T-Pain demos GarageBand for iOS updates while wearing an iced out Apple Watch

AppleInsider said:

creative chief Karl Lagerfeld famously received gold Edition models with matching all-gold link bracelets, a style still unavailable to the public.

I'm actually still kind of surprised by that. I thought for sure that gold-link band would show up in time for Christmas. Then again, I thought they'd stop selling the Edition by now. It's 10 months after the launch and despite Tim Cook explicitly stating the Edition would be sold in "very limited" quantities, I thought surely he meant with respect to its availability, not how many they would likely sell. When Apple partner Colette sold their Editions for 50% off until they were sold out, I was surprised to say the least.

I'm kinda surprised these rappers didn't put the diamonds on the 18k gold Edition, for that extra touch of bling. But maybe that speaks to the fashion aspect -- Sanga likes silver maybe, and is bucking the stereotype? One more reason Apple should probably do a Platinum Edition. I wonder if Apple would ever get into diamond studded models, or rather partner with another company like Tiffany to design a diamond studded watch in Platinum?

When Apple Watch came out, for the next few months (even after store sales started) I saw little activity at the AW area in my local Apple Store.  However by holiday season I noticed a substantial increase, such that every time I went there there was always activity there, and sometimes a lot.  Also, I am getting more people asking me about my AW, and they indicate they are thinking of getting one.  Despite a lot of the advertising by Apple, out in the real world many people still didn't know much about it, what it looked like, or what it did.  It just takes time for such this to diffuse into the masses.

Anyone who thought that AW would be an instant "smash" (selling in excess of 5M a quarter & growing from day 1, with supply always constrained) did not think at all about the market it was entering.  The market itself will take time to develop, but Apple has already established itself as the leader of "smart watches" of any value.  If Apple can do a very solid update for Apple Watch 2 (and Watch OS3), then I would estimate AW sales of gen2 will double gen1 (so anywhere from 20-30M potential I figure, and for a device with an ASP of likely $450-$500 including additional bands).  Any media "journalist" / blogger / analyst / forum troll that says those numbers are "a fail", will clearly identify themselves as the real failure.

Dunno about sales performance but I find the performance of third party apps is still awful, whether they're on the watch or streamed from the phone. The dots go on and on and on and....

This guy is really talented.

brucemc said:

When Apple Watch came out, for the next few months (even after store sales started) I saw little activity at the AW area in my local Apple Store.  However by holiday season I noticed a substantial increase, such that every time I went there there was always activity there, and sometimes a lot.  Also, I am getting more people asking me about my AW, and they indicate they are thinking of getting one.  Despite a lot of the advertising by Apple, out in the real world many people still didn't know much about it, what it looked like, or what it did.  It just takes time for such this to diffuse into the masses.

Anyone who thought that AW would be an instant "smash" (selling in excess of 5M a quarter & growing from day 1, with supply always constrained) did not think at all about the market it was entering.  The market itself will take time to develop, but Apple has already established itself as the leader of "smart watches" of any value.  If Apple can do a very solid update for Apple Watch 2 (and Watch OS3), then I would estimate AW sales of gen2 will double gen1 (so anywhere from 20-30M potential I figure, and for a device with an ASP of likely $450-$500 including additional bands).  Any media "journalist" / blogger / analyst / forum troll that says those numbers are "a fail", will clearly identify themselves as the real failure.

All you have to do is look at sales of the original iPhone to sales now! It's a HUGE difference. I expected that with the AW also. I got mine in late Nov. I wear it every day. I hadn't worn a watch in YEARS!!! Now I'd miss not having it. I still wouldn't want to wear a plain, old only tells Time, maybe date, watch!!! I don't expect big hardware changes. I expect the same bands will be usable. WatchOS3 could see a number of big changes after a much larger group of people using them. See what works, what could work better and what just doesn't work at all.