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The article makes a great point about Apple's susceptibility to being overthrown in the phone market. The watch hasn't really done well and iTunes DRM theft of
by sverige 10y ago
The article makes a great point about Apple's susceptibility to being overthrown in the phone market. The watch hasn't really done well and iTunes DRM theft of people's music libraries is becoming a thing. It's ok if Apple dies like Blackberry. They've died before. This time, though, there's no Jobs to resurrect them. They might become the IBM of their generation of companies, still around, still hoarding cash, but not very relevant.
- megablast 10y ago> The watch hasn't really done well Can we stop this? 6.5 Billion in it first year?
- c_c_c 10y agoThere is no conceivable metric that shows the Apple watch as a success. Apple, which routinely leaks units sold to business media, has not provided numbers for the watch. According to analysts sales dropped 90% a month after launch and 66% of watches sold were the low end model. Apple is a remarkably successful hardware company but (so far) their watch has fallen flat.
- IBM 10y agoAnalysts estimate that Apple sold 12 million units of the Apple Watch in the first year. http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-with-sizable-sales-cant-shake-its-critics-1461524901 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-with-sizable-sales-c... >Apple, which routinely leaks units sold to business media This doesn't happen because for every other major product they disclose their sales every quarter.
- NEDM64 10y agoThere aren't also "official" numbers for Samsung smartphones, but everyone says they are the best sellers. There are no analysts numbers that support what you said. And the "low end" model is above what others call the "high end" model. The Apple Watch is, in all analysts reports, the #1 smart watch in sales numbers, by a wide margin. Yes, Fitbit and Xiaomi may sell more, but those are $150 and $14 fitness bands, a stopgap solution.
- c_c_c 10y agoThere are no analysts numbers that support what you said. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-watch-may-not-be-ticking-with-customers-2015-07-07 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-watch-may-not-be-tick... Metrics from article based on data from Slice