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nobody wants those. AirPods are expensive, ugly earbuds that you have to recharge for some reason, and the watch is just a way for your phone to distract you mo

nobody wants those. AirPods are expensive, ugly earbuds that you have to recharge for some reason, and the watch is just a way for your phone to distract you more frequently.

applecrazy 7y ago
This seems more like an individual opinion rather than market data. The Apple Watch is the world's most popular watch. AirPods have exploded in popularity among youth as a status symbol. Both are selling relatively well, even if you may think they're inferior products.
- jes5199 7y ago
  “most popular watch” is not really a high bar, is it?
  - applecrazy 7y ago
    5-7 million units sold per quarter and 36% market share in the smartwatch category[1] isn't enough for you? [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/02/apple-watch-1q19-market-share-counterpoint/ https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/02/apple-watch-1q19-market...
jefft255 7y ago
Nobody? I see AirPods everywhere. I’m not aware of the actual sales numbers but I’m sure that they’re among the best selling >100$ headphones. I think that you are underestimating the popularity and appeal of wireless headphones. I like my wired seinheiser pair at the office but while commuting, running or walking wireless is nice.
kgwgk 7y ago
If nobody wants them, how can Apple sell millions of units every month?
onemoresoop 7y ago
I'm also part of the nobody group, never buy the latest because I am frugal with my earnings. But I've noticed lots and lots of people with AirPods, latest Iphones, etc. I think you're underestimating the status value that Apple has managed to create for themselves. A large number of people view Apple as a status symbol.
- etchalon 7y ago
  … they're also good products. It's not just the status symbol thing. People like their products.
  - Roboprog 7y ago
    Some of their products are very good. Some, not so much. That’s the weird thing. I guess AirPods work for some, but I wouldn’t touch them.
    - etchalon 7y ago
      I have a hard time thinking of a "bad" Apple product. Not "product I don't personally like" or "product that fails to meet a requirement I believe is important", but legitimately "bad". The Butterly keyboard is the only thing I can think is genuinely, objectively, "bad", due to the reliability issues, but it's hard to say it taints the whole MacBook Pro. I use one everyday, have since they were released, and it's a great laptop for me. Either way, I'm mostly commenting on the ever-popular and lazy comment that equates Apple's success solely to marketing. Apple's products are successful because they're good products, marketed well. Yes, they're marketed well, but that marketing is only effective because the products being marketed are genuinely "good".
      - kgwgk 7y ago
        iPod Hi-Fi
      - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
        Apple III, Mac Performa.
Roboprog 7y ago
AirPods sound like a PITA to me. Oops,time to charge them again- no wait, I just dropped one and it bounced into the gutter/ drain. I should I charge the one I can still find, or throw it away, too? No thanks. Regular corded earbuds are a tolerable pocket size alternative to a set of studio cans, but that’s as far as I would go. I miss the old Walkman style headsets that had decent size drivers, but still fit into a backpack or jacket pocket.
- mffnbs 7y ago
  For most people it goes something like: Take off the earbuds and never worry about charging them because the case they go in does it for you and continue on your day without thinking about it or being concerned about imaginary scenarios where one of your random products fell down a gutter/drain in the middle of the office because who has the time or energy to worry about storm drains stealing from you?
  - rimliu 7y ago
    And if you got the new model with the wireless charging case and have a charging pad you may even forget they need to be charged at all.
    - Roboprog 7y ago
      So, I just imagined one side of my earbuds falling out of my ear and dangling from the wire while I’m walking around the neighborhood at home sometimes? (Which I do frequently- walking or jogging around outside) Downvoters gonna downvote, I guess.
KSS42 7y ago
Wearables, Home and Accessories category had quarterly sales of $5.5B. That's a lot of nobodies. (compared to Mac $5.8B, iPad $5.0B)
brlewis 7y ago
>the watch is just a way for your phone to distract you more frequently I use a smartwatch and as a result my phone stays in my pocket a lot more.

nobody wants those. AirPods are expensive, ugly earbuds that you have to recharge for some reason, and the watch is just a way for your phone to distract you more frequently.

applecrazy 7y ago

This seems more like an individual opinion rather than market data. The Apple Watch is the world's most popular watch. AirPods have exploded in popularity among youth as a status symbol. Both are selling relatively well, even if you may think they're inferior products.

jes5199 7y ago
“most popular watch” is not really a high bar, is it?
- applecrazy 7y ago
  5-7 million units sold per quarter and 36% market share in the smartwatch category[1] isn't enough for you? [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/02/apple-watch-1q19-market-share-counterpoint/ https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/02/apple-watch-1q19-market...

jefft255 7y ago

Nobody? I see AirPods everywhere. I’m not aware of the actual sales numbers but I’m sure that they’re among the best selling >100$ headphones. I think that you are underestimating the popularity and appeal of wireless headphones. I like my wired seinheiser pair at the office but while commuting, running or walking wireless is nice.

kgwgk 7y ago

If nobody wants them, how can Apple sell millions of units every month?

onemoresoop 7y ago

I'm also part of the nobody group, never buy the latest because I am frugal with my earnings. But I've noticed lots and lots of people with AirPods, latest Iphones, etc. I think you're underestimating the status value that Apple has managed to create for themselves. A large number of people view Apple as a status symbol.

etchalon 7y ago
… they're also good products. It's not just the status symbol thing. People like their products.
- Roboprog 7y ago
  Some of their products are very good. Some, not so much. That’s the weird thing. I guess AirPods work for some, but I wouldn’t touch them.
  - etchalon 7y ago
    I have a hard time thinking of a "bad" Apple product. Not "product I don't personally like" or "product that fails to meet a requirement I believe is important", but legitimately "bad". The Butterly keyboard is the only thing I can think is genuinely, objectively, "bad", due to the reliability issues, but it's hard to say it taints the whole MacBook Pro. I use one everyday, have since they were released, and it's a great laptop for me. Either way, I'm mostly commenting on the ever-popular and lazy comment that equates Apple's success solely to marketing. Apple's products are successful because they're good products, marketed well. Yes, they're marketed well, but that marketing is only effective because the products being marketed are genuinely "good".
    - kgwgk 7y ago
      iPod Hi-Fi
    - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
      Apple III, Mac Performa.

Roboprog 7y ago

AirPods sound like a PITA to me. Oops,time to charge them again- no wait, I just dropped one and it bounced into the gutter/ drain. I should I charge the one I can still find, or throw it away, too? No thanks. Regular corded earbuds are a tolerable pocket size alternative to a set of studio cans, but that’s as far as I would go. I miss the old Walkman style headsets that had decent size drivers, but still fit into a backpack or jacket pocket.

mffnbs 7y ago
For most people it goes something like: Take off the earbuds and never worry about charging them because the case they go in does it for you and continue on your day without thinking about it or being concerned about imaginary scenarios where one of your random products fell down a gutter/drain in the middle of the office because who has the time or energy to worry about storm drains stealing from you?
- rimliu 7y ago
  And if you got the new model with the wireless charging case and have a charging pad you may even forget they need to be charged at all.
  - Roboprog 7y ago
    So, I just imagined one side of my earbuds falling out of my ear and dangling from the wire while I’m walking around the neighborhood at home sometimes? (Which I do frequently- walking or jogging around outside) Downvoters gonna downvote, I guess.

KSS42 7y ago

Wearables, Home and Accessories category had quarterly sales of $5.5B. That's a lot of nobodies. (compared to Mac $5.8B, iPad $5.0B)

brlewis 7y ago

>the watch is just a way for your phone to distract you more frequently I use a smartwatch and as a result my phone stays in my pocket a lot more.