesn't, otherwise it's hard to justify the cost.

Your phone almost certainly has all the functions that your fitness tracker has - the advantage is that you don't always have your phone on your person.

The same is true of a smartwatch - you get the some of the functionality of your phone without needing to have your phone on you.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by princetman »

I've been using my Apple Watch for 2 years now. It has proven to be an extremely useful for me just for the Apple Pay and Notifications alone. It causes a strange social issue though. If you're in a middle of conversation, glancing at your watch every now and again is a rude gesture. I have had to explain my habit several times and forced my self not look at it for every odd notification.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by konschubert »

0xbear wrote: post #163

It's been years and people still don't understand what Watch is. Meanwhile, it says what it is directly in the name. It's a watch first, and everything else distant second. By the standards of wristwatches $300 is not that much money.

Just because wristwatches are overpriced doesn't mean that anything that takes their name isn't.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by Someone »

reitanqild wrote: post #133
epa wrote: post #130

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The one thing most people dont realize about why the iPod was popular was because it was actually the fastest device to transfer music to. At the time, music devices were using serial connections if you can believe that, and FireWire was the fastest thing on the market, only available with iPods. This, combined with having the most space (10gb vs 256 mb), combined with windows support on the third version, made the i…

At the time, music devices were using serial connections if you can believe that, and FireWire was the fastest thing on the market, only available with iPods. Can't remember that. Mine had usb, was available before iPod and the speed never bothered me.

Nitpick: I don't think the OP meant USB when he said "serial connection", but USB _is_ a serial connection (as is FireWire)

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by ghaff »

tigershark wrote: post #159
Steko wrote: post #83

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The jobs the watch will do aren't as clear cut as it was for the iPod. The iPod let you listen to music and carried lots of (or all of) your music and had software that made it easy to convert and manage your digital music and buy more over the internet. Those were things basically everyone wanted and it did that better than competitors. The watch? Well yeah it tells time, but it's worse at that then most watches and…

Why only in Tokyo? In London you can use Apple Pay pretty much everywhere, even in the small food stalls on the street or to enter the underground. I have seen pretty much the same in Australia, and I guess that in a lot of places in the world is no different. EDIT: And actually last time that I went in Japan it was still pretty difficult to even use credit cards, so I won't bet on a pervasive use of Apple Pay there.

I wouldn't say hard in Tokyo but less than the US. The big thing over there for smaller purchases is prepaid cards like Passmo.

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Post by oe »

Steko wrote: post #89
archvile wrote: post #86

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Watch + AirPods = killer app. It just needs more storage, but that will come in time. 3-4 generations from now and you won't even need a phone anymore.

Mostly agree but I think smart ring + headset + big phone/small tablet is a better setup.

Having the option to not take your phone with you when exercising is nice and it's already possible.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by ghaff »

Steko wrote: post #151
rayiner wrote: post #148

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We're a long way from where it's acceptable to have a headset with a screen on in a business meeting. Meanwhile, during a meeting I can surreptitiously glance down at my watch to check when my next meeting or a email alert. It's a surprisingly good form factor, combining voice touch and a display in an accessory that's already socially acceptable to wear everywhere.

Apologies, I didn't mean a headset with a screen, should have been clearer. I just meant you can get notifications thru the headphones.

Wearing headsets of any sort in a business meeting is pretty unacceptable in most cases. There's a reason the one ear Bluetooth sets largely fell out of fashion. Sure, social conventions can change but they haven't so far.

Re: Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year

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Post by ghaff »

tw04 wrote: post #155
mortenjorck wrote: post #70

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A major reason, yes, but not the only reason. Apple’s infamous “hell freezes over” announcement of iTunes for Windows came in October 2003. As you can see on the graph, sales didn’t really take off until 2005. So while lack of Windows compatibility was certainly an obstacle to the iPod's popularity, gaining it was not the single catalyst to its success.

That's because in 2003 it still required firewire which basically 0 PCs had. Furthermore 2005 was when they released significantly lower-priced models like the nano and shuffle.

And the 4th gen iPod with the click wheel came out in 2004 which is when the larger iPod models really hit their stride. The iPod was not an obvious world-beater out the gate.
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