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My theory is hat the reason the touch bar exists is that Apple needs to get rid of overstocked (or contractually overproduced) Watch SoCs.
by _pmf_ 10y ago
My theory is hat the reason the touch bar exists is that Apple needs to get rid of overstocked (or contractually overproduced) Watch SoCs.
- coldtea 10y agoApple doesn't make design decisions based on redundant stock. Besides, Apple Watch sold extremely well for its product category.
- _pmf_ 10y ago> Apple doesn't make design decisions based on redundant stock. One would like to think that way.
- orbitur 10y agoAll the (expensive and custom-manufactured) evidence backs up that thinking, so I'm not sure why you're being snarky about it.
- canuckintime 10y agoiPhone 5c, iPhone SE, Apple watch series 1 etc use evidence that Apple takes availability of stock parts into design considerations. That doesn't imply that the Apple Watch poor sales theory is correct though
- orbitur 10y agoThe iPhone 5c was an attempt at a "youth market" that didn't exist, but I'll agree it was cheap for them to make it. However, the iPhone SE had 98% of the guts of the 6S in a smaller package. That's not a cheap or simple thing to do. And the Series 1 Apple Watch had a better CPU. That's basically a different watch.