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The Apple Watch is probably a rounding error when compared to the iPhone, however: "But the most interesting stuff came when Cook referred to the success of Ap

by influx 8y ago

The Apple Watch is probably a rounding error when compared to the iPhone, however: "But the most interesting stuff came when Cook referred to the success of Apple Watch. The Watch sales are part of the wearables business which also includes headphones such as Beats and AirPods. Last May, he said that business is approaching the size of a Fortune 500 company. More recently, last month, the size had crept up so it would fall in the top 400" https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2018/02/15/apple-ceo-reveals-watch-business-approaching-fortune-300-size-company https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2018/02/15/apple-ce...

StudentStuff 8y ago
Thing is the Apple Watch is viewed as a status symbol primarily, despite Apple's marketing and messaging stating its a health monitoring/heads up display type device. Many of the people who buy it have no idea that it'll catch some potentially imminently fatal health conditions: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5683089/Apple-Watch-saved-18-year-old-girls-life-detecting-silent-KIDNEY-FAILURE.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5683089/Apple-Watc... Its impressive how many people buy the Apple Watch without understanding what it offers.
- tsunamifury 8y ago
  I'd hardly call a 200 dollar watch a status symbol by any stretch of the imagination
  - qz3 8y ago
    I think it depends on the income. But, considering many people buy regular watches costing 20 times more, I wouldn't see an Apple watch as a status symbol either.
  - ajkjk 8y ago
    It sends a message, which my brain's social apparatus parses as a status-symbol brag (and finds very distasteful).
  - King-Aaron 8y ago
    For a great many people, a $200 watch is a luxury.
- jnaina 8y ago
  Apple Watch Alerts New York Man of Health Crisis, Ends Up Saving His Life https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Smart-Watch-Saves-New-York-Man-Life-Health-Self-Monitoring-Heart-Alert-Medical-Emergency-NY-481510201.html https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Smart-Watch-Saves-New-...
  - distances 8y ago
    Sounds like he would've gone to the hospital anyway with those symptoms.
  - perl4ever 8y ago
    It's possible that the watch gave him "permission" to go to the hospital, but it would seem as if gushing blood ought to suffice. I don't know what it means if it doesn't.

by influx 8y ago

StudentStuff 8y ago

Thing is the Apple Watch is viewed as a status symbol primarily, despite Apple's marketing and messaging stating its a health monitoring/heads up display type device. Many of the people who buy it have no idea that it'll catch some potentially imminently fatal health conditions: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5683089/Apple-Watch-saved-18-year-old-girls-life-detecting-silent-KIDNEY-FAILURE.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5683089/Apple-Watc... Its impressive how many people buy the Apple Watch without understanding what it offers.

tsunamifury 8y ago
I'd hardly call a 200 dollar watch a status symbol by any stretch of the imagination
- qz3 8y ago
  I think it depends on the income. But, considering many people buy regular watches costing 20 times more, I wouldn't see an Apple watch as a status symbol either.
- ajkjk 8y ago
  It sends a message, which my brain's social apparatus parses as a status-symbol brag (and finds very distasteful).
- King-Aaron 8y ago
  For a great many people, a $200 watch is a luxury.
jnaina 8y ago
Apple Watch Alerts New York Man of Health Crisis, Ends Up Saving His Life https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Smart-Watch-Saves-New-York-Man-Life-Health-Self-Monitoring-Heart-Alert-Medical-Emergency-NY-481510201.html https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Smart-Watch-Saves-New-...
- distances 8y ago
  Sounds like he would've gone to the hospital anyway with those symptoms.
- perl4ever 8y ago
  It's possible that the watch gave him "permission" to go to the hospital, but it would seem as if gushing blood ought to suffice. I don't know what it means if it doesn't.