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Just on the phone ordering my $10k solid gold watch
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Likewise - I thought I would get in early as I don't really want to wait for the new model that will be coming out in 12 months. Think I will just buy another when that comes out, and the same again 12 months after that.

I thought they were introducing the iPhone but had just renamed it Apple Watch!

18 hour battery life - I guess it gives you a new excuse for being late to a meeting/work - I forgot to charge my watch last night.
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IG are launching an Apple Watch trading app - what could go wrong ;)

It's all about the flashy flashy of the markets - more trades = more commission for them. Wonder if Warren Buffet is going to use it :lol:

How to trade on your wrist with the IG Apple Watch app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYdFNO8dsIY

The IG Apple Watch app: the most personal trading experience yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umkUYg9q7Ek

Any one else think the Apple watch in general is a solution trying to find a problem?
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Did you ever buy an Apple watch Peter, or anyone else for that matter?

I still don't see it catching on, trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn't exist imo.

Doubts remain over prospects of Apple Watch

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f328df7c-2e04 ... z3gPkqohC5
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andyfuller wrote:Did you ever buy an Apple watch Peter, or anyone else for that matter?
I did, but I wanted a sports watch and other related items so a cheap sports watch was a good choice for me as I was committed to buying something anyway.

Some nice features on it, but it's still a very niche product. Not sure how it would work with mainstream users.

The OS refresh should expand its capabilities I guess. It's really useful for keeping an eye on things and doing other stuff without getting your phone or iPad out. Subtle tech.
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Thanks for the update. I am guessing it can't be used for trading but I wouldn't mind seeing a video about it on the channel if you ever get chance.
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A couple of weeks ago I was at the Dangerfields comedy club in new york. There was this one guy with a really high-tech watch in the audience. The watch would light up in some fancy blue color every second. Needless to say the guy got picked on by *every* comedian on the stage. He truly had a rough evening :lol:

I love gadgets (hopefully next year I'll have my own personal robot: http://igg.me/at/buddy-companion-robot/x/10953665 !) , but the thing with the watches I don't understand. I'll wait until they look like a rolex and have infinite battery time.
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This stock is really taking a hammering. Fallen from around $130 to $115 very quickly... taking out a few key technical supports on the way
Nasdaq is up 8 percent this year, but when the main stocks go down, its usually a very bearish sign for the index as a whole
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Nice piece on Bloomberg

Apple's financial dependence on the smartphone is increasing

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... ne-company
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Think there is a big event later this week (9th/10th Aug), where Apple are announcing their new products?
(I need to get a new Ipad as the one I have is a bit old now and Im keen to see if the new Ipad pro will be released..Ie what the spec is and price etc)
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PeterLe wrote:Think there is a big event later this week (9th/10th Aug), where Apple are announcing their new products?
Is it a time machine ;)

The problem they have with the iPad is that it just doesn't have the refresh cycle of a mobile phone. My one which is about 4 or 5 years old now is still perfectly fine and I have no need to replace it anytime soon.

Other members of my family have newer versions and there isn't much difference.

The Apple watch I still don't get. For what it costs you can get a very nice time piece that you can pass down for decades to come but the Apple watch bought this year will be in the 'man drawer' next year when a new version comes out.

There was an interesting discussion I was listening to last week about Apple moving in to being an original content provider to tap into the Netflix/Amazon Video etc market. The conversation turned to who they could buy, one company being Disney outright with some of their spare cash!
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Hi Andy
I got the original first generation ipad and its not compatible with the latest IOS.
I know it will cost £5-600, but I think ive had good value for money over the years, so i dont mind paying out again.
..Or there again; I may put it on my Christmas wish list! :D
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Apple have amazing products and I guess they can last a long time just on their spare cash
The trouble is that Apple have always been the great innovator, not necessarily inventing things, but certainly taking ideas and making outstanding products. Products that were so good people would pay more for the name. They have lost their great innovator in Steve Jobs and one wonders will they ever have another product to change the game like the ipod and the iphone, ipad did in the past
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I maybe proved wrong over time but I suspect they won't come up with another great product and in 10 years time once technology has massively changed again they will have gone the way of several other once great companies.

Time will tell...

Peter - It is September not August in case you were wondering about my time machine comment. I didn't realise they were 'forcing' people to update their hardware with the latest iOs, that's pretty much the only way they can make people upgrade but it is a pretty long product refresh cycle.

If my iPad was stolen or broken I would be looking to replace it in days. I looked back just the other week at the emails I sent you about the iPad when it first came out and I said I could not see it replacing my Notebook. How wrong I was, the Notebook is sat gathering dust on top of my cupboard, the iPad is used constantly throughout the day and goes everywhere with me.
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I think it's going to be a long time until Apple are completely gone. They have all the great barriers: A brand which people are willing to pay more for which gives them a pricing advantage, high consumer switching costs because it's beneficial to have all your devices from Apple and once you do it's veeery costly to switch all your equipment to another brand, and the network effect with their App Store which has the critical mass of content producers who go there for the content buyers who go there for the content producers (aka Betfair exchange). This isn't even to mention the huge amounts of cash they have.

Even though you can hate aspects of Apple, like the essential use of iTunes, the way they don't help you save space on your phone constantly making you upgrade, etc... It's compulsive to stay with them because of the sublime simplicity of their device UIs and the money/content you've already invested with them.

I think the onus is on competitors creating a product that is worth it for the consumer to switch to, then lock into. If you're talking about status quo and not growth, then the onus is not on Apple to create any amazing new products to maintain the lead. After all, look at all the screw-ups they've had in the recent past - not a dent in them.
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