Apple

[Grieve]

It may seem like I'm defending Apple at all costs, but I've seen this so many times before. A couple of weeks before earnings the doom and gloom predictions come in, and then Apple crushes numbers.

I think the watch is following the path that the iPhone and iPad took to the T. Start out big, then taper off through the summer months, then surge again over the holidays. Especially if a new model comes out.

I particularly loved the Daily Mail headline - "Apple Watch is a FLOP".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...laims.html

Really? It's sold millions, more than all other smart watches combined, and it's a flop? It's just sensationalist journalism looking for clicks.

I don't actually have an Apple Watch, but my wife does and loves it. You just have to recognize it for what it is - a way to be connected without lugging your phone around everywhere. We have four kids, and my wife has about 10 alarms a day setup on the phone - Emma's bus, Hannah's bus, Owen preschool, Ella's dance, etc, etc. Getting those and quickly dismissing them on your wrist is so much easier than hunting down your phone and turning them off. And we were at a theme park this weekend. So much easier to field phone calls, text messages, and even phone calls on your wrist than dig through a backpack to find your phone. Plus it works great as a fitness tracker. And is very waterproof, based on the torrential thunderstorm it survived.

Is it a must have device? No, but neither is a phone, a tablet, a laptop, etc. It it worth $350 to make your life easier? Absolutely, when you use it every day. May seem like a lot, but let's face it...you're paying $1000s for your phone over it's lifespam, counting what the phone company fleeces you for. This is no different from paying more to get more minutes or data. You're paying for a convenience.