{"id":7122,"date":"2017-10-16T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T14:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2017-10-12T14:49:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:49:14","slug":"linked-a-small-screen-ipod-an-internet-communicator-and-a-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/16\/linked-a-small-screen-ipod-an-internet-communicator-and-a-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “A small-screen iPod, an Internet Communicator and a Phone”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Asymco<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We know that Rolex produces about 1 million watches a year and we also know that Rolex had sales of $4.7 billion in 2016. The average revenue per watch[1] was therefore about $4,700.<\/em><\/p>\n

My estimate has been that Apple sold about 15 million Watches in the last 12 months at an average price of about $330. This puts the Apple Watch revenue run rate at $4.9 billion, indeed above Rolex.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Palm CEO with the release of iPhone:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone,\u201d he said. \u201cPC guys are not going to just figure this out. They\u2019re not going to just walk in.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They\u2019ve done it with phones, now they\u2019ve done it with watches.<\/p>\n

I think the amazing thing here is that the iPhone is not just a phone, just like the Apple Watch is not just a watch. They\u2019re Internet communicators that fit in our pocket or on our wrist.