Apple Watch naysayers remind me of something....

...what people said iphone when launched. i'm sure same type of quotes exist ipad too.

http://macdailynews.com/2014/09/16/...-a-student-in-their-first-trimester/#comments

• “apple slated come out new phone… , largely fail…. sales phone skyrocket initially. however, things calm down, , apple phone take place on shelves random video cameras, cell phones, wireless routers , other would-be hits… when ipod emerged in late 2001, solved major problems mp3 players. unfortunately apple, problems don’t exist in handset business. cell phones aren’t clunky, inadequate devices. instead, pretty good. good.” – michael kanellos, cnet, december 07, 2006

• “the economics of [an apple iphone] aren’t compelling.” – rod bare, morningstar analyst, december 08, 2006

• “apple launch mobile phone in january, , become available during 2007. lovely bit of kit, pleasure behold, , limited functionality easy access , use. apple phone exclusive 1 of major networks in each territory , customers switch networks it, not many had been hoped. customers start realise competition offers better functionality @ lower price, negotiating better subsidy, sales stagnate. after year new version launched, lack innovation of first , vanish. question remaining if, when ipod phone fails, take ipod it.” – bill ray, register, december 26, 2006

• “i pretty skeptical. don’t think [iphone] meet fantastic predictions have been reading. starters, while apple established market portable music players, phone market established, number of major brands. can apple remake phone market in image? success far guaranteed.” – jack gold, founder , principal analyst @ j. gold associates, january 11, 2007

• “iphone doesn’t look, mean me, i’m looking @ thing , think it’s kind of trending against, know, what’s going, people liking on, in these phones nowadays, little keypads. mean, blackjack samsung, blackberry, obviously, know kind of pushes thing, palm, these… , guess of these stocks went down on apple announcement, thinking apple no wrong, think apple can wrong , think it.” – john c. dvorak, bloated gas bag, january 13, 2007

• “the iphone nothing more luxury bauble appeal few gadget freaks. in terms of impact on industry, iphone less relevant… apple unlikely make of impact on market… apple sell few fans, iphone won’t make long-term mark on industry.” – matthew lynn, bloomberg, january 15, 2007

• “[apple's iphone] expensive phone in world , doesn’t appeal business customers because doesn’t have keyboard makes not email machine… so, i, kinda @ , say, well, our strategy. lot.” – steve ballmer, microsoft ceo, january 17, 2007

• “the iphone’s willful disregard of global handset market come haunt apple.” –tero kuittinen, realmoney.com, january 18, 2007

• “i can’t believe hype being given iphone… have wonder want 1 of these things (other religious faithful)… please mark post , come in 2 years see results of prediction: predict not sell anywhere near 10m jobs predicts 2008.” – richard sprague, microsoft senior marketing director, january 18, 2007

• “consumers not used paying couple hundred bucks more because apple makes cool product. fans buy [iphone], rest of it’s hard pill swallow have coolest thing.” – neil strother, npd group analyst, january 22, 2007

• “there’s old saying — stick knitting — , apple not mobile phone manufacturer, that’s not knitting… think people overreacted — there not lot of tremendously new stuff if think it.” – greg winn, telstra’s operations chief, february 15, 2007

• “i’m more convinced ever that, after initial frenzy of publicity , sales adopters, iphone sales unspectacular… iphone may become apple’s next newton.” – david haskin, computerworld, february 26, 2007

• “even if [the iphone] opened third parties, difficult see how installed base of iphones can reach level becomes attractive service platform operator , developer investment.” – tony cripps, ovum service manager mobile user experience, march 14, 2007

• “apple should pull plug on iphone… apple risks here reputation hot company can no wrong. if it’s smart call iphone ‘reference design’ , pass suckers build else’s marketing budget. can wash hands of marketplace failures… otherwise i’d advise people cover eyes. not going you’ll see.” – john c. dvorak, bloated gas bag, march 28, 2007

• “the iphone going nothing more temporary novelty wear off.” – gundeep hora, cooltechzone editor-in-chief, april 02, 2007

• motorola’s then-chairman , then-ceo ed zander said company ready competition apple’s iphone, due out following month. “how deal that?” zander asked @ software 2007 conference. zander retorted, “how deal us?” – ed zander, may 10, 2007

• “what iphone offer other cell phones not offer, or offer soon? answer not much… apple’s stated goal of selling 10 million iphones end of 2008 seems ambitious.” – laura goldman, lsg capital, may 21, 2007

• “[apple should sell 7.9 million iphones in 2008]… apple’s goal of selling 10 million iphones year optimistic.” – toni sacconaghi, bernstein research analyst, february 22, 2008

• “microsoft, windows mobile/activesync, nokia intellisync, , motorola technology have fared poorly in enterprise. have no reason expect otherwise apple.” – peter misek, canaccord adams analyst, march 07, 2008

• “we not @ worried. think we’ve got 1 mobile platform you’ll use rest of life. [apple] not going catch up.” – scott rockfeld, microsoft mobile communications group product manager, april 01, 2008

• “[iphone] doesn’t matter anymore. there alternatives iphone, has been introduced everywhere else in world. it’s no longer novelty.” – eamon hoey, hoey , associates, april 30, 2008

 

i wondering why these experts failed see special in iphone? perhaps software, ios , apps?

 

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