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To: i-node who wrote (173936)	9/9/2014 6:26:51 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

But I think they've done the right things here. By the time the device is available there will be tons of innovative apps to take advantage of it. I don't know. Figure $350 minimum, probably $500 average (?). For an iPhone accessory, in a declining product category. It's very nifty, and I'm sure that a bunch of "very cool" folks will buy one early, but say 30 million? I'm thinking not. And upgrade cycle? I'm thinking not. Wealthy work out folks, yes! Non-wealthy obese American majority, I'm thinking not. And all those freaking inefficient sku's, bloating cost and inventory. iPhone 6's are exciting. Payments is exciting, if not immediately bottom line. But the Apple Watch thing? Going to have to prove it to me. I could actually see people wearing it as an object of ridicule. This from a guy that bought iPad day one. Course I stopped wearing a watch a couple of years ago because I thought it was redundant. And I'm wrong as often as right... like a coin flip. And I could change my mind. So FWIW...