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Apple Watch is the best-selling watch... And the "Wearables, Home, and Accessories" revenue was 5.1 billion last quarter, which is bigger than iPad Revenue of

• thinkingemote 7y ago
  Apple watch is for people who already have an iPhone. It's not a game changer for a wider market it's a peripheral. a successful peripheral.
  • kccqzy 7y ago
    The original iPod is a peripheral for people who already have Macs. Even later on, the iPod is a peripheral for people who already have either a Mac or a Windows PC. My point is, peripherals can be successful and game-changing.
    • davnicwil 7y ago
      You're right, but I think the key here is that Mac and Windows support - essentially covering near 100% of the addressable market - made the iPod what it was. The day watch becomes standalone and/or compatible with Android is the day it has a chance of becoming a true game changer. Until then I wouldn't even describe it as a peripheral, but just an accessory for an iPhone really.
    • darkpuma 7y ago
      The original iPod was a flop. cmdrtaco's infamous dismissal of it wasn't as wrong as people remember. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod#/media/File:Ipod_sales_per_quarter.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod#/media/File:Ipod_sales_pe...
      • cmdrtaco 7y ago
        Yeah!
  • cmsj 7y ago
    You're not wrong, but the context here is that iPhone sells over 200 million units a year. The chances of them having any other products which can even come close to matching that, is very very low.
• dillonmckay 7y ago
  A decent portion of those sales are subsidized by health insurance.
  • freehunter 7y ago
    Same thing with the iPhone, to be honest. It wouldn't be nearly as popular if people had to pay sticker price on the first day.