Apple Watch: Biggest Launch in Company History

[Marcus Moore]

[Herb Sevush] “From tim’s original post

“The numbers for $/sale were worldwide. Here in the US, the for each sale: $707.04!” “

About that ASP- Yeah but that’s figuring for 1.3 units per person- which doesn’t actually translate into any one person’s purchase. It just means that X people in 100 bought 2 watches, not that they paid more for one watch. Also, the original data points to the fact that 2/3rds of people (like me) purchased the cheaper Sport version at $350-$400.

[Herb Sevush] “But what can be more conspicuous than a Rolex, and now an Iwatch, that you wear on your wrist. In this case it isn’t, like the rolex, to demonstrate how rich you are by showing how much money you can waste, but rather by proving how smart you are by displaying Apples latest bauble for all to see. $700 is pretty cheap for that sort of validation.”

A watch is a single purpose device- it tells time. Anything beyond that is pure fashion, especially when you’re talking about something like a Rolex- it’s purely status. While whether you like it or not, the Apple Watch has (like a modern smartphone) numerous functions. If one or two of those functions serves a users need- it’s not frivolous.

Look, I’m sure you’re right that some people will purchase this thing for purely inane or reasons of vanity- again, that’s going to happen with anything- how many people own sports cars or pickups because of what they think it projects vs if they have a practical need for it. But that isn’t to say that there aren’t those that need those things legitimately. “Need” being a relative term with anything in the consumer electronics stratum- we’ve survived as a species for thousand of years without smartwatches. But you could say the same thing about smartphones or tablets or computers…

[Sophi Wright]

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