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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by zepto on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:08PM (#20569707)
The iPod started off as a Mac accessory and ended up transforming multiple industries.

The iPhone was a Mac derivative and computer accessory that required iTunes to even work but became the most successful product in all of human history. You could call it just a ‘mac in your pocket’ but it would still be the most successful products

The watch is on a similar trajectory.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by vannevar on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:12PM (#20570164)
True. But the iPod and iPhone were functionally very distinct from the Mac. The Apple Watch seems more like a convenient extension that eliminates the need to pull your phone out, but not much more than that, at least in its first few years of existence. Apple is clearly gearing it up to replace the iPhone, but that trajectory has been evolutionary, not revolutionary.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by zepto on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:40PM (#20570350)
The iPhone was clearly not functionally distinct from a Mac laptop.

There was nothing an iPhone could do that a Mac couldn’t do better, except for fit in your pocket.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by vannevar on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @06:53PM (#20579443)
It's a pretty big jump in mobility and utility from the Mac laptop to the iPhone. It's a much, much smaller jump from the iPhone to the Apple Watch.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by thesmok on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:03AM (#20574936)
Except making phone calls.
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