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As of late last night, Conduit Extension is now back in the App Store. #earlyXMas #submitTwo #slightReturn

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#submitTwo ... (Slight Return)

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Because of #Spectacles - well, mainly; I built #GhostlinkApp #linkInBio to make it easier to add folks using them on #Snapchat. Something strangely compelling about the #handsFree #pov 📹 thing. Been cool seeing the #popUpStore across from #Apple on #5thAvenue in #midtown over in #newYork. The solitary #snapbot in a #popUpShop is some #baller #marketing by #SnapInc. #niceTouch & total #hypeBeast #marketingStrategy. Got to wonder if anyone is going to #london --✈️--> #nyc just to pick a pair up... 😏. #newYorkCity, #5thAve ... #destinations #init

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"Your app #submitThree, 1.1 (Apple ID: #redacted) has changed to Waiting For Review."

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#submitOne

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Last minute speculation

When Apple unveiled the Apple Watch back in September, Tim Cook cited 200 million iPhones as being Apple Watch compatible.

Based on the last quarter, ~75 million iPhones sold, the first raft of 6/6 Plus sold prior to that quarter, and however many they've sold since...

We get to what I'm expecting to hear; circa or even north of 300 million Apple Watch compatible iPhones already in the wild.

Considering the hype, I don't think this is meant to be a single percentage of iPhone install base device. This is a healthy double digit percentage of iPhone install base device.

From the above two assumptions, I think all these high prices that have been doing the rounds are way off.

I'd be pleasantly surprised if the 38mm and 42mm came in at the same price points. But, I doubt it, probably a $50 to $80 difference between the two

Capacity wise, because it stores music, I'm expecting this to be explicitly mentioned. Having two different capacities makes sense from an upsell perspective. But, because this is v1 and storing music on Apple Watch is just one of the use cases, I'm not expecting three capacities.

Maybe an 8GB and 16GB, or an 8/16GB and 32GB, not expecting to see a 64GB.

Now, when it comes to the space grey options of Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch... while they could put a premium on space grey, my guess is that they won't.

Why? Because of the iPhone it pairs with, space grey doesn't cost more than silver or gold.

Around $50 for the sport band. two to three price points for the leather options.

I'm guessing the metallic bands won't be available separately, because, upsell.

When it comes to the steel pricing, my guess is based on the following:

Apart from my first iPhone, which was the 3GS, every other iOS device I purchased was on launch day. I've been an iPad user from day one.

Bearing this in mind, I would not pay twice the price of the Apple Watch Sport to buy a Apple Watch in space grey, and that's including the link band/bracelet.

Which is why, I think that is as much as the market will bear; double the price of the Apple Watch Sport.

No offence to @gruber, but the idea that they'll be well over a grand and hundreds of dollars difference between steel/link and space grey steel/link sounds nuts. In fact, I think his prices are way off both on steel and gold.

Don't really care about the Edition, but, assuming that Apple wants to sell a significant number of them... I'm thinking the entry level SKU would land between $1.5 to $2.5K. But, because it's gold - which I'm not in to, and the fashion element, they could put any price on it, and I won't bat an eye.

The Apple watch isn't an Omega, it's a healthy double digit percentage of iPhone user install base business. And I'm expecting a yearly refresh cycle.

A large part of the user base doesn't even wear a watch, so, it isn't that you're convincing them to buy their first Omega, you need to convince them to wear a watch.

And because it pairs with iPhone, having price gaps that are more than the price of a maximum capacity iPhone, doesn't make any sense to me,

Ultimately, despite all the fixation throughout the industry on price. For me, the star of the show is the Apple Watch itself, and the role it's going to play in the ecosystem going forward.

I've been waiting for Apple to introduce a smart watch since before Steve Jobs made that comment about the iPod nano. And now it's finally happening.

I could be wrong about all of the above, but, when it comes down to it, there is only one thing I'm really hoping; they don't screw this up because they get the prices wrong.

Time to Watch the show...

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Apple Watch Edition

When it comes to the Edition, I have absolutely no skin in this race, whatsoever.

As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that would factor a gold Apple Watch in to a purchase decision, is if this were some parallel universe, in which gold was the cheapest material/finish the Apple Watch came in.

I'd be that guy paying a premium... just to avoid gold.  

Having said that, based on my impression of the fashion world, I believe the Edition will be penalised if it isn't expensive enough. That's not to say I agree with the thinking. That's just my impression of fashion.

Whether for the largely dismissed price of $1K, the seemingly popular wishful spread of prices ranging from $2K through to $5K, or onwards and upwards to $10K, $15K or $20K...

The Edition is going to sell at whatever price Apple chooses to set it at.

The only potentially interesting thing about the price of the Edition, is what it's indicative of; how many Editions Apple is looking, expecting and intending to sell.

That's it.

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Sixteen seconds of validation

At their event in the Flint Center for the Arts on September 9th, 2014, Apple unveiled Apple Watch.

During the live demo of Apple Watch, Kevin Lynch briefly showed off the maps app, he concluded the demo by showing off the walking directions functionality...

"Now while you're walking, Apple Watch will give you Taptic feedback on each turn, so you'll know whether it's time to turn left, or to turn right. And those feelings are different for each direction, so you can actually know without even looking at your watch which way to go. It's like having this invisible guide with you."

At which point, the audience applauded. And I smiled.

In late November 2013, Pebble ran a month long competition for developers, giving away a Pebble every day. To win, you had to tweet an app idea, hashtagging it #ifihadpebble.

This tweet is how I won my Pebble.

#ifihadpebble I’d build a turn*turn app for pedestrians Vibrate 1x for left 2x right 4x complicated/wrong way check #pebble Know w/o knowing

— Nabil Bishai (@nabilbishai) December 16, 2013

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The potential of a 5.5 inch iPhone.

The real potential here is more to do with software, rather than just hardware. Granted, the potential changes to the software would stem from the change in the screens physical size and resolution, but, it comes down to two things;

First, how iOS addresses and specifically caters for this significant increase in screen estate at a fundamental level.

Second, how third-party developers both take to these cues, as well as come up with cues all their own.

The combination of which - along with the hardware, could have a huge impact on the utility and significance of such a device. So much so, that a 5.5 inch iPhone could stand apart, not just from all iPhones that will have come before it, but also, from every other similarly sized smartphone that has been released to date. While a smartphone with a screen size north of 5 inches isn't new, what could be new about an Apple approach to a 5.5 inch iPhone - and maybe a 4.7 inch as well, is how a screen of that size is put to use both by Apple and third-party developers.

The assumption is that third-party developers will explore what is possible and unique to an iPhone with a considerably larger canvas, this is based on how things have continued to play out in the smartphone and tablet space. The design and development that has occurred in and around the Apple ecosystem has played a key role in shaping the entire industry.

If the rumours of a 5.5 showing up later today are true, and Apple get just enough of the software right, they could stand to permanently alter the bloodline of large screen smartphones going forward. The indication that they've pulled this off, will be in a markedly different approach to UI on larger screen smartphones that will be traceable back to today.

This reminds me of a scene in the Tarantino penned True Romance, where Christopher Walken sits down with Dennis Hopper. Classic scene.

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Announcement Eve

In less than twenty four hours, the questions driving millions of tweets, clicks, and page views will be answered.

But, as always, the answers will give rise to more questions.

With the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod, Apple did a few key things differently compared to all other previous attempts to crack each of these respective categories.

Over the last couple of years there's been a steady stream of wearables and smartwatches, culminating with all the activity around #IFA last week; the entire industry has now zigged.

One thing that'll be interesting to see tomorrow is if - and if so, how Apple is going to zag.