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How big do you think the market for that would be?

by andsoitis 1y ago

Brajeshwar 1y ago
From the way the Polishing Cloth, and recently, the iPhone Pocket gets sold out; this will get easily sold.
- deleted 1y ago
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- heddelt 1y ago
  >iPhone Pocket That has got to be a joke. It's like they're mocking their customers. I can't stop laughing at the sight of the guy they somehow convinced to model this thing in their promotional photo.
  - crazygringo 1y ago
    It's a trendy fashion item for a particular subset of rich fashion people, which is not most people. It makes total sense in that context. It doesn't really need to make sense to everybody else.
    - heddelt 1y ago
      >The design drew inspiration from the concept of “a piece of cloth” Someone somewhere is taking the mick. I honestly would never be able to see a guy the same way again if I saw him wearing one of these.
      - K7PJP 11mo ago
        They're referring to A-POC https://www.moma.org/collection/works/100361 https://www.moma.org/collection/works/100361 In any case, these were sold in 10 Apple Stores worldwide, and only a single US store. They were aimed at an Asian audience, as far as I understand.
  - dwb 1y ago
    I don’t get the extreme negative reaction here and elsewhere. It’s not for me either, but I also don’t think it looks ridiculous – it just a little bag. There’s a pretty hard limit on how crazy that can look. It’s like the detractors aren’t aware or accepting that there are people with different tastes in the world. Why not just say “it’s not for me”?
  - mingus88 11mo ago
    The pocket sold out worldwide and made headlines everywhere. Sounds like a success to me. It’s not for me either but fashion is as fashion does.
mcphage 1y ago
Bigger than the market for $200 phone pockets.
crazygringo 1y ago
A big proportion of everyone who uses a non-Apple keyboard with their Mac, I'd say. I would absolutely use one with my ergonomic keyboard, TouchID is so much more convenient than constantly typing your password in.
- andsoitis 1y ago
  > A big proportion of everyone who uses a non-Apple keyboard with their Mac, I'd say. If you were to guess how many sales (e.g. in units) they'd make every year, what would you guess?
  - dwood_dev 1y ago
    Hundreds, maybe even thousands. I jest, but probably the $150 sales of the TouchID keyboard would tank as they are displaced by such a device.
- re-thc 1y ago
  Which is small considering the Mac market itself is small relative to the PC market.
- nkrisc 1y ago
  So you’re already starting with a pretty slim market.

How big do you think the market for that would be?

Brajeshwar 1y ago

From the way the Polishing Cloth, and recently, the iPhone Pocket gets sold out; this will get easily sold.

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heddelt 1y ago
>iPhone Pocket That has got to be a joke. It's like they're mocking their customers. I can't stop laughing at the sight of the guy they somehow convinced to model this thing in their promotional photo.
- crazygringo 1y ago
  It's a trendy fashion item for a particular subset of rich fashion people, which is not most people. It makes total sense in that context. It doesn't really need to make sense to everybody else.
  - heddelt 1y ago
    >The design drew inspiration from the concept of “a piece of cloth” Someone somewhere is taking the mick. I honestly would never be able to see a guy the same way again if I saw him wearing one of these.
    - K7PJP 11mo ago
      They're referring to A-POC https://www.moma.org/collection/works/100361 https://www.moma.org/collection/works/100361 In any case, these were sold in 10 Apple Stores worldwide, and only a single US store. They were aimed at an Asian audience, as far as I understand.
- dwb 1y ago
  I don’t get the extreme negative reaction here and elsewhere. It’s not for me either, but I also don’t think it looks ridiculous – it just a little bag. There’s a pretty hard limit on how crazy that can look. It’s like the detractors aren’t aware or accepting that there are people with different tastes in the world. Why not just say “it’s not for me”?
- mingus88 11mo ago
  The pocket sold out worldwide and made headlines everywhere. Sounds like a success to me. It’s not for me either but fashion is as fashion does.

mcphage 1y ago

Bigger than the market for $200 phone pockets.

crazygringo 1y ago

A big proportion of everyone who uses a non-Apple keyboard with their Mac, I'd say. I would absolutely use one with my ergonomic keyboard, TouchID is so much more convenient than constantly typing your password in.

andsoitis 1y ago
> A big proportion of everyone who uses a non-Apple keyboard with their Mac, I'd say. If you were to guess how many sales (e.g. in units) they'd make every year, what would you guess?
- dwood_dev 1y ago
  Hundreds, maybe even thousands. I jest, but probably the $150 sales of the TouchID keyboard would tank as they are displaced by such a device.
re-thc 1y ago
Which is small considering the Mac market itself is small relative to the PC market.
nkrisc 1y ago
So you’re already starting with a pretty slim market.