Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to millions of customers

Re:Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to million... by sverige on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:32AM (#15017196)

For a while, the story was that watches were going to take over the world. Now, the story is that the overstock has to be got rid of somehow.

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Re:Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to million... by melling on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:41AM (#15017246)

Apple Watch sales are up 50%

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/01/apple-watch-sales-up-over-...

I’d say they are simply trying to grow their market.

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Re:Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to million... by brlewis on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:49AM (#15017668)

"Now, the story is that the overstock has to be got rid of somehow." "Apple Watch sales are up 50%"

These two statements are not in opposition if lots of watches are selling at a deep discount. When I google "apple watch amazon" the top link is a used model, second is a discounted series 1.

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Re:Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to million... by pawadu on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @07:48AM (#15017285)

Yet Apple is #3 after Xiaomi and fitbit, with more Asian companies closing in.

I think Apple needs this deal more than they admit.

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Re:Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to million... by zimpenfish on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:23AM (#15017499)

Presumably that's #3 in "market share" or "units sold" (assuming both Xiaomi and Fitbit accurately report the latter) and not "profit"?

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Re:Apple in talks with Aetna to bring Apple Watch to million... by brlewis on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @10:25AM (#15018427)

Units shipped: https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/apple-falls-third-place-q2-...

I don't think Apple reports units shipped. Fitbit does. I don't know about Xiaomi. The numbers are a mix of reported units and estimated units.

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