Posted on 07/10/2015 2:27:37 PM PDT by Swordmaker
My Stührling Meteorite in rose gold retails for over $3K but I set it aside for my Apple Watch. . . because even though it's a beautiful watch, all it does is look good and tell time. My Apple Watch looks good and does one heck of a lot more for me.
I have a Longines Wittnauer chronograph I bought when I was in college 50 years ago. Today that watch is worth north of $5K, but it needs work to get it going again, probably just tuning up and lubrication. But it just looks good and tells time with a stop watch/ tachometer and day/date feature. I have several more Chronograph watches including a Citizen Eco, a Seiko, and a couple of top end Invictas. I doubt I will ever wear them again except for the meteorite for dress. The Apple Watch is now my everyday watch because it is useful for so many things beyond just being a time piece.
“You have a choice not to click his links.
Who’s the troll?
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You posts we comment. That is how FR works. Don’t like it then stop trolling Apple.
“More graffiti all over this thread. . . feces thrown agains the wall by the capering monkeys.”
The ONLY capering monkey is you that craps all over FR with Apple social media propaganda.
Stay off of this thread.
Hey, what the heck happened to this thread? it was pretty funny for a while but to have everyone’s comments deleted except sword-swallower seems a bit Orwellian, since he was the instigator of most of the bashing
Unless you plan to stay on topic without making personal attacks and trolling, stay off of this thread.
Please define trolling
Thanks AM for policing this thread. Your work is appreciated.
Thank you…
Thank you.
Thank you.
FWIW, I am Apple through and through — on my 4th iPhone, Mac laptops and desktops — but I can’t justify the watch.
Thank you.
Legitimate comment. A lot won't. However, if even ~20% of iPhone users buy the watch, that's 150 million watches sold at an average selling price of ~$500, that works out to ~$75 Billion in revenues and figuring the ~42% margin Apple is claiming on the Watch, ~$31.5 Billion in profits. That's nothing to sneeze at. There's good indications it may reach that in a couple of years.
Are you in the mood to sell anything?
Absolutely true. A revenue stream is a revenue stream. I don't know what the margins are on these things, but I suspect it is not a pittance. Many companies would be happy for total revenues to equal the profits Apple will make off these watches. Will it be a profitable enough revenue stream for them to stick with for the long haul? I suspect so.
Reading down through these Apple threads reminds me of something I experienced recently on a totally different topic.
Last year I was remodeling my kitchen. I found a Maytag Dishwasher I was considering buying, the price was good, and it had the features I wanted, steam cycle, food chopper, low noise, etc. But i wanted to find out more about it. So I decided to read a few reviews first.
I visited a few websitesl, and found a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews, overall most were very positive. But their are always a few of those only give 1 star, and a few nasty comments, so I decided I wanted to read a few of these.
There was one that was partiality negative, it was a 1 star, and when asked if the reviewer would recommend this product to their friends, the answer was a very resounding NO!!
As I began to read, (the reviewer was obviously a women), It was clear she was almost in tears as she was writing this. I was looking for the reason for such a low rating. Did it leave the dishes dirty, did it leak water al over the floor, was it hard to figure out, or did it break down a lot? None of these questions were answered. Instead her entire negative review was based on the fact she had bought the model with the Stainless Steal front, all of her kitchen appliances had the Stainless Steal fronts. But her single complaint for this unit, was that the Stainless finish didn’t match the Stainless finish of her other appliances. It appears the front of the dishwasher had a brushed finished and her other appliances had the polished finished. She was so distraught over this “imperfection” she couldn’t even invite her friends over to show off her new kitchen. It was just horrible to her that she spent all that money for such an ugly dishwasher!!
Well needless to say I tagged this “review” as ‘Not Helpful’.
I see the exact same thing on FR in the Apple topics. A few Freepers that absolutely hate Apple, Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, iPhone, etc and so on, people who have never owned a single Apple product join in on the conversation, just to sow hatred and discontent, they have NOTHING positive to say about a product they have NEVER owned. Just like this lady writing a very negative review about a product that wasn’t pretty enough for her kitchen.
Personally I could care less who Tim Cook is sleeping with, just like I could care less who these Apple Haters are sleeping with. If you don’t like Apple Products, DON”T BUY ANY, but don’t come into Apple thread to spew hatred, and lies.
Thank You
http://qz.com/183563/what-happens-when-apple-finds-a-child-making-your-iphone/
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