Every time, I'm like, ok, lesson learned, I'll wait for a few revisions after the stable release. And each time, I find myself installing betas the hour after I think such reasonable thoughts
Heck, the fourth official revision of Yosemite is still bothering me with bugs...And yet...
Even reading the issues with iOS 9 beta and warnings not to install it for daily use (who wouldn't this apply to for public beta testers?) I still can't help myself. Will be installing El Capitain when I get home.
Other than the low power mode and the new task manager interface (it's getting closer and closer to WebOS!) I don't see a really compelling reason to jump on iOS9 unless you have an iPad where there are real features added, such as multi-window apps.
All the new apps in iOS9 are basically useless right now because the content isn't finished being developed for them yet, such as the News app.
It is turning out exactly as we said – sales of Apple's latest cure for cancer have slumped to a shadow of their initial "glory."
While the Tame Apple Press and a big chunk of analysts sung praises for the iWatch, claiming it would sell 70 million in its first year. We pointed out that the gizmo was nearly two years out of date and lacked most of the software which would make it moderately useful and if it succeed it was a triumph of user stupidity and marketing.
Lately analysts have been slowly withdrawing the enthusiastic sales figures they gave the watch, and now a new survey has shown that sales have fallen by 90 per cent.
Apple is selling fewer than 20,000 watches a day in the US since the initial surge in April, and on some days fewer than 10,000. This is not too bad, but it does suggest that most people who wanted an iWatch have one, and existing users are not managing to win many converts amongst their friends to make it take off. For the record to make the 70 million figure apple would have to sell 195,000 a day.
Data collected by Slice Intelligence show that Two-thirds of the watches sold so far have been the lower-profit "Sport" version, whose price starts at $349, according to Slice, rather than the costlier and more advanced models that start at $549. Apple's gold "Edition" model priced at $10,000 or more has only sold 2,000 of them have been sold in the US.
The figures are based on the electronic receipts sent to millions of email addresses following purchases. The company conducts market research on behalf of consumer-goods companies, among others, many of them in the Fortune 500.
All up though these figures are not bad, but they are not the sort of numbers which Apple needs to convince its investors that it can make mega sales any more. With sales drying up in China, Jobs mob will not have a good bottom line this year.
Funny how every minor thing Apple or Microsoft do gets coverage (often excessively extensive) but everything else barely gets noticed at AT. The new Android M dev preview today doesn't get to matter as opposed to Office for Mac or a iOS beta, after all Android is just 5 times bigger than iOS and they release 3 times fewer versions of betas lol.
Well Android M is a developer preview for starters. Apple's and Microsoft's recent betas are public and easily accessible. (Compiling,) Installing and playing with development versions of Android isn't nearly as straight-forward as Apple or Windows;. It's an eco-system thing.
Gosh Android fanboys are so salty. Isn't world domination enough for your kind? Everyone and their grandmother already knows about/uses Android. let that be enough.
While having fear of all those issues and I don't mind new features much... I just can't resist to test out that claim of "up to an hour of aditional usage" and power saving mode.
Battery life is not something an OS update often promises to deliver
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tipoo - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
Every time, I'm like, ok, lesson learned, I'll wait for a few revisions after the stable release. And each time, I find myself installing betas the hour after I think such reasonable thoughtsHeck, the fourth official revision of Yosemite is still bothering me with bugs...And yet...
freeskier93 - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
Even reading the issues with iOS 9 beta and warnings not to install it for daily use (who wouldn't this apply to for public beta testers?) I still can't help myself. Will be installing El Capitain when I get home.tipoo - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
I've also rocked every Windows dev preview since Vista...Nothing's ever gone *horribly* wrong, so why not keep taking chances until it does :PSamus - Friday, July 10, 2015 - link
Other than the low power mode and the new task manager interface (it's getting closer and closer to WebOS!) I don't see a really compelling reason to jump on iOS9 unless you have an iPad where there are real features added, such as multi-window apps.All the new apps in iOS9 are basically useless right now because the content isn't finished being developed for them yet, such as the News app.
tipoo - Friday, July 10, 2015 - link
Nah, just meant OSX.iWatchHogwash - Saturday, July 11, 2015 - link
Other Apple news not mentioned here:Apple Watch sales fall by 90 per cent
Apple has another lemon
It is turning out exactly as we said – sales of Apple's latest cure for cancer have slumped to a shadow of their initial "glory."
While the Tame Apple Press and a big chunk of analysts sung praises for the iWatch, claiming it would sell 70 million in its first year. We pointed out that the gizmo was nearly two years out of date and lacked most of the software which would make it moderately useful and if it succeed it was a triumph of user stupidity and marketing.
Lately analysts have been slowly withdrawing the enthusiastic sales figures they gave the watch, and now a new survey has shown that sales have fallen by 90 per cent.
Apple is selling fewer than 20,000 watches a day in the US since the initial surge in April, and on some days fewer than 10,000. This is not too bad, but it does suggest that most people who wanted an iWatch have one, and existing users are not managing to win many converts amongst their friends to make it take off. For the record to make the 70 million figure apple would have to sell 195,000 a day.
Data collected by Slice Intelligence show that Two-thirds of the watches sold so far have been the lower-profit "Sport" version, whose price starts at $349, according to Slice, rather than the costlier and more advanced models that start at $549. Apple's gold "Edition" model priced at $10,000 or more has only sold 2,000 of them have been sold in the US.
The figures are based on the electronic receipts sent to millions of email addresses following purchases. The company conducts market research on behalf of consumer-goods companies, among others, many of them in the Fortune 500.
All up though these figures are not bad, but they are not the sort of numbers which Apple needs to convince its investors that it can make mega sales any more. With sales drying up in China, Jobs mob will not have a good bottom line this year.
Source:
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/wearables/38173-apple...
WinterCharm - Monday, July 13, 2015 - link
The watch was always an accessory.Wearables aren't ready for wide public use yet - they don't DO anything smartphones don't already do.
WinterCharm - Monday, July 13, 2015 - link
If you always have backups, nothing will ever go that catastrophically wrong :PKevin G - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
For correlation, how much alcohol was consumed between the period of reasonable thoughts and the realizing the beta installer is running?jjj - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
Funny how every minor thing Apple or Microsoft do gets coverage (often excessively extensive) but everything else barely gets noticed at AT.The new Android M dev preview today doesn't get to matter as opposed to Office for Mac or a iOS beta, after all Android is just 5 times bigger than iOS and they release 3 times fewer versions of betas lol.
Wardrop - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
Well Android M is a developer preview for starters. Apple's and Microsoft's recent betas are public and easily accessible. (Compiling,) Installing and playing with development versions of Android isn't nearly as straight-forward as Apple or Windows;. It's an eco-system thing.tipoo - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - link
The dev preview was covered. Today was just an update to the dev preview. This article is for something going from developer version to public beta.kspirit - Friday, July 10, 2015 - link
Gosh Android fanboys are so salty. Isn't world domination enough for your kind? Everyone and their grandmother already knows about/uses Android. let that be enough.JDaz11 - Friday, July 10, 2015 - link
Except nobody caresGC2:CS - Friday, July 10, 2015 - link
While having fear of all those issues and I don't mind new features much... I just can't resist to test out that claim of "up to an hour of aditional usage" and power saving mode.Battery life is not something an OS update often promises to deliver